On the 26th of September, 2014 the National Audit Office of Bulgaria and 4 civic organizations – Association “Transparency international”, the Institute for Public Environment Development, Association “Civic Initiative for Free and Democratic Elections” and the “Bulgarian Association for Free Elections and Civil Rights – National Association”, signed a Memorandum for partnership. Through it, the…
Last week, at a seminar in Plovdiv (9th and 10th of May, 2014) the Institute for Public Environment Development organized training and debate over the topic: “Mobilizing the institutions and the civic capital for fair and free electoral process”. The seminar was held in cooperation with the Association of Prosecutors in Bulgaria, and was attended…
On the 5th of March, the Parliament of Bulgaria adopted a new Electoral Code. The new rules regularized the Central Electoral Commission to create a Civil Council of representatives of NGOs, to support its activity. As an organization that conducts nonpartizan observations of the electoral process, and that has worked for years in support of…
On the 5th of March, 2014 – the new Electoral code in Bulgaria was enacted after being developed for more than 6 months by the Parliament. Within the framework of this process, the National assembly of Bulgaria initiated wide consultations with civic organizations. The expertise of the Institute for Public Environment Development, as an organization…
On the 31th of January, 2014 the Institute for Public Environment Development organized and conducted a press-conference over the following topic: “What are the “new – old” elements in the Electoral Code?” At the press-conference our team presented an analysis and recommendations towards the project for New Electoral Code of Bulgaria, that was passed on…
On the 22th of June, 2013 the Institute for Public Environment Development organized a discussion – “Free media for fair elections”. During the event, our team of experts presented the results of a survey on the media practices during elections in ten European countries – France, Germany, UK, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Albania and…