Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
  „The Future Strategy Europe 2020 – The Vision of Sofia  „Young People – A Resource for Community Development

The Women’s Alliance for Development Foundation is implementing a project entitled “The Future Strategy Europe 2020 – The Vision of Sofia”. The project is funded by EUROPE Program of Sofia City Council.

The project aims to initiate a broad participatory consultative process “EU 2020 – The Vision of Sofia” by encouraging partnership between local government and civil society structures. The project activities will popularize the consultative communication of the European Commission regarding EU 2020 and will assist the development of Sofia’s vision on how to achieve the priorities of the new strategy at the local level.

In result Sofia will be the first municipality in Bulgaria to develop through a participatory and evidence-based process its vision and position, its development goals and the measures for their achievement. In addition this will strengthen the capacity of CSOs to participate effectively in policy-making in the broader EU framework and to take ownership of the implementation.  

WAD Foundation is implementing a project under the Youth in Action Program, entitled “Young People – A Resource for Community Development”.

The project aims to increase youth citizen activism and participation in small and remote from the capital city towns in Bulgaria – the municipalities of Ihtiman, Kavarna and Silistra. The youth dimension of local governments’ sectoral policies affect seriously the resources and conditions for development of young people an their insufficient efficiency is a factor for low youth realization, out migration an immigration. Young people who woul like to stay in their home towns, should be supported through addressing the most common barriers like employment opportunities, education and training, housing policies, transport, recreation, health care.

Disadvantaged young people also nees messages and strategies to combat stereotypes, to lower thresholds for participation and contribution to communal life, policy development and encouraging culture of dialogue an social connectivity. The project activities are designed to send an important message that the national youth strategy is developed not only by organizations and institutions in the capital city but also takes into consideration and encourages the participation of young people and their organizations from remote and small towns. The project activities will also contribute to the consultative process in Bulgaria on the draft strategy “EU 2020”.

 6 Forum of the Civil Society in Macedonia  WAD completes project
Participation of NNEO at the NGO Fair - 6 Forum of the Civil Society in Macedonia
The NGO Fair - 6th Forum of the Civil Society in Macedonia (NGO Fair) took place from 16th to 17th November 2007 at the Skopje Fair. It is organised by Macedonian Center for International Cooperation. The NGO Fair consists of three components: Forum activities; Exhibition part; Socio-cultural events.
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WAD completes project to prevent prostitution and trafficking in Bulgarian communities
The Women's Alliance for Development has successfully implemented an initiative to reduce child prostitution and trafficking in two Bulgarian towns. The project was funded through the Democracy Commission of the US Embassy in Bulgaria and ran during the summer in Targovishte and Sandanski. The objective was to reduce the danger of prostitution and trafficking of children from social groups particularly at risk. WAD's project partners were the Ideas and Values Foundation in Sandanski and the NAIA Association in Targovishte. It was the third WAD project of this type and the organization remains firmly committed to doing what it can to help prevent these abuses.
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