News archive 2014
24-25.10.2014. At the hotel Neptune - Vidin took place the final roundtable under project FASP - Family Action Support Programme, co-financed by the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme. The aim of the forum was to share the experience, gained under project, in work with parents of street childern, before the colleagues from the network of social services providers "RISE". See more
16-18.10.2014. In Izvor monastery was organized a training workshop for volunteers from the club "Phoenix" of the Free Youth Centre, who are working on component 7 of the Programme for Prevention and Control of HIV / AIDS. The course was designed to overbuild their knowledge and skills to make them more effective in fieldwork. See more
15.09.2014. The team of the project "Improvement of TB case detection and treatment success among Roma population" visited Archar village, Vidin region, where organized an information campaign under the motto "Together against tuberculosis." Free tasting of the local people was provided as well. See more
10.09.2014.
Free Youth Centre organized a concluding roundtable under project InterFace with the participation of public authorities, specialists from pre-school education and media. The aim of the forum was to present the experience of the project, its achievements and lessons learned, and to discuss some actual problems of pre-school education in Vidin. The roundtable ended with a press conference for local media. See more
11-12.06.2014.
Children and parents - participants in the project InterFace, visited the town of Belogradchik, where they had the opportunity to see the Museum of Nature and to sightseeing the unique rocks. See more
10.06.2014.
In the place "Bozhuritsa" near Vidin, took aplace a picnic and a
sports fest for participating in the IterFace project children, parents
and teachers. The hot weather did not stop the merry games and good
mood. See
more
03.06.2014.
In the hall of the State Puppet Theatre held a concert of children
involved in activities on the InterFace project. In the lobby was also
exhibited an exhibition of their works. The concert and exhibition were
a public report of the achievements of the project, whose main purpose
is educational integration of Roma children in preschool ages. Both
events were attended by parents and citizens of Vidin. See
more
22.05.2014.
Free Youth Centre’s representatives participated in the workshop
on the project Eyouth
democracy in Athens, Greece. The participants discussed best practices
in youth engagement, the innovative and interactive platform previous
developed and also it was made revision and evaluation of materials
from E-panels. Participants also had the opportunity to see the sights
of the city and experience the Greek culture.
See more
19-20.05.2014.
The team of Centre for Work with Street Children - social service
managed by Free Youth Centre visitied their colleagues in Plovdiv. The
experts shared their experiences and best practices in providing the
service to children and their families and also the good facilities
available in CWSC - Plovdiv were viewed.
See more
18.05.2014.
. Volunteers from "Club Phoenix" at Free Youth Centre for third
time initiated a campaign for the International Day of solidarity with
those affected by HIV / AIDS. In the Danube Park, they organized an
information campaign where distributed materials, cards, balloons, condoms
and more. They managed to attract public attention and sympathy. Traditionally,
together with volunteers from The Youth Drug Council planted flowers
in the form of a ribbon loop of lighted candles. See
more
10-14.05.2014.
In the period was run off on-line discussions on the project Eyouth
democracy. It aims at empowering young people with the necessary
knowledge, in order to express their opinion on social issues. Topics
that young people from Bulgaria and Greece were discussed were youth
migration, human rights, recognition of professional qualifications,
racism and promoting youth participation in democratic processes.
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15.04.2014.
In Vidin took place second final quiz within the project "Knowledge
without Frontiers". This time the theme was "Prevention of
Drug Addiction." The participants were from both countries - Bulgaria
and Serbia. Serbian team performed better and won first place.
See more
08.04.2014.
In Bor, Serbia was held the first final quiz within the project
"Knowledge without Frontiers". The theme of the event was
"Promotion of reproductive health." Teams from both sides
showed extensive knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and contraception.
See more
31.03.2014.
In Negotin, Serbia was held a meeting of volunteers from the two
neighboring countries, working on peer-to-peer training program within
the project "Knowledge without Borders". They shared their
experience with youth from the host town.
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29-30.03.2014.
In the hotel "Neptune" Vidin took place the final forum
on project BSIT.NET. It was attended by 30 teachers from Bulgaria and
Serbia. One of the results of the meeting and the project was establishment
of the new organization "Regional Network for Innovative Education,"
which will continue to develop educational cooperation in the future.
See
more
21-23.03.2014.
The team of the Centre for Work with Street Children and representatives
of partner NGOs, active in social field, passed a three-day training
in fieldwork in "Madonna" hotel, Falkovets. The course was
in frameworks of the project FASP,
funded by the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme.
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14.02.2014.
Volunteers from club "Phoenix", part of Free Youth Centre participated
in the antiAIDS campaign dedicated to St. Valentine's Day in Vidin.
They worked during the day in the field and handed out promotional materials,
condoms, balloons and before and during the concert "Song for Valentine's
Day", they did a shop in which invited young people to be photographed,
consulted and motivated them to test themselves for HIV.
See
more
FYC Donors
European Commission (PHARE, ESF, EFRD, Socrates, Europe for Citizens,
Youth/Youth in Action 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, Municipality of Vidin.
