11, Knyaz Dondukov bul., fl. 2, P.O.Box 1000
Sofia
Bulgaria
- International/Cultural relations
The People’s Roots Foundation was established to work towards achieving the following goals:
• Supporting the mobility of artists and other professionals in the sphere of culture and performing arts;
• Development and diversification of cultural and rural tourism and popularization of cultural heritage, including intangible, through fostering and reviving traditional crafts and practices;
• Building capacity and fostering entrepreneurship in the cultural and artistic industries;
• Encouraging investment in culture and the arts;
• Promoting cooperation and interaction among cultural and educational institutions and organizations.
The newly established foundation has submit a project under Bulgaria - Macedonia CBC IPA Programme and awaits for assesment at the moment. The project is called "Digital school bridges" and aims at creating conditions for promotion of social cohesion and cross-border cooperation in the cross-border region of Bulgaria and FYRM (Macedonia). The main objective will be contributed by achieving the following goals: elaboration of cross-border relations/bridges between cultural resourses/institutions and people through use of ICT based-solutions and creation of digital libraries with Bulgarian and Macedonian novels, stories,poems etc.
In the field of culture and arts "People's Roots" Foundation can contribute to the achievement of the following goals : Facilitation of joint productions between artists and cultural groups from the two shores of the Mediterranean; Promotion of translation as a key element for improving mutual understanding and in support of partnership-building; Development of regional programmes aimed at supporting the access to literature and story-telling by and for young people; Building of the capacity of trans-cultural leaders to develop their productions with an interculttual approach.
PRF can contribute also to the following fields of action of the programme: Education and Youth; Values. PRF members will share personal and organization experience and information. They will provide personal expertise for the benefit of the network activities, when it is needed. The foundation will pay respect and tolerance towards the other and strive to accomplish conscientiously the undertaken commitments and obligations. The foundation will be active and responsible in the processes of decision making and problem solving. In all activities PRF will respect the methods for achievement of significant goals. PRF will support and recognise Anna Lingh Foundation’s values through promoting and implementing its objectives and activities. It will strive to build sustainable partnerships in Bulgaria and in the Euro-Mediterranean region. PRF will propose interpellations and suggestions for the activity of the Network and its management structure and participate in the common initiatives of the Network. Furthermore, PRF will colaborate in order to help achievement of the missions and objectives of the National Network; actively disseminate information for the activity of the Network and to involve potential members in its activities and maintain the trust and tolerance between the Network Members. All engagements will be implemented conscientiously. Through implementaion of projects PRF will strive to contribute to the AFL network and National network objectives by realising specific aims at the fields of training, peace, democracy, transparency and partnership.
"People's Roots" Foundation (PRF) promotes the values of ALF: acceptance of pluralism and cultural diversity, mutual respect between societies, religions and beliefs, acknowledgment of rule of law and fundamental freedoms. They are essential for the development of human society. Becoming a member of ALF Network will give an opportunity for PRF to contibute to sustainable development of Euro-Mediterranean Region through mutual respect of the abovementioned values. FTR wants to be a part of the organisation that affects the capacity for individuals and groups to share values and live together in the region. PRF also wants to contribute for maintaining the dialogue between cultures, which is the roadmap of the Anna Lindh Foundation in a long-term strategy to address the true causes - political, ideological
and social - that have deepened and radicalised the human gap between the two shores of the
Mediterranean. Furthermore, PRF wants to join ALF Network, because the Anna Lindh Foundation is addressing the ‘clash of ignorance’ between people living across the Mediterranean. Bacause the ALF's causes are shared and supported by the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the Foundation can bring together the civil society of the region for intercultural dialogue and to work for a common future. The PRF can be of use for the following fields of action of the programme: Education and Youth; Culture and Arts; Values.