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Philanthropy – The Good Ideas that Actually Change the Scene
At a special module – dedicated to the philanthropy during the National Program, guests were Nadezhda Savova from the “Bread Houses” Network, Iva Koleva from “Idea in Action” and Tzetzka Radeva from “Maria’s World” Foundation. They talked about their causes and shared the personal motivation to give, to motivate other people to do so and […]
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Leander Litov: “If we want to be a modern society, we need a scientific infrastructure, highly educated people and interdisciplinary research”
Prof. Leander Litov was a special guest-speaker in the rubric “30 minutes in the company of…” He talked to the participants about CERN and the Bulgarian contribution to the research in the institute. During the day the program was devoted to the topic of conflict management and negotiation. Mr. Ivelin Nikolov presented the types of […]
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Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we’ve done
In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as their marriage, their children, their failures and the satisfaction […]
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Sasha Bezuhanova: “The leader is a free man, who is responsible for his actions and in front of the society’
The chair of the BsoP Board – Ms Sasha Bezuhanova and the Executive Director of the School – Dr. Irina Alexieva opened the National Program “Governing Skills” 2014/2015 in Diplomat Plaza Hotel in Lukovit. “The opening of the Program is symbolic this year – it coincides with the international day devoted to tolerance” – said […]
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Representatives of National Program 2014 participated in the World Forum for Democracy in Strasburg
From 3 to 7 November twenty four young political and civic leaders from the National Program 2014 of the Bulgarian School of Politics took part in the World Forum for Democracy in Strasburg. The event was entitled “From participation to influence: can youth revitalize democracy” and was organized by the Council of Europe. Over 500 […]
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A glimpse of life on the road
As a young girl, photojournalist and TED Fellow Kitra Cahana dreamed about running away from home to live freely on the road. Now as an adult and self-proclaimed vagabond, she follows modern nomads into their homes — boxcars, bus stops, parking lots, rest stop bathrooms — giving a glimpse into a culture on the margins.
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3-year framework for cooperation was signed between BSoP and CSPS in Morocco
Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” and Citizen School for Political Studies in Morocco signed a 3-year framework for cooperation. It was done in Strasbourg, during the World Forum for Democracy, organized by the Council of Europe. The document stipulates continuation of the support provided by BSoP for further institutional capacity building of CSPS, implementation […]
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The psychology of your future self
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the “end of history illusion,” where we somehow imagine that the person we are right now is the person we’ll be for the rest of time. Hint: that’s not the case.
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BSoP alumni improved their skills in the area of strategic planning of communication campaigns
A new training workshop for the alumni of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” was organized on 25 October and assessed as very successful. The topic was “Strategic Planning of Communication Campaigns” and 18 alumni from different classes took part in the event. The trainer was Mihail Stefanov, who is now responsible for the […]
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Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown
While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research paths led to dead ends. But, with the help of improv theater, he came to realize that there could be joy in getting lost. A call for scientists to stop thinking of research as a direct line […]