Contest AGORA 2012 Nominees

Wednesday, 06 March 2013

The Contest AGORA 2012 Jury selected the participants to compete in this edition. The following members of the Contest Jury discussed and nominated the submitted entries:

• Mrs. Emilia Lissichkova, Board of Trustees Chairperson, AGORA Platform;
• Roumyan Sechkov, Ph.D, Director of Foundation "C.E.G.A. - Creating Effective Grasroots Alternatives", Ph.D in Contemporary History, teaching at New Bulgarian University;
• Veselin Yanchev, Ph.D, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Faculty of History;
• Silva Hacherian, Ph.D, Head of Department "Regional Activities", Ministry of Culture;
• Galin Borodinov, Ph.D, Manager of PR Point Agency Ltd., an associated member of Cohn & Wolfe, Ph.D. in Sociology;
• Mr. Danail Tsonkov, Marketing Consultant;
• Mrs. Sasha Traicheva, Philologist and Translator;
• Mr. Stoyan Anadoliev, Manager of "Educational Innovations" Academy;
• Mr. Damyan Minkov, Chairpeson "Artist" Foundation.

The fourth edition of Contest AGORA 2012 involved initiatives implemented in 16 towns and 11 small settlements. specifically 19 of the initiatives worked with children and youth.

As a result of a deep and lively discussion of the submitted entries, the Contest Jury selected the following ten nominees:

• "Hear the Voice of the Village", Chitalishte "Hristo Botev 27", Koilovci village, Pleven Municipality;
• „Dolni Vadin village initiative "Dolni Vadin + ... Where the Road Ends": Shared Kitchen, Chitalishte "Saznanie 1927", Dolni Vadin, Oryahovo Municipality;
• "Place for Health, Happy Games and Beautiful Dreams", Chitalishte "St.St. Kiril and Methodius 1914", Bania;
• Festival of Traditional Food, Livelihood and Crafts "The Culinary Heritage of Trakya", Chitalishte "Probuda - 1914", Ivailovgrad;
• Bread and Arts for a Social Change, Chitalishte "St. St. Damaskin and Onufrii Garbovski - 2011", Gabrovo;
• Beat boxers Summer Gathering at the Center of Bulgaria, Chitalishte "Gabrovo-2002", Gabrovo;
• Creation of a Tourist Information Center (TIC) and tourist trail "Pod kamiko", Chitalishte "Svetlina - 1896", Gara Bov;
• "Save Money! Separate your packaging waste!", Chitalishte "Prosveta 1870", Svilengrad;
• Genealogical Tree, Chitalishte "Zora-1990", Pobeda village;
• Charity Concerts "Life for Ivan", Chitalishte "St. St. Kiril and Methodius - Rakovski-1908", Rakovski.

The Contest Jury members selected three initiatives for specific contribution to the local community development in the following three fields:

"Solidarity and Humanity"

„Dolni Vadin village initiative "Dolni Vadin + ... Where the Road Ends": Shared Kitchen, Chitalishte "Saznanie 1927", Dolni Vadin, Vratza district, Oryahovo Municipality;

"Most Productive Partnership"

Equipment of the "21st century" Cinema at the Chitalishte for digital and 3D movies, Chitalishte "Razvitie - 1870", Sevlievo;

"Art and Culture for Development"

Festival of Crafts "Po Malkotarnovski - ot izvora na Strandja", Chitalishte "Prosveta-1914", Malko Turnovo;
The Contest Jury made a decision to present an additional award in the field "Sustainability and Responsibility" to Chitalishte "Luben Karavelov - 1897", Kurtovo Konare for the Festival of Peppers, Tomatos, Traditional Food and Crafts. The decision was based on the results achieved, upgrades made and the development of the festival since its start in 2009 as a local civic initiative.

The official Award Ceremony for announcing the winner and the special awards in Contest AGORA 2012 will be held on March 14th, 2013 at 5 pm at Sofia Princess Hotel, Hall "Diamond", 131, Maria Louisa Blvd. Sofia.