Since its establishment in 1992, “ACCESS-Sofia” Foundation has carried out a great number of projects in its key programme areas.

Some of the projects have been carried out in cooperation and partnership with various institutions and other Bulgarian and foreign non-governmental and media organizations.

Below you can find information about some of ACCESS’ main projects, arranged in chronological order from the latest one to the earliest one.


Electronic Database of Regulatory Municipal Property Transactions in the Sofia Municipality

Financing:

Open Society Foundation

Project Period:

January 2004 - December 2004

Partner Organizations: Sofia Ombudsman and Sofia Municipality

Evaluation of the Role of the Bulgarian Institutions Engaged in the Implementation of the PHARE Civil Society Development Programs)

Financing:

Coalition 2000

Project Period:

May 2004 - December 2004

 


Kozloduy Neuclear Power Plant (Study Trip for Journalists)

Financing Organization:

SEENPM (South-East European Network for Professionalization of Media)


Project Period:

May 2004



 

Voices of Exclusion – Minority Empowerment Through Media

Financing:

Under EuropaAid Program of the European Commission

Leading Organization:

Centre for Social Practices

Project Period:

30 months, 2002-2004

 

 


 

Reporting Defense and Security (Topical Course for Journalists)

Financing Organization:

SEENPM (South-East European Network for Professionalization of Media)


Project Period:

February 16-21, 2004


Anti-corruption Pressure Group: Investigation of Corrupt Cases

Financing Organization:

DPK Consulting within USAID’s Open Government Initiative

Project Period:

January 2003 - July 2003

 



Anti-corruption Pressure Group II

Financing Organizations:

OSI-Budapest and U.S. Department of State  

Project Period:

September 2002 September 2003

 



Media Landscapes

Financing Organization:

SEENPM (South-East European Network for Professionalization of Media)

Partners:

SEENPM member organizations


Project Period
:

October 2002 - December 2003



Access to Information and Media Legislation

Financing Organization:

SEENPM (South-East European Network for Professionalization of Media)

Partners:

Belgrade Human Rights Network, Yugoslavia (BHRN); Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark, Danish School of Journalism, Arhus, Denmark

Project Period:

2002 - 2003

 


Bilateral meeting of editors-in-chief from Albania and Bulgaria

Financing Organization:

The Council of Europe

Partners:

Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation, Albania Media Institute

Project Period:

June 2003

 


 

Non-Biased Journalism in a Multicultural Community. Training by Doing for Young Journalist

Financing Organization:

East-East Program of the Open Society Foundation – Sofia and Open Society Foundation – Belgrade

Partners:

Novi Sad School of Journalism, Yugoslavia

Project Period:

2001-2002

 


 

Anti-Corruption Pressure Group

Financing Organization:

Open Society Institute, Budapest

Project Period:

May 2001-August 2002

 


 

Reporting Diversity Manual

Financing Organizations:

Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development, Open Society Institute – Budapest and FRESTA Programme of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Partners:

South East European Network for Professionalization of the Media (SEENPM)

Project Period:

2001-2002

 


 

Balkan Neighbours

Project Period:

1994-2001



Cross-Border Information Exchange on Balkan Ethnic and National Prejudices

 

Financing Organization:

Open Society Institute – Budapest

Project Period:

1994-1996


 

 Balkan Neighbours Project

 

Financing Organization:

Open Society Institute – Budapest

Partners:

Greek Helsinki Monitor

Project Period:

1996-1998


 

 Balkan Neighbours: Building Bridges

 

Financing Organization:

Freedom House – Budapest, FRESTA Programme of the Danish Government and Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

Partners:

Novosadska novinarska skola, Yugoslavia

Project Period:

1999-2001


 

 Balkan Neighbours Club

 

Financing Organization:

Freedom House and USAID/Regional Networking Project.

Partners:

Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation

Project Period:

March 2000-July 2002

 


 

Dictionary of the Ethnopolitical Terms

Financing Organization:

Open Society Foundation, Sofia/ Civil Society Program

Project Period:

2000

 


 

Social Behavior in the Multicultural Environment Project

Financing Organization:

Open Society Foundation – Sofia

Partners:

Independent Journalism Center – Moldavia

Project Period:

1999–2000.

 


 

The Role of Local Elites in Community Life

Financing Organization:

University of Tokyo, Japan

Project Period:

March 1998-May 1998

 


 

Media Freedom and Monitoring in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania

Financing Organization:

The European Union/ under PHARE Democracy Programme

Partners:

Centre for Liberal Strategies and Free Speech Civic Forum, Bulgaria and Article XIX, UK.

Project Period:

1997-1999

 


 

Civic Network for Cultural Pluralism and Intercultural Integration in Southeastern Europe

Funding:

Under Phare Democracy Programme of the European Union

Partners:

Center for Research on Interethnic Relations in Transylvania - Romania, Society of Europeanists – Romania  and the International Peace Information Service (IPIS)

Project Period:

1997–1999

 


 

Places of Worship: Centre of Ethnocultural Living Together (Kurdjali Region) 

Funding:

Under PHARE Democracy Programme of the European Union

Project Period:

1997-1998

 


 

Balkan Transition Project

Financing Organization:

Open Society Foundation – New York

Project Period:

1997

 


Principles, Parameters and Practices of Civic Control in the Republic of Bulgaria

Funding:

Under PHARE/Micro-Projects Programme of the European Union

Project Period:

1996-1997

 


Project for Community Change

Financing Organization:

Partial funding by USAID, USA

Project Period:

1995-1997

 


 

Together Intercultural Project

 

Financing Organization:

The European Union / under PHARE Democracy Programme

Project Period:

1994-1995

 


Technical Assistance for Self-Help Initiatives of Disadvantaged Groups

Financing Organization:

Open Society Institute

Project Period:

1994

 


The Anne Frank Appeal for Tolerance

Funding:

Under PHARE Democracy Programme of the European Union

Partners:

Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

Project Period:

May-August 1993