|
Project
Phare/FRGO (Foundation for Civil Society Development)
Promotion of
the Social Entrepreneurship of the Redundant Military Servicemen in
Plovdiv Region
The Project
aims at the social and economic reintegration of the military
servicemen through promotion of social entrepreneurship.
Project’s
Objectives
Ø
Establishment of conditions for
social adaptation and economic reintegration of the redundant
military servicemen and their families;
Ø
Promotion of the initiative and
entrepreneurship of the redundant military servicemen and
providing support to their effective job placement;
Ø
Professional orientation and
providing opportunities for qualification and retraining of the
redundant military servicemen;
Ø
Providing knowledge and formation of
practical skills to the military servicemen for more effective and
less hard adaptation in the civil society and market economy
environment.
Project’s
Main Activity
Establishment
of a Social Entrepreneurship Center in the town of Plovdiv, as a
part of the nation-wide network of Resettlement Centers for the
redundant military servicemen.
The Project for
establishment a Social Entrepreneurship Center in the town of
Plovdiv will assist the state’s efforts for creation of a system
for social adaptation of the redundant military servicemen in the
civil society and their economic integration.
Through
establishment of such Center as a part of the national network of
Resettlement Centers, we shall cover entirely the target group,
achieving systematic mutual partnership and support to the positive
practices in the country. Through its activities, The Social
Entrepreneurship Center in Plovdiv will create actual conditions for
overcoming the isolation of the redundant military servicemen from
the rest of society, by means of forming practical knowledge and
skills for their full value participation in the changed economic
life in the country and in the civil society. The Center will assist
the promotion of small and medium-sized businesses in the region and
the opening of job places, it will support the local government in
taking decisions on socio-economic problems. A change will occur in
the minds and behavior of the marginalized group, a change, leading
to a more vital activity, responsibility and initiative of the
redundant military servicemen in the civil society, thus helping the
stabilization of the democratic institutions of the country and
maintaining of good civil-military relations.
In the end of
the first year for the Project’s implementation we expect to
retrain up to 1000 military servicemen and members of their
families, to place at work up to 800 and up to 20 to start up own
businesses.
This Project,
as an important additional part of the National Resettlement
Program, will lead to the following:
Ø
Systematic support to the redundant
military servicemen, as a marginalized group in the civil society;
Ø
Involvement and support to the local
government in resolving socio-economic problems;
Ø
Stimulating small and medium-sized
businesses and further development of market economy mechanisms
via involvement of the marginalized group;
Ø
Binding the efforts and activities
of the NGO Sector with the state policy for civil society
development.
Project
launched on 1st November 2000
Project
duration: 12 months
|
