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WAD Project “Young People – Agents of Community Development” with EU Award

The project of WAD foundation “Young People – Agents of Community Development” has received the Award for best practice of the European Commission.

The project aimed to increase youth citizen activism and participation in small and remote from the capital city towns in Bulgaria – the municipalities of Ihtiman, Kavarna and Silistra. The youth participated together with the local governments in the development or adaptation of municipal youth strategies. At the national youth meeting in Sofia young people presented and shared local level experiences and together with participants from 15 districts in Bulgaria discussed and developed recommendations for the national youth strategy 2010 – 2020, legislation and the national plan for the implementation of ”Europe 2020” strategy. The project activities demonstrated that youth policies are not developed only by organizations and institutions in the capital city but also with the participation of organizations from remote and small towns. The project team produced a manual with good practices of involving young people, a facebook project profile and a project video to promote the established good practices and development ideas.

The project “Young People – Agents of Community Development” was included in the publication of the European commission “Youth Democracy: building a vibrant society”, presenting youth democracy projects aimed at boosting young people’s involvement in the democratic process at local, regional and European level.

The publication can be seen here: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/documents/publications/youth-democracy-nc3211910enc.pdf

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Конкурсите и рейтингите на градовете, както и урбанистичните изследвания, които подреждат градовете в класации, дават само ограничена информация за качеството на живот в градовете. Често проучванията са основани на икономически предопределени, количествено измерими аспекти на градския живот, като игнорират емоционални фактори и други „меки” критерии. Количествените и икономически критерии често се извеждат от контекста си и се представят като единствена детерминанта, описваща качеството на живот на един град. Един град също така не е просто „машина за живеене" с правилна урбанистична схема или съвършено функционираща инфраструктура, нито е туристически обект, бил той нестандартен, пълен с алтернативни и интересни места. Ежедневието на гражданите винаги е по-всеобхватно и следователно тяхната представа за град, с който се идентифицират, съдържа лични идеи, емоции и очаквания.

"Capital with 100 faces" was presented to the public

The WAD Foundation project “Capital with 100 Faces” was presented On July 22^nd in Studio V, National Palace of Culture.

The event was opened with short presentation of WAD Foundation and address from Mrs. Nadejda Angelska, coordinator of Europe Program of the Sofia Municipality. Nia Avramova – one of the main interviewers of the project, shared her impressions of the conduction of the depth interviews concerning the personal relations of the citizens with Sofia. Presentation of the main outcomes of the survey was made by the Executive Director of WAD – Mrs. Sevdalina Voynova. The audience saw a selection from the numerous specially taken for the project pictures revealing some of the many unknown faces of the city.

Finally the project participants and the guests had an open discussion. Among the topics were the prospective of Sofia as a candidate for European capital of culture 2019; the problems of the third generation, outlined in the interviews and in the prospective of the announced by the European commission 2012 – Year of the active aging and solidarity between generations”; the needs and opportunities for reviving the Old Sofia, etc.

WAD Foundation is organizing a public presentation of the survey on the topic “How do we connect to Sofia”

WAD Foundation is organizing a public presentation of the survey “Sofia tête-à-tête” and a discussion on the topic “How do we connect to Sofia”.

It will take place in “Studio V”, National Palace of Culture on July 22nd, 2011, 11:00 to 12:30 a.m.

The event is part of “Capital with 100 faces” project of WAD Foundation, that is implemented with the support of Program Europe of Sofia Municipality. The goal of the project is to encourage the contribution of the citizens for unveiling the potential of the Capital in terms of economy, social policies and culture. As well as to popularize among the citizens the European Capital of Culture Program; to encourage the corporation between the local authorities and the structures of the civic society; to affirm the role of Sofia as European capital that has initiated broadly representative consultative process for key priorities of the European Capital of Culture initiative.