11 Dondukov Blvd., floor 2, Sofia 1000
Sofia
Bulgaria
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
Creating opportunities for publicity in the management via introducing management and working upon regulations, showing thorough transparency for decision-making on all levels. Constructing systems for counteracting the corruption practices and creating prerequisites for their elimination. Optimizing the training systems, raising the qualification and knowledge testing. Creating systems for tuition of children, school children, teachers and tuition personnel and specialists for working in anti-corruption environment. Stimulating the civil activity in the conditions and terms of the membership of Bulgaria in the European Union - business and behavior models. Making popular the democratic mechanisms and practices of the states with advanced democracy in the area of the public manifestation - access to media, communications. Stimulating innovation entrepreneurship. Stimulating the dialogue and interaction with the state, the local self-government and the business organizations when it comes to resolving problems of public interest - education, qualification, local self-government and democracy. Consulting state organizations and institutions for creating forms, structures and contacts between people, institutions and organizations with the neighbouring states of Bulgaria - Bulgaria, culture and education exchange. Ensuring transparency in the activity of the organization and stipulating mechanisms ensuring the performance of the will of the founders and donors.
The following initiatives have been implemented by the foundation:
• On 26 November 2008 FTR jointly with Foundation “Human resources in Bulgaria and the EU integration”, “Funds, programmes, projects” magazine and "National Association of the Municipalities in Bulgaria" delivered round table on the topic “Evaluation procedures – a catalyst for the effective absorption of the EU funds”;
• On 8 June 2009 FTR delivered round table on the topic “The implementation of EU financed projects – an image activity or necessity” with the special participation of Vice Premier Meglena Plugchieva and Boriana Pencheva, Director of the Management of EU Funds Directorate within the Ministry of Finance;
• On the 30th of September 2009 FTR delivered a round table discussion on "Who Elaborates and Whose Interests are Served by the Terms of References of the Public Procurement Tenders Under the Public Procurement Law, Ordinance on Small Public Contracts and 55th Council of Ministers Ordinance;
• In the period 07.2011 - 07.2012 Foundation for tranparent regulations together with European movement - Nis implemented cross-border cooperation project "Publicity, Transparency and Partnership - a Basis for Social and Regional Development" under Bulgaria - Serbia IPA Cross-border Programme with main objective to drawing out of good practices for improvement of the collaboration between the civil sector and local authorities; project under European Projects and Development of Civil Society - "Inquiry, systematization and adaptation of existing practices concerning the functioning of Public Councils in Bulgaria and elaboration of interaction rules between Sofia Municipal Council and Public Councils in Sofia", a project under Operative programme Administative capacity - “Transparency and publicity in the actions of the regional and municipal administrations – a guarantee for honest and worthy local management”.
FTR can contribute to the following fields of action of the programme: Education and Youth; Culture and Arts; Peace and Co-existence; Values.
FTR members will share personal and organization experience and information. They will provide personal expertise for the benefit of the network activities, when it is needed. The foundation will pay respect and tolerance towards the other and strive to accomplish conscientiously the undertaken commitments and obligations. The foundation will be active and responsible in the processes of decision making and problem solving. In all activities FTR will respect the methods for achievement of significant goals. FTR will support and recognise Anna Lingh Foundation’s values through promoting and implementing its objectives and activities. It will strive to build sustainable partnerships in Bulgaria and in the Euro-Mediterranean region. FTR will propose interpellations and suggestions for the activity of the Network and its management structure and participate in the common initiatives of the Network. Furthermore, FTR will colaborate in order to help achievement of the missions and objectives of the National Network; actively disseminate information for the activity of the Network and to involve potential members in its activities and maintain the trust and tolerance between the Network Members. All engagements will be implemented conscientiously. Through implementaion of projects FTR will strive to contribute to the AFL network and National network objectives by realising specific aims at the fields of training, peace, democracy, transparency and partnership.
Foundation for Transparent Regulations accepts and supports the values of ALF: acceptance of pluralism and cultural diversity, mutual respect between societies, religions and beliefs, acknowledgment of rule of law and fundamental freedoms. They are core for the development of human society. Becoming a member of ALF Network will give an opportunity for FTR to contibute to sustainable development of Euro-Mediterranean Region through mutual respect of the abovementioned values. FTR wants to be a part of the organisation that affects the capacity for individuals and groups to share values and live together in the region. FTR also wants to contribute for maintaining the dialogue between cultures, which is the roadmap of the Anna Lindh Foundation in a long-term strategy to address the true causes - political, ideological
and social - that have deepened and radicalised the human gap between the two shores of the
Mediterranean. Furthermore, FTR wants to join ALF Network, because the Anna Lindh Foundation is addressing the ‘clash of ignorance’ between people living across the Mediterranean. Bacause the ALF's causes are shared and supported by the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the Foundation can bring together the civil society of the region for intercultural dialogue and to work for a common future. The FTR can be of use for the following fields of action of the programme: Education and Youth; Culture and Arts; Peace and Co-existence; Values.