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 […]
The Ministry of Education and Science will make a change in the Funding Ordinance, which will allow schools and kindergardens to receive a separate resource for the appointment of mediators, social workers and other support staff. This change will happen by the end of June and this year’s budget is secured. Thus, all schools and […]
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 […]
An unprecedentedly large number of principals, teachers, mediators and citizens sent opinions on the national education development programs published for public discussion in 2023 – 160 interested persons. They made their proposals to the planned 21 programs, as well as to the missing ones. The large number of opinions request the continuation of the NP […]
Vice President Iliana Yotova, The Chair of the National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov, ambassadors of the USA, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, UNICEF for Bulgaria, diplomats from the embassies of Belgium, Denmark, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy Nadia Klisurska and the representative of the World Bank met with students – winners […]
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. In 3 months we received over 100 wonderful […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]