The most recent survey on public attitudes towards NGOs 2024.

    Context Draft Law on Registration of Foreign Agents in Bulgaria – in summary and with examples Arguments used by the "Revival" Party to promote the Foreign Agents Registration Act     BACKGROUND In recent years, countries around the world have passed laws to create foreign influence registries. They impose designation requirements or other […]

Wow, what a festival day! Hundreds of smiling faces all around us, dozens of activities for creative activism and a powerful civic energy that shook the whole South Park. We experienced it all this past Saturday, August 31, at our long-awaited Festival for rights and arts CIVIC ALARM CLOCK!  For the fourth year, the Bulgarian […]

The exhibition can be viewed from 22 August to 5 September 2024 in front of the Summer Stage "KINO & BAR CABANA" in the National palace of Culture park space The exhibition "Activism in Action: the Power to Save Urban Nature" presents over 30 photographs, illustrations and texts by 17 artists who advocate for our […]

Swiss-Bulgarian Civic Engagement and Transparency Facility (CETF) will start to operate from August 1, 2024. The program will support CSOs through grants that will introduce active participatory and learning-by-doing approach, which highlights participation alongside building capacities.

  Putting the rights on the stage stage in collaboration with Rivers of the City and The Collective   It's time again to celebrate civil rights the way artists see them! It is with great pleasure that we invite you to put rights on the stage with the Civic Alarm Clock Festival 24 – on […]

According to a study by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe[1], during the last 10 years there has been a tenfold increase in the number of cases brought against journalists and civil society activists because of their work in defending public interest. Such cases (SLAPPs is an abbreviation from “strategic lawsuits against public participation”) and […]

On 19 June 2024, 38 representatives of 23 civil society organizations working on the ground across the country – from Ruse to Haskovo and from Varna to Sofia – gathered at the shared social space SHTRAK in Sofia. The meeting was organized by the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law on the initiative of the Embassy […]

Each year, for the last 14 years, we have looked forward to the Summer School for NGOs. There is always excitement and enthusiasm as we meet new colleagues in the civil sector full of energy to change the world. This year was different. Scaling up to the Master Class level as a pilot program was […]

After a 3-month intensive LET's GO 2024 training, mentoring and coaching program, which involved 13 CSOs, on 31 May the jury of the Best NGO Business Plan competition selected the winners, who also received a cash prize of BGN 10,000 to implement their business ideas in support of their causes. Here are the winning organizations: […]