Bulgaria
Project stories, news and features
Projects selected: Helping young Europeans find work
14.05.2018Almost 14 million young people in Europe are not in employment, education or training. The EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment supports the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach among them and aim to help them into the labour market.
€34.5 million for European cross-border and transnational cooperation
24.01.2018Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have announced a new fund that supports regional cross-border and transnational projects proposing shared solutions to Europe’s common challenges. Funding is available within all priority sectors of the EEA and Norway Grants.
Joining forces to promote human rights
15.12.2017The Grants are cooperating with the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to promote human rights in Europe. A new agreement paves the way for involvement of FRA in our programmes linked to Roma inclusion and empowerment.
Fund for Youth Employment: 49 projects shortlisted for the second application round
10.11.2017Improving the employment prospects of socially excluded young people is the aim of most of the project ideas that are now further developed under the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.
Working together to help young people get work
31.08.2017More than 300 project ideas on how to get young people into the labour market were submitted by the deadline for applications to the new EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.
We have everything we need except for freedom
18.07.2017Many inmates enter Bulgaria’s only women prison with severe health problems. As a result of a reconstruction process, they can now get the health care they need behind prison walls.
Picking up drop outs, delivering capable employees
11.05.2017In an old cinema building outside Sofia, a youth centre has changed the life of many young Bulgarians. They’ve gone from drop-outs to proud citizens.
Women on the move
10.03.2017On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the EEA and Norway Grants have taken a week to celebrate the work and the people that, with the help of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, promote gender equality every day.
Teaming up with Council of Europe to better fight crime
03.03.2017With support from Norway, Bulgarian investigators are improving their skills and methods in order to better fight crime and recover illegal assets from criminals.
The Police: Our mind-set and attitudes towards the Roma has changed
08.02.2017Making the police more knowledgeable about the Roma communities they are working in, is helping Bulgarian police officers treat the Roma differently and better enable them to deal with their problems.