Shared Knowledge and Changes in the Higher Education System in Bulgaria

This work attempts to discuss knowledge sharing as part of the Open Science movement. It attempts to briefly analyse its historical development and the options for modern implementation of the open science idea. It discusses the process of knowledge sharing as an element of recognition of scientific works and part of social development. It seeks a solution to the established national and other restrictions for sharing of knowledge, as well as its importance in the situation of limited sharing. The article also discusses the process of changes in the higher education system in Bulgaria related to the consolidation of Bulgarian universities