RUDN Journal of Public AdministrationRUDN Journal of Public Administration2312-83132411-1228Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)3148210.22363/2312-8313-2022-9-2-211-218Research ArticleDevelopment of Innovation Activities in Bulgaria: Current ChallengesBistrinaMaria G.<p>PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of the Department оf Public Administration</p>bistrina_mg@pfur.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5676-506XPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)060720229221121806072022Copyright © 2022, Bistrina M.G.2022<p style="text-align: justify;">The article is devoted to the development of innovation activity in the Republic of Bulgaria and the modern challenges that the country faces when introducing innovations in small and medium-sized enterprises, education and science. In modern conditions, stable economic development cannot be achieved without an efficiently functioning innovation system. Innovation is at the heart of the knowledge economy, and management in the 21st century can be characterized as an innovative type of management. Globally, the transition from investment-driven growth to innovation-driven growth is beginning. The latter, which is typical for moderately developed countries, to which the Republic of Bulgaria belongs, is achieved through the adaptation of global technologies to local production. The focus is on the development trend of innovation activities in Bulgaria, so that by 2027 the country will receive the status of “moderate innovator” in the European Innovation Ranking.</p>innovationmanagementchallengesstrategiesBulgariaEUинновацииуправлениевызовыстратегииБолгарияЕС[Keynes M.J. Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren, 1930 // Essays in Persuasion. New York: W.W. Norton&Co., 1963. P. 358–373.][Rilke M.R. Misli, Aforizmi, Citati, Poslovici i pogovorki. URL: https://aphorisms-bg.blogspot.com/2017/11/blog-post_9.html. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).][Levitt T. Innovative Imitation. Harvard Business Review. 1966;44:63–70.][Inovacionna strategija na Republika Bulgaria. URL: https://www.mi.government.bg/bg/themes/inovacionna-strategiya-na-republika-balgariya-14-287.html. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).][Inovacionna strategija za inteligentna specializacija na Republika Bulgaria 2014–2020 g. URL: https://www.mi.government.bg/files/useruploads/files/innovations/ris3_18.12.2018_bulgarian.pdf. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).][Globalen inovacionen index 2021 [Global Innovation Index 2021]. URL: https://www.mi.government.bg/bg/themes/globalen-inovacionen-indeks-2021-global-innovationindex-2021-2300-287.html. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).][Fatás A., Mihov I. The 4 I’s of Economic Growth. INSEAD Business School Presentation. 2009: 1–14. URL: https://faculty.insead.edu/fatas/wall/wall.pdf. Accessed: 20.12.2021.][Acemoglu D., Robinson J. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. London: Profile Book; 2012. 571 p.][Evropeyski sovet za inovacii (ESI). URL: https://www.pwc.bg/bg/services/grants-andincentives/eic.html. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).][Ivanova R. Nauchnite I tehnologichni parkove kato struktura za razvitie na inovacii. Nauchni trudove na Rusenskiya universitet. 2016; 55 (In Bulg.).][Kerchev Kr. Osnovi na inovacionnata politika. Sofia: Univ. izd. Stopanstvo; 2011. 126 p. (In Bulg.).][Varamezov L. Inovacionen menidjment. Svishtnov: Akad. izd. Tsenov; 2013. 215 p.][Georgiev I., Tsvetkov Tsv., Blagoev D. Menidjment na firmenite inovacii I investicii. Sofia: izd. complex — UNSS; 2013. 91 p. (In Bulg.).][Pantaleeva I. Upravlenije na inovaciite v industrialnoto predprijatie. Svishtov: Akad. izd. Tsenov; 2013. 259 p. (In Bulg.).][Damyanova L.T. Inovacionnaja dejatelnost v Bolgarii: sostojanie I perspektivi razvitija. Voprosi inovacionnoi ekonomiki. 2015;5(3):141–158 (In Bulg.).][Aslanova L. Inovaciite — factor za uspeshno stopansko upravlenije po vreme na kriza. Avtoreferat. Varna; 2021. 28 p. (In Bulg.).][Kak da napravim inovaciite lesni? Inoveishan starter. 02.07.2015. URL: http://innovationstarterbox.bg/blog/kak-da-napravim-. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).][Haitov N. Mujki vremena v: Divi razkazi, Sofia. 1967. URL: https://chitanka.info/text/2966myzhki-vremena. Accessed: 20.12.2021 (In Bulg.).]