ALFHands-on: دعوة للمدربين – النسخة الثالثة
The Steps for NGO's GUIDEBOOK was developed within the "STEPS 4 NGOs" project. The project was a challenge and an opportunity for partner organisations from Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Nepal, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam to strengthen cooperation between youth sectors...
Mladost 3, bl.321B
Sofia
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“Syznanie” is a non-government organisation working towards the adoption of alternative educational methods in Bulgaria.
Following the best of the European practices, we develop study programmes based on the living methodology – learning through experiencing. We stimulate children to make their own discoveries and to experiment. We encourage them to analyse their own experiences and to develop new skills and ways of thinking.
We are trying to find creative potential in each child while avoiding any set frameworks of what is right or wrong, ugly or beautiful. Our goal is for the children to express themselves in their unique creative ways.
We create a stable supportive environment for the children in disadvantageous position, through extra-curriculum educational programmes and courses in a stimulating creative environment.
Our main activities are related to social and educational themes focusing on marginal groups, human rights education, and emotions expression. We are trying to use art and music to express someone’s feelings, to understand our selves, to connect with the others and to the outside word. We are training to make nature part of our work and educational process and to stress the importance of health and environment in daily base life.
Course for stimulating children's creativity
Children work on topics like "My image", "The other's image", "Friends", "Dreams", "Expectations", "Needs", "Feelings", etc. They allow them to become aware of their own individuality, the differences between children, but also the common things and the similarities.
The activities involved have as a goal to create an environment that is safe and protected, but at the same time open for participation. There through work with various art forms children of different ages acquire and master a variety of skills, experiment in many different directions – with themselves and with the surrounding environment. They will follow their endeavors and raise their questions without the threat of being destructive or dangerous in the process of their development, growth and entry into society. The aim is through team work for the children to learn to communicate with each other, acquire useful skills, become confident and capable of taking responsibilities. The focus of the activities is on the positive and pleasant experience of the child and not on the end result and the accomplishment of a "finished work". Each child finds their own potential to be creative without the limitations of a framework of what is beautiful or right and what is ugly or wrong.
This summer we realized one day activity part of a our social project - Colors of the Hart where we link generations and we connect kids and their grandparents in varieties of workshops
Locally, we are trying to get more and more close relations with the schools, kindergartens and other institutions. We believe that any project could benefit of that and we hope we could achieve it even more. Internationally, a partnership with ALF Network is one very important and significant step.
We do believe that the education is the tool for global social change. We, as an organization, and we - as members, are trying in our daily work to better, stimulate and develop the educational program and to brain-storm for solutions. There are varieties of topics that need to be adrees- human rights and environment as well as emotional intelligence are one of those where we are most focused. We believe ALF Network could be useful asset to our work and would help us better our work.
Bulgaria, Sofia, Moderno predgradie, Vrah Mancho street. Bl. 8, en. B, app. 31
1360 Sofia
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Synergy Bulgaria NGO's purpose is to support young people in their social, personal, and professional development. The core staff is three team members: Yassar Markos, Ina Todorova and Yuliia Markos, all of them experienced in European programs, youth field and volunteering. They are continuously supported by a group of 6 international volunteers. Our main source of funding comes from Erasmus + and ESC programs we plan and implement every year. At a European level, we are hosting Youth Exchanges and Training Courses with our network of trusted partners and we also participate in KA1 and KA2 projects . On a local level, we hold monthly events, trainings and workshops with the help of our local partners on the topic of personal and professional development.
Our mission is to support young people and professionals in reaching their highest potential through continuous personal and professional development. We empower, inspire, and educate people to become active members of society and bring a positive change into it.
The aims of Synergy Bulgaria are:
- to promote non-formal education and volunteering as a strong platform for personal and professional development;
- to encourage entrepreneurship in young people;
- to raise standards of youth work by providing quality professional training to youth workers;
- to help non-profit organizations get access to EU funding and build sustainable strategy;
- to spread the ideas of lifelong learning, development of new competences (values, skills, knowledge) and European values.
