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Mr. Leandar Litov: “CERN is an example for good team work and tolerance”
Mr. Leandar Litov, who is Head of the Atomic Physics Department at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and Head of the Bulgarian team at CERN, told the program participants for the projects of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. He stressed that in CERN work together scientists and engineers from all over the works, […]
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Mr. Ivan Stancioff: “Motivation to be a philanthropist could be different.”
The focus of the third day of the seminar “Leadership, Organization and Communication” was on “Philanthropy as part of the value system of the modern leader”. Special guest-speakers were Mr. Ivan Stancioff and Mr. Aleksey Hristov. Mr. Stancioff told the participants the stories about the two foundations established by him. “Gavroche” association supports homeless children […]
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Mr. Julian Popov: “The Mission of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” Is to Support the Creation of a Community of Civic and Political Leaders”
The first day of the work program for the class 2012/2013 started with a lecture of Mr. Julian Popov, who is Chairperson of the BSoP Managing Board. Mr. Popov told the participants more about the mission and the ethical principles of the school. He emphasized how important it is to have different views and always […]
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The National Program “Governing Skills” 2012/2013 Started
The National Program of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” was officially opened today, 31 October, at the hotel RIU Pravetz. Forty young leaders from the parliamentary represented political parties and the civic sector participate at the training. The Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament Ms. Ekaterina Mihaylova, the Mayor of Sofia Ms. Yordanka […]
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Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future
Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. He is the chair of Singularity University, which teaches executives and grad students about exponentially growing technologies
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Damon Horowitz calls for a “moral operating system”
Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more — and more about each other — than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the basic philosophy — the ethical principles — behind the burst of invention remaking our […]
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Linking Expertise of Civil Society, Businesses, Academia and Young Political Leaders (2015-2016)
The project “ Linking Expertise of Civil Society, Businesses, Academia and Young Political Leaders”, financed by the America for Bulgaria Foundation, supports the National Program of the School, in which young political and civic leaders train their leadership skills. Its aim is within the Program to build a new type of communication between the political […]
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Participants from National Program 2012 took part in the 1st World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg
Twenty-five young political and civic leaders from the National Program, Class 2012 of the Bulgarian School of Politics took part in the 1st World Forum for Democracy held in Strasbourg from 5 to 11 October. The event, which topic was “Bridging the Gap: Democracy between Old Models and New Realities”, was organized by the Council […]
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Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming
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Project Manager and Project Officer, North Africa project, focus on Tunisia and Egypt
The Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”, jointly with international partners and a local partner has successfully started a school of politics in Tunisia. It is planning to expand this work to other countries in the region. The School and the New Bulgarian University are also developing a distance learning programme for the region. In […]