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Politics, Parties and Elections
The main accents during the second day of the program were elections and voting practices. The executive director of “Transparency International” Mr. Kalin Slavov presented the results of their last monitoring that the organization made during the last elections. He also presented the recommendations made by the NGO sector towards the changes in the Election […]
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The Third Course of The National Program has Began
The third course of the National Program “Governing Skills” dedicated to the national priorities and national decisions started today at RIU Hotel Pravetz. It will last until 2 February. The program began with the presentations from the participants about the better connection of the education system with the employment market. The participants were divided in […]
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The link between unemployment and terrorism
For the young and unemployed in the world’s big cities, dreams of opportunity and wealth do come true — but too often because they’re heavily recruited by terrorist groups and other violent organizations. Human rights advocate Mohamed Ali draws on stories from his native Mogadishu to make a powerful case for innovation incubators for our […]
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In the election campaign ‘2013 media did not contribute to informed citizen’s voting
That was among the main conclusions from the round table for presenting the results from the researches on media coverage of elections ‘2013, which the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” and the Centre for Liberal Strategies did. The event took place on 20 January 2014 in Sofia. Thirty journalists and representatives of different organizations […]
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Why buses represent democracy in action
“An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport,” argues Enrique Peñalosa. In this spirited talk, the former mayor of Bogotá shares some of the tactics he used to change the transportation dynamic in the Colombian capital… and suggests ways to think […]
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David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you’re going, and above all, being grateful.
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George Papandreou: Imagine a European democracy without borders
Greece has been the poster child for European economic crisis, but former Prime Minister George Papandreou wonders if it’s just a preview of what’s to come. “Our democracies,” he says, “are trapped by systems that are too big to fail, or more accurately, too big to control” — while “politicians like me have lost the […]
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Graduation of Class 2013 of the National Program and Christmas party of BSoP Alumni
Thirty nine participants in the National Program of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”, among them members of Parliament, mayors, municipal councilors, representatives of NGOs and businesses, etc. received their diplomas at a special Graduation Ceremony, which was held on 14 December at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library. The diplomas were […]
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Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems
It’s a standard assumption in the West: As a society progresses, it eventually becomes a capitalist, multi-party democracy. Right? Eric X. Li, a Chinese investor and political scientist, begs to differ. In this provocative, boundary-pushing talk, he asks his audience to consider that there’s more than one way to run a successful modern nation.
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Pico Iyer: Where is home?
More and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Writer Pico Iyer — who himself has three or four “origins” — meditates on the meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still.