On August 2, we mark the 76th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called “Gypsy Family Campus” in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Then more than 4,000 men, women and children were killed in a particularly brutal manner in the gas chambers. This tragedy turned the date of August 2 into a gathering for the […]
Amalipe Center expresses its strong concern about the Amendments to the Law on Non-Profit Legal Entities, submitted on 01.07.2020, with signature № 054-01-60, which we consider to be unconstitutional, contrary to the EU legislation, democratic principles and that it contains discriminatory provisions. The adoption of the bill by the National Assembly would have an entirely […]
Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in Bulgaria. Identifying blind spots in Roma inclusion policy was approved by European Commission in June. The report covers three topics that are only partly included in the present NRIS, no specific actions have been undertaken or no results have been achieved. One […]
The National Assembly began discussing a draft law amending the Preschool and School Education Act proposed by the Council of Ministers. In essence, this will be the first major change in the education law, adopted five years ago and in force for four years. What do the proposed changes envisage? The changes are in four […]
TELUS International Bulgaria Community Board voted to fund selected socially significant projects in support of Bulgarian communities affected by COVID-19. A total of 244 projects competed in the two open calls for applications this year. The main focus of the evaluation is the effectiveness of the projects and their positive impact on local communities as well […]
Proposals of the Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance “Amalipe”, NGO “World without Borders” and Association “New Way” to the Bill for amendment and supplement of the Law for the pre-school and school education, № 002-01-22, submitted by the Council of Ministers on 19.06.2020 We support the proposed Law on Amendments to the Law on […]
The Veliko Tarnovo District Administration hosted a meeting organized by the JUSTROM Program of the Council of Europe and the European Commission and the Amalipe Center in connection with the increasing cases of domestic violence and hate crimes during the state of emergency. The event was hosted by the District Administration – Veliko Tarnovo. The […]
The essay presented below is ranked First in the first age group – Essay category, within the competition “Girls with dreams – turn the page” of Amalipe Center and Zonta Club – Stara Zagora Author: Yana Valentinova Marinova, 14 years old, 7th grade student at the 75th primary school “Todor Kableshkov”, Sofia I am YANA […]
As we wrote earlier today, the winners of the competition “Girls with dreams: let’s turn the page”, initiated by Amalipe Center and Club Zonta – Stara Zagora are already clear. They were announced live on the Facebook group Amalipe – Veliko Tarnovo from 14.00, which you can see here. The ranked places were chosen by […]
Due to the state of emergency and the unexpected situation in which we found ourselves in the last more than 2 months, the entire team of Amalipe Center had to change the direction of their activities. We focused our efforts on the Old Devices for a New Beginning Campaign, in supporting educational mediators and schools […]