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UNESCO club – Haskovo, Bulgaria is a non-governmental organization working with and in favor of young people. It has experience in implementing projects improving the social environment and actively participated in elaborating strategies and plans for stable development on local level; the members and the volunteers of UNESCO Club work in the filed of education and culture in the city of Haskovo. The club’s members have participated in youth initiatives, demanding the active and untraditional thinking of youths. UNESCO Club has implemented projects under the PHARE – ACCESS Program of the European Union and it has been a partner in the conduction of the campaigns for raising the electoral activity of the young people - “You Choose” - local elections - 2003 and “I am young and I am voting” –Parliament elections - 2005.
UNESCO Club carries out its regular functions and project implementations in partnership with Haskovo Municipality ,Municipality of Svilengrad and the local public authorities. Its latest project “Blue Zone of Non-violence at Schools”2007 was funded by the National Agency for Youth and Sport and was implemented in 5 towns in the region of Haskovo. Its volunteers have participated in many Youth exchange projects in Scotland, Turkey, Austria, Ukraine, Poland.
UNESCO Club maintains good relationship with the local organizations, institutions and media. It has participated in projects of other non-governmental organizations, as well as in the drawing up of the “Municipal Strategy for Child Protection”, the “Municipal Program for Development /2007-2013/” and the “Regional Strategy for Stable Development /2007-2013/”
UNESCO club is a founder- member of International NGOs Association of Trace Region
Informational Consultative Youth Centre – Haskovo
Address: 2, Han Kubrat str. floor II
E-mail: mikc.has@gmail.com
Site: www.has.mikc.bg
The Informational Consultative Youth Centre /ICYC/ – Haskovo is a friendly and freely place where the young people from Haskovo and Haskovo region can get information about national and international youth nets connected with: education, mobility, youth projects, partnerships, labour market, life-long learning programmes, youth resources database from all 27 member countries of European Union.
In ICYC - Haskovo are welcome:
Young people living in the town of Haskovo as well as in the small towns of Haskovo Municipality aged from 14 to 35 years old
Young people living in Haskovo Region
Formal and informal groups of young people
In ICYC – Haskovo you can get:
Psychological consultations
Career –development
Solving social and psychic health problems /creating self-assistance groups/
Developing youth initiatives and projects
Consulting youth leaders and youth groups
“Free zone”
It is the place where the young people can find themselves involved in:
participating and fostering mechanisms which will encourage them to participate
in decision-making processes. They will take part in establishing a Regional Youth Council
bringing new ideas and approaches to the non-formal education and youth.
There we shall establish leisure time clubs:Drama club; volunteers’ club; Creative works club
Organizing and carrying out:
Youth activity World day - April 22-23
Youth activity European week
International day of Youth – August 12
CONTESTS:
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Sea of Words Literary Contest
Dear all,
The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) have the pleasure to announce the launch of the Third Edition of the Sea of Words Literary Competition.
We encourage the production of short stories that portray the different realities of the Euro-Mediterranean region from the point of view of the young people who live there, through the organisation of a Euro-Med short story competition.
This year, the theme is justice, equality and inclusion in the Mediterranean and in Europe in line with the objectives of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
Applicants must be under 30 years of age and residents in one of the forty three countries of the Union for the Mediterranean, and write in one of the languages of the countries of the Union for the Mediterranean .
The short-stories should be submitted by e-mail before midnight (Spain Local Time) 15 September 2010.
For more information, please visit the competition website: www.iemed.org/seaofwords/2010/a_introduccio.php
For further queries, please write to: concurso@iemed.org
Join Now and Become the Next Winner of the Sea of Words Competition.
Thank you for your involvement.
