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3R Creative workshop

16.11.2021 Youth Priorities
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The plastic, paper, glass, can be waste on the streets, and can be creativity – depends on whose hands will fall! So let’s learn children to create, not to pollute the environment! On September 30, 2021, the students from Sofia University “Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov”, along with Mrs. Canapchieva, turned the courtyard to a 3R creative workshop (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)! The call of children to all residents and visitors to Benkovski village:“Do not throw rubbish in the streets and out of the garbage bins!Let’s be proud residents of a clean and beautiful village of Benkovski! “ 3R Creative workshop is part of the project “Active residents for clean and beautiful Village of Benkovski”, which is implemented by the “Youth Priorities” Association,...

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The good example!

The good example!

03.07.2021 Youth Priorities
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In the course of the project “Active residents for a clean and beautiful village Benkovski” and discussions with young people on the problems of the polluted environment in which we live and ways to solve them, the initiative “Clean Streets!” Was born. The first implemented initiative was on a signal received from residents of Veslets for pollution around two of the containers and dumping of garbage outside them. You can see for yourself that before cleaning the view is, to put it mildly, “unpleasant”. In addition to cleaning in front of their homes, the young people talked to their neighbors to inform them about the consequences of the pollution and the intensified measures for the polluters. Information boards will be...

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Civic competences for an active civil society

09.05.2021 Youth Priorities
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Forum “Civil Competences for Active Civil Society” was held over two days – 07 and 08 May 2021. During the forum, the young people were introduced to the tools for direct civic participation in local self-government and how they can be applied to solve a problem of the local community. Pollution of the environment in which we live and stray animals were the most frequently mentioned problems by local young people. A problem hindering sports activities is the lack of appropriate flooring on the volleyball court. Welcome to our next events to learn which tools for direct civic participation to solve these problems will be used by young people and the results achieved. Both days of the Forum ended with...

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​​Maglene Dam

10.04.2021 Youth Priorities
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As of today, pollutants in the area of ​​Maglene Dam and the village of Benkovski are being closely monitored. For violation of the Environmental Protection Act, polluters are fined from BGN 200 to 20,000. In case of repeated violation, the amount of the fine is doubled. The discarded waste pollutes the environment in which we live and creates preconditions for the occurrence of bacterial and viral diseases and parasitic diseases !! Anyone can submit signals for pollutants to the Ministry of Environment and Water – tel. 02/988 82 05 and 0887 088 440. Be active residents so that the village of Benkovski is clean and beautiful! 110 garbage bags after being cleaned just a few months ago. Congratulations to the...

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Module 2 Social Entrepreneurship

08.10.2020 Youth Priorities
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On August 29th and 30th, Module 2 Social Entrepreneurship in a Digital Environment, Course 1 of the Project “Entrepreneurs with a Cause” was held. Module 2 covered the topics “Legal framework of e-commerce” and “Legal framework of personal data protection”, conducted two workshops – “Development of general conditions for e-commerce” and “Development of rules for personal data protection of the online store “Discussions were held on” Ideas for social entrepreneurship applicable in our locality “and interactive educational games. The training program of the course has been developed through a study of the knowledge, skills and interests of young people according to the criteria of the European Framework for Entrepreneurial Competence – EntreComp. Congratulations to the young people who chose to...

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Catering with a cause

23.09.2020 Youth Priorities
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Great project implemented by great young people with the financial support of the National Youth Program (2016-2020), Ministry of Youth and Sports, Contract № 25-00-28 / 05.06.2020 For two days, the young people worked, created and applied the knowledge and skills acquired during the trainings in the project to support their classmates with special needs.New games will be purchased for them with the funds raised of BGN 129.49 lv. Congratulations to young entrepreneurs on the cause! Forum “Social Entrepreneurship” and “Catering with a cause” are part of the Project “Entrepreneurs with a cause” of the Association “Youth Priorities”. Applying the method of “learning through work” young people went through the whole process of creating and managing a social enterprise –...

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Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria

20.11.2019 Youth Priorities
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Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria announces the beginning of a competition for scholarships for students of Roma origin studying health specialties for the academic year 2020-2021. The aim of the scholarship program is to form a community of health professionals, motivated and prepared to contribute to solving health problems in the Roma community and with the potential to become significant role models for young people of Roma origin. The deadline for submitting documents for the competition for the academic year 2020/2021 is November 5, 2020, 18:00.

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Meetings with social entrepreneurs

20.11.2019 Youth Priorities
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In implementation of the project “Entrepreneurs with a cause”, on September 12 and 13 the Association “Youth Priorities” held meetings with social entrepreneurs in the city of Sofia. The meetings had the opportunity to include participants from the trainings in the project and to learn first hand about the development of social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria. Huge thanks for the personal example, inspiring supported causes, shared experience and practical advice from social entrepreneurs Stanimira Georgieva – Stanimira Chocolate House – http://www.stanimirachocolatehouse.com/bg/, Ilonka Alexandrova – Autism Educational Equality Foundation – Bulgaria – https : //orautism.eu/ and Atanaska Terziyska – Network of bakery houses – http://www.bread.bg/. We are happy that in your face we have found great people, entrepreneurs with a cause, working...

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