A Bulgarian member of the European Court of Auditors, Iliana Ivanova, is to become the EU’s new commissioner for research and innovation, the European Commission announced on 28/06/2023
Ivanova has been a member of the European Court of Auditors since 2013. In 2009 she was elected to the European Parliament where she was vice chair of the budgetary control committee.
Ivanova will soon have to deal with the ex-post evaluation of Horizon 2020 and the midterm evaluation of Horizon Europe. Ivanova will also briefly help steer the start of negotiations for the next EU Framework Programme for research and innovation.
Her mandate will end next year, after the EU elections scheduled in June 2024