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1 EDUCATION REFORM in BULGARIA a Study in Failure
1 EDUCATION REFORM IN BULGARIA A study in failure Evgenii Dainov Introduction Recent experience, as well as the increasingly voluminous literature on “delayed” reform, tell researchers and reformers something relatively simple, yet disturbing. Many countries have started or will be starting reforms; quite a number of these countries have failed, are failing or will fail in this attempt. Some will fail roundly. Others will fail partially and will move along with a heavy limp, never certain when system failure may occur. Usually, the literature deals with issues of economic reform1 and finds the culprit in politics. This makes research applicable to other fields, where politics is paramount and particularly, “second generation” reforms, such as education, which require restructuring of institutions – who, of course, resist it. Even partial failures here have significant consequences. The awareness that something was terribly wrong with Bulgarian education came only after 2000, after a decade of self-congratulatory myths and in the face of consequences, which could not be easily explained away. First, a mismatch between skills attained and skills needed became obvious. Employer organisations complained that they were increasingly unable to find Bulgarian nationals to fill mid- level managerial positions, and were forced to import staff from abroad at significant cost. A representative study, carried out by Alpha Research, a major polling agency, in 2004 revealed that only 38 per cent of employers in Bulgaria thought that the education system provided the young with the skills they were looking for. 2 Second, preformance levels dropped. A series of international studies revealed, by 2003 that, while Bulgarians performed well at the level of primary education (1-4th grade), after that figures were little short of disastrous. -
CULTURAL HERITAGE in MIGRATION Published Within the Project Cultural Heritage in Migration
CULTURAL HERITAGE IN MIGRATION Published within the project Cultural Heritage in Migration. Models of Consolidation and Institutionalization of the Bulgarian Communities Abroad funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund © Nikolai Vukov, Lina Gergova, Tanya Matanova, Yana Gergova, editors, 2017 © Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum – BAS, 2017 © Paradigma Publishing House, 2017 ISBN 978-954-326-332-5 BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE STUDIES WITH ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM CULTURAL HERITAGE IN MIGRATION Edited by Nikolai Vukov, Lina Gergova Tanya Matanova, Yana Gergova Paradigma Sofia • 2017 CONTENTS EDITORIAL............................................................................................................................9 PART I: CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A PROCESS DISPLACEMENT – REPLACEMENT. REAL AND INTERNALIZED GEOGRAPHY IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MIGRATION............................................21 Slobodan Dan Paich THE RUSSIAN-LIPOVANS IN ITALY: PRESERVING CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS HERITAGE IN MIGRATION.............................................................41 Nina Vlaskina CLASS AND RELIGION IN THE SHAPING OF TRADITION AMONG THE ISTANBUL-BASED ORTHODOX BULGARIANS...............................55 Magdalena Elchinova REPRESENTATIONS OF ‘COMPATRIOTISM’. THE SLOVAK DIASPORA POLITICS AS A TOOL FOR BUILDING AND CULTIVATING DIASPORA.............72 Natália Blahová FOLKLORE AS HERITAGE: THE EXPERIENCE OF BULGARIANS IN HUNGARY.......................................................................................................................88 -
Literacy in Bulgaria
LITERACY IN BULGARIA COUNTRY REPORT SHORT VERSION March 2016 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views of its authors only, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein. This document has been published by the European Literacy Policy Network (ELINET). The report was completed in 2016. The contents of this publication may be reproduced in part, except for commercial purposes, provided the extract is preceded by a reference to “Elinet”, followed by the date of publication of the document. Main authors (in alphabetical order): Lydia Dachkova, Natalia Georgieva, Marieta Tzvetkova Contributing authors (in alphabetical order): Christine Garbe, Dominique Lafontaine, David Mallows, Gerry Shiel, Renate Valtin Coordinator of the ELINET-Project: University of Cologne Prof. Dr. Christine Garbe Institut für Deutsche Sprache und Literatur Richard-Strauss-Str. 2 50931 Köln – Cologne Germany [email protected] 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2 General Information on the Bulgarian Education System .................................................................................... 5 3 Literacy Performance Data .............................................................................................................................................. -