Kind regards,
European Institute of the Mediterranean
Anna Lindh Foundation
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Trainings held by specialists of Informational and Consultative Youth Centre - Haskovo
Mobile training in neighborhood schools:
26.03.2010- training in parents skills for young parents of school students from St.” Paisij Hilendarski” - Haskovo neighborhood Macedonia - trainer Maria Kuncheva
31/03/2010 Training on European Citizenship in youth school “Shandor Petofi” - neighborhood “Orpheus” - trainer Pavlina Zhekova
Mobile trainings:
23.- 24. 04.2010 – Training in Communication skills of young volunteers from secondary schools in Haskovo-trainer Maria Kuncheva
21- 22.05.2010g. Training in Leadership. Teamwork of young people - volunteers from secondary schools from Haskovo-trainer Irena Grigorova
14.06. 2010 Training on How to prepare a successful project for young people in municipal administration and NGOs from the village of Mineralni Bani, Haskovo region - trainer Irena Grigorova
25 - 26.06.2010 -Training on Intercultural Cooperation for young leaders of Haskovo and Dimitrovgrad-trainer Maria Kuncheva
Training in the Inform. Centre:
25.05. 2010 Training on How to prepare a successful project for youth leaders and NGOs from Haskovo
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What is new!
UNESCO Club’s project "HO-PE” – “Help Option – Programme for Education”
A training program in human rights for youth and children
On April 30, completed the project of UNESCO Club carried out with the financial support of the European Youth Foundation of Council of Europe with 4000 Euros.
Project HO-PE was executed under the EYF Program for pilot projects in education in human rights, Category DHRE
The aim of the project was "Development of educational practice to build sustainable behavior in children at risk of 10-16 years of age to prevent violence, trafficking, prostitution, suitable for performance by young people aged 18-20 years.
Were carried out following activities:
1. Was created Training Programme "HO-PE". Within 15 workshops 12 young volunteers of UNESCO Club were introduced to the method of Forum Theatre and with the help of experts made scenarios and scenes based on themes from Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People “Compass”, combined with Forum Theatre methodology showing the violated rights of children living in risky environments.
2. The program was presented in 5 Forum theater performances with children aged 10-16 years at risk social groups living in small towns of Haskovo region.
3. Was produced a DVD with the Programme for video - trainings, including: Forum Theatre sessions, information about Compass and describe the method of Forum - theatre. The Video –training programme /DVD/ was distributed to youth organizations, educators and institutions for use by young people - volunteers in training children and youth in their rights.
In creating the program participated: 12 volunteer / 18 -20 years old / and in its promotion and and in discussions participated / 60 children at risk aged 10-15 years, 230 children and young people from 15 to 30 years.
Results and outcomes of the project:
- 12 young volunteers increased their competence in the prevention of risky behaviors of children and protection of their rights, developed skills to work in a team, ability to work with children from 10-16 risk groups, skills in training rights of their peers through a new method-Forum Theatre, developed their creativity, increased their motivation to work in the field of human rights.
- Approximately 290 children increased their awareness of their fundamental rights, deepening their knowledge of the risk environment, and the ways to protect themselves and seek help; obtained basic models of sustainable to risks behavior.
- A new practice for training in human rights of children at risk to be used by young people and local teacher’s community in small towns was created and promoted. Young trainers in human rights education have a new product for video-training in rights of the children aged 10 -16 years old which can be used for formal and informal education.
- Was popularized the manual Compass and the Program of the European Youth Foundation which will enable other youth organizations to prepare projects and apply.
- Educational community became much sensitive on the issue of rights protection and prevention of risky behaviors of children from vulnerable social groups.
- The distribution of 50 DVD copies with the Programme to other NGOs and young teachers will enable the training of a large number of children and youth in other places with similar social groups at risk.
Forum-Theatre session in Harmanli
A Day without Europe
“A day without Europe” is an international project
to inform and educate the civil society in the European Union.
Project Duration
November 2008 – September 2009
Project Partners
Europa-Haus Leipzig (DE)
Europahaus Klagenfurt (AT)
Europe Direct Carrefour Europeo Reggio Emilia (IT)
Ayunatamiento de Andújar (ES)
Association Centre Open World Haskovo (BG) and the volunteers of Informational and Consultative Youth Centre – Haskovo, Bulgaria
Eurion Brno (CZ)
Intention of the project
Promotion of the European Parliament as voice of the European citizens
in order to increase the voter participation on European Election in June 2009.