Synergy Bulgaria's geographical reach extends into three different dimensions: internationally (mainly Europe), nationally and locally (mainly Sofia, Bulgaria).
On the international level we create a learning environment and promote entrepreneurship/feeling of initiative by hosting youth exchanges and coordinating volunteering projects. By hosting mobilities of youth workers and being partners in KA2 projects we contribute to raising the standards of youth work and mentoring young organizations.
On the local level we are hosting and facilitating local Synergy Lab workshops, Story.me story-telling evenings and informal gatherings. We also mentor young people to receive funding and implement solidarity projects. Last, we run Changemaker's Academy, a three moth intensive program of trainings and workshops aimed at young local females who wish to become entrepreneurs.
We can expand the Network to Bulgaria, organize and host events to raise awareness about intercultural dialogue.
Through the Network we wish to extend the impact of our activities in the region and contribute to the creation of an inclusive society.
This manual has been created within the framework of TACC project “Take Action, Create the Change”, managed by the International Foundation for Y-PEER Development. It consists of three main documents: I. The theoretical part includes knowledge and information on leadership...
Mladost 1, bl. 54A
1784 Sofia
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TEZA delivers high quality interactive e-learning aplications.
Research, training development end delivery, including e-learning.
3, Hristo Belchev str.
1000 Sofia
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The Change Foundation is part of the Reach for Change Group that is an international non-profit founded in Sweden in 2010 operating in 12 countries on three continents.
Full-time employees are 4 people – management, administration, program and communication. Temporary we work with 14 peoples – design and delivery of workshops, pro-bono trainers, mentors, interns.
Budgetary resources available in 2021 are 100 000 EUR fund-raised from Nova Broadcasting Group and ING Bank.
Our projects are PROMYANATA, Innovation for Inclusion, Social Innovation Fund, Project “Transfer of Innovative Practices for Enhancing the Social Impact from the Activity of Social Entrepreneurs”.
Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities are Reach for Change, Nova Broadcasting Group, ING Bank, The Business Institute.
A special focus for the partnership between ING Bank and The Change Foundation is on providing support to social entrepreneurs in Bulgaria to better serve the underprivileged groups of the society through Sofia Innovation Fund.
The vision of The Change Foundation is a world where all children and youth reach their full potential. Since 2015 we’re working towards this vision by finding social entrepreneurs and empowering them to develop and scale innovative solutions that help children have better lives.
We find social entrepreneurs through our search and selection, and support them in becoming investment ready to qualify for intensive support in our incubator programs. We run development programs for social entrepreneurs, tailored to their specific development stage. The social entrepreneurs are supported to scale their innovation through capacity-building, network connections and funding, all in partnership with multiple sectors.
Our medium-term objective is that our social ventures develop effective solutions for children and youth and become ready to scale. More specifically our objectives are that, by the end of their third year in the incubator, our social ventures:
- Have proven an effective solution for children and youth
- Are ready to financially sustain their operations at scale
- Have strong leadership and a team ready for scale
- Have initiated impact scaling
- Have begun carrying out systems change activities (if applicable)
Our long-term objective is that our alumni (the social ventures that have graduated from the incubator) scale their impact to a significant share of their target group, contributing to the fulfillment of the sustainable development goals for children and youth.
The Change Foundation's projects:
PROMYANATA Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs (2015 – 2020) - to support early stage social entrepreneurs to develop and scale their innovations, solving pressing social issues for children and youth. Within 3 to 5 years in the Incubator SEs to have proven their impact, become financially sustainable, established a strong leadership and team, and to have initiated scale of their impact. To develop a community of social entrepreneurs.
PROMYANATA Pre-Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs (2015 – 2020) - to support early stage SE to get investment ready for the Incubator of The Change Foundation . To support the development of the SEs in terms of: effective solution, financial sustainability, pitching . To create a community of SE.
Innovation for Inclusion (2020 - ....) - to empower innovators to develop their sustainable solutions for social inclusion.
Social Innovation Fund (2015 – 2020) - to support, through social-entrepreneur initiatives that have a sustainable business model and that create social change in Bulgaria, especially for underprivileged people.
