International Student’s Conference ”The City of the Future – the Future of the City”:

The students continued to discuss this issues raised by the debate on future development during the concluding conference in which the interdisciplinary working groups presented the results of their work during the Travelling University (May 30 – June 1, 2016).

The final discussion was also attended by the District Governor of Montana District, mr. Ivaylo Dimitrov, as well as representatives of the Chiprovtsi Historical Museum, Petar Parchevich Primary School in Chiprovtsi, Chiprovtsi Alternative and Development Association, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia -  Watch the entire video of the event here:  

The International Student’s Conference was held within the framework of the project “Enabling students and citizens to realize their global environmental and social footprint” (CEE Bankwatch Network No 681/15).

CITIZENS, POWER AND THE CITY

From the examples provided by the intervener (sociology PHD student and social activist ) and those from participant in the group, this workshop will offer to exchange about “the people”, civil society and institutions and power.
we will work on forms of civil societies, the concept of “empowerment”, the notion of democratic gap, means to think to move towards potential solutions to fill it.
we will try to use the role play from situations to work together in a more fun and different way.
our goal will be to form and to present one or several proposal to move towards strengthening civil society and the better understanding of power in Bulgaria.

The events were carried out with the financial support of the European Union.

The content of the debates, seminaires and public lections is entirely the responsibility of Shtatslivetsa Sofia Civic Association, Enironmental Association “Za Zemyata/For the Earth” and PLACE FOR FUTURE Educational Network and in no way can it be considered to reflect the positions of the European Union.