Open Society Institute Sofia
Open Society Institute - Sofia 2015 Annual Report OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE SOFIA 2015 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS Mission 3 1 Report of the Executive Director 5 2 Financial Profile 6 NGO Programme in Bulgaria under the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009- 3 11 2014 4 European Policies Programme 23 Governance and Public Policies Programme 26 5 Project Generation Facility - 29 Making the Most of European Union Structural Funds for Roma Inclusion 6 Legal Programme 31 7 Public Debate Programme 33 8 Emergency Fund of the Open Society Institute 34 Roma Programme 35 9 Scholarship Programme for doctors and post-graduate medicine students 36 of Roma origin Traineeship Programme at the US Embassy “Bridging Roma and Career 36 Opportunities” with the financial support of the US Embassy 10 Project Design Unit 37 2 MISSION To develop and support the values and practices of the open society in Bulgaria - To support the democratization of the public life - To work for the extension and guaranteeing of civil freedoms - To support the strengthening of civil sector institutions - To support the European integration and regional cooperation of Bulgaria 3 Founder George Soros Board of Trustees Pepka Boyadzhieva, Chair Ivan Bedrov Lachezar Bogdanov Milena Stefanova Petya Kabakchieva Aleksandar Kashamov Executive Director Georgi Stoychev Financial Director Veliko Sherbanov Programme Directors Boyan Zahariev Valentina Kazanska Ivanka Ivanova Dimitar Dimitrov Marin Lesinsky Elitsa Markova Anita Baykusheva Senior Economist Georgi Angelov Sociological Analyses Unit Aleksey Pamporov Dragomira Belcheva Petya Braynova Project Design Unit Elitsa Markova Teodora Ivanova 4 1. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR In 2015, the Open Society Institute – Sofia continued working on four main priorities: good governance, rule of law and human rights, European policies and civic participation. -
BULGARIA DISCOVERED GUIDE on the Cover: Lazarka, 46/55 Oils Cardboard, Nencho D
Education and Culture DG Lifelong Learning Programme BULGARIA DISCOVERED GUIDE On the cover: Lazarka, 46/55 Oils Cardboard, Nencho D. Bakalski Lazarka, this name is given to little girls, participating in the rituals on “Lazarovden” – a celebration dedicated to nature and life’ s rebirth. The name Lazarisa symbol of health and long life. On the last Saturday before Easter all Lazarki go around the village, enter in every house and sing songs to each family member. There is a different song for the lass, the lad, the girl, the child, the host, the shepherd, the ploughman This tradition can be seen only in Bulgaria. Nencho D. BAKALSKI is a Bulgarian artist, born in September 1963 in Stara Zagora. He works in the field of painting, portraits, iconography, designing and vanguard. He is a member of the Bulgarian Union of Artists, the branch of Stara Zagora. Education and Culture DG Lifelong Learning Programme BULGARIA DISCOVERED GUIDE 2010 Human Resource Development Centre 2 Rachenitsa! The sound of bagpipe filled the air. The crowd stood still in expectation. Posing for a while against each other, the dancers jumped simultaneously. Dabaka moved with dexterity to Christina. She gently ran on her toes passing by him. Both looked at each other from head to toe as if wanting to show their superiority and continued their dance. Christina waved her white hand- kerchief, swayed her white neck like a swan and gently floated in the vortex of sound, created by the merry bagpipe. Her face turned hot… Dabaka was in complete trance. With hands freely crossed on his back he moved like a deer performing wondrous jumps in front of her … Then, shaking his head to let the heavy sweat drops fall from his face, he made a movement as if retreating. -
Second International Graduate Student Conference
SECOND INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE EnergyEfficiencyand RenewableEnergySources SoutheastEuropeinfocus CONFERENCEPROCEEDINGS FROM14THOFJUNE2010 CONTENTS Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................................................iii Summary of the conference..................................................................................................................................iv Venue..............................................................................................................................................................................vi Committees…..............................................................................................................................................................vii Organizing committee…………………………………………………………………………………………vii Scientific committee……………………………………………………………………………………………vii Agenda of the conference......................................................................................................................................viii Biographies of the papers’ contributors……………………………………………………………………………x PAPERS Aleksandar D. Prodanov Solar Keymark – Solar Thermal Products in EU – Where is R. Macedonia?...................................................................................................................1 Ana Colovic Leskoska, Fidanka McGrath, Pippa Gallop Can the International Financial Institutions do more to support new renewables and energy efficiency -
