This document describes several projects carried out by the Znanye Association in Lovech, Bulgaria. It summarizes: 1) The Culture Labyrinth project from December 2010 to May 2011 which involved volunteer training and work in institutions to enhance young people's skills and awareness of organizations. 2) The Youth Puzzle project from May to August 2011 which provided mobile interactive youth training across Lovech district to promote EU youth policies. 3) The Volunteers in Action project in September-October 2011 which organized an open space for volunteer ideas and a volunteer campaign involving cleaning and renovation work in several municipalities.

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Volunteering and
Partnership

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Why partnership?
• Bigger number and diversity of resources
• More ideas
• Flexibility in work
• Courage in decision making
• Sharing responsibility

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CULTURE LABYRINTH
Funded by the National Center for European Youth Programs and Initiatives
under the 2008 – 2010 Program for Youth Activities
Implementation period: December 2010 – May 2011
Budget: BGN 8,075 (of which BGN 1,100 own contribution)
Activities: Culture Labyrinth interactive game in 10 institutions, volunteering
training; voluntary work in 5 institutions; implementation of small initiatives;
Youth Culture Labyrinth 2 game

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Results:
Interaction between volunteers and institutions/organizations which requested
their involvement.
Young people’s self-confidence enhanced through organization and
implementation of 3 initiatives.
Young people’s cognizance of the institutions/organizations enhanced and
brought closer to the institutions.
Young people’s volunteering knowledge and skills improved – training (16
hours)
Institution/organization representatives’ motivation for volunteering enhanced.
Enhanced awareness and volunteering promotion and mobilization among
other young people – publications, flyers, brochures.

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YOUTH PUZZLE: FIND THE PIECE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!
Source of funding:
Youth in Action Program, Action 5 “Support for European Cooperation in the
Youth Field”, Action 5.1 “Meetings of Young People and Those Responsible for
Youth Policy”
Implementation period: May 2011 – August 2011
Total project amount: 4,750 euro
The role of ZNANIE in project implementation: Lead partner

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YOUTH PUZZLE: FIND THE PIECE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!
MAIN ACTIVITIES:
Mobile interactive youth training
Young people from four municipalities: Teteven, Letnitsa, Troyan and Lovech
The project aims to promote EU goals and policies related to young people
across Lovech district.
Project participants include young people from Lovech district aged 15 - 30
years.
The initiative was part of the European Youth Week
15-21 May 2011

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VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION
Source of funding:
Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation with the support of the Trust for Civil
Society in Central and Eastern Europe
Implementation period: September – October 2011
Total project amount: BGN 6,200

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VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION
Open Space Initiative for Volunteer Ideas (1 October)
•Presentation of institutions
•Presentation of institutions’ volunteer activities
•Volunteer ideas
The initiative took place in the open, in the town’s garden, and was attended
by more than 150 people.

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VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION
Volunteer Campaign, 15 October 2011
Lovech, Doyrentsi, Bahovitsa, Lisets, Gostinya
Total number of participants: 115 people, of whom 40 young people
Lovech: the eco-path above Bash Bunar alley cleaned and marked
The young people cleaned the yard and painted the alcove of the Day Center at
Zakrila Association together with Stratesh Tourist Association, Rugged Rock
Cycling Club and citizens.
Lisets: young people from the local center for work with volunteers at Prof.
Benyu Tsonev District Library helped with the making and hanging of new
holiday paper decoration.
Gostinya: renovation of the inscription on the monument in honor of the
people who died during the wars
Doyrentsi: cleaning and improvement of the village’s central part
Bahovitsa: cleaning and improvement of the village’s central part
The volunteer campaigns on 15 October 2011 were part of the 2011 National
Volunteer Days organized by BCAF.

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VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION

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Ralitsa Popova
Executive Director