On June 15, New Bulgarian University hosted a Round Table on Inclusive Citizenship: Engaging Young People and Local Citizens in Creative Participation, Activism and Solidarity, moderated by Dr. Mina Hristova, a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IEFEM-BAS) and a member of the Balkan Ethnology Department.
The event was organized jointly by the Department of Political Science at NBU, the Center for Migration Studies (CERMES), the Political and Civic Observatory, and the European project LISTEN (CERV). Participants included representatives of youth initiatives, civil society organizations and local communities, alongside local authorities, educational institutions and the academic community. International guests from Greece, Italy and Portugal also took part, together with lecturers and students from NBU’s Department of Political Science.
The round table was held within the framework of LISTEN, which supports small community organizations, associations and civic movements in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy and Portugal by strengthening democratic participation and local community engagement.