The meeting took place with the support of the European Informational centre.

The participants shared difficulties and successes in the realization of the activities, discussed technical aspects of the programme and the preparation for analysis of the social impact of the projects and the programme. They presented various interesting initiatives that are planned for the upcoming Father’s day on 15 June 2014.

Core element of the meeting was the presentation of various practices and activities of other organisations and opportunities for cooperation. Boriana Klimentova from Home and Hopes for Children Bulgaria told about the regional coordination mechanism and the chances it provides for concrete cases. Maya Grozdanova from UNICEF and representatives of family consultative centres in Shumen, Novi Pazar and Veliki Preslav told about the establishment and the activities of the centres. Cveta Petkova shared her experience in working with marginalized communities.

Maria Garkova, expert at the Regional Administration Veliko Tarnovo, spoke about the cooperation between the administration and the NGOs and its practical results. At the end of the first day Lyudmila Tsvetanova told about the development of the activities of Association Centre Maria in Gorna Oriahovitsa and teams work on prevention.

Theodora Krumova from the Centre for Intercultural Dialog an Tolerance Amalipe told about the activities of the centre and provided all participants with various materials and publications. Mincho Benov from
Habitat Bulgaria presented partnership model for combined community development which is part of a new long term project of the organisation. Dr. Krasimir Romanov moved the participants with his personal experience in prevention of early marriages work in Roma community.