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NGO ECOSOUTHWEST

http://ecosw.dir.bg. NGO ECOSOUTHWEST. HISTORY AND ACTIVITY. INTR О DUCTION. http://ecosw.dir.bg. Regional Movement Ecosouthwest was established in September 1994. The organization is active at the national level on the subjects of: Water Management ( www.bluelink.net/water );

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NGO ECOSOUTHWEST

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  1. http://ecosw.dir.bg NGO ECOSOUTHWEST HISTORY AND ACTIVITY

  2. INTRОDUCTION http://ecosw.dir.bg Regional Movement Ecosouthwest was established in September1994. The organization is active at the national level on the subjects of: • Water Management (www.bluelink.net/water); • Genetically Modified Organisms (www.bluelink.net/gmo).

  3. INTRОDUCTION http://ecosw.dir.bg At the regional level Ecosouthwest operates actively also on the issues of: • Environmental Education; • Waste Management; • Sustainable Regional Development. Ecosouthwest is actived in youth projects and actions and has participated in national and international environmental campaigns – anti-nuclear, global ban of GM-trees and etc.

  4. INTRОDUCTION http://ecosw.dir.bg The experts of Ecosouthwest: • Give attitudes about new plans, programs, objects and legislations; • Prepare municipalities programs for environment protection; • Write ecological projects; • Make publications.

  5. INTRОDUCTION http://ecosw.dir.bg Ecosouthwest is a member of: • Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED); • Global Water Partnership (GWP); • Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability(CURES); • CEEweb for Biodiversity; • Associated partner organization of Youth and Environment Europe (YEE).

  6. ANTI-GMO’s CAMPAIGN http://ecosw.dir.bg The national campaign started in 1998. Thanks to the financial support from the JMG Foundation and the assistance of Iza Kruszewska (ANPED), NGO Ecosouthwest, realized its Anti-Genetic Engineering Strategy , and achieved the results below: • Thanks to the media involvement, a public discussion was launched;

  7. ANTI-GMO’s CAMPAIGN http://ecosw.dir.bg • National research concerning spread of GM food and crops, and film, explicitly proved that the reality is different than the official position: GE maize harvest was not bought back by the distributors of seeds and it remained in the country, buffer zones were not kept, GE crops was not stored in separated stores and this way was not segregated from non GE crops; • The parliament refused three GMO’s Law-proposals and now Bulgaria has maybe the most restrictive GMO’s law in Europe.

  8. ANTI-GMO’s CAMPAIGN http://ecosw.dir.bg • A Regulation for labeling of genetically modified soya and maize entered into force in July 2001; • Bulgaria ratified the Biosafety Protocol; • Nine Bulgarian NGOs created an anti-GE group; • Bulgarian Government stopped financing and banned genetic experiments with tobacco and grapes;

  9. ANTI-GMO’s CAMPAIGN http://ecosw.dir.bg

  10. ANTI-GMO’s CAMPAIGN http://ecosw.dir.bg

  11. ANTI-GMO’s CAMPAIGN http://ecosw.dir.bg Regions where was cultivated GM maize

  12. WATER MANAGEMENT http://ecosw.dir.bg The activities of Ecosouthwest are orientated towards: • Improvement of the relationship and collaboration; • An expert group of professionals - representatives of different institutions, businesses and NGOs;

  13. WATER MANAGEMENT http://ecosw.dir.bg • We pay specific attention to youth and implemented some actions with them in order to solve some environmental problems at the upper stretches of the rivers Struma and Mesta. • The first street campaign under the slogan Water Partnership was implemented in the cities of Blagoevgrad, Pernik and Dupnitsa. To this end a specific brochure under the title Water Partnership was published. 15,000 copies were printed, distributed and young people have made investigation among the 685 inhabitants of Southwestern Bulgaria.

  14. WATER MANAGEMENT http://ecosw.dir.bg

  15. WATER MANAGEMENT http://ecosw.dir.bg

  16. WASTE MANAGEMENT http://ecosw.dir.bg In 1999 Ecosouthwest submitted a proposal to the Municipality of Blagoevgrad to introduce a new organization of urban waste collection and disposal. With its offer the municipality has saved about USD 100,000. Together with the Municipality of Blagoevgrad and the environmental club Terra we implemented a project for split collection of ash from other types of urban waste in one residential district of Blagoevgrad.

  17. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg FOR 15 YEARS 29 PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED The main topics of the projects were: - Protection children’s health; - Raise citizens and specially farmers knowledge about GMO’s food and crops; - Lobbing for good GMO’s legislation; - Water management; - Waste management; - Environment protection, and etc.

  18. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP - CLEАN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Regional Movement Ecosouthwest realized this project in partnership with the Municipality Nevestino, Kustendil district. The project received financial support from the EU Program Youth in Action and was implemented in the villages Smolichano and Nevestino. Participants were junior high school students from the municipality Nevestino, students from Southwestern University – Blagoevgrad and members of Ecosouthwest

  19. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP - CLEАN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Smolichano is a small village with a rich cultural and historical heritage. The main goals of the project was to inform young people for European citizenship and to raise their self-awareness and motivation for environment protection and sustainable development. The duration of the project was 3 months. The final outcomes were:

  20. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP - CLEАN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Was published advertising leaflets for the region where the project was realized; • Was prepared a new project proposal to the program Youth in Action as an extension of this project; • The project’s participants enhanced their European self-awareness; • We published the project’s information on the Ecosouthwest’s web site.

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  22. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg

  23. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg WHERE IS THE ROAD TO EUROPE In 2006 NGO Gruener Grashalm, Germany and Ecosouthwest implemented this project. About 40 participants from 17 – 28 years old 13 days lived in tents next to village Kashina, Sandanski municipality. Kashina is situated in Pirin mountain. About 20 years ago there have lived 800 habitants and now are 6.

  24. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg

  25. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg WHERE IS THE ROAD TO EUROPE The main goal of this project was to provoke young people of thinking how they can help according to their vision and imagination for the region’s conservation and development. The participants were divided in two groups and:

  26. PROJECTS http://ecosw.dir.bg 1. They made some activities to improve living condition of local people: • Gathered a huge quantity garbage; • Recovered an old village oven; 2. They participated in: • Lectures about EU and ecotourism, and discussions; • Marches in Pirin mountain; • A lot of sports and entertainment gamesand talks;

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  29. http://ecosw.dir.bg KALIN ANASTASOV k_anastasov@dir.bg +359 898 812 815 +359 884 883 332

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