UPCOMING: Award ceremony for the winners of the “My Opinion Matters” contest on May 9 in Sofia

At the beginning of the year, we announced a student competition “My opinion matters”. This year it is being held within the framework of the “Intercultural Academy for Civic Participation and Tolerance” Project implemented with the support of the State Department through the US Embassy in Bulgaria. During the last 3 months we have received over 100 wonderful works. The children participated with an essay, a video or a graphic image with which they provoke politicians, the communities they come from, our society and say that they have an opinion about what they want to happen to them and that opinion matters. Their opinion matters if we want to create a future, which is also theirs, in which they also find their place – here in Bulgaria. The competition gave the opportunity to students from the most remote villages and small towns, who are rarely involved in public initiatives, to also state their position. And what’s more – to find someone to listen to them … and these will be ambassadors, ministers, the Vice President… The competition was great and it was extremely difficult for the jury to judge. But the results are already clear!

They will be announced at a special ceremony, which will be held on May 9th – Europe Day, but also the Day of Student Self-Government, in the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library at 4:00 p.m. You will also be able to watch it live via Facebook Live on our Center Amalipe page.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony. A special award for all prize winners will be a visit to the National Assembly where they will see in practice how the institution works. They will enter the Plenary Hall and will have an open frankly discussion with the Chair of the Parliament Mr. Rosen Zhelyazkov. The young people will see that no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything, you can sit on the highest podium in the country if you have an education and pursue your dreams with hard work, persistence and honesty.

On May 10, as part of the award for the prize winners of the second and third age groups, the “Ambassador of Tolerance” initiative will take place. The young people will be received by the Vice President Iliana Yotova, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the embassies of Great Britain, the USA, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, India, Ireland; UNICEF for Bulgaria, the World Bank representation for Bulgaria, etc. Detailed information about the initiative will be provided after May 10 here on our page. Thanks to everyone who put all their creativity and heart into sending us wonderful, touching and thought-provoking material! We’ll be posting the best of them soon! Until then, a few quotes. You will find out who their authors are after May 10!
The “Intercultural Academy for Civic Participation and Tolerance” project is implemented with the support of the State Department through the US Embassy in Bulgaria. You can see a presentation about the project and the main activities here