ГОДИШЕН ОТЧЕТ 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Annual Report 2019 Tulip Foundation is grateful for the support and the cooperation to THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY PROJECT OF THE YEAR 2018: Silva Zourleva Alexander Dimitrov Member of the Board of Directors Chair of the Board Nova Broadcasting Group CEO of А1 Petya Kolcheva Iravan Hira Managing Partner Managing Director Novel Consult Law Firm Hewlett Packard Bulgaria Chair of BBLF HE Stefano Baldi Ambassador of Italy THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE 2019: Diana Kovacheva Manol Peikov Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria Janet 45 Publishing Complex Aleksey Lazarov Chef Editor Capital weekly MEMBERS OF THE JURY OF NGOs AND PEOPLE: Marin Bodakov Stefan Komandarev Poet, Editor at K newspaper Film Director Lecturer at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Victoria Blajeva Head of Department Public Relations and Corporate Communications UniCredit Bulbank PARTNERS IN TO BE A FATHER CAMPAIGN: Sofia Municipality Sofia Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" Sofia Police Department Sofia Directorate “Emergency Relief and Prevention” Sofia City Library House of Cinema Sofia International Film Festival Prof. Georgi Capkunov MEDIA PARTNERS: CAPITAL WEEKLY INFORMATION PORTAL OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) IN BULGARIA Annual Report 2019 2 To encourage social responsibility in Bulgarian Mission society. Enhance co-operation among civil society, the Goal corporate sector, national and local authorities to improve the quality of life and developmental op- portunities for the people of Bulgaria. Raise funds for social investment from indi- Objectives vidual donors, the business sector and public and private sources. Provide financial and technical support to civil society organisations addressing social needs of the community at a national level. Contribute to the effectiveness, sustainabil- ity and diversity of social programmes in Bul- garia by making targeted grants. Serve as a professional vehicle and provide expert advice, consultancy, assessment, moni- toring and evaluation of projects and pro- grammes. Promote transparency, accountability and professionalism to comply with the highest eth- ical standards. Work in partnership with other civil organi- sations at national or local level for greater so- cial responsibility and sustainability of the civil sector in Bulgaria. Dialogue Values Responsibility Respect Participation Transparency Cooperation Annual Report 2019 3 Tulip Foundation Board Vladimir Kissiov, Chair Venislav Iotov Country Manager Colonnade Bulgaria and Romania Anna Zaharieva CEO FairPlay International Levon Hampartzoumian Chairman of the Board of Trustees Chief Executive Officer UniCredit Bulbank Vladimir Penkov Managing Partner Penkov, Makrov & Partners Attorneys at Law Koos Schouten Chair Bulgarian Dutch Business Club Director Maria Petkova Annual Report 2019 4 During the year 2019 we systematically worked for better opportunities for full development of children and their families, for better chances and social inclusion of older citizens, for variety of activities and participation of young people, volunteers and business organisations. The core part of the efforts of the foundation is targeted at supporting local organisations and our ambi- tion is to work in a mutual cooperation with them. This is also part of our strategy for build- ing and development of local capacity and sus- tainability of the achieved results and changes. A few interesting international programmes for exchange of experience, practices and models for working with children, youngsters, families, older people with organisations from Germany, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Poland, The UK and other counties came to an end. We learned a lot from our partners and shared it in different forms with colleagues in Bulgaria. It was essentially important for our team to in- clude colleagues from civil organisations and older people from various cities and villages around the country in the implementation of the activities and in series of working meetings and international forums in the frame of these pro- jects. The Tulip Foundation team organised the tradi- tional campaigns for children, fathers, older people, volunteers, solidarity between genera- tions. We actively participated in the discus- sions of strategic documents about children in Bulgaria – National Strategy for the Child, Strategy for Early Childhood Development, Law on Social Services. There were emotional public ceremonies for the annual awards Project of the Year, Of NGOs and People and Volunteer Initia- tive. There were also challenges and difficulties for the civil organisations in Bulgaria during the year. Still we believe that for