National Network
Bulgaria
Address
71 General Kartsov St.
4300 Karlovo
Karlovo
Bulgaria
Telephone
00359 335 93300
Fax
00359 335 93300
E-Mail
mgird@abv.bg
Mobile Phone
00359 898742757
Website
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
- Youth and education
General Information
We are a non-profit making, non-governmental organisation with two full time employees and more than 100 volunteers for our local and international projects and initiatives. We have our budget formulated mainly by membership fees and project development. We are partnering with two local authorities in the area who are our members and support all our projects. We are mainly working with the "Youth in Action" programme, "Europe for Citizens", COE's European Youth Foundation programmes as well as with many national and foreign donors such as Open Society Institute, Peace Corps, Bulgarian Fund for Women etc. We are hosting and sending youngsters for international youth exchanges and training courses and seminars on various important topics such as intercultural dialogue, citizenship, gender equality and human rights.
Mission and Objectives
We aim at raising young people’ s awareness of the aching problems of our world, integration of socially disadvantaged and disabled people, fostering cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, mainstreaming gender equality and human rights in youth work
Main Projects / Activities
We organise various awareness raising campaigns, local and international events, seminars, conferences, surveys, polling citizens’ opinion on different issues, hosting and taking part in intercultural youth exchanges.We are an accredited sending and hosting organisation for the European voluntary Service and we also have a Peace Corps volunteer helping our organisation implement its goals.
Contact (1) Full Name
Tsvetina Zaharlieva
Head of the organisation
Tsvetina Zaharlieva- Exacutive Director
Contact (2) Full Name
Katya Stoynova