News Archive 2019
09-13.12.2019 Belogradchik, Bulgaria hosted the planned five-day training of youth leaders from the student parliaments and youth workers (coordinating the work of parliaments adults) from the 12 Bulgarian and Serbian schools participating in the project. The training aimed to prepare them for work in these structures of youth self-government, as well as to test the developed handbook. It was attended by 48 representatives of the target groups and a mixed team composed of Bulgarian and Serbian trainers. See more.
02-06.12.2019 A training seminar on the Ever Schools project took place in Setubal, Portugal, with four representatives of a Free youth centre. The aim of the seminar, as well as the project itself, was to improve peace education in the participating countries. See more.
28-29.11.2019.
In Vidin, a round table was held under the project "Civic Monitoring for Better Social Services", which presented the results of the conducted research and evaluation of social services policies in the district (including the 11 municipalities). The event was attended by more than 30 representatives of municipalities, directorates for social assistance and social services. See more.
26-27.11.2019 The Second meeting of Youth Leadership and Student Self-Government experts on the Region of Youth Participation project took place in Aleksinac, Serbia. The developed Methodology for Student Self-Government (Student Self-Government Handbook) was presented, commented on in detail and supplemented with some ideas. The Handbook will be used for the planned trainings and other activities. See more.
30.09 - 01.10.2019.
The first meeting of experts from Bulgaria and Serbia was held at the "Skalite" Hotel - Belogradchik in connection with the development of a joint methodology for student self-government. At the meeting the results of the study of the current situation on the topic in both countries were also presented. See more.
09-18.09.2019.
A youth exchange was held in Marsaxlokk, Malta, on the project "Trought the Lens of the Other". Representatives from 11 countries, including Bulgaria, took part in it. The "Cross-Sectoral Approach to Working with LGBTQI +, Refugees and Migrants, People Experienced Violence and Torture" and "Audiovisual Techniques for Capturing Short Stories" were presented. Particularly interesting was the second part of the exchange, in which young people generated ideas for filming. See more.
05-06.07.2019.
An expert meeting was held in Veliko Tarnovo on the project "Danube Youth Agenda". In both days the public and civilian actors worked on the indicators included in the Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluation of Municipal Youth Policies. See more
28.06.2019.
Free Youth Centre Association announces tender procedure under PRAG with object "Logistics and transport services" in implementation of project "Region of Youth Participation". The deadline for submition of offers is July 29, 2019 at 17:00. The dossier can be downloaded here.
10-14.06.2019 The last exchange of experience on the YouthEd project took place in Istanbul, Turkey. The hosts showed their accomplishments in their work with refugees in front of guests from Bulgaria, Spain, Morocco and Norway. See more
03-04.06.2019 At Hotel Skalite - Belogradchik, an expert meeting is held under the project "Civil Monitoring for Higher Quality Social Services". The aim of the meeting was to adopt a methodology for independent evaluation of municipal social services strategies.See more
09.05.2019 On the Day of Europe, the Center for Work with Street Children was attended by their Excellencies Mrs. Louise Bergholm - Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden and Mrs. Paivi Blinknikka - Ambassador of Republic of Finland. See more
16-25.04.2019 In Busteni, Romania, a training on the project "Trought the Lends of the Others" took place. Representatives of ten countries, including Bulgaria, took part in it. The main topics of the training were: "Inter-sectoral approach to working with LGBTQI +, refugees and migrants, people who have experienced violence and torture" and "Audiovisual techniques for short stories". Good practices were also discussed in dealing with persons subject to discrimination.See more
04-24.04.2019 The information campaign for acquainting the target groups with the Danube Youth Agenda project and generating ideas for indicators for evaluation of municipal youth policy was completed. The municipalities of Pleven, Lovech, Rousse, Targovishte, Silistra, Razgrad, Veliko Tarnovo and Gabrovo were visited, where promotional meetings were organized. See more
01-02.04.2019 The final conference on the project "Regional Network for Social Cohesion" took place in Craiova, Romania, with 46 representatives of the social services sector from Bulgaria and Romania. The forum presented and evaluated the results of the project, set up an informal cross-border network and identified sustainability measures for the initiative. See more
12.2018 - 03.2019 Completed the cycle of 6 cross-border visits for exchange of experience between organizations and institutions from Bulgaria and Romania, active in the field of social services. Twelve similar structures took part in the activity, 6 from each country.See more
12.03.2019 An information meeting and workshop was held in Vidin to present the project Civil Monitoring for Better Quality Social Services funded by the Operational Programme "Good Governance" and implemented by RISE association in partnership with Free Youth Centre. The meeting also served to generate ideas on the implementation of monitoring. See more
11-12.02.2019 The second partner meeting of YouthEd partners took place in the capital of Spain - Madrid. The target of the meeting was maily to plan an upcoming training course in Istanbul. See more
17-18.01.2019 The first meeting of the partners of the project "Through the Lens of Other" was held in the capital of Germany - Berlin. The project is funded as a pilot initiative on the new Erasmus + subprogramme Ënropean Youth Together". Free Youth Centre is a project partner on the Bulgarian side. See more
FYC Donors
European Commission (PHARE, ESF, EFRD, Socrates, Europe for Citizens,
Youth/Youth in Action, Erasmus+ programmes), United Nation Development Programme,
Council of Europe (European Youth Foundation), US Embassy, Royal Netherlands
Embassy, USAID (Bulgaria Found), Peace Corps, National Democratic Institute
(USA), Ministry of Labor and Social Policy,Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Interreg V-A Romania-Bulgaria Programme, Municipality of Vidin.
