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At its meeting on 24 November, the Monitoring Committee of the Operational Program "Science and Education for Smart Growth" adopted the Indicative Annual Work Program (IAWP) for 2018. The total value of the grant procedures included in the IAWP is BGN 180, 5 million. They will be allocated through 4 competitive selection procedures and 5 direct grant procedures. Under the Priority Axis 1 "Research and Technological Development", two selection procedures for project proposals will be launched: - "Construction of regional research centers": totaling BGN 100 mln. Research organizations,...

On November 22, Veliko Tarnovo hosted a meeting dedicated to the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Minister Lilyana Pavlova, Mr. Daniel Panov, Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo and Regional Governor Prof. Lubomira Popova took part in it. Minister Pavlova presented the motto of the Bulgarian Presidency, United We Stand Strong, and the four priorities under the Bulgarian Presidency: 1) the debate on the future of Europe and young people, and the debate on the future of Cohesion Policy and the forthcoming budget; 2) security and stability; 3) the theme for the Western...

The final conference in the agenda of Early Marriage Prevention Network Project on the topic of "Professionals, Parents and Children Combating Early Marriages in  Roma Communities" was held on 24 November 2017 in Brussels, Belgium Representatives of the project partners: "Opportunity and Protection Association", Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance Amalipe, Cell for Alternative Youth Activities (Greece), European Roma Information Office, Pere Closa Foundation (Spain), Adult Education Centre Kočevje (Slovenia). The project partners presented their work in the...

On November 03 th – 05 th  2017 representatives of CIDT "Amalipe" participated in a work meeting and a final conference, organized by the University of Piraeus Research Centre (UPRC), Greece, within the project "SERCO - Social entrepreneurship in a Roma community in Athens, Greece. The SERCo project aims to address the problem of social and economic inclusion of Roma communities in the partner countries by applying the concept of social economy as an innovative solution to reducing the risk of poverty and to enhancing entrepreneurship.  The work meeting was...

Livia Jaroka became the first woman of Roma origin to be elected Vice - President of the European Parliament in a plenary session on November 15, 2017, by 290 voices in favour. Livia Jaroka is a Hungarian politician and in 2004 she was the first female member of the European Parliament in Strasbourg of Roma origin. Jaroka is from the Hungarian conservative Fidesz party and is in the EPP Group. In the Parliament, she participates in several committees, including the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Livia Jaroka was born on October 6, 1974, in the town...