Made by human or artificial intelligence? We hear this question more and more often. It's getting harder and harder to give an answer at first, second, even third glance. On the rise are not only systems that take advantage of the range of benefits of artificial intelligence, but also those applications designed to recognize whether a photo, video or vision is generated by artificial intelligence. There is a need to bring the topic of the AI, human rights in a digital space and legal regulation to the center of public attention.

The new campaign of BCNL aims to focus public attention on the topic of AI and the need for regulation of systems using this technology.

The aim of the "Digital Bodyguards" campaign is to arm people with information and awareness of the importance of digital freedoms. After meeting the "digital bodyguards", visitors to the website niepazim.com understand more about their real rights online and how to protect them.

We are launching #IWantToDevelop - an initiative to create a new Strategy to support the development of CSOs. The first and only such Strategy was adopted for the period 2012-2015. Therefore, after eight years of inaction, it is high time to put together a new Strategy that reflects the perspectives of organisations across the country. The existence of such a document would boost the development of civil society and represent an essential part of the state's support for the promotion of civil rights and freedoms.

Social enterprises have significant potential to solve some of the most pressing problems in our society. At the same time, this potential remains undeveloped in Bulgaria, even though European policies prioritise the issue and support this claim with significant investments to promote the social economy in Member States. Not only in the form of grants, but also through specifically designed financial instruments.

Bulgaria is one of the countries with an underdeveloped social economy sector in Europe. Enterprises and organisations that work primarily for social benefits rather than profit hold a relatively low share of paid employment – 2.8% compared to an EU average of 6.3%. On this indicator, our country falls into the least favourable group of "developing" countries. The social economy sector is highly developed in countries such as Italy, France and Belgium, where solidarity enterprises account for over 9% of paid employment.

 Social enterprises have significant potential to solve some of the most pressing problems in our society. At the same time, this potential remains undeveloped in Bulgaria, even though European policies prioritise the issue and support this claim with significant investments to promote the social economy in Member States. Not only in the form of grants, […]

Chanelle Lajoie is a BCNL intern from Canada. During her stay, she explored the LGBT community in Bulgaria and the artistic expression in protest art.

FATF and more specifically Recommendation and is intended to facilitate risk-appropriate measures to prevent terrorist financing in the sector.

In its 2023 Rule of Law Report, the European Commission draws attention to the flawed interpretation of EU law in Bulgaria, which results in limited access to funding for CSOs: Stakeholders reported that it is difficult for CSOs to obtain EU funding (through state agencies dealing with EU funds) as they are considered commercial entities […]