BlueLink news
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 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 Relocates...
After a very strange month including big organizational changes, the following announcement appeared on all the BlueLink mailing lists: Dear Colleagues, After many problems BlueLink is now in a new office and with new telephones...
BlueLink received special acknowledges for “Leading Contributor” to the Aarhus Clearinghouse Mechanism
The appreciation was also for the BlueLink's contribution to the work programme of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools.
MANAGER PROFILE: Milena Bokova - Turning a passion into a profession
BlueLink’s Executive Director featured in The Sofia Echo Weekly
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.
Institutions and civil society debate over the Third sector’s involvement in ICT policy decision making in Bulgaria
Integration of environmental sustainability in ICT policy was a major focus at the National consultation on ICT policy in Bulgaria, led by BlueLink and the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications.
Greening Internet Governance
Among hundreds of other issues, environment protection made its way to the discussion in the first Internet Governance Forum. The event was called by UN’s Secretary General in November to guide the development of Internet, following upon the World Summit on the Information Society (2003 – 2005).
Workshop “Greening Development through ICT and Civic Engagement”
The workshop will be held on November 1, 2006, during the Internet Governance Forum in Athens will address how communities in the Global South can harness the immense potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in addressing sustainability problems.
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.
E-platform for NGO elections presented at the 4th Aarhus Convention Task Force Meeting
BlueLink’s Civil e-Representation Platform is an Internet-based platform for election of representatives of NGOs in working groups and committees at the institutions dealing with environmental and sustainable development policies.
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 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 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.
