Arch. Bogdana Panayotova has successfully passed the final stage of the competition for chief architect, the press center of the Sofia Municipality announced.
The announcement specifies that the competition committee has accepted a minimum arithmetic average score of 4 for successfully passing the interview according to the criteria on the evaluation form. If the candidate's interview score is below the minimum score of 4, no final result from the competition is determined and he does not participate in the ranking. It is added that Arch. Bogdana Panayotova successfully passed the final stage of the competition with a score above 4, BTA summarized.
During the interview, each member of the competition committee independently assessed the extent to which the candidate possessed the necessary qualities for the position, and the assessment was carried out on a five-point scale. The assessment of each member of the committee from the interview presentation of each candidate is the arithmetic mean of the assessments according to the individual criteria. The overall result of the interview is the arithmetic mean of the assessments of the members of the competition committee, the Sofia Municipality specified.
The press release states that from April 4, Friday, a seven-day period begins during which all candidates who participated in the competition who were not ranked first may object to the appointing authority. The objection should also contain the reasons for the candidate's disagreement with the assessment of the committee. Within seven days of receiving the objection, the appointing authority shall issue a decision, which may accept it as justified or reject it.
The mayor shall issue an act of appointment to the candidate who is ranked first within 14 days of approving the protocol with the final results of the commission, as of April 4, Friday.
The press release added that the Sofia Municipality has published the protocols with the results of all admitted and appearing candidates in the competition for Chief Architect of Sofia. The protocol with the final results of the candidates and the assessments of the commission members from all stages of the competition are published on the specially created website in the section „Documents“. On the Sofia Municipality website, in the “Job Announcements“ section, a “List of qualified candidates for the position of Chief Architect of the Sofia Municipality“ has been published in addition to the announcement for the position.
All candidates admitted to the competition have been notified in writing of the final result of the competition and have been sent an extract from the protocol approved by the commission, the Municipality specified.
Earlier today, regarding the competition to select a new Chief Architect of Sofia, Mayor Vasil Terziev said that the decision will be announced on April 8. He described the procedure as transparent and denied that there was pressure or that the winner was known in advance, as allegations have appeared in the public domain.