RAISE Demo Center - Център за развитие на устойчиви общности

The TRAVEL SOFIA WEST mobile application was presented at a colloquium organized by the Regional Government Administration Pernik

During the event, the other activities within the RAISE Youth project were presented, as well as the Regional RAISE Youth Center itself.

The winners of the RAISE Youth competition for photos from Pernik District are clear

The RAISE Youth Regional Youth Center in Breznik and the CSCD announced the winners in their competition "My favorite landmark in Pernik District".

These are:

Alexander Simeonov in the first place;
Stanislav Stoyanov in second place;
Krassimira Kirilova in third place.

The young people who bring positive change to Bulgaria: Adriana Stoyneva

Today we present another important participant in the CSCD’s project - Raise Youth - in support of youth in Pernik Area.

Adriana Stoyneva is 28 years old from Pernik. She has a bachelor's degree from the Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski" - Blagoevgrad, majoring in Public Administration. Her professional experience is in the field of trade and administration, and in her free time she is engaged in art, sports and travel.

The youth centers in Breznik and Pernik presented their activities and planned future initiatives

An informal working meeting was held last week between the teams of the Regional Youth RAISE Center (RYC) - Breznik and the International Youth Center - Pernik.

Tourist cooperative "West of Sofia" held its founding meeting

The event took place in the Raise Youth Regional Center this Saturday.During the event, the name, location and statutes of the cooperative were determined. Its "home" will be the village of Elov dol, Zemen municipality and it will provide tourist services, tour operator and other activities.

Vasilen Vassilev - a boy with persistence and a whole swarm of dreams

He has been part of the RAISE Youth project since its beginning. When we met him, the young boy told us about his childhood dream of having his own apiary and making honey. Today, Vasilen is already the proud owner of 17 beehives and says that this is only the beginning.

Welcome to the Western Farmer's Market on June 26

The Regional Youth Center - Breznik and CIA have the pleasure to invite you to the Western Farmers' Market - the first of its kind event in Pernik District, which aims to bring together small and medium-sized local farmers, breeders and craftsmen to offer their products and services to guests from surrounding towns and villages.

Will a Tourist Cooperative be established in the Pernik Region?

The initiative is of the Regional RAISE Youth Center – Breznik and includes active representatives of the local community from the region.

Young people from Pernik District with a chance to start their own business venture

On February 27 and 28, 2021 in the Regional Youth Center - Breznik was held a training in Business Planning for START UP.

Young people from Pernik region were on a study visit to Vranca, Romania

The initiative was part of the RAISE YOUTH project activities, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grant Fund and the Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment. For the trip to Romania, Regional RAISE Youth Center - Breznik gathered the most active youth and volunteers from the region.

Young people from Pernik, Breznik and Radomir were trained in creating and managing a chat bot

The idea is for each of the cities to have this user service with which to increase tourist interest west of Sofia.

Representatives of the Regional RAISE Youth Center (RYC) youth from Pernik and Radomir, as well as young entrepreneurs from the region participated in the training on May 9. Alex Milchov - an active participant in the entrepreneurship courses of the RYC will be the conductor of the process on a chat bot creation at the local level.