European Spaces 21
Association (EU Spaces) is a
non-profit-making organisation, registered
in public benefit. We develop activities in the
field of culture, media and arts. Our team
of dedicated professionals creates and implement different projects
and ideas, locally or nationally oriented.
We are focused on local diversity,
exploring and promoting the city of Rousse
and its region as heritage and tourism interesting sites.
Same team of people works
in
Arena Media: our
media
activities label: local radio program, television
production house and media web space.
www.arenamedia.net
Here we share our visions on where and how we live, where and how we
work, where and how we socialize.
We work for heritage
protection, popularization and promotion, using contemporary
media tools for digitalization. We are convinced that digitalization
of cultural heritage is necessary step towards preserving the common
multicultural values of 21 century, but also in synchrony with
contemporary world tendencies for sharing the knowledge and culture
in internet based spaces without borders. We work with believe how
important is preserving the cultural landscapes, counting on
sustainable development; for preservation of local identities in the
context of Bulgaria’s European integration and use
of the culture as resource for local development. We
have good experience in multicultural environment, looking forward to
establish new contacts and relations with partners from Europe.
We work, enhancing young
people to attend our projects, with the believe that youngsters
are the present and the future of the society.
We work in boosting
cooperation and vital partnership with Rousse Regional Museum of
History – creating and developing common projects
within the context of culture, heritage and tourism.
Administrative
details:
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Full legal name
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European Spaces 21 Association
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Acronym
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EU Spaces 21
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Nationality
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Bulgarian
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Legal status
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Non-profit-making organisation,
registered in public benefit
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Official address
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44B, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd,
7000 Rousse, Bulgaria
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Office and postal address
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14, Lipnik Blvd, KSUDS, 7000 Rousse,
Bulgaria
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Telephone
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+359.82.822.867
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Fax
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+359.82.820.911
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E-mail
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Website
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Contact person
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Tsvetana Nenova
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Contact person’s email address
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*** EXPERIENCE IN
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
12
years of vital activity in implementing projects of local, regional
and national dimensions with international participation. Expertise
in project designing, implementation and sustainability. Ability to
work in environment of transparency, accuracy and accountability in
front of donors and public. Ability to attract donors and mobilize
resources from public sector funds, national and international
programs, embassies and financial organizations, corporate donors and
culture operators.
High
ranked professionals in the filed of media, public events organizing,
project management and implementation. Participation in consultative
bodies on local authorities level, ability
for lobbying on behalf of public interest.
Capacity
to organize events and activities of over 40
000 EUR costs, connected to culture, civil society, media, arts,
environment. Know-how to work in media
sector, implementing concrete projects for promotion and
dissemination. Experience to work in partnership to cross-border
projects and international long-lasting projects in the filed of
media and culture.
Unique
data base in the sectors of media, culture operators, creative
industries. Owned direct communication tools in the filed of media,
culture and tourism: annual festival The Bulgarian Europe; annual
event Summer Stage Sexsaginta Prista. Organisation of Weekend Tourism
Fair annual event on behalf of Municipality of Rousse.
*** HISTORY
A team
of inspired people founded in 1999 EUROPEAN SPACES 21 Association,
believing that the European integration of Bulgaria is not a vague
future, but actual daily-life eager question of matter for ordinary
Bulgarians. It started implementing projects, dedicated to civil
society development; enhancing the media access for the citizens
about their public opinions on important topics; provoking positive
energy of creators, artists, media and culture operators. The
organisation was registered in public benefit in
2003, under registration number
20031217019
to the Central Register of
Non-profit-making Legal Entities Sector in Bulgaria.
*** PRESENT
RUNNING PROJECTS
Me, The City
2012-2013
A festival for contemporary urban culture in Rousse. 10 days, 12
stages, 40 events focused on where and how we live, where and how we
socialize, where and how we experience the art. Partnering
organization to Municipality of Rousse, project is supported under
Operational Program Regional Development, co-financed by European
Union and European Social Fund.
http://azgrada.eu/
Weekend
Tourism Fair Rousse 2013
Annual tourism development and promotion event, attracting 250 reps
from tourism sector in Bulgaria, guests from Romania, key-speakers
from EU. Focused on culture tourism development. Part of the Fair is
Tourism Entertainment and Attractions Festival.
