News archive 2020
10.12.2020. As a result of the competition for local partners in the project "Moving Borders for Emergency Volunteering" the following candidates were approved: Association "New Way" - Hayredin, High Scgool "Ivan Vazov" - Varshets, Foundation "Modernity" - Botevgrad and Centre for support for personal development - Radomirl. Welcome on board!
22-23.10.2020 The final conference of the "Region of Youth Participation" project took place in Aleksinac, Serbia. All partner schools from both countries took part in its work, and the Bulgarian ones were present online due to the measures against the spread of the cîrona virus. The agenda of the event included reporting and evaluation of what was done under the project, as well as planning for the future. The forum officially established the cross-border network by signing a Memorandum. See more.
19-21.10.2020.
The training of the team of the Center for work with street children (a social service developed by the FYC) took place in Vratsa. The topic of the seminar was "NPL coaching", with a lecturer from the Academy of Coaching - Sofia. Participants gained basic skills to use the method and to apply it in their social work. See more.
15-16.10. 2020 The first expert meeting of specialists in civil protection and youth work from Bulgaria and Serbia was held in Varshets in the implementation of the project "Moving Borders for Emergency Volunteering". The purpose of the meeting was to develop a task for a joint methodology for training young volunteers in this direction. See more.
12-14.10. 2020 The third student exchange under the project took place in Vranje, Serbia. Again, only Serbian students physically participated in the exchange, while their Bulgarian peers joined online. The topic of the exchange was "Deadly Candy". During the event, the work done so far on the network project and the role of student parliaments in the fight against drug addiction were discussed. The participants had the opportunity to hear the opinion of experts. See more.
05-07.10. 2020 The second student exchange under the project took place in Prokuplje, Serbia. Due to the COVID crisis, only students from Serbia were present, while Bulgarians participated online. The topic of the exchange was "Healthy food". Participants had the opportunity to learn about the experience of the host school - Agricultural High School, to cook together and make a healthy weekly menu. See more.
23-25.09.2020. The first of the planned three exchange visits took place in Montana, Bulgaria. The theme of the event was the network project "Famous people and events". The guests from Serbia also got acquainted with the Bulgarian educational system and the sights of the city. And as the main result of the visit, everyone put friendship in the first place. See more.
12.08.2020.
The Free Youth Centre Association announces a tender procedure under PRAG with the object "Logistics and Transport Services" in the implementation of the project "Moving Borders for Emergency Volunteering". The deadline for submission of offrets is September 14, 2020, 16.00. The tender dossier can be downloaded here.
13-16.02.2020 An international festival of independent documentary film under the motto "Positively Different" was held in Athens, Greece. The festival also included amateur films made by partners of "Through the Lens of the Other" project, including the film by the Free Youth Centre for good examples in the Nov Pat neighborhood. See more.
30-31.01.2020 A round table entitled "Municipal Youth Policies - Findings and Opportunities for Development" was held at Hotel "Bistra and Galina" - Rousse. 26 representatives of local authorities, youth homes and NGOs from all participating municipalities - Pleven, Lovech, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Razgrad, Targovishte and Silistra took part in the work. The participants got acquainted with the research and evaluation of indicators and worked on improving local policies in the future. See more.