Project - Vivacom Regional grant

Company

Category

Investor in Community

Project description

Project Aim

Vivacom Regional Grant is Vivacom's largest socially responsible initiative, that supports the development of regions through grant funding of projects of civil society organizations. The project was launched in 2015 and its goal is to financially and logistically support socially significant causes of civil organizations with innovative ideas for solving current problems in small and large settlements. The key areas of positive impact of the initiative are education, environment, social sphere, culture and art, sport and health.

Project Target Group

Vivacom Regional Grant is aimed at the development of local communities in small and large settlements. The program supports non-governmental organizations, incl. non-profit legal entities, community centers and boards of trustees of schools and kindergartens, registered as YULC. The main requirement of the campaign is that their projects involve the communities and solve local problems. The program reaches the target groups through national and regional media, NGO.bg, and other non-governmental

Project Duration

Vivacom has long term commitment to the development of the regions. The telecom's responsible policy is focused on quality education and a clean environment - key factors for the sustainable development of any settlement. Vivacom Regional Grant follows exactly this policy of the company to improve the living environment in every settlement. The program is annual, in the first 6 editions it supports all spheres, but from the 7th edition it prioritizes education and the environment.

Project Activities

The seventh edition of the program was distinguished by 5 events. The total number of public events organized up to date, including judging, opening and awarding, as well as Regional Grant community meetings, number 26, and the organizations in the program total 94. Vivacom Regional Grant aims to introduce good practices and improve the lives of local communities in the most important areas - education and environment. The program includes several stages. The first is the application period - when civil organizations send their developed projects to solve current problems at the local level. The second part is the evaluation of the projects. It has 2 stages - a preliminary administrative opinion and an evaluation by an expert jury. First, the 50 best projects are selected, according to the scores from the evaluation matrix. These projects move on to the next round - evaluation by a jury that reads, discusses and grades the projects to select the winners. The jury members are specialists in the field of business, non-governmental sector, media environment and education. The third period is year-round, in which the winners receive the funding and have 1 year to realize their proj

Project Results

The results of the seventh edition of the program are 12 projects aimed at the regions of Sofia, Stara Zagora, Blagoevgrad, Karlovo, Dobrich, Veliko Tarnovo, Belogradchik, Strazhitsa, Kableshkovo, Nessebar, the Black Sea and other small settlements. The total value of the funding is BGN 59,278. The projects are focused on solving important problems in the fields of education and the environment, incl. digitization of education, reserving of endangered species, bringing the practical knowledge of programming, music, cinema into classrooms, cleaning riverbeds and marine areas, building eco-routes, recycling waste and others. Participation in the initiative enables organizations to create strategic partnerships, as the program ensures the sustainability of the supported initiatives.