JLS/2008/FRAC/AC/1416-30-CE-0306247/00-39

DURATION

January 2010 – June 2011

AIMS

Raising awareness and understanding of children’s rights among interested parties in target regions, while in the meantime  building a model for their popularization and creating precondition for active inclusion of children in this model.

PARTNERS

• Progesti@, Spain
• European information centre – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

• Media HYPERLINK “http://www.media-forum.si/”ForumHYPERLINK “http://www.media-forum.si/”, Slovenia

THE PROJECT

Raising awareness and understanding of children’s rights among interested parties in target regions, while in the meantime  building a model for their popularization and creating precondition for active inclusion of children in this model.

ACTIVITIES

In the context of this project, the following activities are being carried:

– Comparative research of the national legal framework for protection of children’s rights;

– Preparation of methodical materials for teaching children rights;

– Testing of these methodical materials in class;

– Printing and circulation of methodical materials – materials for teacher, materials for students, CD with teaching materials, texts collection,;

– National competitions for drawings on the topic of reflecting on children rights;

– National campaigns for promotion of children’s rights;

– Project preparation of “European Charter on children rights”;

– Conducting of european children’s forum /European children’s parliament/ in Veliko Turnovo in spring 2011;

– Creating Internet websites focused on the children rights in the three countries.

PUBLICATIONS

1. VISUAL MATERIALS

Brochure of project

Poster – white

Poster – blue

First card

Second card

2. RESEARCH

Analysis of the legislations, politics and practices in Bulgaria with regards to children rights

List of organisations with a license from Government Child Protection Agencies for children’s social services in diferent regions

3. HANDBOOK FOR TEACHER

“Lets teach children rights”

DURATION

August 2010 – July 2011

AIMS

Mark 10 years from the signature of Charter of Fundamental Rights of European Union, signed on 7-th December 2000 in Nice.

PARTNER

– Idees Nouvelles Europe, France

– Progesti@, Spain

– European Information Center – Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria

–  Federation Europeenne des Ecoles, France

– Maison de l’Europe Bordeaux-Aquitaine, France

TO THE PROJECT

<< Charter 2010 >> is an information project for raising the sensitiveness regarding civil rights in Eropean Union and importance of fundamental document formulating the rights. It is an educational projectfor the enhancement of awareness of European identity and citizenship of young people (17-25 years old) , based on creating 6 trance-national videos to promote values which are supported by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of European Union. During the project a conference in Nice will be held on the occasion of anniversary of Charter.

Click the link to download the project brochure

PRODUCTS

During the project 6 videos were created, each of them describes a part of the Charter. These videos are aimed at the general public, they can be used for pedagogical activities by teachers and informal instructors. Ideas how to use them can be found in pedagogocal slips in videos. You can get the special DVD free of charge in EIC office – “Bulgaria” Str. № 38 – Veliko Turnovo, phone number: 062 605050.

You can watch videos on-line, here:

Summary video with presentation about the Charter.

Video 1: Dignity

Video 2: Freedoms

Video 3: Equality

Video 4: Solidarity

Video 5: Recognition

Video 6: Justice

You can find the pedagogical slips to the videos in section “Publications”.

DURATION

September 2010 – August 2011

AIMS
Promotion of the universality of human rights.

PARTNERS

• Federation Europeenne des Ecoles, France;
• Progesti@, Spain;
• Европейски информационен център – Велико Търново, България
• Le Comite Syndical europeen de l’education, Belgium;
• L’union europeenne feminine, Sweden;

TO THE PROJECT

” Universality of human rights” is innovative project including the creation of the book ” The Universality of human rights”. This book contains information on reflection – from the international meetings – on the topic, didactical approaches to teaching the topic in schools, recommendations by public characters, many sections, which propose different approaches, representing clearly and most comprehensively the question of universality of human rights to the wide public. The book will be published in two languages (French and English) and it will promote the conception of universality of human rights. The book is compilation of earlier publications on the subject. These works will be enriched with new texts of experts about the needs of the project. These texts will offer methods for teaching the universality of human rights at three different levels.

– primary school (practical activities);
– student level ( texts);
– adults (examples for using the articles from the Charter of Fundamental Rights to solve the basic problems: solidarity, environmental protection, child protection).

PRODUCTS

The international inquiry conducted during the project – results.
Electronic version of developed work, expect here.

Each year, the EU chooses a theme for a campaign to draw attention to a specific issue. 2009 will be devoted to creativity and innovation. During the year, hundreds of conferences, projects and exhibitions will take place across Europe, all intended to raise awareness of the need for imaginative solutions to today’s challenges.

