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  AMALIPE PROPOSALS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT   A draft partnership agreement of the Republic of Bulgaria, outlining ESIF help for the 2014-2020 period, published in July 2013 is significantly improved compared to the previous version of March 2013. It is gratifying that the issue of Roma integration is now explicitly included in the draft agreement, which corresponds to the ideas of the National Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria for Roma Integration (NSRI), approved by the National Assembly by March 1, 2012. In this regard the strengths of the Agreement...

  Over 80 people took part in a conference for Roma students enrolled in medical schools, which took place on August 2 at the District Administration in Veliko Tarnovo. The forum was titled "We are not impersonal, neither indifferent” and it was organized for second year by the Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance "Amalipe". Deputy governors Andrey Iliev and Stefan Stefanovwelcomed the guests and praised the future doctors for their dedication. The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of South Africa Boyki Motlung , MD. Angel Kounchev- Chief State Health...

   Over 200 citizens, The President Rosen Plevneliev, Deputy Prime Minister Zlatanova and members of the European parliament participated in a public debate on the future of the EU, held on July 23 in Sofia.The participants discussed the latest issues for Bulgaria and EU  with European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding. Among the participants were representatives of the Union of Roma organizations 'Change': Dr. Stefan Panayotov,  Gancho Iliev,  Vergyul Ibryam and Deyan Kolev. "I want to hear you" - with these words in Bulgarian language Commissioner...

  Deputy Prime Minister Zinaida Zlatanova, representatives of the executive branch, representatives of the National Assembly, the Presidency, diplomats, local authorities, social partners and NGOs participated in the presentation of the Partnership Agreement between Bulgaria and the EU, which sets the general framework for the use of EU funds in the next 7 years. The presentation took place on July 23rd  in Sofia. "The money the EU spends for undeveloped regions to catch up in their development are not money for the government but are money for Bulgaria's economy,...

  At the end of the third year of the implementation of the Reducing the Dropout of Roma Children of School Program, financially supported by the America for BulgariaFoundation, Amalipe Center held a three-day meeting with parents from 51 schools, included in the Program.    Parents at the workshop were representatives of different types of schools, located in towns and villages in the countryside.      The majority of them were Roma parents and what united them all was their care for reducing dropout of Roma children from school...