Project “Transfer of Innovative Practices for Enhancing the Social Impact from the Activity of Social Entrepreneurs” (2017-2018) - to research, pilot and transfer in Bulgaria innovative practices for support of social entrepreneurs in regard to: impact management, organisational growth and impact scaling, system change.
Accelerator and Incubator for early stage SE in the field of Education (2018- 2019) - to help teachers and alumni of Teach for Bulgaria further develop their knowledge, skills, and capacity in order to start successful businesses dedicated to various social causes
The Change Foundation's programs:
Pre-incubator and Incubator program – our pre-incubator and incubator are designed to support social enterprises in the proof-of-concept and early-growth stages. We help social entrepreneurs maximize and effectively measure their social impact, strengthen internal capacities and increase revenues and typically lasts up to three years. The incubator supports includes:
- Capacity-building. We offer advisory, technical training, mentoring, coaching and peer-to-peer exchange across five key development areas: effective solution, financial sustainability, leadership and team, impact scaling and system change.
- Network connections. We connect our social entrepreneurs to our local and international network of experts and funders, with the aim of creating new learning opportunities, partnerships and sources of revenue.
- Stamp of approval. In addition to assistance with capacity building and access to network and grant funding, a place in our incubator represents a stamp of approval because of our highly competitive selection process.
- Grant funding. Selected social entrepreneurs are offered unrestricted support for developing and delivering their solution and for strengthening the capacity and capabilities of their team.
In addition to the direct support to social entrepreneurs, The Change Foundation also works to create a sustainable supportive environment that enables social entrepreneurs to develop and scale. This includes increasing awareness of social entrepreneurship, facilitating cross-sector exchange and establishing support networks.
Our contribution to the Network will be the network of social entrepreneurs in Bulgaria that The Change Foundation have been built since 2015. We can contribute with our strong methodology. The methodology of the incubator program centers around the Development Tracker, a tool consisting of development milestones that like a map or curriculum sets out what is to be achieved during the program. In addition to our direct support to help our incubator participants achieve these milestones, we offer support through different resources (lectures, tools, quizzes, articles and homeworks).
One of our core principles on how we design our program is co-creation, partnering for change. We work with local and international partners who are brave enough to innovate together and to invest in new ideas and people. Participating in the ALF Network we would be grate to make more partnerships.
3, Hristo Belchev str.
1000 Sofia
بلغاريا
The Change Foundation is part of the Reach for Change Group that is an international non-profit founded in Sweden in 2010 operating in 12 countries on three continents.
Full-time employees are 4 people – management, administration, program and communication. Temporary we work with 14 peoples – design and delivery of workshops, pro-bono trainers, mentors, interns.
Budgetary resources available in 2021 are 100 000 EUR fund-raised from Nova Broadcasting Group and ING Bank.
Our projects are PROMYANATA, Innovation for Inclusion, Social Innovation Fund, Project “Transfer of Innovative Practices for Enhancing the Social Impact from the Activity of Social Entrepreneurs”.
Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities are Reach for Change, Nova Broadcasting Group, ING Bank, The Business Institute.
A special focus for the partnership between ING Bank and The Change Foundation is on providing support to social entrepreneurs in Bulgaria to better serve the underprivileged groups of the society through Sofia Innovation Fund.
The vision of The Change Foundation is a world where all children and youth reach their full potential. Since 2015 we’re working towards this vision by finding social entrepreneurs and empowering them to develop and scale innovative solutions that help children have better lives.
We find social entrepreneurs through our search and selection, and support them in becoming investment ready to qualify for intensive support in our incubator programs. We run development programs for social entrepreneurs, tailored to their specific development stage. The social entrepreneurs are supported to scale their innovation through capacity-building, network connections and funding, all in partnership with multiple sectors.
