Press-conference “European Parliament Elections: Preferences, Machine Voting and Voters’ Awareness”

On June 4, 2019, the Institute for Public Environment Development held a press conference, during which our team presented an analysis of the data of the 2019 European Parliament elections and a national representative survey executed by Alpha Research sociological agency. During the press conference “European Parliament Elections: Preferences, Machine Voting and Voters’ Awareness” we…

Elections, Referendums and the Personal data of citizens – press-conference

On 19th of September, 2016 IPED organized a press-conference on the topic “Elections and referendums – the use of citizens’ personal data – possible risks and prevention”. The participants in the press-conference were: the Chairman of the Commission for Personal Data Protection – Mr. Ventsislav Karadjov, IPED’s Chair of the Board – Mrs. Antoaneta Tzoneva,…

IPED participated in a meeting with representatives of the OSCE/ODIHR

Representatives of the Institute for Public Environment Development participated in a meeting, initiated by the OSCE/ODIHR. In order to evaluate the pre electoral situation and the preliminary work for preparation of the Presidential elections, OSCE is holds consultations with representatives of the institutions responsible for the electoral process, political formations, NGOs and media. During the…

Workshop on the technical aspects of the opening of data by the institutions

On 7th of April, 2015 the Institute for Public Environment Development organized a discussion on the technical aspects of the opening of data with experts and administrative representatives of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Statistical Institute, Information Services, the Public Procurement Agency, CNSYS, NGOs…

Internship program for students – “Public policies and civic participation”

In the period from May to August, 2015 the IPED will conduct a pilot internship program aimed at students from three Bulgarian universities – University of National and World Economy, Sofia University – St. Kliment Ohridski and New Bulgarian University. The training will enable the gathering of an informal group of young professionals who share…

Workshop “Free Ads for NGO causes in Google”, organized by IPED

On the 23rd of January, 2015 the IPED conducted a seminar on the following topic: “Popularizing causes through Google – advertisement opportunities for NGOs”. Currently Google Ad Grants is presenting an opportunity for the civic organizations to popularize their causes for free in internet. Along with 40 representatives from Bulgarian NGOs, we discussed how they…

Elections 2014: Did the “preference system” worked?

On the 21st of October, 2014 the Institute for Public Environment Development organized a press-conference on the topic: “The preference system & was it successful? Analyze of the electoral outcomes and of the non-partisan observation of the electoral process”. Our team presented information about the following themes: How was the “preference vote” used by the…