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  ‘The Bulgaria Vision 2020” National priorities in Education and Science’ was the theme of the first meeting of the Board of Education and Science to the Bulgarian President, Mr. Rosen Plevneliev. The meeting was held on May 29. It was led by the President Plevneliev. Among the participants were the Vice-President of Bulgaria – Mrs. Margarita Popova, Minister of Education and Science – Mr. Sergey Ignatov,   Minister for Management if EU funds - Mr. Tomislav Donchev, Minister of Economy and Energy – Mr. Delyan Dobrev, the Chairman...

  Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions “National Roma Integration Strategies: a first step in the implementation of the EU Framework” was announced on May 23 by the Commission’s Vice-President Viviane Reding  and by the  Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion László Andor. Commission Staff Working Document with short assessment of the National Strategies submitted was also announced. The European...

  Representatives of the European Commission, Bulgarian Government and NGO’s working for Roma participated in a Stocktaking meeting ‘Creating a basis for assessing the use of the EU Funds for the National Strategies for Roma Integration’. The meeting was held on May 22 in Sofia. It was organized by the European Commission as a subsequent event after a 4-day summit ‘Contribution of the EU funds for Roma integration’ held in Sofia, Tarnovo and Burgas on June 21-24, 2011.  The meeting was moderated by Peter Stub Yurgenson, director of the...

The challenges facing agriculture in Europe have increased. The CAP reform provides the EU with the opportunity to review its agricultural policies and ensure that they better address growing public concerns about food safety and the protection of the rural environment, as well as providing greater value for money. Eurobarometer results show that citizens broadly agree with the CAP objectives including food safety, environmental preservation, and farm income. However, they have doubts as to whether the right instruments are in place. The proposed reforms respond to the mandate...

  We live in a little more clear Bulgaria and this is fact after all the Centers for Community Development and over 30 partner schools of the Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance Amalipe joined the campaign ‘Let’s clean Bulgaria for one day’. The campaign began in the morning throughout the country and despite the bad weather in some regions of Bulgaria it wasn’t terminated. Regardless of the bad weather the volunteers from the village of Batak and the village of Varbovka as well as volunteers from the two Roma neighbourhoods of the...