Bülent ÖZCAN graduated from Middle East Technical University International Relations Department in 1999 then completed his master’s degree at Marmara University European Union Institute on European Union Economy. He participated to the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Education Program in 2011.   He worked at the Ministry for European Union Affairs as assistant expert, expert and coordinator. Since September 2010, he has been acting as the Director of Project Management. He is responsible for implementing the projects on capacity building of civil society in Turkey, strengthening the civil society dialogue between Turkey and EU, capacity building of local governments notably governorates during the EU membership process and supporting EU expertise in public, university, civil society and private sector organisations.   He has books and studies on “Instrument for Pre–accession Assistance”, “EU Grant Programmes and Supports to Civil Society Organisations” and “Project Preparation and Implementation”. He is a part-time lecturer on “Project Management” in MBA programme at TOBB- ETÜ University.