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Mr. Elvin Guri: “We cannot live comfortably here, if the others aren’t well.”
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 […]
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Europe of the Regions – Where We Stand?
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 […]
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Parties and Local Self-Government
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 […]
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The Second Course of the National Programme Began
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 […]
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Mr. Oliver Rapf: “Overall improvement of the quality of the building increases the quality of life of people living there.”
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.
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Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women’s issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy. Far from being a “soft” issue, she says, women’s issues are often the very hardest ones, dealing directly with life and death. A frank and funny […]
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Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution
Wael Ghonim is the Google executive who helped jumpstart Egypt’s democratic revolution … with a Facebook page memorializing a victim of the regime’s violence. Speaking at TEDxCairo, he tells the inside story of the past two months, when everyday Egyptians showed that “the power of the people is stronger than the people in power.” […]
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David Brooks: The social animal
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences — insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows how you can’t hope to understand humans as separate […]
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Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn … then lead
Four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning — and addressing the possibility of failure.
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Mr. Sergey Ignatov: “Bulgarian Education and Science are a strategic priority. Our success depends on them.”
“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; […]