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December 20, 2011

Representatives of MGERB took part in a training seminar of the IRI


20/12/11

The consecutive training seminar of the International Republican Institute (IRI) was held from the 15th to the 19th of December in Bucharest, Romania. The training was attended by representatives of right-wing political parties from ten countries. The main focus of the training was towards leadership and the main highlight was on campaign management.

Bulgaria was represented by Mihaela Ivanova and Ivan Andonov – members of MGERB Sofia.

The lecturers of the training were professionals from the sphere of campaign management, who through presentations, interesting lectures and practical examples passed their experience to all of the participants. Therefore every participant in the training enriched themselves with valuable information regarding how a political campaign is made and what are its main attributes.

The three day seminar was organized in three extensive modules. During the first day the participants had the opportunity to learn detailed information on how to use public opinion during their political campaign. The next day was filled with simulation games, which directly showed how a political campaign is organized – preparation of a work plan, political speaking and organization of an internet campaign. The lecturer during the last panel explained in details, through precisely prepared presentations, how a successful political campaign is organized step by step.

December 09, 2011

MGERB was part of the congress of the EPP


09/12/2011

The Youth Organisation of GERB was represented at the congress of the European People’s Party, which was held in the period between the 7th and 8th of December in Marseilles. MGERB was represented by Kalin Zahariev, Deputy International Secretary of MGERB and vice-president of EDS. The event was held parallel with the second meeting of the Council of EDS. The topic of the seminar was “Multiculturalism in Europe – Challenges and Possibilities”.

The XX Congress of the EPP went by a vast media interest. The European leaders had gathered in one place under the symbol of the efforts for overcoming the financial economic crisis. Over 1000 delegates from 39 countries attended including the 17 head of states belonging to the EPP. Speakers during the congress were José Manuel Durão Barroso -President of the European Commission, Jerzy Buzek – President of the European Parliament, Wilfried Martens – President of the European People’s Party, Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy – President of France, Antonio López-Istúriz - Secretary-General of the European People's Party, Jean-Claude Trichet – Former President of the European Central Bank, as well as many other prime ministers. The mutual message regarded with the united efforts to save the Euro zone. An important accent was that despite the hard times for Europe, the European dream must prevail.

After the congress of the EPP the seminar part of the event was due. In the first panels guest lectors were representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, as well as the Robert Schuman Foundation.

A mutual panel with the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP) was organised for the first time of the current mandate of the bureau of the EDS. After that the traditional work sessions of the commissions to EDS were held.

During the last day was held a session of the Council of the European Union.

December 01, 2011

Visit of representatives of MGERB to the European Commission

01/12/2012


In the period between the 28th to the 30th of November 2011 a delegation of youths consisting of representatives of all parliamentary represented parties departed for Brussels. The three day visit of the youths among which were the representatives of MGERB – Daniela Panayotova (Varna) and Svetoslav Kazakov (Sofia) included visiting the European Commission, familiarization with the work of the individual main departments, as well as a meeting in the cabinet of the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis response – Kristalina Georgieva. The main topics which the young politicians discussed on a high level were the accession of Bulgaria to Schengen and the influence of the world economic and financial crisis on the European economies.