Online discussion "Financial instruments for sustainability and growth of social enterprises", November 27, 2020, 10:00 - 13:00

The exhibition presents stories from the pandemic in 2020, captured in 20 photographs, illustrations and texts by 16 distinguished authors in the third edition of the competition for socially engaged art „Civic Alarm Clock“ 2020.

The underlying rationale in the public attitudes is: while the state and CSOs should work in cooperation for solving various social issues, NGOs should continuously exert pressure on the state in this process, as the latter a priori is prone to abuses of citizens’ rights.

Download the report: The 2019 Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index for Bulgaria.

"For us joining the Program is an honor and a responsibility and we believe that together we will write another page of the social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria and so to be remembered in history," said Milen Gechovski from the Association "Protectors", Montana. The civil society organizations and their social enterprises can provide sustainable solutions – […]

Five of the social enterprises we have supported over the years have faced the risk of closing down and not being able to continue their activities. They also faced increased social expectations – more people who needed their support, and more people for whom that support meant salvation. What we managed to achieve in the […]

The Recovery Program helps civil society organizations and their social enterprises to develop their potential in the new environment caused by the COVID-19 WHY WE NEED A RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES The declared state of emergency and the restrictive measures imposed due to the spread of COVID-19 have led to a change in […]

Today the Saviors Need Saving! The SAVE the SAVIORS Initiative of Accenture Bulgaria and The Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law supports several social enterprises to survive the crisis and continue saving! Small businesses which work with the most vulnerable: people with disabilities, young people in difficult situations, single mothers, elderly and others in dire situation.  […]

Bon Appetit Catering of the Maria’s World Foundation Rich and tasty catering, attractive for both the palate and the eye, lately more and more popular for parties and events. Prepared professionally and with touching kindness by people with intellectual disabilities who inhabit the "Maria’s World". All this – before the crisis. It, however, stopped the […]

The Wonderful Garden of the “St. Nicholas the Wonderworker” Foundation Dobrich In this Garden flowers and vegetables are grown. They are being grown by 22 young people with disabilities. There is no other social company in Bulgaria employing that many people with disabilities. This makes it unique. Most of the employed young people are estranged […]