Education and Training MONITOR 2018 Bulgaria
Education and Training MONITOR 2018 Bulgaria Education and Training Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union. Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) The information given is free, as are most calls (though some operators, phone boxes or hotels may charge you). More information on the European Union is available on the internet (http://europa.eu). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2018 © European Union, 2018 Reuse is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of European Commission documents is regulated by Decision 2011/833/EU (OJ L 330, 14.12.2011, p. 39). For any use or reproduction of photos or other material that is not under the EU copyright, permission must be sought directly from the copyright holders. EN BOOK ISBN 978-92-79-89773-3 ISSN 2466-9989 doi: 10.2766/808122 NC-AN-18-003-EN-C EN PDF ISBN 978-92-79-89776-4 ISSN 2466-9997 doi: 10.2766/952908 NC-AN-18-003-EN-N EUROPEAN COMMISSION Education and Training Monitor 2018 Bulgaria 2018 Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture EN Volume 2 of the Education and Training Monitor 2018 includes twenty-eight individual country reports. It builds on the most up-to-date quantitative and qualitative evidence to present and assess the main recent and ongoing policy measures in each EU Member State, with a focus on developments since mid-2017. It therefore complements other sources of information which offer descriptions of national education and training systems. -
Zerohack Zer0pwn Youranonnews Yevgeniy Anikin Yes Men
Zerohack Zer0Pwn YourAnonNews Yevgeniy Anikin Yes Men YamaTough Xtreme x-Leader xenu xen0nymous www.oem.com.mx www.nytimes.com/pages/world/asia/index.html www.informador.com.mx www.futuregov.asia www.cronica.com.mx www.asiapacificsecuritymagazine.com Worm Wolfy Withdrawal* WillyFoReal Wikileaks IRC 88.80.16.13/9999 IRC Channel WikiLeaks WiiSpellWhy whitekidney Wells Fargo weed WallRoad w0rmware Vulnerability Vladislav Khorokhorin Visa Inc. Virus Virgin Islands "Viewpointe Archive Services, LLC" Versability Verizon Venezuela Vegas Vatican City USB US Trust US Bankcorp Uruguay Uran0n unusedcrayon United Kingdom UnicormCr3w unfittoprint unelected.org UndisclosedAnon Ukraine UGNazi ua_musti_1905 U.S. Bankcorp TYLER Turkey trosec113 Trojan Horse Trojan Trivette TriCk Tribalzer0 Transnistria transaction Traitor traffic court Tradecraft Trade Secrets "Total System Services, Inc." Topiary Top Secret Tom Stracener TibitXimer Thumb Drive Thomson Reuters TheWikiBoat thepeoplescause the_infecti0n The Unknowns The UnderTaker The Syrian electronic army The Jokerhack Thailand ThaCosmo th3j35t3r testeux1 TEST Telecomix TehWongZ Teddy Bigglesworth TeaMp0isoN TeamHav0k Team Ghost Shell Team Digi7al tdl4 taxes TARP tango down Tampa Tammy Shapiro Taiwan Tabu T0x1c t0wN T.A.R.P. Syrian Electronic Army syndiv Symantec Corporation Switzerland Swingers Club SWIFT Sweden Swan SwaggSec Swagg Security "SunGard Data Systems, Inc." Stuxnet Stringer Streamroller Stole* Sterlok SteelAnne st0rm SQLi Spyware Spying Spydevilz Spy Camera Sposed Spook Spoofing Splendide -
1965 Шибеник, Галерија На Домот На ЈНА Šibenik, Gallery of the JNA
БИБЛИОГРАФИЈА (1965-2019) НА АКАД. ВАСКО ТАШКОВСКИ САМОСТОЈНИ ИЗЛОЖБИ / ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS 1965 Шибеник, Галерија на Домот на ЈНА 1996 Цирих, Швајцарија / Zurich, Switzerland Šibenik, Gallery of the JNA Centre 1998 Ликовен салон на МАНУ / Art Salon of MASA 1969 Скопје, Центар за култура и информации 1998 Анкара, Галерија „Армони“ / Ankara, Armony Gallery Skopje, Centre of Culture and Information 1999 Ликовен салон на МАНУ / Art Salon of MASA 1969 Битола, Галерија „Моша Пијаде“ 2000 Ликовен салон на МАНУ / Art Salon of MASA Bitola, Moša Pijade Gallery 2000 Њујорк, Обединетите нации / New York, United Nations 1970 Скопје, Центар за култура и информации Skopje, Centre of Culture and Information 2001 Виена, Палата „Порсија“ / Vienna, Porsia Palace 1970 Струмица, Работнички универзитет 2001 Битола, Завод, музеј и галерија Strumica, Adult Education Centre Bitola, Art Museum and Gallery 1973 Скопје, Уметничка галерија / Skopje, Art Gallery 2002 Ликовен салон на МАНУ / Art Salon of MASA 1977 Белград, Галерија на Домот на ЈНА 2003 Штип, Уметничка галерија „Безистен“ Belgrade, Gallery of the JNA Centre Štip, Bezisten Art Gallery 1977 Загреб, Галерија на Домот на ЈНА 2005 Скопје, Музеј на град Скопје Zagreb, Gallery of the JNA Centre Skopje, Museum of the City of Skopje 1981 Каиро, Културен центар на Југословенската 2005 Струга, Хотел „Дрим“ / Struga, Drim Hotel амбасада Cairo, Centre of Culture of the 2007 Ликовен салон на МАНУ / Art Salon of MASA Yugoslav Embassy 2008 Гевгелија, Изложбен салон на хотел „Аполонија“ 1982 Скопје, Уметничка галерија -
