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From 18 to 20 November twenty two young political and civic leaders from the National Program 2015 of the Bulgarian School of Politics took part in the World Forum for Democracy in Strasburg. The event was entitled “Freedom vs. Control for a democratic response” and was organized by the Council of Europe. Over 500 representatives […]

In the last day, the main activity was the panel “Bulgarian long-term strategies”. The topic was “Justice and Home Affairs. Challenges Ahead of the Judicial Reform”.  The Minister of Justice Mr. Hristo Ivanov, Mr. Vladimir Valkov, who is a judge at the Sofia Regional Court and a member of the Judges Union in Bulgaria, and […]

A special guest in the rubric “30 minutes in the company of…” was the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mr. Rosen Plevneliev. The main topic of his participation was on the terrorist attacks in Paris, which had happened yesterday evening. The president defined the terrorist attacks as an inhumane and barbarous act, directed against […]

The second day started with a lecture devoted on the topic of leadership and morality in politics and public life. The Chair of the BSoP’s Managing Board Ms. Sasha Bezuhanova talked about authority, statesmanship, decisions on long-term strategies and the need for reforms.  A few times she put an accent on how important the education […]

The National Program “Governing skills” 2015/2016 was officially opened by the Executive Director of the Bulgarian school of politics “Dimitry Panitza” Dr. Irina Alexieva in RIU Hotel, Pravets.  40 young leaders from the parliamentary represented political parties and civil sector participate in the Program. The day continued with an icebreaker game, an “Expectations and Concerns” […]

Democratic changes in the society are impossible without protection of human rights, good education, and free and professional media. This was the main conclusion from the forum “In Search of Lost Universalism”, in which a special guest-speaker was Frank-Walter Steinmeier – Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. The event took place […]

“The words society and nation fade away in recent years in Bulgaria.  We turn into a sum of people. Therefore it is very important to learn to live together in a real community, ” said the Deputy Chair of the National Assembly Mr. Yanaki Stoilov to the participants in the third module of the Programme […]

Representatives from different classes of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” improved their knowledge and skills on how to establish partnerships with media and successfully present them their causes. The training was on 31 October and 13 alumni working on different philanthropic and social initiatives participated in it. The trainer was Maria Cherneva, an […]

The challenges to the participation of women in public and political life were the main topic at the round table that was held on October 9th, 2015 in Rabat. It involved 25 representatives of non-governmental organizations for protection of human rights and of women’s and youth wings of major political parties. The ambassadors of Bulgaria, […]