Bulgaria’s young people ‘brainstorm’ the country’s key development priorities
Last week marked the concluding phase of an essay writing contest “A Million for Development” which was organized jointly by the Bulgaria Development Gateway and World Bank country mission to Bulgaria. The objective of this contest was to provoke mostly young people to express their views about the development priorities of the country, while exploring the possibilities for knowledge sharing provided by the Bulgaria Development Gateway. The competition was open to anyone with original ideas and an interest in the country’s development. Participants were expected to suggest ways of investing one million (dollars, or Euro) in Bulgaria's development.
A total of 61 essays were submitted between May 27th and June 25th . The essays were evaluated according to four criteria by a jury comprised of Mr. Georgi Kourtev, Communication Associate, World Bank – Sofia, Mr. Lyubomir Vassilev, Editor-in-Chief, Kapital Weekly; Ms. Gergana Mitova, Managing Editor, Dnevnik Online; Mr. Ivaylo Georgiev, Coordination Center for Information, Communication and Management Technologies, Council of Ministers, and Mr. Ruslan Stefanov, Economic Program Coordinator, Center for the Study of Democracy. A total of 19 essays were shortlisted by the jury. Contributors and visitors to the portal site also commented on the essays and voted for their winner.
The authors of the 19 highest-ranked and the winner of the online voting presented their ideas and strategies about Bulgaria’s future at a debate organized by the Bulgaria Development Gateway on July 24th. All writers of nominated essay joined this event contributing to a lively, diverse and productive discussion. Participants came from all over Bulgaria, representing various professional and educational backgrounds. Each nominee had three minutes to put forward his/her development ideas, followed by a Q&A session and an open ...
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