"Get on Board": Mobilizing young leaders to support the EU enlargement process towards the Western Balkans (2012)

The Institute for Social Integration (ISI), in partnership with the Liberal Politological Institute (LPI), are the Bulgarian participants in a joint project of the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP), with beneficiary – the German Foundation "Konrad Adenauer". The project is under the name "Get on Board! Mobilizing young leaders to support the EU enlargement process towards the Western Balkans" and its participants include representatives of non-governmental organizations from six countries.

The aim is to promote the enlargement of the European Union and the role of Western Balkans in this process through the main developments of the project - a platform for e-self-training and a simulation game.

In this regard, ISI organizes a 3-day training for 24 young leaders (20 from Bulgaria and 4 from Macedonia) from different youth NGOs. They are expected to spread the idea of ​​EU enlargement in their youth communities. The training is to be held from 7 to 9 September 2012. Within the training, participants take part in a simulation game, and during the third day of the course are being trained how to organize such games in their own organizations. They also sit for an on-line test and receive certificates for the training.

After the training, in the period October - November, 5 one-day simulation games were carried out, in various universities, in Sofia, Varna, Pernik.

General presentation  of the project

Project activities in Bulgaria