site.btaShumen Hosts BTA's "Europe in the Balkans" Conference

A regional conference on the project "Europe in the Balkans: a Common Future" will take place on Wednesday at the BTA's National Press Club in Shumen, northeastern Bulgaria. The forum will start at 10:30 a.m. and will be attended by Deputy Regional Governor of Shumen, Nely Georgieva; Deputy Mayor of Shumen Municipality Nikolay Kolev; Head of the Regional Information Centre Irena Stefanova; Mayor of Smyadovo Ivanka Petrova; and prof. Penka Kozhuharova from Shumen University.

The project "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" is implemented by BTA with support from the European Commission. It builds on a past project, "Europe in Bulgaria: A Common Future", and aims to foster a better understanding of the role of the cohesion policy in the Balkans; to raise awareness of projects funded by the EU through the Cohesion Funds; promote dialogue on the results of the projects at local level and boost civic participation in issues related to cohesion policy.

So far conferences have been held in Ruse, Razgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Silistra, Gabrovo, Burgas, Sliven, Yambol, Haskovo, Stara Zagora, Kazanlak, Kyustendil, Pernik, Samokov, Varna, and Blagoevgrad and cross-border conferences in Bucharest, Edirne, Skopje, Bosilegrad, and Thessaloniki. More conferences will be held until August.

The "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" project is funded with EUR 348,871. To achieve the project's aims, BTA is using a media mix and expects to reach out to between 700,000 and 1 million people in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkiye.