FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Association on Refugees and Migrants
National Network
Bulgaria
Address
6 "Ljulin Planina" 6, Sofia 1606, Bulgaria Sofia BulgariaCountry
BulgariaCity
SofiaStreet address 2
6 "Ljulin Planina" 6, Sofia 1606, BulgariaMobile Phone
+ 359 896 390 572Telephone
+ 359 2 952 01 63E-Mail (2)
treytan26@gmail.comYear of Establishment
2000Contact Person1
Dr. Tania Reytan-MarincheshkaContact Person 2
Magie NazerOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Human rightsGeneral Information
1. Structure: Board, President, Staff: two part-time employed persons: Executive Director & Accountant; Relevant partners & volunteers, depending on the project 2. Budget: 2009: 12,000 GBP; 2010: 3,500 GBP 3. Sources & Funding: Donor Organizations, Foundations, International Organizations 4 Modalities of action: concrete research projects, exchanges, seminars, national & international conferences 5. BHC; UNHCR; Open Society; ECRE; Bet Debora Network; ISSRPL; Pancho Vladigerov Museum & Foundation; Organization of Bulgarian Jews 'Shalom'; IPhR-BAS;Mission and Objectives
The Association on Refugees and Migrants–Bulgaria (ARM-BG), is a registered Charity, partnering over the years many organizations, and was established in the year of 2000 as a social innovation and inter-cultural forum, research institute and legal instrument for exploring, communicating and protecting the rights and life space of Bulgarian and EU old (ethnic minorities)and new minorities (refugees & migrants).Main Projects / Activities
ARM-BG activities: 1. Advocacy & Legal Protection: 2000 & 2002 Open Society and UNHCR sponsored Projects for pro-bono legal protection of refugees & migrants; 2002: Participation in drafting the Asylum & Migration Law of Bulgaria; 2. Publications: 2000- 2002 monthly magazine: “The Refugees Today & Tomorrow”; Articles: "Anpassung an die Asyl-und Einwanderungspolitic der EU", Asyl in Osteuropa: Vor der Festung Europa (Gegen Ost-West Informationen N: 4/2000,Vienna, Dez.2000; “The Adaptation of Bulgaria to the EU Asylum and Immigration Policies”, published in “Asylum in the Countries of the Shengen Periphery, Ljubljana, 2001”; “Challenges and Implications of European ‘Replacement Migration’ Policy”, Berlin, 2007, Irmgard Coninx Stiftung; Book: “The Asylum Door and Migration Window-Subsidiary forms of Protection", Sofia 2002, ISBN: 954 9738-08-6; 3. Conferences: Sofia, Bulgaria, April 2000: “National Round Table on Migration”; Sofia, Bulgaria, June 2000: Organizer of ECRE/ICVA International Conference on “Refugee Issues in South-Eastern Europe; 2009 International Conference on: "Migration, Communication & Home; Jewish Tradition, Change and Gender in a Global Context.