Our medium-term objective is that our social ventures develop effective solutions for children and youth and become ready to scale. More specifically our objectives are that, by the end of their third year in the incubator, our social ventures:
- Have proven an effective solution for children and youth
- Are ready to financially sustain their operations at scale
- Have strong leadership and a team ready for scale
- Have initiated impact scaling
- Have begun carrying out systems change activities (if applicable)
Our long-term objective is that our alumni (the social ventures that have graduated from the incubator) scale their impact to a significant share of their target group, contributing to the fulfillment of the sustainable development goals for children and youth.
The Change Foundation's projects:
PROMYANATA Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs (2015 – 2020) - to support early stage social entrepreneurs to develop and scale their innovations, solving pressing social issues for children and youth. Within 3 to 5 years in the Incubator SEs to have proven their impact, become financially sustainable, established a strong leadership and team, and to have initiated scale of their impact. To develop a community of social entrepreneurs.
PROMYANATA Pre-Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs (2015 – 2020) - to support early stage SE to get investment ready for the Incubator of The Change Foundation . To support the development of the SEs in terms of: effective solution, financial sustainability, pitching . To create a community of SE.
Innovation for Inclusion (2020 - ....) - to empower innovators to develop their sustainable solutions for social inclusion.
Social Innovation Fund (2015 – 2020) - to support, through social-entrepreneur initiatives that have a sustainable business model and that create social change in Bulgaria, especially for underprivileged people.
Project “Transfer of Innovative Practices for Enhancing the Social Impact from the Activity of Social Entrepreneurs” (2017-2018) - to research, pilot and transfer in Bulgaria innovative practices for support of social entrepreneurs in regard to: impact management, organisational growth and impact scaling, system change.
Accelerator and Incubator for early stage SE in the field of Education (2018- 2019) - to help teachers and alumni of Teach for Bulgaria further develop their knowledge, skills, and capacity in order to start successful businesses dedicated to various social causes
The Change Foundation's programs:
Pre-incubator and Incubator program – our pre-incubator and incubator are designed to support social enterprises in the proof-of-concept and early-growth stages. We help social entrepreneurs maximize and effectively measure their social impact, strengthen internal capacities and increase revenues and typically lasts up to three years. The incubator supports includes:
- Capacity-building. We offer advisory, technical training, mentoring, coaching and peer-to-peer exchange across five key development areas: effective solution, financial sustainability, leadership and team, impact scaling and system change.
- Network connections. We connect our social entrepreneurs to our local and international network of experts and funders, with the aim of creating new learning opportunities, partnerships and sources of revenue.
- Stamp of approval. In addition to assistance with capacity building and access to network and grant funding, a place in our incubator represents a stamp of approval because of our highly competitive selection process.
- Grant funding. Selected social entrepreneurs are offered unrestricted support for developing and delivering their solution and for strengthening the capacity and capabilities of their team.
In addition to the direct support to social entrepreneurs, The Change Foundation also works to create a sustainable supportive environment that enables social entrepreneurs to develop and scale. This includes increasing awareness of social entrepreneurship, facilitating cross-sector exchange and establishing support networks.
Our contribution to the Network will be the network of social entrepreneurs in Bulgaria that The Change Foundation have been built since 2015. We can contribute with our strong methodology. The methodology of the incubator program centers around the Development Tracker, a tool consisting of development milestones that like a map or curriculum sets out what is to be achieved during the program. In addition to our direct support to help our incubator participants achieve these milestones, we offer support through different resources (lectures, tools, quizzes, articles and homeworks).
One of our core principles on how we design our program is co-creation, partnering for change. We work with local and international partners who are brave enough to innovate together and to invest in new ideas and people. Participating in the ALF Network we would be grate to make more partnerships.
