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  The Community Moderators of six centers for community development in Bulgaria visited the Center for Community Development in the city of Targu Mures, Romania. The visit took place on June 21 and 22 under the project “Promoting fieldwork at local level among traditional and marginalized groups of the Roma community”, funded by the Daphne Program of the European Commission. The purpose of the visit was that community moderators on both sides could exchange their experiences and learn about the problems regarding the Roma community in the Province of Mures,...

  Volunteers from Veliko Tarnovo installed a huge flag made by the method "patchwork" depicted with red ribbon and size 8/12 meters from Stambolov bridge as a sign of solidarity with those affected by HIV / AIDS. With this initiative, the campaign organized by Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance "Amalipe", Regional health inspectorate - Veliko Turnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Municipality and Fashion design high school on the occasion of World AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day, is over. For three weeks, around 20 volunteers and students from several schools in the city...

  12 adults from the town of Levski started the literacy course for adults from the joint project of the Ministry of Education and the Employment Agency “New Chance for Success”. The course started on June 18 and continues to November this year. When completed successfully the participants will receive a certificate of primary education. The training takes place in the Elementary School “Hristo Botev” in Levski. At the same time 11 people have started literacy courses for adults in the village of Obnova, reported the Roma labor mediator from the...

  The workshop served as a follow-up to the meeting in November 2011, which brought together NGOs and partner institutions carrying out advocacy projects to influence the EU Framework process on developing National Roma Integration Strategies. The meeting aimed to provide an opportunity to reflect jointly on the experiences, progress and lessons learned in terms of research and evidence-based advocacy related to NRIS processes. Through small group and plenary discussions, participants addressed a number of questions related to process, outcomes and future plans concerning...

  The resource coverage for the National Strategy for Roma Integration through European funds and the planning of the integration policy at municipal and regional level was discussed at the conference “National Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria for Roma integration (2012-2020) – one look at the next program period”. The conference was held on June 15 at the Central Military Club – Sofia and was organized by the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues, the Minister for Management of European Funds and the Center for Interethnic...