The EU has long recognised creative thinking as key to success in a global economy. Innovation is an essential part of both the commission’s climate change package and its plan to revive the EU economy, now suffering its worst downturn in decades.

The world today thrives on rapid innovation. As the EU moves to a knowledge-based economy, it must develop its potential for creativity. In particular, Europeans must learn to embrace change and be receptive to different strategies.

Teachers have a critical – and difficult – role. Increasingly they will have to balance traditional education requirements with the need to give young people “soft” skills like a sense of initiative, according to education commissioner Ján Figeľ.

The campaign will help shape the EU’s agenda for cooperation between its member countries on education and culture. It will also feed into policy in other areas, like business and employment.

Will be organized a number of campaigns and initiatives at European, national and local level. Sourse: European Commission website

More information on the European Year of Creativity and innovation can be found on its official website: http://www.create2009.europa.eu/

This project under programme MINERVA aims to create the European educational resource manager for cities, based on the knowledge that the city is the stage where education and training occurs. On the same stage exists many different type of active actors ( public administration, trusts, foundations, private undertaking, non-governmental organisation, musseums and others). They offer education programmes to the general public, especially for the kids at school. These organs represents cultural and educational agents on territory of the city.

Several times a year, these suggestions are collected and systematized by the city council through the preparation of programmes for the activities, drawn up in diferent formats with the purposes of facilitating the teaching team to access information and select the best education plan.

Project aims: creation and systematization of working methodology serving for:

First: determine and analyse school needs in cities and also the use of communicative and informative technology for access to education resources.

Second: identify possible resources existing in every city. Also to describe and evaluate the education activities, based on the opportunity to shift in one of the thematic fields, which are defined by the project partners: Culture legacy; Ecological education and Culture diversity and other fields typical for some cities: Science – Technology; Culture and art; Entertainment; Communicative and informative technologies; Sport and Health.

Project- Plan D of General Directors “Communications” A2-1/2007 in Representation of European Commission in Bulgaria

Contractor: European Commission in Bulgaria

Performer: European Information Center, Veliko Turnovo

Duration of the project: 11 months

“Plan D”is a plan for democracy, dialog and debate. It’s started in 2005 and lays the foundations for extensive discussions about the future of Europe. It aims to bring more democracy to the union, to stimulate broad public debate, to built a new consensus for the future of European Union. There are prospects for the introduction of a discussion programme for the future of Europe with the assistance of national governments in all 27 countries in the Union. The aim is to built a new political consensus with regards to the correct policy as Europe must deal with the challenges of 21 century. European Information Center’s project aims to improve the provision of information and knowledge for European Union policy- social inclusion, social solidarity of women and girls through the formation of active civil regional network. Through discussion being led, it provokes a debate among the community about the identification of problems and formation of local community decisions by presenting practices for active involvement of the groups in the process of decision making on local, regional, national and EU level by creating real terms for transmission and institutionalization at all suggested levels. As a result of the project a stable regional women forum and a network for dialog and exchange of good practices linked with social inclusion were established. The project was organized in partnership with EIC, which exists and works since 1999 and covered the territory to north Bulgaria. Many regional dialogical forums, national Round Table and scientific-practical conference and others applied and information activities were held over the time period of 11 months

Regional dialogical forums

– “Lifelong education like a mechanism for social inclusion – realities and possibilities for the young woman in Bulgaria” ( 18-th October 2007 – Veliko Turnovo)

– “Dialog culture for social solidarity and the bulgarian woman – what we know and how we apply it” ( 15-th Novomber 2007 – Ruse)

– “The access to new technologies – reality, challenge, real opportunity for the bulgarian woman” ( 13-th December 207 – Sofia)

– “Feigned” or “Real” unemployment and labor market – challenges of bulgarian society for social inclusion” ( 24-th January 2008 – Gabrovo)

– ” The social entrepreneurship, homework and small business creation like alternative for social inclusion for the bulgarian woman” ( 21-th February 2008 – Pleven)

– “The relation periphery – centre and the acts of social inclusion of the bulgarian woman” ( 20-th March 2008 – Silistra)

– “Social inclusion- does it have it sex, ethnicity, profrsional and educational qualification?” ( 17-th April 2008 – Sliven)

– “Mixed communities, the relationship minority – majority and the projection of woman in the process of social inclusion” ( 8th May – Lom)

National Round Table “Aspects of social inclusion of the bulgarian woman and girl’

National scientific and practical conference “European dimensions of policy for social inclusion and social solidarity in bulgarian social life through the eyes of the bulgarian woman”