At its meeting of 07/05/2023, the Council of Ministers approved changes to the Ordinance on the financing of educational institutions. Through them, from 01.07.2023, the state budget will provide a special resource to schools and kindergardens with a concentration of vulnerable groups for the appointment of educational mediators, social workers and teacher’s assistants. In this […]
Title: Social media researcher/analyst to monitor online hate speech against Roma Position: fixed-term consultancy services Location:Remote Period:21 July – 20 October 2023. Deadline: 14 July 2023 As part of the Countering Online Antigypsyism and Cyberhate (COACH) project, funded by the European Commission, Center Amalipe seeks to engage an expert/researcher to research online hate speech against […]
20 years, 18 festivals – a tale of children’s talent, beauty, joy, fun, peace. Hundreds of children showing their skills and expressing their desire for tolerance and kindness in the world. This is Open Heart Festival in a nutshell. On June 9 and 10, 2023. “Marno Pole” park in Veliko Tarnovo was echoed by children’s laughter […]
Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance “Amalipe”, Bulgaria, in partnership with the International Network “Phiren Amenca” and RGDTS, Hungary, organized a training for young Roma and non-Roma activists on “Strengthening positive narratives about Roma”. The training took place in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, between 6 and 10 June 2023, and was held in parallel with the […]
From 23 to 26 January 2023, the kick-off meeting of the RADIRIGHTS project (Engaging Roma communities in democratic decision-making and public debate by identifying misinformation and empowering communities in four EU countries to challenge it) took place in Budapest, Hungary. It was accompanied by training of the team and mediators from each country on the […]
For more information: Deyan Kolev, 062-600-224 Over 20,000 Bulgarian citizens from 142 settlements throughout the country signed a petition for the preservation of educational mediators. Another 1,253 joined an online petition with the same title. They are addressed to the Minister of Education and Science Prof. Sasho Penov and to the Prime Minister Galab Donev, […]
In view of the intention not to continue the National Program for the support of educational mediators, the Ministry of Education and Science puts forward arguments that are wholly or partially false. Below we apply some of them: It is still not too late to make a decision to continue the National Program for the […]
The Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance Amalipe, Bulgaria in partnership with Phiren Amenca International Network and RGDTS, Hungary is organizing a training course for young Roma and non-Roma activists on “Reinforcing Positive Narratives about Roma”. The training will take place in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria between 6 and 10 June 2023. The deadline for applications […]
On 25 and 26 January 2023, the COACH (Countering Online Antigypsyism and Cyber Hate) project held its inaugural meeting. The overall aim of the project is to counter illegal online hate speech against Roma by supporting the development of balanced online narratives and encouraging critical thinking among internet users in Slovakia and Bulgaria. The meeting […]
For another year, hundreds of students, educational mediators and teachers from nearly 20 schools across the country travelled to Sofia to deliver their messages on the occasion of the Roma holiday Vasilitsa. They were welcomed by the Ambassadors of the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, USA, Poland, Germany, Spain, India, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, by the […]