QUALIMA STUDY CENTRE 12, Iskarsko Shousse Blvd. SOFIA 1592 BULGARIA Tel.: (02) 791 273; Tel./Fax (02) 791 343; E-mail: kvalima@bic-cime.com The QUALIMA Study Centre has more than twenty years of experience, information and training in the area of the modern industrial technologies. The Study Centre with its up-to-date and effective study programmes, competent experts and highly qualified tutors is in close co-operation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the Ministry of Environment and Waters and the Bulgarian Industrial Association. The QUALIMA Study Centre also maintain close contacts with the Standardisation and Metrology State Agency, the National Employment Office, the Professional Education and Training Agency, the Labour Inspection Agency, the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company Plc., the National Electric Company Plc., the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Nuclear Energy Committee, the Sofia Technical University and other institutions. The QUALIMA Study Centre is licensed from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy to award qualification sertificates to persons, which were teached by CIME experts, researchers from Universities and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and other specialists. QUALIMA Study Centre's main activities include: 1. Research, design and development in the area of marketing surveys, business projects, quality management and certification, logistic projects 2. Study programmes in the area of: - prequalification in management, finance and accounting, machine assembly and exploitation, technical skills and other activities (Е-mail: kvalima@bic-cime.com) - flaw detection - magnetic-field and liquid-penetrant non-destructive testing, ultrasonic non-destructive testing, radiation non-destructive testing, drift current non-destructive testing, optical and technological non-destructive testing, with three study levels - enterpreneurship and business management - all aspects - ecology - industrial ecology and legislative framework - labour safety - legislative framework, practical education - metrology, standardization and quality - ISO 9000, production standardization, control and certification, mechanical testing (incl. metalographic analyses, laboratory control, metals non-destructive control).