The aim is to inform the European citizens about the achievement and impact of the
European Union to every once life. For this purpose an online game will be
developed that invites to a virtual journey through a day without Europe. The player is
confronted with every day situations (e.g. buying, phoning and travelling) that he/she
must tackle to continue. Today’s self-evident possibilities organising life may lead to
wrong answers. Common behaviour proves a failure. Would you be successful and find
the way out of “A day without Europe”?
Additional outcomes of the project
Multilingual interactive DVD / website in six languages (English, German, Italian,
Spanish, Bulgarian and Czech)
Publication containing additional information of various EU-topics in six languages
Methods for instructors of European-political education and didactical guideline for
using the game as an instrument for political education in six languages
Events in every partner’s country to present the game and the methods
Supplementary poster-exhibition about the function and role of the European
Parliament
In Mai 2009 the website will be online!
Supported by the European Commission
On 12.12. 2008 UNESCO club carried out a final press- conference – “What we made-how will continue "
A brief report on the activities of Informational and Consultative Youth Centre / ICYC/ was presented to the media, partners and volunteers. The press – conference was attended by the Regional coordinator for youth activities of State Agency for Youth and Sports- Hristo Raev.
Media present: BTA-correspondent for Haskovo, DarikRadio; net Haskovo, Haskovo info; TV 7; TV "Recording-Aida" BG NES, Antenne ear, correspondent of electronic media – Cross and the newspaper "Haskovska Maritza”
STATEMENTS
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNESCO CLUBS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUTH IT Consulting Center - Haskovo, conducted with financial support of STATE AGENCY FOR YOUTH AND SPORT ON NATIONAL PROGRAM YOUTH CONSULTATION INFORMATION CENTERS, 2007 - 2010 D. "
For one year from December 18, 2007 to December 18 .2008 The Informational centre - Haskovo became friendly and accessible to young people from different cultural communities, with different personnel, labor and social status of different backgrounds aged 14 to 35 years.
In organizing the project activities: information and consulting services, training, volunteer initiatives, campaigns / national and international / participation in youth exchanges, participation in forums, marking the European and national youth events have been involved over 1400 young people from the town of Haskovo and the region.
Young people from the regional towns receive timely information and opportunities for enhancing their education, personal realization and participation in international youth events and initiatives. The centre established site is visited by 1 323 people from 25 countries.
The Centre -Haskovo has more than 50 volunteers, 16 of whom are young workers. Volunteers had trainings for increasing their social and civic activity. Various initiatives was carried out: World Youth Days activity, the International Day of Youth, the European Youth Week, the national initiatives planted a tree and the presidential campaign for "Nice is our forest”, Day against racism and xenophobia, International Tolerance Day, and proposals were made to the Municipal Council to improve environmental and social environment of the city. 150 young people from the town of Haskovo and the region participated in these initiatives. ICYC created and worked in partnerships with youth organizations and schools in Haskovo region. There were mobile information and training services in Dimitrovgrad, Svilengrad, Topolovgrad, Madjarovo and villages in Haskovo municipality.
The Center conducted a broad international activity. Participated as partners in international youth exchanges in Austria, Spain, England, Greece and Turkey in group included young from the field. We had a player of the World Youth Forum "Ethics in Business", the European Forum for better opportunities including young disabled people in public life - both held in Brussels.
The project created a so-called "Free Zone" in which young people have the opportunity to develop personal and social initiative, their creative potential. That was the area where young people can realize their nonstandard ideas.
The implementation of this project answered to Measure 5: “Supporting development, personal and creative potential of children and young people” in implementing the Program for the Realization of the Plan for the Development of the Municipality of Haskovo 2007 – 2013 in Action 12: Creating youth centers with modern equipment and Internet communications and Action 14: Organization of Youth Parliament ,and Action 15: A program to enhance young people's civic culture in the city of Haskovo.
Implementation of these activities under the project trained the basis for establishing the Regional Youth Council. Volunteers considered, drafted and submitted a proposal to the City Council, supported by subscription among young people to adopt the Revised European Charter for the Participation of Youth in the Life of Municipalities and Regions. With this proposal young people stated their desire to be involved in solving major social problems of the city and work for its development and prosperity.
