Projects & Activities
In 2003 YSPDB is organizing promotional campaign on the CO right: www.cobg.net
YSPDB works on a number of projects in the following areas:
- Higher education - project “Students have rights too”, part of international initiative of South East European student organization that includes nation - wide representative sociological survey, coordination meetings with concerned institutions for reducing of the corruption in higher education, awareness raising campaign, supported by Open Society Institute - Budapest.
“European Cultural Heritage - contemporary vision on the European Integration” - the project describe the European cultural heritage in Bulgaria and its influence on the EU integration of Bulgaria, supported by European Commission in Bulgaria.
- Local governance - the Society works together with regional self - governance structures, gives logistic and creative support related to particular project, organizes educational seminars for municipal staff. The society has a consultative status in the local municipality on the field of youth policies.
Culture forums - the Society is a co-organizer of the international culture forum “Festival of Light”. The idea of the forum is beginning from the started in 2000 year cultural exchange between Bulgaria and USA. The main idea of the project is “The culture against violence”. Today Festival of Light is orientated to Europe and the world.
- "Corruption or me” - the project is creating system for passing signals about corruption in higher education in Bulgaria.
In 2004 YSPDB has organized poster exhibition “The Deadly Corp” in the United Nations building in New York (USA), presenting the process of destruction of landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The exhibition is prepared by Movement per la Pau - Barcelona.
- Implemented activities:
“PlayEUers” - exchange in province of Lecce (Italy) gathered about 150 young people from 15 members and pre-accession EU countries;
- Contact seminar of Bray Youth Service - Ireland;
- “EU Identity” initiative by Youth Programme of European Union in Lorca - Murcia (Spain);
- Youth Seminar on Action 5 of Youth Programme in cooperation with “Joves.net” - Valencia (Spain);
Youth exchange in cooperation with AFSAI - (Italy). This project is a youth exchange activity where 15 young people from Italy hosted 15 young people from Bulgaria, sharing information about education and sport in their countries and working together to set the bases for a stronger awareness of the importance of sport in the young people’s mind.
- “Conscientious objection - like a tool for European Consciousness”, promotional campaign of the right of conscientious objection;
“Europolis” - Action 1 Youth Exchange - Arciragazzi - Ferrara (Italy);
- “Youth Partnership for Common Future” - Action 5 training in Adana (Turkey);
- “Universal hug” - recovery program for children with parents victims of “September 11th”, supported by Rotary International;
- Student participation training in Tirana (Albania), organized by Open Society Institute (Budapest) - February, 2005;
- Feasibility visit on Action 5 of Youth Programme of European Union for Action 1 International youth exchange “Eurostar pod Ralskem” in cooperation with REPER - Straz pod Ralkom (Czech Republic) - April, 2005.
