Sand Glass Foundation

National Network
Bulgaria
Address

14, Luben Karavelov str.
Sofia
Bulgaria

Telephone
+359 2 8708066
E-Mail
projects@sand-glass.org
Website
http://www.sand-glass.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2004
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Media
  4. Research
  5. Youth and education
General Information
The organization operates with highly skilled professional team. The staff is composed of 2 employe with the following qualifications: landscape architects and ecologist. Budgetary resources in a year: 15 000 euro Sources of funding: Youth in Action Programmme, local government, local fundings Actions: seminars, concerts, reserches Partners: Sand glass foundation cooperates with number of institutional and voluntary organizations in Bulgaria and abroad – local councils (Sofia city Council, municipalities), regional authorities (Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water – Sofia, Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria), universities (University of Architecture, civil engineering and geodesy, Sofia; University of Forestry, Sofia; University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, faculty of Mass Communication and Journalism) and NGOs. It is the initiator and Bulgarian coordinator of the European Network of Eco-Youth – ENEY.
Mission and Objectives

“Sand-Glass” foundation was created in 2004 to popularize the idea of “Green cities”, sustainable urban management and development. The organization stimulates the social engagement, the mind change and the active civil society actions towards the problems in urban environment.

Main Projects / Activities

The Centennial Trees in the Centennial City. (http://oldtrees.sand-glass.org) - The project aims to popularize the centennial trees in Sofia city as a natural heritage, to organize awareness-raising activities concerning the problems of the centennial trees within urban environment.
Contact making seminar “Youth Programme and the Ecology” - Within the seminar was discussed the establishment of a network of organizations working in the field of ecology - “European Network for Eco-Youth” (ENEY).

Contact (1) Full Name
Boyana Vasileva