The project received wide public support and publicity through local and regional media, which reflect accurately and on time the activities, events that were organized and conducted by Informational and Consultative Youth Centre - Haskovo.
events
TO PLANT A TREE
"To plant a tree" is the appeal of the Parliament Committee of Surroundings and Waters to welcome the astronomical spring. Many woods, the green wealth of our country were devoured by great fires and floods. Students, representatives of the local and state authorities, NGOs, deputies and citizens are invited by the Regional administration to plant a tree in their neighbourhoods, schools on 20; 21; 22 of March.
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activities
Informational Consultative Youth Centre – Haskovo has started 3 programmes: Ecological; Social and Civil. Volunteers of UNESCO club, young people from Haskovo region and young politicians will be trained by specialists in abilities and skills in developing youth initiatives and projects, solving social problems, citizenship and civil rights.
SPRING DAY IN EUROPE 2008: Bridging cultures through dialogue
Spring Day for Europe runs from 25 March to 30 June 2008, with a particular focus on 9 May, when Europe Day is celebrated. As in the past years, the Spring Day for Europe campaign invites schools to book one or many days in their calendar to organise events focusing on debate, interaction and reflection on European themes. Spring Day for Europe is an opportunity for young European citizens to express their views and make their voices heard in Europe. A wide range of activities and events are expected to take place at local, national and European level.
Haskovo – Part of the Euro- Mediterranean Network for Intercultural Dialogue
On the 31.05. Association „Projects and Logistics” together with Centre „Open World- Haskovo” organized a tolerance feast „Children and Mothers Celebrate Diversity”. Participants in it were mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers and children from various ethnical and social groups. The feast was supported by young theatre actors from Informational Consultative Youth Centre- Haskovo. These young people presented a puppet show “Tale about Diversity”, by Mariana Mincheva- Rizova, to the colorful enthusiastic public.
After that everyone together handcrafted a wonderful “carpet of diversity”. There was a lot of fun, laughter, competitions. The joyful group shared tasty meals. Parents received materials, promoting raising children in atmosphere of tolerance, as well as the text of the “Story about Diversity”. The feast was part of Association „Projects and Logistics” project in partnership with Centre “Open World”- „Children and Mothers Celebrate Tolerance””, financed by Foundation Anna Lindh for Euro- Mediterranean cooperation, town of Alexandria, Egypt.
Today’s feast marked the end of the activities, organized by the group of NGO- partners from Haskovo- Centre “Open World”, Association ”Club UNESCO”, Association „Projects and Logistics” and MIKC- Haskovo (Informational Consultative Youth Center), dedicated to the tolerance in the Euro- Mediterranean area. We remind you that foundation “Anna Lindh” initiated „Dialogue Night” on 22.5. 2008 for the whole Euro- Mediterranean region. Our town took part in monumental feast of differences, which was simultaneously held in 37 countries, with a show, organized by Informational Consultative Youth Center- Haskovo and its NGO partners. In the Dialogue Night it was broadcasted over a special TV line „Dialogue TV”.
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Theo (da Toshe) Vachovsky –
Theo is an MBA veteran he has completed a year at U of Maryland (Smith) transferred to Univ of Chicago GSB and will finish his MBA in June 2008. Having gone through the admissions process twice Theo has interesting insights. Theo is a co-founder of Aplus.Net , which is one of the top US web hosting companies and was recently sold to a PE fund. Currently Theo is involved in another web startup, and is looking to continue working for a web startup after graduation. Long term Theo is striving to become a partner in a top silicon valley VC fund.
Theo is a founder of a BG group in San Diego and is in charge of BG Euforiya events in San Diego area.
In his spare time Theo enjoys rock climbing, surfing, wind surfing, and salsa dancing, and complaining about the demise of chalga.
Assia Stoyanova
High School in Mathematics, Sofia
Technical University, MS Computer Technologies
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10 years in management consulting. Currently specializing in business transformation and helping executives lead organizations through business changes
Tsvetan Petkov
SMG - High School in Mathematics, Sofia
MBA'03, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Manager, Capital One Financial
Manager, Bulgarian soccer team in Washington, DC
Viara Nedeva
Viara is a second year MBA student at MIT Sloan. Prior to business school, she worked for four years in the Finance Practice of CRA International where she performed market analysis and valuation. During the summer between the two MBA years, Viara was a Business Development Intern at BP Solar, Sydney, Australia. She holds a Bachelor's in Economics and International Relations from Colgate University.