We share with the audience the successive successes of the "Paisiy Hilendarski" City Library, Asdenovgrad, which are long-term members of the National Network Anna Lindh Bulgaria. Besides being very active at the local level and constantly offering various services to the community in Asenovgrad, the library also participates in many projects financed by various grants. We are now sharing information about their participation in the international project ADELE (Advancing Digital Empowerment of Libraries in Europe), which is financed under the Erasmus + program. The project is implemented by organizations from: Ireland, Italy, Belgium and Bulgaria. The aim of the project is to promote the use of digital technologies through the acquisition and development of digital competences in the field of non-formal education for adults. within the framework of the project, a working visit was held in Brussels, Belgium, which was also attended by the director of the City Library "P.Hilendarski", Asenovgrad - Milena Markovska. During the meeting, the participants had the pleasure of getting to know the work of the neighborhood library "Elsen Public Library", the host library - "Muntpunt Library", as well as the "Royal Library of Belgium", which preserves the literary heritage of Belgium.
To learn more about the ADELE project, click on the link: https://www.adele-project.eu/it/https://libasenovgrad.com/novini/
Str. "Makedoniya" 38
6300 Haskovo
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Our mission is to facilitate people's development as holistic and harmonious persons, as well to build sustainable communities. To achieve this, we try to improve and integrate various activities and roles through which individuals and groups operate in their lives.
Generally, we are engaged in various forms of nonformal education:
We run art classes in the Refugee camp in Harmanli, Bulgaria.
We provide English classes for the refugees in the Refugee camp in Harmanli, Bulgaria.
We organize free open cources in the Open School of Psychology (haskovo, Buglaria).
We develop the local community in Chernichevo village, Eastern Rhodope mountains.
We are a small, but enthusiastic group of individuals with experience in intercultural communication.
We have organized different activities with refugees, students, and adults.
We have an experienced trainer in intercultural skills, Mr Georgi Stankov, who was trained in "LTS training and consulting", Bath Spa, UK.
We have experience in online broadcasting, community organizing, grassroots activism, art and cultural activities, and we could contribute with our ideas and know-how.
We are deeply devoted to the ideas of peace and collaboration between the peoples, groups and communitites around the world. We see the world as a field for communication, sharing and collaboration, and we have found that what ALF Network is doing perfectly matches our idea.
24 "Shejnovo" str.
Bourgas
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Mission:
The Foundation Greener Bourgas promotes and supports the environmental protection and nature conservation in the Bourgas region and in Bulgaria in general. It also promotes the principles of sustainable development.
Objectives:
The general objectives of the foundation, as formulated in the Statute are:
- To promote environmental awareness with the public, the schools, the authorities and private companies;
- To support the authorities, the state and private companies at the implementation of the transition, in order they to work in compliance with the EU directives and norms;
- To carry out consulting activities for private companies and authorities in the field of general management, environmental management, environmental technology and environmental protection.
Projects:
Green Youth Academy 2009-2010 carried by DS of USA Alumni Venelin Todorov;
“Innovative adult education for sustainable rural development” Project /2008-2010/ under Grundtvig Program /Lifelong learning/.
Greener Bourgas Foundation participates in an international consortium together with organizations from Lithuania, Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Belgium. The project is focused on providing training on sustainable rural practices for inhabitants from marginalized regions. Associated partner is Regional Agricultural Advisory Service - Burgas;
CSO Engagement in Ecological Economics Project 2008; The innovative practices for capacity building of civil society organizations Project /2008/
“The innovative practices for capacity building of civil society organizations” Project /2008/. The project is funded under the OP Administrative capacity. GBF is partner of the Union of Bulgarian Black sea Local authorities. In the framework of the project is organized training for CSO representatives through Internet based platform. Its aim is NGOs capacity building mainly in the regions of Varna, Burgas and Dobrich.
“Learn, See, Do” Project /2006 –2007/, funded by Joint Small Project Fund, PHARE Cross border Cooperation program Bulgaria-Turkey. Greener Bourgas Foundation is Bulgarian partner of Kirklareli Chamber of Agriculture.
“Regional waste management project for Burgas, Dobrich and Provadia Regions” /2005 – 2007/, funded by ISPA Program. Greener Bourgas Foundation is local partner of the international consortium. “Giant Farm” Project /2005 – 2006/, funded by the Joint Small Project Fund, PHARE Cross border Cooperation program Bulgaria-Turkey.
