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Open Education Center develops projcets in the range of civil education, education for democracy, tolerance, human rights and educational changes.
Issues
SOS friends
Directing arguments
Health education
Health and strength - pupil's book
Health modules
Ecology education
The beginning of the path -
teacher's book
Focus in the future -
teacher's book
Successful conflict solving
Civil identification of the young
Bulgarian
Interactive methods of
education
Activity 

• A leading NGO in the field of Education for Democratic Citizenship and General Education developing New Educational Technologies, Models of Educational Changes Management, Programs for Civic Education, Professional Development of Teachers, Programs for Training and Development of School Boards and NGOs;

• We are supporting the development of Civil Society in Education through a Network of Community Educational Councils, through a system of Youth Educational Centers and City Councils for students' self-government;

• Regional Training Center for Civic Education, Education in Democracy, Education for Tolerance, Human Rights and Educational Changes

• Publisher of more than 50 manuals in the field of Civic Education and new educational methods and technologies

Background

• We started in 1992 by publishing Open Education Journal.
• For several years, supported by "Open Society" Institute - New York, and "Open Society" Foundation - Sofia, we developed Bulgarian versions of programs like "Health Education", "Debates", "Step by step", "Peer Counseling" and gave them nation-wide basis;
• We have and still do cooperate with the UNESCO Chair for Civic Education to the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and Bourgas Free University;
• We have set up a Network of Youth Educational Centers, which has so far trained over 10000 teachers from all over the country in the field of Civic Education;
• We have established the first center for Training and Development of NGOs, which has helped in the set up and training of over 300 structures of the civic society all over the country;
• We have issued over 50 publications on Civic Education;
• Together with the Council of Europe, UNESCO and UNDP we have developed National and Regional Programs in the field of Education for Democratic Citizenship, Human Rights Teaching, Intercultural Cooperation, Enterpreneurship Education, Education in Sustainable Development, etc.
• In 2005 under the National Qualification Plan we had delivered more than 150
• trainings for about 3500 teachers

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