Flora of the Belassitsa Mountain
30 Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 22 (No 1) 2016, 30–39 Agricultural Academy FLORA OF THE BELASSITSA MOUNTAIN D. S. DIMITROV and V. M. VUTOV National Natural History Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG - 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria Abstract DIMITROV, D. S. and V. M. VUTOV, 2016. Flora of the Belassitsa Mountain. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 22: 30–39 As a result of the floristic investigations of Belassitsa Mt carried out between 2011 and 2012, 1515 species belonging to 517 genera and 106 plant families were recorded. The most numerous representatives were from the families Asteraceae (183), Poaceae (121), Fabaceae (113), Lamiaceae (83), Caryophyllaceae (80), Scrophulariaceae (79), Brassicaceae (77). There are 41 Balkan endemic species and 4 Bulgarian endemic species in the flora of investigated area. Key words: Belassitsa Mt, vascular plants, flora Introduction Ahtarov (1939) reported chorological and ecological Information on the plant and animal world of the Belas- data on the representative of Genus Poa L. in the Belassitsa sitsa Mountain were first found in the travel notes of Evliya Mountain. Çelebi (1972) from the mid-17th century, where he described According to Stojanov (1941), the Belassitsa Mountain the mountain plane, poplars, white oak, turkey oak, elm, falls into the floristic region of Northeastern Macedonia. beech and chestnut, which grow around the entire mountain. Phytogeographic data on the flora of the Belassitsa Moun- Stojanov (1921) reported 1347 species, varieties, and forms tain were found in the studies of Stefanov (1943). on the flora of Belassitsa. He studied the mountain vegetation Information on the beech forest in the Belassitsa Moun- and drew a floristic map of the following formations: chest- tain was found in the works of Marinov, Nedjalkov & Nau- nut forest, beech forest, deciduous shrubs and mixed forest, mov (1961). -
Гласилото На ЗЕЛС Отстапивме Место За Многу Добри Municipalities in the Country
GLASILOGLASILO ZELS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER ЗАЕДНИЦА Генералното собрание НА ЕДИНИЦИТЕ ги избра новите делегати НА ЛОКАЛНАTA од Комитетот на советите САМОУПРАВА The General Assembly elected НА РЕПУБЛИКА new delegates from the МАКЕДОНИЈА Committee of Councils ЗЕЛС ASSOCIATION Редовноста во плаќањето OF THE UNITS на членарината кон ЗЕЛС - OF LOCAL тема на дискусија на SELF-GOVERNMENT Управниот одбор OF THE REPUBLIC Regular payment of ZELS OF MACEDONIA membership fee – discussion topic of ZELS the Managing Board ЈУЛИ / JULY 2016 www.zels.org.mk ZELS - Newsletter 2016 Почитувани, Dear readers, Генералното собрание на ЗЕЛС, на седми јули, The General Assembly of ZELS held on July 7, 2016 its seventh session 2016 година ја одржа седмата седница на која at which were presented the activities of the Association from the беа презентирани активностите на Заедницата previous year and the 2015 financial report. It is of utmost significance од минатата година и Финансискиот извештај that at this session the new members to the General Assembly, the за 2015 година. Од особено значење е што на Managing Board and the Supervisory Board, from the rows of the оваа седница беа изгласани новите членови Committee of Councils, were voted through. This was accomplished на Генералното собрание, на Управниот in line with the statutory changes adopted at the previous session of одбор и на Надзорниот одбор од редовите на the highest organ of the Association. Hence, the General Assembly Комитетот на советите, што беше реализирано now consists a total of 90 delegates, of whom newly-elected are nine во согласност со статутарните измени донесени delegates, members of the Committee of Councils, that is to say, one на претходната седница на ова највисоко тело на Заедницата. -
Magic Mushrooms”
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) DNA markers for forensic identification of non-human biological traces Wesselink, M. Publication date 2018 Document Version Other version License Other Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Wesselink, M. (2018). DNA markers for forensic identification of non-human biological traces. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:26 Sep 2021 Chapter 1 Molecular species identification of “Magic Mushrooms” M. Wesselink, Esther M. van Ark and I. Kuiper Abstract The use of DNA markers for the identification of fungal species has been described for diverse applications. However, the ideal marker for forensic identification of hallucinogenic species of fungi has been the cause of debate. As species identification of seized samples is required for law enforcement, and seizures of magic mushrooms often lack the morphological features required to identify the species, a better understanding of the performance of different DNA markers is necessary.