Ognyan Atanasov

Ognyan Atanasov

Vice President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB)

Ognyan Atanasov has an extensive experience in the field of healthy and safe working conditions in enterprises and ecology. He has participated in the management of strategic enterprises in the metallurgical industry. He joined the CITUB in 2017 as an Occupational Safety and Health expert. Since 2018, he has been elected National Secretary of CITUB, and in 2022, at the regular Congress of CITUB he was elected Vice President of CITUB responsible for OSH, Just Transition and Ecology. Over the years, he has been actively involved in the work of national and European institutions on these topics. Since the launch of the European Green Deal, he has been responsible for the Confederation’s policies in defense of workers' rights in the twin green and digital transition to a low-carbon economy. International and European level Member of the Workers' Group of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work of the European Commission Alternate member of the Management Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Member of the Health and Safety Committee of the ETUC Alternate member of the Just Transition Committee of the ETUC National level Member of the Executive Committee and Coordinating Council of the CITUB Member of the Economic and Social Council (ESC) of the Republic of Bulgaria from the workers' group