The lecture of the Tunisian President HE Moncef Marzouki, which was planned for tomorrow, at 18 o’clock, in the Central Military Club, will not take place due to the cancellation of the official visit of the President to Bulgaria. We thank to all who expressed their interest in the event.

U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Ms. Marcie Ries was a special guest speaker at the panel “30 minutes with” in the National Program “Governing skills.” The topic of her discussion with the program participants was “Changing Demographics and their Effect on Elections and Public Policy.” H.E. Marcie Ries defined the main trends in the changing demographic […]

The focus of the fifth day of the second National Program course was the panel “Long-term strategies for Bulgaria”. The topic was “Energy Efficiency”. Special guest-lecturers were Mr. Ognyan Markovski from the Sustainable Energy Development Agency, Ms. Irena Mladenova from the Presidency of Bulgaria, Ms. Ivanka Dilovska, Chair of the Management Board of the Institute of […]

The participants in the National Programme discussed the budget as a political instrument or how parties realize their political interests through municipal budgets at the fourth day of the course, dedicated to federal self-government. The structure and principles of municipal budget and financial policies of the municipalities were presented by Mr. Zdravko Sechkov, Chairman of […]

Mr. Elvin Guri and his wife Ms. Ralitza Again support different educational institutions and initiatives like the American University in Bulgaria, “Junior Achievement Bulgaria” and “Teach for Bulgaria”. They donated $ 1 million leva for scholarships for Bulgarian and Albanian students at AUBG. Mr. Guri was a special guest-speaker at the panel “30 minutes with […]

The regional development was the focus of the program at the third day of the second course of the National Program “Governing skills””. The morning session began with the presentation of Mr. Thomas Wobben, who is the director for “Horizontal Policies and Networks”at the European Union Committee of the Regions. He explained to the participants […]

The second day of the second course from the National Program “Governing skills” was focused on the local policies and the link between the parties and the local self-government. The accent of the program was a debate between mayors from deferent parties. The conversation was dedicated to the coordination between local party structures and party […]

The second course of the National Programme “Governing Skills”, dedicated to regional development and local self-government, began today at the Riu Hotel in Pravets. The participants presented their ideas for improving the quality of the higher education and his link to the business. They were divided into four groups – representatives of government, business, universities […]

Mr. Oliver Rapf is the Executive Director of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE). He presented the report “Near Zero Energy building” at the conference “Energy Efficiency Investment Mechanisms”, organized by the Bulgarian School of politics “Dimitry Panitza” and the German Embassy to Bulgaria.

“Bulgaria is working for development of smart growth education”, explained the Minister of Education, Mr. Sergey Ignatov to the participants in the National Program “Governing Skills” of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”. He said that there are five priority areas in which Bulgaria needs to develop its education – green energy and transport; […]