“Sustainable NGOs - reliable and capable partner” Project- Program for Institutional and Financial Capacity Building of NGOs in the Bulgarian Black Sea Region /2005 –2006/, funded by Small embassy project (MATRA/KAP).
“Development of regional development plan for South-east Planning region” /2005 – 2005/ Project, funded by the Bulgarian Ministry of regional development and public works. Greener Bourgas Foundation was part of the consortium developing the plan;
“Campaign for support of energy efficiency measures implementation in the construction of residential and public buildings in Burgas region” Project /2004 – 2005/, funded by Foundation EkoObshtnost under Energy Alternatives program;
“Sustainable building” Project /2004 – 2005/, funded by the Dutch Ministry of housing, spatial planning and the environment. This is a pilot project for Bulgaria and is implemented by the Greener Bourgas Foundation with the support of the Municipality of Burgas. It aims at transferring the Dutch experience in the field of sustainable building including sustainable technologies and materials.
“Environmental management of port areas ” /2003 – 2004/- Flanders-Bulgarian project funded by the Flanders community. Greener Bourgas Foundation organizes trainings for the project target groups-port authorities, ecological organizations, trade-union organizations, etc. about the role of NGOs in environmental management of port areas.03/2003 - 03/2004
"Promotion of Environmentally Sound Agricultural Practices in Bulgarian Black Sea Coastal Zone", financed by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of UK.10/2002 - 06/2003 "Campaign "Helping people to participate" financed by the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe under the Program "Support Developing Strategies for Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in SEE NGO".
A JOINT PROGRAM FOR PREVENTION, REDUCTION AND CONTROL OF NUTRIENT POLLUTION FROM AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES/ October 2002 - October 2003/09/2002 - 06/2003 "Establishment of Partnership for Introduction of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the Black Sea region" financed by the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe - Bulgaria. The project aims to establish multi-stakeholders partnership on local and regional level for introduction of sustainable agricultural practices.01/2002 "Strengthening Municipalities and Regional Capacity Project - Bulgaria", financed by the British Know-How Fund.
04/2001 - 12/2001"Partners for water protection and sustainable utilization ". Financed by the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. DEVELOPMENT OF A HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON THE TERRIRORY OF MUNICIPALITY OF BOURGAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EU STANDARDSThe main goal of this project is the implementation of an effective and active system for integrated management of the specific hazardous waste from humanitarian and veterinarian medicine on the territory of Bourgas Municipality, eliminated risks for environment and human health , in connection with the implementation of the health reform in Bulgaria and the performance of the requirements of existing local normative organization and the EU legislation standards.The Greener Bourgas Foundation organized the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Risk Assessment Activities for the Cold War Facilities and Environmental Legacies". More than 70 participants from all over the world were trained.
2000 - 2001 "Clean beaches, a first commitment for a sustainable tourism in Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea Coastal Areas "-under the Cooperative Environmental Project Grants of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.
2000-2001"Implementation of a new equipment for the waste treatment"-financed by the Dutch Environmental Ministry. The Greener Bourgas Foundation is the local partner and consultant for this project. 2000 -2001 "Co-generation and energy efficiency program for Toplofikatcia Bourgas"-financed by the Ecolinks Program of USAID.
"Urban indicators for sustainable development" within the framework of program "Global Urban Network" by the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements. The Foundation Greener Bourgas select, process and analyze the statistic information concerning the social, economic and environmental situation in Municipality of Bourgas.Extraction and Utilisation of Biogas at Bratovo landfill financed by the Ecolinks Program USAID, 1999-2001 Bulgarian-Dutch Environmental Project Greeer Bourgas - common environmental action program of the government and the Industry of the region of Bourgas, 1997-1999;
1999-2001 Bulgarian-Dutch Project Development of Waste Management Strategy for Port of Bourgas. The partners are: Ministry of Transport, Port of Bourgas, Municipality of Bourgas, IWACO -Rotterdam, DCMR-Rotterdam, Haskoning, ATM. The Foundation acted as a local consultant and coordinator of this project.
Within the framework of Project the Foundation organized an international seminar for Waste Management in Black Sea Ports.