Sdruzhenie Yuni Partners/ Association Euni Partners

National Network
Bulgaria
Address

jk. Zapad 40
Blagoevgrad
Bulgaria

Telephone
00359/ 889 81 86 07
E-Mail
eunipartners@hotmail.com
E-Mail (2)
mail.eunipartners@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2010
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Research
General Information
Association “Euni Partners” is a non-profit organization that works to promote and expand the cooperation between the academia, the business, the authority and educational institutions. Euni Partners has three full time employees, between 4 and 6 contractual agents yearly assigned with specific missions and nearly 80 members, experts in various fields. The budgetary resources of the organization available for the current year amounts on 35 000 BGN. The organization's main sources of funding are members’ contributions, consultancy fees from local authorities, and funds for the implementation of main project activities. The association’s main project is “European Tales and Legends” aiming at the valorization of the intangible cultural heritage and its exploitation for cultural tourism. The association is member of two international networks – “Route Europeenne des Legendes” (France) and ELSIR (Italy).
Mission and Objectives

Association “Euni Partners” aims to meet the common themes and ideas, the joint projects and the research of scientists, the artists and young people from different cultural, professional, social etc. backgrounds. We strive to develop and implement innovative projects in cooperation with national and international organizations, institutions and professionals. Among our main objectives are: promoting, developing and supporting values in civil society, private enterprises and citizens’ initiatives; promoting social integration, personal fulfillment and protection of human rights; supporting the transnational and cross-border cooperation, good neighborliness and building local, regional and transnational partnerships; promoting intercultural dialogue, exchange of good practices in different areas and directions; developing and disseminating projects in the field of: arts, culture, education, science, sport, tourism, agriculture, environment, regional development, economic, humanitarian, social and other sciences;

Main Projects / Activities

Being a member of the international network “Route Europeene des Legendes”, "Euni Partners" has been implementing the project “European tales and legends” in Bulgaria, aiming at the creation of sustainable thematic tourism networks on local, national and international level. Since then, strategies for the development and marketing of tourism of several municipalities have been concluded, and are now at the stage of implementation. We carry out research and provide professional consultancy for the local authorities of South West Bulgaria. Our team offers consultancy to its members and partners in the field of fund-raising and project building, starting from project idea to actual implementation. Since 2012 we have assisted local authorities in the development and implementation of four projects in the field of culture, tourism and education. We maintain acting and English language school for children where we mainly aim at learning the spoken language throughout interactive games and theater.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We believe that, as our goals are in line with the objectives of the ALF Network, we can contribute to the development of the Foundation's priorities through actions and projects in different fields, aiming at fostering intercultural dialogue and uniting different actors on national and international level. Our interdisciplinary network of experts and cross-sectoral approaches are in the core of the work of the association, which can contribute to the ALF Network with expertise in the fields of academia (archeology, folk arts, ethnography, history, literature, psychology, mathematics, musicology), international relations, journalism, education, culture and the arts, banking and tourism services, youth and democracy.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Our organization shares the majority of the values and objectives of the ALF Network, such as: acceptance of pluralism and cultural diversity, mutual respect between societies, religions and beliefs, acknowledgment of rule of law and fundamental freedoms. Our main activities are focused on bringing people from different cultural, religious, social etc. backgrounds together and creating cultural bridges and sustainable cooperation networks and projects. We believe that Anna Lindh Foundation Network will allow us to connect with people and organizations whose ideas and goals are common to ours, will contribute to our activities and will provide us with opportunities for new partnerships. It will also offer to our team the possibility to share and exchange experience with members of the Foundations’ wide network and give us new views and potentials to promote our ideas and objectives.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ilina Yakova
Head of the organisation
Ilina Yakova