News from BlueLink

September 28, 2017. Sofii.  Representatives of the NGOs and environmental lawyers met to discuss ways of overcoming the legislative and institutional pressure on the public participation in decision-making and access to justice. The strategic meeting took place in Sofia's Soho Co-working space.

Round table event 'Civil Society Ostracism before and after EU accession - and how to deal with it?' 

The round table took place on December 7, 2017 at the Central European University in Budapest. It was the opening event for the academic and practitioner workshop, part of the Remembering Europe – Civil Society Under Pressure Again project of BlueLink.net.

The BlueLink Foundation joined Coalition for Media Literacy in Education.

The Environmental Watchdog Journalism and Storytelling Workshop is a learning-and-field-work opportunity for journalists from the Central and Eastern Europe who are actively working on issues related to climate change, clean energy and environmental protection, among others.

The main challenges and problems faced by civil society organizations in Bulgaria, as well as best practices and solutions they have implemented will be analyzed as a part of an international study on the state of civil society. Main goal of the research is to support civil society organizations by exchanging experiences in facing problems and solutions they co

The opportunities for transformation of the economy towards environmental, low-carbon and energy efficient production, along with increasing prosperity and equity in society, will be analyzed as a part of the regional project “Re-Vision the Economy in the Balkans: Change Policy not Climate”.

Call for participаtion in the BlueLink Virtual Newsroom Project across Central and Eastern Europe and Germany

The Heinrich Boell Foundation in Brandenburg and BlueLink are reaching out to journalists from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Germany, willing to join a virtual newsroom project for watchdog journalism and storytelling on climate chan

Green European Foundation with the support of ASSED Sunrise is organising an international capacity building workshop in Macedonia for new Green politicians and activists from Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia.

Termites are eating our forest. No, not the insects, but other ‘termites’ that turn wood into cash. The problem is on the public agenda again – after the revelation for illegal logging near the town of Velingrad, Bulgaria and the dismissal of the forestry employee who signaled the violation. This, however, is just one example of illegal practices.