Project “Local public mediator in District Pazardjik – guarantee for anticorruption politic on local level. Advocacy campaign for influence on the practice of their institutionalizing

Project “Local public mediator in District Pazardjik – guarantee for anticorruption politic on local level. Advocacy campaign for influence on the practice of their institutionalizing”
Implementation period:
20. 03. 2006 y. – 20.09. 2006 y.
Source of Funding:
TRUST for civil society in Central and East Europe (through “Open society” Institute)
Main objectives:
Institutionalizing of public mediators at least in three municipalities; - improving the capacity of the civic organizations in Pazardjik District for implementation of advocacy campaign.
Results achieved:
Prepared report – analysis of the situation, information for the stages for election of local ombudsmen in the chosen Municipalities of District Pazardjik reached and the attitude among the public; - Prepared Strategic plan for advocacy campaign; - Created Coalition of NGOs; - Increased capacity of the Coalition to work on the problems of corruption; - Carried out conference for introduction of the results from the campaign; - Prepared report for the results from the advocacy campaign; - 10 publications and participations in the media; - Prepared 3 statute-books about the activity of the public mediators; - Three chosen public mediators; - Carried out round table in support of the choice of local public mediator; - Produced leaflets to popularize the role and the activity of the local public mediators; - Produced newsletter “Public activity against the corruption”.