Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
BlueLink |
| in the Latin alphabet: |
BlueLink Information Network |
| Acronym: |
BlueLink.net
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| Legal status: |
Foundation
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| Website address: |
http://www.bluelink.net
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Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
| and more precisely: |
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mrs
Nataliya Dimitrova-Popova
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| Position: |
Chair of the Board |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Pavel Antonov
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| Position: |
Executive Coordinator / Board Member |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
263 Slivnitsa Blvd.
Sofia 1202
BULGARIA
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| Telephone number: |
(+359) 888 704661 |
| Fax number: |
(+359) |
| Other contact information: |
office mobile: +359887584568, +359 884 018708
office email address: office@bluelink.net
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
BlueLink (www.bluelink.net ) is an electronic information network, founded in 1999 by environmental NGOs and active citizens. The network built up capacity and won the broad recognition of the Bulgarian environmental NGO community and the state as the coordinator of the sector’s approach to electronic communications. Over the years BlueLink has served as a platform for publication of independent analysis and news on environmental issues and a mediator for dialogue among organizations, citizens and institutions. At present BlueLink is an up-to-date, virtual network offering a wide range of Internet-based services for the strategic use of ITs in civil society and activism - e.g. campaign websites and mailing lists, e-voting for NGO representatives at governmental committees (http://vote.bluelink.net/), online submission of citizens’ alerts on forest crime (www.spasigorata.net), networking of non-formal civil groups (http://grajdani.eu , underdevelopment), etc. BlueLink has revolutionized the Bulgarian environmental civil sector by empowering it to work cohesively towards sustainable development, democracy and active citizenship.
Currently, we are increasingly engaged in civil actions as a mediator between environmentalists and other thematic civil campaigns – e.g. monitoring of EU funds in Bulgaria, e-waste national NGO advocacy network, urban monitoring, etc. That is why, we would like to develop media applications for empowering various actors to share content on their self-prioritized community issues on various topics. For the moment we would like to center this new media online space in Sofia, as a pilot that, if successful, can be applied to other communities later. This is a pioneering effort at introducing advanced media technology that Bulgarian civil society can’t afford to develop on its own but that is badly needed outside the corporate media. That is why BlueLink as a grassroots information network with proven IT expertise is the suitable team to build this space, supported by our stable position as an online service-provider for the civil society and as an organization that is by force of its strategy (http://bluelink.net/en/menu/documents.shtml?x=40187 ) created to spread independent media content.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
10
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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- Развитие на ИКТ услуги за НПО и неформални граждански инициативи
- Поддръжка на електронна платформа за НПО представителство в държавни и местни институции (http://vote.bluelink.net/)
- Изграждане на капацитет за представители на НПО и неформални граждански инициативи за работа с Web 2.0 технологии
- Независима разследваща журналистика в обществена полза
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Audiovisual and Media
- Climate Action
- Communication
- Consumer Affairs
- Development
- Energy
- Environment
- Food Safety
- Information Society
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Public Health
- Regional Policy
- Research and Technology
- Transport
- Youth
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
3 |
| Number of member organisations: |
8 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
- Еко-клуб 2000 (3 members)
- Еко-клуб Тера (3 members)
- Гео-екоклуб Академика (3 members)
- Семпервива (5 members)
- Обществен център за устойчиво развитие (10 members)
- За земята (10 members)
- Информационен и учебен център по екология (5 members)
- Сдружение за дивата природа Балкани (10 members)
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Bluelink is a member of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), www.apc.org.
APC’s mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Total budget:
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107,285
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€
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of which public financing:
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99,600
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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63,000
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€
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- from national sources:
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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- донори от САЩ :
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36,600
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€
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from other sources: |
7,685
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€
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- donations:
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6,840
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€
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- contributions from members:
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€
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- стопански дейности :
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845
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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Разработен вътрешен правилник на организацията
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