BE INFORMED AND VOTE! - THE RESOURCE AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF BULGARIAN CITIZENS ABOUT: THE WORK OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE INSTRUMENTS FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN POLICIES, THE PROCESS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS ON 9 JUNE 2024.
DEPEND ON YOU | The Global Libraries Foundation - Bulgaria launched a new one-year project funded by the Public Diplomacy Section of the US Embassy in Sofia.
PARTNERS: FGBB American Centers in the regional libraries in Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo US Embassy in Sofia.
Titled Depend on You, the project aims to promote democratic education and participation in Bulgaria by positioning public libraries as centers for information and informal education and by training librarians as mentors. The project will promote the activities of libraries and strengthen participatory democracy and civic engagement in Bulgarian society based on best practices from American public libraries, adapted for implementation in public libraries in Bulgaria. For the pilot project, civil society experts, together with the five participating American Center Libraries in Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo, will train librarians to implement civic education programs aimed at young people graduating from high school and above. These classes will address both practical and theoretical topics, such as how to vote and why citizens should be active in the electoral process. At the end of the project, the results will be presented and shared so that other public libraries can become more active in providing information and services related to democratic processes.