In the end of 2022 IPED’s team had the opportunity to visit the USA and meet with Bulgarians, who are part of the volunteers there, organizing the Bulgarian polling stations during elections. We talked about their efforts in this process, about the difficulties, and also the satisfaction that this initiative brings them We met with…
On the 14th of December, the Institute for Public Environment Development held the conference “Media in 2021. Funding and Transparency – Problems and Solutions”. The event was hosted by the French Institute in Sofia. In the beginning of the conference Mrs. Florence Robine, Ambassador of France in Bulgaria, Mr. Lenko Lenkov, Program Director, Business Enabling…
The Institute for the Public Environment Development has started its work on the project “Data as a Tool for Successful Advocacy Campaigns of the Civil Society Organizations.” Its activities are aimed at improving the capacity of non-governmental organizations to work with data, which is expected to increase the visibility of the organizations, their initiatives and…
IPED’s team worked on a report based on the monitoring of political advertising during the electoral campaign for the regular parliamentary elections in April, 2021. We also followed the political messages in the period when the 45th National Assembly began its work, as well as during the time when the parties were preparing for the…
IPED started work on its new project “New Mechanisms for Improved Organizational Communication”. The main goal of the project is to increase the capacity of the Institute for Public Environment Development (IPED) to achieve its institutional mission and to introduce new standards and tools for improved introduction of its activities to the general public. Thus,…
On March 24, 2021 in BTA, IPED held a press conference: “(Im)possible choice: polling stations at risk”. We presented an interactive tool mapping the polling stations in Bulgaria where serious deviations in the electoral behavior occur – in relation to the respective settlements and/or constituencies. The tool’s main goal is to help citizens, journalists and…