MGERB held a media training

27/10/08

The youth organization of MGERB held a media training within the framework of so called „Political Academy“.

The participants are a group of 45 young people, representatives from all regions in the country, who were selected in advance, according to their CVs and after that personality tests were held, which were made out and checked by highly skilled psychologists and experts.

The Political Academy of PP GERB started in August this year, in Veliko Tarnovo by organizing the first summer university of MGERB called: „The young voice in European Bulgaria“.

„The purpose of the political academy, which we've organized, is to train you to be aware of your strong and weak features, to know how to react in critical situations and how to be adequate to the challenges of the political life”, this was said by Monika Panayotova, chairwoman of MGERB.

The young politicians were trained in several panels – “Media presence – theory and practice” and “Political rhetoric”. The first panel included the formal and informal contacts with the media, how press conferences were organized and what was the news in a certain event. The young people learned how the political debates and interviews were conducted and how the political messages should sound in front of different audiences.

The academy is supported by “Hanns Seidel” and “Konrad Adenauer” foundations.

The executive bodies of PP GERB and MGERB met with representatives of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program

21/10/08

Mr. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Chairman of PP GERB, Radoslav Totchev, International secretary of PP GERB, Monika Panayotova – Chairwoman of MGERB and Hristo Gadzhev, international secretary of MGERB welcomed in the central office of the party five representatives of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship program Ms. Lesil McGuire, senator, Alaska, Mark Meder - vice-president of the Federal reserve, Cleveland who are on a visit in Bulgaria in order to get acquainted with the Bulgarian political and social situation.

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship program was established in 1982 by ‘German-Marshall Fund – USA’ Foundation with the aim to inform the new west European generation of leaders about USA, its institutions, politics and people. The program encourages development of the transatlantic relations as in the beginning it included mainly young political leaders and representatives of the media from Germany, Denmark, France and Netherlands. For the years the program has included more states and at the moment there are participants from Bulgaria, Check Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.
In 1999 the German Marshall Fund introduced an American component of the program that aims to inform the new generation of American leaders about the European situation, transatlantic partnership and global challenges in front of the states from both sides of the ocean.

Among the subjects of the discussion were the political situation in Bulgaria, the place of PP GERB on the political scene at local and European level, the apathy of the young people about politics, the negative image of the country, based on the high levels of corruption and crime that reflected in the recently published articles of ‘Herald Tribune’ and ‘New York Times’. Mr. Tsvetanov emphasized on the ambition of PP GERB to be a distinct alternative of the current situation in the country, an alternative that could be impossible without the support of our Atlantic and European partners.

B. Borisov to MGERB: Take every single opportunity to prepare yourself, because we'll need you

16/10/08

This declared the leader of GERB Mr. Boyko Borisov in MGERBs presence, who were on training in Brussels at the invitation of the bulgarian deputies from GERB/EPP-ED group at the European Parliament – Nikolay Mladenov and Vladimir Urutchev. In spite of his full programme, on the occasion of EPP summit meeting, Mr. Borisov visited the young people from GERB at the time of their training. He told them about his meetings with the leaders of the european „Right“ during the day and about the problems they had discussed. „There are preparations for the world financial crisis everywhere in Europe, only our Government explains us that there will be no problem. It's like everybody building up reserves for the winter and only Stanishev explaining that the summer is coming“, commented Borisov. „Take every single opportunity to prepare yourself, because GERB will need you and your energy. Don't forget that you have to be ready for a very hard battle with the ruling, because it's a matter of life and dead for them, because they know that when we come to rule we'll expose all of their shady affairs“ he also told the young people.

Before that, at the first day of their visit, the young people of GERB visited the building of the European Parliament, where they were welcomed by Mr. Nikolay Mladenov. There they met with the chairwoman of GERB group in EPP-ED Mrs. Rumiana Zheleva, who expounded the way of work and the interactions inside the group of EPP-ED. She explained the young people in details the methods of elaborations of positions and decisions of the biggest group in the European Parliament, as well as the coordination with the other structures and representatives of EPP in Europe. They also attended the plenary session of small and medium business in Europe, conducting at this very time.

The young people had also several meetings with Vladimir Urutchev and Nikolay Mladenov, on which were discussed different topics such as energetics, consumer rights protection and many others. Meetings with representatives from the permanent delegation of Bulgaria in EU, from the Directorate – General for ‘Consumer rights’, as well as visit of the European Consumer Centre – Belgium are coming.

Young people from MGERB on training for consumer rights

13/10/08

Nikolay Mladenov and Vladimir Urutchev, members of the EPP-ED (GERB) group donate young people with 10 000 school aids.

From 14 to 18 October there will be 28 representatives of MGERB on training in Brussels, due to the invitation of Nikolay Mladenov (EPP-ED/GERB). The youth will have the opportunity to be informed about the policy of the EU in the field of consumer protection. The visit is a second stage of the training on the project ‘European diary’, which the MEP organized in Ruse in October. The group will participate in meetings and discussions that will help them in learning about European institutions, as well as to meet with representatives from the Directorate – General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission, the European Consumer Centre and the Council of the European Union. The youth will also have a meeting with the Chairwoman of the GERB delegation in EPP-ED, Mrs. Rumyana Zheleva.

