Europe on the Move

National Network
Bulgaria
Address

Charlz Darvin 8
Sofia 1113
Bulgaria

Telephone
+359 887 290 538
E-Mail
europeonthemove@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2016
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information

The association “Europe on the move” is a Bulgarian non-government organization situated in Sofia. The members of our organization are 10 young people. The Association is structured as follows General Assembly which consists of all active members of the association; Board which consists of three persons - chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, and Chairman. The budgetary resources available in the last year were around 20 000 euro. Our main partners involved in the organization's projects are organization such as Association Attadamoun pour le Développement & le Partenariat (AADP) – Morocco, Step up Youth Initiative – Egypt, Salfeet Information and Communication Center “SIRAJ” – Palestine, Association For Non Formal Education – Poland and Mladinski Center Dravinsjke Doline – Slovenia. The sources of funding for the realization of the activities of the association are donations and sponsorship, incomes from programs and projects funded by domestic and international organizations, revenues from additional economic activity, etc.

Mission and Objectives

Our association is trying to create a productive environment of collaboration within organizations at a local, national and European level. We hope to attract more attention to issues such as active citizenship, promotion of European values and sustainable development by making and participating in European projects. We seek more accessible and understandable information about different European donor programs and funds. We hope this is the way to support local and regional authorities in the improvement of their absorption capacities. Unfortunately when seeking financing from European funds, non-government organizations and business often aren’t prepared enough to elaborate projects of good quality. One of our basic objectives is to overcome these difficulties when developing social-aware project ideas. Seminars, conferences, round tables and training courses are some of the informal methods we will use to achieve our goals.

Main Projects / Activities

A basic part of our principles are collaboration, mutual trust, freedom of expression and opinions, enterprising, creativity and innovations. We had the opportunity to put them into practice through the elaboration of our first project – “Volunteering can be fun. The project was a response to the need for more active actions in the field of volunteerism, given that the latter is declared priority of the European Commission for 2011. Moreover, it was in line with the priorities of the “Youth in Action” programme for cultural diversity and for promoting youth participation in public life and democratic process. The project created a favorable environment for international exchange of volunteer skills and practices among young people, keen to promote European values. The participants had the opportunity through non-formal educational methods to develop their own skills for preparing European projects, which they applied later on local level through their organization.

Contact (1) Full Name
Georgi Filipov
Head of the organisation
Georgy Filipov