Dissemination of RESILOC results: the cases of Tetovo and Dve Mogili in Bulgaria
“Resilience for All”. This is the motto that has been guiding RESILOC efforts in Bulgaria. This motto has also become part of the understanding of two Bulgarian communities – that of the village of Tetovo (RESILOC trial community) and the town of Dve Mogili (early adopter community). Throughout RESILOC, the two communities followed a very...
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Erasmus + Project “SI-ZONE” finishes on 31.03.2021
The SI-Zone project in partnership with organisations from Austria, France, Romania, Spain and UK will end at the end of March. During it the consortium developed a model for identifying potential social entrepreneurs among the target groups and a model of career guidance in social economy and entrepreneurship. Based on that all partners together developed...
Read more[30/10/2020] Changes in socio-economic status of people with disabilities
BILSP, in cooperation with Infologica OOD, recently released a research report on the changes in the socio-economic status of people with disabilities (PwD) compared to 2009. The report includes an assessment of the potential of PwD and businesses for social and labour market integration, including gravity and network analysis of PwD capacity as labour capital....
Read more[11/06/2020] Worker rights during COVID-19 – videos for textile workers
BILSP and Fair Wear Foundation prepared a couple of videos on worker rights. The videos are related to the precarious COVID-19 situation. The topics discussed are health and safety, job and wage losses, and leave entitlements. If you are interested in your rights as a worker or are concerned with the situation at your workplace, these...
Read more[01/06/2020] FWF Bulgaria Country Study 2019
Fair Wear Foundation recently released its Bulgaria Country Study 2019. The report explores the status of the garment industry and, more broadly, the industrial relations in the country. The country study also reviews the implementation of the Fair Wear Code of Labour Practices. Two of our BILSP colleagues actively contributed to drafting the report.
Read more[02/09/2019] Deinstitutionalisation and social inclusion measures evaluation
BILSP recently completed an evaluation commissioned by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, in which deinstitutionalisation and social inclusion measures financed under the previous programming period of Human Resources Development OP were scrutinised for their effectiveness, efficacy and impact. You can read the final report here:
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