📍 On January 15, the First National Meeting of Schools with Student, University and Children's Guards Troops and Orchestras was held at the ME "Youth Center Plovdiv", organized by the Association "Youth Guards Troops".
💂♀️ The meeting brought together representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Presidency, the Center for Human Resources Development (CHRD), all Guards Troops in the country - school principals, leaders of squads and orchestras, representatives of municipalities, state institutions, youth centers and the civil sector, who met for the first time in such a national format for an open conversation and exchange of ideas.
🎤 The event was opened by Velichka Lazarova, Director of the OP "Youth Center Plovdiv", who greeted the participants and expressed her joy that it was the Youth Center Plovdiv that hosted the first national meeting with such a strong message to young people.
🗣️ The discussions covered topics related to the place of the Guards in education and youth policies, the need for support and partnerships, as well as future national initiatives.
Project № BG06-103 "Establishing a Youth Centre in the City of Plovdiv" under the programme "Children and Youth at Risk", component 1 "Care for Youth at Risk" with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014.
Project № BGLD-1.003-0002 "Youth Centre Plovdiv - a powerful factor for local development" under the programme “Local development, poverty reduction and enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups” funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021.