the wellbeing of people it is important to create more and more effective opportunities for support and develop- ment of all people in a process of long-term professional planning with clearly defined par- ticipation of citizens. Maria Petkova Director Annual Report 2019 5 Tulip Foundation Annual Report 2019 Index Programmes Power of Family and Community Programme 8 European Exchanges on Family Group Conferencing Programme 10 Grand Experts Programme 12 Talk With Me Programme 15 Childhood Without Violence 16 Empowerment of Roma Women for Roma Children Education 18 Social Impact Analysis in Bulgaria 19 Awards Project of the Year 2018 20 Of NGOs and People 22 Volunteer Initiative 2019 24 Campaigns European day of Solidarity between Generations 26 National Campaign To Be a Father 27 Society of All Ages 29 Volunteering Days of Good Deeds 30 Corporate volunteers support the activities of civil organisations 30 Various events brought voluntary organisations in the heart of Europe 31 Annual Report 2019 6 Other activities Geography of Restorative Justice National Conference 33 Healthy Environment for Our Children COFACE Conference 34 Initiative of the EU FGC Network for the exercise of children’s rights on the occasion of 30 years UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 35 European FGC Network Annual Meeting 36 List of funded projects Power of Family and Community Programme 37 Other funded projects 43 Financial report 2019 and independent auditor's report 50 Annual Report 2019 7 Programmes During the year, the team of the foundation maintained a regular connection with the teams of the supported organisations. Be- tween April and July in cooperation with the Worldwide Orphans Bulgaria we organised Power of Family and Community one day working meetings with the teams of Programme the local organisations and their local part- ners like mayors, representatives of kinder- In July we organised a training on early gartens, schools, regional health authorities childhood development for the team of the and parents of children and family members. organisations developing the Sure Start Pro- The aim was to assess the organisation ac- gramme. It took place in the training hall of tivities regarding children, safety, health and Karin Dom Foundation in Varna. The themes protection, personal and human resources, for the training included early childhood de- interaction and sustainability. velopment, some markers for pathology, ways and approaches for effective communi- cation with parents. The training was deliv- ered by specialists with a long-term experi- ence in the field – Zvezdelina Atanasova, Ni- koleta Ioncheva and Andreas Andreu from Karin Dom Foundation. The ground for the two days session was the understanding for the exclusively important role of the family for the development of the child. The col- leagues went together through the stages of early childhood development and some markers for pathology. They spoke about cognitive development, play, language de- velopment, social behaviour of children in young age and care for oneself. They raised There was an active support for the teams numerous questions and comments on con- of the organisations that implement the crete cases. Important theme was “We and Sure Start Programme in Bulgaria - Sau- the family”. At the end of the training, the castie Association in Varna, NGO Club As- participants discussed together ideas for sociation in Targovoste, Health and Social support for families with young children. Development Foundation in Sofia, Samari- tans Association in Stara Zagora and Fu- ture for the Children Association in Kazan- lak. They received a range of printed and electronic materials for activities with par- ents, furniture for the houses and others. With provided additional funding many of them organised events and initiatives for Father’s Day and Father’s Week. Between June and September, the partners were very much involved as co-organisers in the planning and the practical realisation Annual Report 2019 8 of regional meetings for the presentation of three years programme of Tulip Foundation the INSPIRE Seven Strategies for ending and Oak Foundation aimed at building the violence against children. Tulip Foundation capacity of local civil organisations to sup- conducted public meetings with discussions port children and families so to prevent vio- on the document in Stara Zagra, Varna, Ka- lence, maltreatment, neglect and placement zanlak, Kyustendil and Sliven. A few hun- of children in social institutions. The foun- dreds of teachers from kindergartens and dation will support selected projects of civil schools, social workers, psychologists, spe- organisations, that are in line with the pub- cialists from civil organisations and institu- licly announced goals of the programme, tions working with children and families