‘By this visit I hope that we will strengthen the interest of the young people about consumer rights. After all, we are all consumers, but in Bulgaria we are not aware about the rights that European legislation gives us. Informing the young people about their rights, they will be able to train their coevals all over the country’, Mladenov said.

The members of the European parliament from GERB Nikolay Mladenov and Vladimir Urutchev paid for the special printing of 10 000 copies in Bulgarian of the ‘European diary’ – publication of the European commission that aims to inform young people about the EU and consumer rights. During the next months the young people from GERB will organize its distribution among schools in the whole country.

The section about ‘Political culture’ of the Political academy of PP GERB ended

12/10/08


During two days 11 – 12 October 2008 the 45 participants of the Political academy of GERB enlarged their knowledge about the influence of the political situation in the German speaking counties over the rest of the countries in the EU.
As a final stage of the training and as a practical application of the knowledge they had acquired, during almost a day the young people played a simulative game of holding general elections. For this goal they had the night before in order to establish their parties, to write political programs and compose a platform for the election.
The role of the Central electoral commission was performed by the lecturers of the training Dr. Bogdan Mirchev, reader at Sofia university ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, former general consul in Munich, Mr. Radoslav Totchev, International secretary of PP GERB and Monika Panayotova, Chairwoman of MGERB.
As before, the Political academy of PP GERB was held by the kind assistance of ‘Hanns Seidel’ foundation and its representative for Bulgaria – Mr. Bogdan Mirchev.
The next section of the program is on the topic ‘Media’ and will be held in the end of October.

Young people from East Bulgaria had training for leadership on initiative of Rumyana Jeleva

02/10/08

Young people from GERB organizations in Burgas, Varna, Yambol and Sliven learned how to be good managers in teams and projects. On Sunday in Burgas they participated in a seminar for leadership among adolescents and its putting into real work. The forum was organized by the MEP Rumyana Jeleva. Albena Taneva doctor of politology was invited as a lecturer.
According to Rumyana Jeleva we should stimulate such kind of skills among youth, because they are basic for the successful realization at the difficult labor market in Europe. Work in team is very important and there isn’t such kind of exercises at the Bulgarian schools.
The discussion indicated the basic knowledge of the youth about leadership. According to Albena Taneva today we often meet adolescents that have enough strength to be leaders, but are passive about their own abilities. She added that this was the main goal of the forum – how young people should apply effectively their leadership in different situations.
The organizers concluded that the games with situations from our daily life as an example, by which the young people practiced their values as leaders through their own experience, were the advantage for them.

Nickolay Mladenov and Vladimir Uruchev held a national training for MGERB

29/09/08

The national training ‘What I know for the EU and my rights as a consumer’ finished. It was organized this weekend in Ruse by the assistance of GERB – Ruse, on the initiative and with the participation of the members of the European parliament Nikolay Mladenov and Vladimir Uruchev.
It lasted two days and 65 members of the youth organization of GERB from the whole country participated in it, together with their Chairwoman Monika Panayotova.
Lecturers of the training were Daniela Penkova, Petar Nacev, Georgi Yanakiev – assistants of Nickolay Mladenov at the office in Brussels, Angelina Toteva – assistant from the office of Vladimir Uruchev, Reneta Rashkova – director of the Information centre of EPP in Ruse and Tsvetan Hristov – director of the Commission for consumer protection – Ruse.
On the first day, the participants got acquainted with main facts about the history and development of the EU from its establishment till now, with its institution and their powers. The accent was put on the European parliament, its internal organization of work and the interaction between its commissions.
The parliamentary group of the EPP was presented in detail together with the contribution of the Bulgarian delegation to its work.
The program finished with interactive training game, in which the young people, divided in teams, competed in answering questions about: Institutions of EU; Procedures for taking decisions; Symbols; Enlargement of EU; History of the European idea; Policies of EU.
On Sunday the training continued with presentation of the mechanisms by which the contact between the MEPs from GERB with voters was realized. The participants were informed about the way eurodeputies from GERB accomplish the election engagements. In this regard was presented the network of Information centers, created during the first year of their mandate in 8 towns – Ruse, Gabrovo, Burgas, Varna, Pazardzhik, Smolyan, Vratsa, Sofia. It was explained about their mission, goals as well as the particular activity. The youth leaned also that except for by their offices in Bulgaria, the MEPs from GERB got in contact with the voters also by their own personal websites and blogs.
The second main subject of the training was more interesting and provoked more questions. It was about consumer rights. In this regard, the legal basis for consumer protection in the aspect of the internal market was presented to the youth. They were informed in detail about the European diary – student edition of the European commission, focused on the young consumers with basic information about their rights and useful advice.
Except for raising the awareness of the members of MGERB about European Union and the work of the Bulgarian delegation in EPP, the seminar also succeeded in explaining the European policy for consumer protection – one of the most important EU policies. This was proved by the results of the test that took place at the end of the training. It showed how the participants in the training had acquired the new knowledge.