BlueLink news
14 000 signed online petition to save Bulgarian nature
A campaign site, developed by BlueLink, alarmed citizens of potential threats to protected areas, exposed nature-destroying projects and provided web-tools for rapid response.
<see-environment.info> at the Stockholm Challenge Final Event
The Environmental Content Sharing in South Eastern Europe (SEE), a partnership initiative of 6 environmental NGO electronic networks, participated as a finalist at the Stockholm Challenge Final Event. The platform designed for NGO users became one of the 9 finalists in the category “Environment” and was the only finalist from the Balkan region.
BlueLink at Balkan Cyber Tea House during the Rimini Fair
BlueLink participated in a joint networking action during the annual conference “Meeting for Friendship among Peoples” in Rimini, Italy. 5 environmental NGO e-networks from South East Europe attracted visitors with free Internet access, multimedia presentations of their activities and aromatic herbal tea served.
BlueLink at the Connecting Networks Workshop in Belgrade
The forum discussed the progress in the environmental information access in South Eastern Europe and prepared recommendations for future development priorities.
BlueLink at Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference on WSIS
The World Summit for Information Society (WSIS) related event was held from 16-18 May 2005. Milena Bokova, Executive Director of BlueLink Information Network, had the opportunity to participate in the discussions.
BlueLink at WSIS PrepCom 2
BlueLink participated in the second preparatory meeting (known as PrepCom 2) for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society.
BlueLink exchanges experience on public participation in the regional development
From April 23 to April 29, 2007 BlueLink took part in a study visit about the different mechanisms for stimulating public participation in the regional development. The meeting was organized by the project leader Milieukontakt, the Netherlands, for the Bulgarian, Romanian and Croatian partners.
BlueLink hosted NGO seminar on ICT and Aarhus convention
The efforts of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and electronic networks from the Balkans to make use of ICTs to support Aarhus Convention processes in the South Eastern European region was the topic of discussion.
BlueLink hosts an international meeting of ICT organizations
From 4 to 12 October, 2005, BlueLink Information Network will host the Council Meeting of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). APC consists of civil society organizations from around the globe dedicated to empowering groups through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICT).
BlueLink joined ICT policy work at global level
Common initiative sparks local action and collaboration, as civil society policy websites are set up in several nations by 10 APC members.
BlueLink joined OneWebDay celebrations
On 22 September the first world day for celebrating how the Internet has changed and is changing our lives was marked in Bulgaria too.
BlueLink launched the first NGO e-elections in Bulgaria
Innovative Civil e-Representation Platform facilitates election of NGO representatives in various governmental working groups dealing with environmental and sustainable development policies.
BlueLink participated in a seminar for the beneficiaries of the EU twinning program for NGOs
From 14 till 16 February BlueLink took part in a special seminar in Sofia, organized by the European Commission for the beneficiaries of its NGO’s twinning program.
BlueLink presented the Belgrade statement at the 8th REREP Task Force
BlueLink participated at the 8th Task Force Meeting of The Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme (REReP) for South Eastern Europe, which took place on September 23, 2005 in Brussels, Belgium.
BlueLink published manual on “Strategic use of Internet for civil society organizations”
It is designed to educate CSOs how to work effectively in electronic network, and how to improve and optimize significantly their work using ICTs.
