We lost Dr. Zhelyu Zhelev – the first democratically elected president of the Republic of Bulgaria (1990 – 1997) and a great friend of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”. The Executive Director Dr. Irina Alexieva wrote in her letter of condolences to President Zhelev’s family: We lost a person who, with his faith […]

Thirty nine participants in the National Program “Governing Skills” of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” received their diplomas at a special graduation ceremony. The event was on 19 December. The diplomas were awarded by the Chair of the Board Sasha Bezuhanova, the Board Member Boriana Dimitrova and the Executive Director Irina Alexieva.

From 11 to 16 December two representatives of the Citizen School for Political Studies in Morocco did a study visit in Bulgaria. The goal was to acquire first-hand experience how the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” trains political and civic leaders. The visit was during the second course of BSoP’s National Program 2014 / […]

Energy in Bulgaria – what is the development strategy? This was the topic of the panel “Bulgaria’s long-term strategies”, which closed the second course from the National Program “Governing Skills”. The experts on energy – Valentin Nikolov, vice-chair of the parliamentarian energy committee, Yavor Kuyumdzhiev, who was vice-chair of the parliamentarian energy committee in the […]

The topic of regional security was widely covered during of the National Program. Two of the speakers were leading Bulgarian experts on the topic – the chair of the Sofia Security Forum Jordan Bozhilov and the professor in Arabian Studies – Simeon Evstatiev explained to the participants the reasons behind the conflicts in Ukraine and […]

The budget as a political instrument or how the parties implement their policies through the prism of the municipality budget was the discussed topic during the fourth day of the National Program. The structure and the principles of the state budget and municipalities’ financial policy were presented by Zdravko Sechkov, chair of the Foundation for […]

Accent during the second day of the National Program was the panel “Europe of the Regions”. The day started with a lecture by Yavor Aleksiev from the Institute for Market Economy. He presented the annual research of the organization – “Regional Profiles: Indicators of Development”. After that the executive director of the National Association of […]

The second course of the National Program “Governing Skills” dedicated to the regional development and local self-government, started today at the Diplomat Plaza Hotel in the city of Lukovit. It will last until 14th December. The Program started with presentations from the participants, who presented measures for a better link between the education and the […]

From 1 to 7 December a Training of Trainers for experts of the Ukrainian School of Political Studies took place. It was a joint initiative of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” and the Ukrainian School, and was implemented with the support of the Association of Schools of Political Studies under the auspices of […]

During the last day of the first course of the National Program, the key panel was “Bulgaria’s Long-term Strategies”. The topic of the link between the education and the employment market was presented by the chair of the board of the New Bulgarian University – Mr. Antony Slavinski and the manager of the National Competence […]