Conference in Sofia presents the results of completed project

In the middle of last week in 67th metropolitan school "Vasil Drumev" final conference was held under Project "Chance - Integrated approach for early prevention of child antisocial behavior and school dropout" financed by NGO support fund - Bulgaria 2008 - 2010, under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area.
The project is implemented by Crime Prevention Fund - IGA, in partnership with Sofia Municipality and the Center for Inclusive Education. The conference presented the main outcomes of the project, as well as the piloting of basic screening tool "Your opinion " that allows the initial detection of deviations and learning disabilities. SIOR - Preliminary - structured instrument for a deep study of the risk of onset of antisocial behavior was presented. The innovative instruments allow early detection of behavior deviations and dropping out of school.

IGA started the year with two new projects

Fund - IGA works on two new projects by late last and early this year. The first, “ENTER-2 - Development of models for social inclusion of former prisoners”, is financed by the Operational Program "Human Resources Development" 2007-2013, Component 1. Support the development of existing social enterprises to increase the range and diversity of the provided services. The project will allow one of the most marginalized social groups - those who have served their punishment "imprisonment", to acquire new knowledge and skills through practice for lifelong learning, which will improve their chances for professional realization on the actual labour market. Partners of IGA in this project are the association “Centre for Training and Services”, “Taurus – Consulting” Ltd and the Foundation for Regional Development “Roma” - Plovdiv.
The second project, “CHANCE. Integrated approach to early prevention of child antisocial behaviour and school drop-out”, take place in Sofia, in partnership with the “Centre for Inclusive Education” and Sofia Municipality. The project aims to provide technical and resource support for a “Centre for Social Rehabilitation and Integration of Child Offenders and Children at Risk” and a “Centre for Information, Advice, Training and Support to Children and Families.” Beside the creation of the centres, the project aims to implement a set of social services that would be provided to 120 children with learning difficulties and/or deviant behaviour on the territory of Sofia municipality. The project finances are provided by the Fund for support of NGO - Bulgaria 2008-2010. Its deadline is the end of 2010.