site.btaCross-border Conference "Europe on Balkans: Together through Knowledge" Will Take Place on Tuesday in Edirne

A cross-border conference "Europe on Balkans: Together through Knowledge" will take place on Tuesday in Edirne at 10:30 am. The forum is part of a series of conferences organized by the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) under a project supported by the European Commission.

The main focuses of the conference are education, knowledge and skills and their relation to the labour market, as well as young people. The forum will be attended by the Consul General of Bulgaria in Edirne Radoslava Kafedzhiyska and representatives of universities in Edirne, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv.

The conference will also be attended by students from Burgas Free University, who won with their innovative ideas the hackathon organized by BTA under the project in the seaside city on making Burgas a greener city. 

The forums, organized by BTA, discuss what is new in cohesion policy in the European Union for the period 2021-2027 and the results achieved in the period 2014-2020.

The project kicked off with a conference in Veliki Preslav in November 2024. Until September 2025, BTA will host discussions at its press clubs in the following cities: Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Dobrich, Kazanlak, Kardzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Razgrad, Ruse, Samokov, Svishtov, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofia, Stara Zagora, Troyan, Targovishte, Haskovo, Shumen and Yambol. Cross-border conferences will be held in Belgrade, Bosilegrad, Bucharest, Edirne, Skopje and Thessaloniki.

Through Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills, BTA seeks to raise public awareness and encourage open dialogue on cohesion policy, local achievements, and the implementation of the EU's policy priorities.

The project builds on two earlier projects, "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" and "Europe in Bulgaria: A Common Future", implemented by BTA in 2023 and 2024, respectively.