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On May 15 Center Amalipe held the annual meeting of the Board of Principals for Intercultural Education. It brings together over 240 school principals from all over the country working under the Every Student will be a Winner-2 Program, funded by the Trust for Social Achievement. The meeting started with an intellectual challenge by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yosif Nunev. In his presentation "Gypsy Work in Bulgarian Education", he addressed one of the biggest problems of quality education of Roma children - the segregation. The presentation raised many questions and a lively discussion....

For a second consecutive year Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance "Amalipe" - Veliko Tarnovo organized a travelling seminar 'Multicultural school management and transforming school into a community center' in order to share good practices with schools and non-governmental organizations in the sphere of education integration from Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Serbia. The aim of the seminar was to familiarize students with European and Balkan education systems to promote open and flexible learning, explore innovative practices, exchange and share best practices...

Nearly 1500 children, teachers and parents from 90 schools and volunteers from across the country gathered in Veliko Tarnovo on June 8 and 9 for the fifteenth edition of the Children's Open heart Festival, demonstrating that mutual understanding and tolerance are not forgotten issues. The festival is a joint initiative of Amalipe Center, Veliko Tarnovo Municipality and Trust for a Social Achievement. Started in 2003 as a joint performance of several schools in Veliko Tarnovo region, 15 years later, the festival presents the beauty and creativity of different ethnic groups...

Devora Stancheva from 9th grade, a representative of the school's parliaments, established within the "Every Student Will Be a Winner" project, delivered a speech at the European Council in Brussels on the meeting organized by the Ministry of Education and Science on the occasion of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, together with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education. The motto of the forum was "Towards a European Education Area - Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education". In her speech she introduced the main elements...

Nearly 100 participants - representatives of national institutions from Bulgaria and the Western Balkans, the European Commission, the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency, the Council of Europe and non-governmental organizations participated in the conference "Roma inclusion - where are we standing and where are we heading to?" It was held on 29th of May in Sofia as part of the program of the Bulgarian Presidencyof the Council of EU. The event has caused contradictory assessments, each of which has its own reason. It has become a collective image of the lack of proper...