Maya Petrova
Maya Petrova is an incoming student to the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. For the past five years, she has worked for Eli Lilly and Company, a US pharmaceutical leader headquartered in Indianapolis. As part of the financial component of the Company, Maya has performed financial control audits and has provided product costing support for the sales and marketing affiliates in various geographies, including Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico. She has earned her B.A. degree at Hanover College in the U.S., after having transferred from the American University in Bulgaria.
Martina Dimova
Martina Dimova is beginning her second year at Chicago GSB concentrating in Strategic Management and Finance. Prior to the GSB, she did internal finance at the Community Bank of Elmhurst. Martina has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Elmhurst College. She is working in Merchandise Finance at Sears Holdings. Martina is a co-chair for FATG and DSAC and an active member of CWiB and NetImpact. Outside of school, she enjoys going to museums, watching the Food Channel, traveling and hanging out with her friends. Martina is originally from Bulgaria, but has lived on Chicago’s north side for the last 7 years.
Aleksander Ganchev
Masters in International Economic Relations from UNSS, Sofia
MBA2007 from London Business School
prior-MBA: Fixed Income and Money Markets Sales and Trading in Bulgaria
Summer internship during the MBA: Strategy & Business Development, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, Dubai
after-MBA: Capital Markets, Standard Chartered, London
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Sun + Fun + Hard Work = The International Youth Exchange in Nerva, Spain, 2008
In August this summer a group of volunteers from the Informational Consultative Youth Centre in Haskovo with leader Veneta Antonova participated in an international youth exchange entitled "What Can We Do About The Development Of Our Cities?". The exchange took place in a town located in the province of Andalucia in the south of Spain. There the participants from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Spain exchanged their experience and ideas concerning the development of their cities.
The youngsters from Haskovo have been elaborating on the lack of free access for disabled people to some of the public places here in our town. In order to represent our country during the Bulgarian Cultural Evening the volunteers put on the table flat cake with salt and paprika, flat sausages, yellow cheese, wine and rakia. The Bulgarian Evening has also been attended by 20 Bulgarians living in Nerva.
Volunteers from MIKC- Haskovo are summoning:
Share an hour with a close person ar an acquaintance, who needs to share with you thoughts or felings!
Read this declaration af Salamanka and its accompaning Frame for action in educating people with special needs, from the publication “Incorporating education. When resourses are not enough” and think what YOU can do to make these messages happen:
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• Children have different characteristics and needs;
• Diversity is normal;
• Schools need to provide conditions for the inclusion of ALL children;
• Disabled children have to be able to visit their local schools;
• Participation of the local community is of basic importance for inclusion;
• Child- oriented pedagogical approach is of key importance for inclusion;
• School programs need to be flexible and adaptable to children, and not the opposite way;
• Integration has to be secured by all needed resourses and support;
• Integration is important for human dignity and the full acceptance of human rights;
• Integrating schools are valuable for ALL children as they support building intergating society;
• Integrating improves efficiency of educational system and also- the financial efficiency.
Projects: TO BE A DAY – TO BE PEACE – UNESCO Club; LESSONS FOR PEACE – Association Centre Open World
The projects are actions for promoting peace and intercultural dialog in the region of Haskovo, Bulgaria.
This actions are part of the regional initiative “Restore trust – Rebuild bridges”
launched by the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. The action
was generated with the financial support of the Anna Lindh Foundation
Information about the recent activities:
Association Centre Open World has held working meetings with team of pedagogical workers for development of materials for Lessons for peace, discussing and adapting the themes and modules included in the handbook.
For implementing UNESCO Club project: "To be a day -to be Peace" youth volunteers of the organization spread in the local community information flyers for forthcoming Peace parade and stickers of the initiative “Restore trust – Rebuild bridges”.