In a two-day international seminar starting today , October 17 at CHRDRI, two lecturers, the representatives of the Council of Europe - Mr. Malcolm Cox and Mr. Samuel Thiron will inform the Bulgarian audience about the concept of social cohesion and the action plan for its implementation.
The Strategy for social cohesion defines it as the ability of society to provide the well-being of all its citizens by mobilizing its power and capacity at local and regional level. In this regard, the seminar involves mainly representatives of the local and municipal authorities in Bulgaria coming from Sofia, Bourgas, Dimitrovgrad, Lukovit and others.
Mr. Thiron presented the methodological structure of the seminar, which includes a theoretical overview, working in groups, panel discussions and case studies, so that the theory could be combined with the specific experience and problems in the different regions of Bulgaria.
The training will be focused on introducing the Council of Europe Action Plan for social cohesion to the participants; preparing a criteria for measuring the level of well-being of citizens and directions for use the SPIRAL methodology developed by the Council of Europe.
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