Roma in the EU and Norway: Challenges and Best Practices for Empowerment (2022)
This desk research was conducted as part of the “I have a Dream” project of the Centre for Equality and Diversity in collaboration with the Bulgarian organization LARGO.
Education, active citizenship
Project: “Children for the Rights of the Child”
The main goal of the project is to develop innovative solutions for teaching children about their right to express and defend their opinions on issues that affect them. Association “Chance and Protection” also aims to develop its capacity to educate children about their right to participate, to study the effect of applying innovative approaches and to disseminate them.
Project: “Active civil advocacy for the INvulnerability of young people in the municipality of Dupnitsa”
The project aims at encouraging the civic activity of representatives of the local Roma communities; building local capacity for advocacy campaigns and initiatives; Improving the skills of vulnerable groups to exercise their rights to participate with dignity in decision-making processes, and to reduce economic and social disparities.
Project:”Knowledge of Human Rights”
The project envisages activities to raise the awareness of young people/school students, teachers and the media about human rights followed by youth campaigns, debates and social media campaigns carried out based on the knowledge acquired.
Project: From ideas and actions to civic awareness at school
The project aimed to increase the level of civic participation of students from 5th to 12th grade by developing and integrating in school a tool for civic education and media literacy.
Project: “Motivation of Young Roma for Participation in Botevgrad Municipality’s Public Policies”
We present to you the results of one of the small projects under the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria. A local non-governmental organization, a municipality and a local media are partners in the project and together they are going through the difficulties, including the restrictions during the Covid pandemic in 2021.
Project “Mentoring for inclusion”
The educational boarding school “Hristo Botev” is the only specialized educational institution for girls in the country, accommodated under the Law on antisocial behaviour of minors. Both the teachers and educators there are trying to overcome the social stigma on the girls who are housed there.
PUBLICATION: Collection of practices for improving civic participation in seven Bulgarian municipalities
The initiative “Citizens’ Entry” of the Citizen Participation Forum in partnership with the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law aims to improve public consultations in municipalities and support citizen participation at local level. With the...
Board game called “Barabar” in support of non-formal education
Barabar means together, shoulder to shoulder, tireless and optimistic, as each of us people involved in the youth sector work for change and because we know that something depends on us! Barabar is a board game available in Bulgarian and English.
Project: “Toler@nce platform 2.0”
A 2018 survey of public attitudes towards hate speech by the Open Society Institute – Sofia identified a problem: the group of teachers is among the two communities that find it most difficult to...