On 6 and 7 June 2025, Veliko Tarnovo was once again filled with rhythm, colour and inspiration. The 20th anniversary edition of the Open Heart Roma Children’s Festival, organised by the Amalipe Centre and the Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo, with the financial support of the National Culture Fund, the Trust for Social Alternative and Prosveshta […]
At the 20th anniversary edition of the Open Heart Roma Children’s Festival, held on 6 and 7 June 2025 in Veliko Tarnovo, one of the highlights of the programme was the participation of the Romanian Roma troupe “Lulughi Shukar” from Timisoara. They did not just present a dance performance, but created a complete cultural experience […]
Center Amalipe took part in a study visit implemented within the framework of the investment “Establishing the National Focal Center”, financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan and implemented by CEICSEM. The visit took place between 26 – 30 May 2025. Representative of Center Amalipe was Deyan Dimitrov, a student from Emilian Stanev school in […]
On May 23, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) published a proposal for changes to the main educational law for public discussion. An important part of these changes includes texts related to desegregation, language support, and educational integration: you can find the analysis here. The proposal also addresses many other topics that could affect […]
On the eve of the Bulgarian Education and Culture Day, 24 May, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) published for public consultation a draft set of amendments to the Law on Pre-school and School Education (LPSE). The draft contains numerous clarifying points and sub-paragraphs, as well as several broader themes. Among these are desegregation, […]
Context and Observation The “Education” program 2021‑2027 launched its first grant procedure, “Promoting intercultural education through culture, science and sport,” with a budget over 31 million BGN. Despite that, the interest from potential applicants has been surprisingly low—particularly among NGOs and kindergartens. In the first and second deadlines, just 50 NGO and 23 kindergarten projects were submitted—well below […]
8Sometimes the most powerful lessons come not from textbooks, but from life. In April, students in three schools in the municipality of General Toshevo had the extraordinary opportunity to meet Mira Stefanova – a woman who went through darkness and pain, but chose the light of knowledge. Together with Galina Toshkova, the regional coordinator of […]
The Ministry of Education has published and publicly presented a concept for the introduction of the subject “Virtues and Religions”, Virtues/Ethics Programme. It answers many questions that have been widely discussed in recent weeks and which were not answered at the discussion organised by the Ministry on 24 April. The document is short (5 pages), […]
Before we teach children virtues, we must protect them – with justice, compassion and responsibility A week ago, a child was savagely beaten – in such an inhuman way that it is hard to believe that someone who has the pretence to call himself “human” could commit such deliberate cruelty. Because beating up a child, […]
Educators who participated in the Amalipe Center’s online survey “Attitudes towards the study of religion in school” are moderately positive towards the possibility of studying topics related to religions in some form, but are strongly opposed to this taking the form of religious education (i.e. as a confessional program). The overwhelming view is that religion […]