NGO Bulgaria aims to promote Bulgarian social non-government organisations (NGOs) and social movements on the Internet, with the help of ressources to facilitate the use of information and communication technologies, such as the creation of a web site and the use of e-mail as part of the tools that support their activities. NGO Bulgaria is an initiative of the Internet Rights Bulgaria Foundation (IRBF).

Need for the project

The project NGO Bulgaria was initiated in November 2003 after the IRBF team realised how many Bulgarian social NGOs lacked the technical and financial ressources to publish on the Internet information about their projects and initiatives.

This fact acts as a communication barrier between the civil society organisations and the public, as well as between organisations on a national and international level. The lack of information regarding the activities of NGOs often brings to the wrong conclusion that they are not active enough, or to doubts of which NGOs are doing their civil obligations and which are false.

Aims of the project

The NGO Bulgaria project was created with the following aims:
 to build what will become a central point on the Internet for Bulgarian social NGOs who wish to publish information about themselves and their projects
 to build a trusted, secure and quality home on the Internet for Bulgarian social NGOs.
 to publish reliable documentation translated into Bulgarian language, and related to matters such as technical accessibility of the websites, as well as topics, related to the NGOs who are interested in joining the ICT world.

The aim of the project is also to lower the digital gap by:
 sharing the costs of starting and maintaining a web site and other technical ressources
 offering an easy to use and maintain tool for social NGOs who will be able to publish news and other type of information on their own
 training Bulgarian social NGOs on how to publish information on the Internet as well as how to use ICTs strategically.

Sustainability and funding

The NGO Bulgaria project is financially supported by the contributions of its participant organisations.

Server administration, content publication and content translation are made on a voluntary basis.

Contact

If you have any questions or if you would like to contribute to the project, please do not hesitate to contact us: irbf@ngo-bg.org.