[size=75:1fo43yrf]novinite 22 February 2010

Bulgaria Presents 1st Ever National NGO Information Portal

Bulgaria’s first national Internet portal providing information about the non-governmental organizations in the country was presented Monday night.

Detailed information about 1 000 NGOs that are active in Bulgaria is now available at [url=http:
//www.
ngobg.
info/.
:1fo43yrf][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

The national NGO information portal was presented formally by the Chair of the Bulgarian Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva who praised the importance of the government and Parliament’s interaction with civic organizations.

She has promised a special section on the Parliament website dedicated to NGOs.

The national NGO portal has been initiated by the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law and the Program and Analytical Center for European Law, both of which are Sofia-based organizations.

The motto of the NGO portal project is “Legitimacy through Publicity”, and it aims to track down and compile information about active NGOs in Bulgaria.

The authors of the project have cited data saying that at least 5 000 NGOs are active in Bulgaria, and plan to expand the list of 1 000 organizations already featured in the portal.

The new NGO portal also includes information about events and press announcements. It is not going to feature any of the so called “chitalishta” - traditional Bulgarian cultural community clubs which are funded by the state, and in the register of the Ministry of Culture. Sports organizations registered with the Ministry of Youth and Sports also will not be included.

I emailed the Admin of the Information Portal for NGOs as the English link doesn't work and this was the reply.


Hello Mr.Ashley Morris,



Thank you for your interest. We are sorry for the inconvenience. The English version is under construction and is expected to be available in April, 2010. Nevertheless, if you need some specific information regarding the database, portal and/or NGOs, please, don’t hesitate to contact us:



[email:gmldefj1]admin@ngobg.
info[/email:gmldefj1]



or:



Alexander Yolovski - (+359 2) 9888166, [email:gmldefj1]alexander@bcnl.
org[/email:gmldefj1];


Plamen Todorov - (+359 2) 9815323, [email:gmldefj1]plamtod@mail.
orbitel.
bg[/email:gmldefj1];


Lachezar Stanchev - (+359 2) 9888166, [email:gmldefj1]lachezar@bcnl.
org[/email:gmldefj1].



Best Regards,



Team of the Information Portal for NGOs in Bulgaria