Associate Member
Gergana Rakovska San Stefano Str. 7 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: (00359) 24 918 027
Email: grakovska (at) fbo.bg
WWW: http://www.fbo.bg
Фондация на бизнеса за образованието - Business Foundation for Education
Who we are?
Business Foundation for Education (BFE) is a Bulgarian non-government organization, established in 2005 to act in public interest. Its mission is to facilitate the development of the civil society through initiatives that enhance human resource competitiveness and contribute to economic development and prosperity. To achieve its goals the Foundation implements variety of projects focused in the fields of lifelong learning, guidance counseling, employment and social policy, vocational education and youth work. The Foundation is a recognized leader in the field of lifelong learning and career guidance in Bulgaria. The organization is a keen promoter of the guidance counseling profession. Its initiatives helped raise the awareness of decision makers, education experts, employers, headmasters and of the general public about the benefits of lifelong guidance for all generations. BFE represents the National Board for Certified Counselors in Bulgaria, one of the biggest US-based counseling organizations in the world that introduced recently their programs in Europe. Since 2005 BFE has trained and certified over 1000 career counselors under the Global Career Development Facilitator program, thus developing capacity for guidance counseling services in more than 600 schools, 10 youth centers, 36 universities and more than 100 private companies and public organizations in Bulgaria.
What we do?
BFE cooperates closely with the Ministry of Education, the National Agency for Vocational Education and Training, the Employment Agency, the Bulgarian Association of Career Counselors and other institutions. BFE has established a network of 36 university career centres that helps thousands of young people annually develop career management and employability skills and find a job. BFE has launched a national internships web platform, trained mentors in SMEs and universities, elaborated internship methodologies and helped thousands of young Bulgarians gain professional experience during their course of study and improve their employability.
Best practices
- NELLII – Network for Effective Life Long Initiatives and Information
KA1 European Cooperation in Education and Training, 2012
Coordinator: Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria
- GOL – Guidance Online
Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation, 2012
Adapting an innovative instrument for online career guidance
Coordinator: DEP Institut, Spain
- Enjoy Language
Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation, 2011
Motivating language learning in Tourism sector through informal learning
Coordinator: FOLK, Sweden
- Green Emplоyability – A synergic transfer of a VET training system for workplace basic skills with ecological sustainability awareness in three European countries
Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation, 2011-1-BG1-LEO05-05046
Coordinator: Vocational School in Electronics and Energy – Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria
- AdValue – Training and Validation of Adults’ Transferable Skills
510853-LLP-1-2010-1-BG-GRUNDTVIG-GMP
Development of training program and validation system for 10 transferable skills
Coordinator: BFE
- LINK – Career Services for Better Jobs
Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of innovation, N-2010-1-BG1-LEO05-03102
Improving the access and quality of career services for clients in risk
Coordinator: BFE
- WBS – Web Based Job Search Support
KA504861-2009-LLP-IT-KA3-KA3MP
Coordinator: ASEV, Italy
- TANDEM – How to establish intergenerational and inter-cultural communication and how to provide for transfer and transparency of competences in VET
Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation, LLP-LdV/TOI/2009-1-NO1-LEO05-01045
Coordinator: Stavanger Kommune, Norway
- LET’s – Let seniors teach sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through innovative multimedia storytelling approaches
Grundtvig, 2009-3665/001–001
Coordinator: E.Ri.Fo., Italy
- Joy&Learn – Festivals and Calendar of Lifelong Learning in Bulgaria
KA1 European Cooperation in Education and Training, 2009-5142/001-001
Promoting the opportunities, pleasure and benefits of lifelong learning to Bulgarian citizens
Coordinator: BFE
Key Activities 2, 2008-4283/001-001
Motivating young people to learn foreign languages using their hobbies
Coordinator: VHS Cham, Germany
Grundtvig, 2008-3468/001-001
Development of methodology and training movies in YouTube format for promoting learners’ autonomy
Coordinator: ROC Nijmegen, Netherlands
Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation, 2008-1-SE1-LEO05-00423
Coordinator: FOLK, Швеция
- L3 – Learning to learn network for low skilled senior workers
Leonardo da Vinci, 2008-1-IT1-LEO04-00006
Promoting lifelong learning to adults
Coordinator: E.Ri.Fo., Italy
- EMEVOC – E-Manual for Educational and Vocational Counseling
Leonardo da Vinci, Trabsfer of Innovation
LLP-LdV/TOI/2007/LV/004
Coordinator: ISMA, Latvia
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