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The Bread Houses Network (BHN) (first website in Bulgarian, available at www.bread-art-house.org), as a major program of the International Council for Cultural Centers, has the mission to experiment with and develop a network of innovative culinary-cultural community-building programs and social enterprises that operate simultaneously as a bakery and cultural center. The BHN aspires to revive traditional bakeries and turn them into cultural centers, and to build community wood-fired ovens in particular in marginalized areas around the world (BHN's Ovens for Peace Program). The Bread Houses strive to revive the concept of the communal baking house (furna/four/horno/forno, etc), offering breads from across the globe, and building community through collective bread-making events, integrating diverse and disadvantaged people while creating quality jobs (at the Bread Houses social enterprises).
BNH already coordinates BHN educational and community-building programs in twelve countries, and envisions a sustainable social enterprise whose profits will support bread-related community-building programs and social enterprises in the USA, Europe, and developing countries.
Some of the Bread Houses in the global BH Network that has been growing since 2009 were established after local people and organizations were inspired by the model and thus their Bread House was based on the Bulgarian BH model since its inception: these houses are designated below as “Bread Houses” . Those houses that are organizations or local bakeries that have decided to get associated with the BH Network and implement the model of community collective bread-making and arts are designated as “BH associates” to denote that the organizations already existed locally and added to their activities the BH method.
The International Council for Cultural Centers is planning to launch the First World Summit of Community Arts Centers and Networks in 2014 in the old historic city of Veliko Tarnovo.
The realization of the First World Summit is under the official patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Rossen Plevneliev. We are expecting the participation of about 50 countries.
I3C officially established partnership with Harvard-based Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, founded by Dr. Doris Somer who developed the Pre-Texts Methodology for Engaged Learning.

IPCP works on :
- strengthening of European integration in different geographical areas;
- active citizenship and citizens' participation;
- fostering of equal opportunities and young people;
- sustainable economic development;
- employment policy, quality of work and social inclusion
The IPCP's working method is based on:
- decentralized and multilateral cooperation: cooperation between local, national and international partners;
- fostering of partnerships: partners exchange best practices and create common projects to reach common benefits;
- technical assistance and training addressed to local authorities, associations and NGOs (capacity building).
It does this through the exchange of experience, ideas and information and supports members to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of the sector.
All our projects are published at www.ipcp.eu as well.

Main implemented projects:
In the 2012/2013 period, IS implemented (as applicant and lead partner) the project "Rural youth for sustainable communities", funded by the Youth in Action Programme of the EU (YiA). The project assisted young people and relevant civil society groups in 3 European, 1 Asian and 2 African countries in building their civic leadership and community development capacity in the sphere of sustainable rural development and poverty reduction (project website: www.rural-youth.eu/).
In the capacity of partner, IS also implemented YiA projects focused on intergenerational solidarity and gender equality.
Main focus areas of IS activities: active citizenship, culture, intercultural dialogue, European cooperation, sustainable development, youth, social inclusion, ICTs, etc.
Main types of implemented activities:
- informal education and training;
- research (on topics within the focus areas);
- awareness raising and advocacy campaigns and events;
- conferences, discussion forums and seminars;
- exchange of good practices, participation in networks.

Amongst our main projects and activities I should single out the fact that we regularly organise seminars and other events in the University of National and World Economy and we're proud to co-organise the "Let's clean Bulgaria in a day" campaign.

To date, assisting and enabling the activities of Priateli (VT) and building a network of international and local partners in the cultural, social, business excellence and rural regeneration fields. Future projects include rural ecological/cultural centre, urban leisure facilities and international cultural exchange.

Gymnastics for the age group of 7-10
Majorette team
Bicycle tours
Mountain Hiking
Drama
Arts
Body Building, Pilates, Fitness, Yoga, Tae-bo
Every year Summer Camp at the seaside

The Foundation has developed its own publishing policy which includes the production of books of documents, teaching, training and conference papers and materials. The Foundation organizes discussions, training sessions, conferences and exhibitions.
The following projects are among the more significant results of the Foundation’s activities so far:
Legacies for the Future: Prevention of Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia among High School Students (educational project supported by the Democracy Commission small grants program of the US Embassy in Bulgaria); The Power of Civil Society in a time of Genocide: Proceedings of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews 1940-1944 (a documentary book supported by B'Nai B'Rith International); Mobile Exposition "The Power of the Civil Society - the Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews" (supported by the State Institute до Culture of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bulgaria); Educational training “Living Together, Standing Together” in a partnership with Centropa-Austria.