The
Bulgarian Europe Festival 2013
Unique
for Bulgaria media festival with competition and screening program,
focused on European issues in Bulgarian context. The competition runs
on anti-corruption, legislative reform and marginalized communities'
rights,
reflected in media productions.http://bgeufest.blogspot.com/
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Main PROJECTS FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS:
2009-2012 Ethnography
Films
Djamal (A Masquerade
Ritual) from the village of Koshov
Lazarki (Spring young
girls' socialisation Ritual) from the village of Yuper
Triphon Zarezan (Saint
Triphon – the patron of vine-cellars) from the village of Riahovo
2012 Against the Flow:
Television Series about
everyday life of people along fishery Danube towns (Silistra,
Svishtov, Tutrakan, Rousse). How to live here, problems and
perspectives, pro & cons of EU accession policies.
62 400 000 Bytes Theatre:
Drama and Puppets Theatre in Rousse. First digitized data base of
local theatre history: performances, seasons, artists and plays.
Images and music bank.
Sounds & Images ART
Project:
Workshop motivating young people to understand and create
contemporary audiovisual art.
Bulgaria Unseen
television series project on heritage, tourism and adventures of
different Bulgarian cities and regions. History, museums, attractive
places, nature, country tourism… Series are broadcasted by
different television channels.
European
Sound Delta. The Bridge Festival. Under
EU Culture Program partnership artistic project, artistic residence
and audiovisual festival. DJ & VJ workshops.
Summer Stage Sexsaginta
Prista Annual summer festival, started in 2004
Attracting Bulgarian and
foreign performing artists, festival’s aim is to promote the site
of the cultural heritage Sexsaginta Prista – remains of Roman
fortress, open-air exhibition of Rousse Regional Museum. More than
5 000 people – direct audience of the program: theatre, jazz,
performances of contemporary art, concerts, involving famous but also
young artists from Bulgaria, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Latvia.
Over 100 media publications – print and broadcast, on different
stage events.
Ailing Planet: Raising
public awareness on Climate Changes, Global Warming and Kyoto
Protocol, 2007
Realizing an informational
campaign among young people from Rousse region secondary schools on
Climate Changes, Global Warming and Kyoto Protocol. Creation of
15-minutes long documentary film on the topics, circulation on DVD,
creation and dissemination of informational tool: Green Media Kit in
15 secondary schools of Rousse Region. Organisation of public
screenings and discussions.
Informed 10 000 young
people on problems of climate changes and global warming, involved
teachers and parents in the process of public awareness.
*** ADMINISTRATIVE AND
CAPACITY
Personnel and volunteers:
1 (one) part-time staff,
office manager; up to 50 volunteers,
working annually under different projects
Equipment and offices:
Rented office space of 150
m2 in Rousse city centre. Owned furniture.
Complete equipment for
office work (EU Spaces): 6 PC stations,
internet, cable television, fax, 2 printers, scanner, copy machine.
Complete equipment for radio
and television work (Arena Media), cameras,
hardware, software. Cleared rights music
library.
Web page
www.arenamedia.net
Arena Media label for
news, radio,
television and internet programs and products.
Web page euspaces.blogspot.com
Other resources
Well established network of
connections, information and contact data base of Bulgarian media:
over 250 live contacts and communication opportunities with reps from
media sector.
Well established contacts
with independent audiovisual production
companies.
Well established network of
connections, information and contact data base of Bulgarian Culture
sector: over 200 live contacts and communication opportunities with
reps from culture operators sector and creative industries.
Data base of contacts and
information in tourist sector.
We are
open for future contacts and partnerships:
Tsveta
Nenova, European Spaces 21 Association President
Mob:
+359.898.386.351
Dimitar
Lipovanski, Arena Media Director
Mob:
+359.896.687.676
European
Spaces 21 Association / Arena Media
Tel:
+359.82.822.867 Fax: +359.82.820.911
