Non-governmental organizations
Association of the Non-governmental organizations of Lom
Association of the Non-governmental organization (A-NGO), Lom is found on 11th of July, 2001 and it is registered in accordance with the Law on legal entities with non-economic profits for public benefits. A-NGO exists in the Central register of NGO and the Agency for social assistance as deliverer of social services.
Legal and physical entities are members of the association. Among the founders are: "Postoianstvo" Foundation, Democratic women union, Club of disable people "Unity", "Development" Foundation, "Partnership for stable development" Foundation, Association "Ecopalanka", Lom and many others.
The object of the Association's activity is:
- Encouraging the civil participation in all spheres of the social life;
- To cooperate for the development of the culture, education, sport and traditions;
- To stimulate the development of human's qualities and the creative individual enterprise;
- To work for the achievement of durable, stable and benevolent relations between the different ethnical groups in their integration in region and town's life;
- To unite the women with active civil position and to cooperate for the establishment of conditions for development and improvement of women' realization, including the single mothers;
- To assist the preparation of programme for social protection of orphans and children from large families;
- To aid and develop the contacts and the information exchange between Bulgarian and foreign non-governmental legal entities, cooperating for development of projects and programmes for the local development of the public life in the sphere of the education, the healthcare, the economy, the sport etc.
Each of the organizations works relatively independently. In 2003, the association became a member of An Association for cross-border cooperation and development of North-Western of Bulgaria, - Euro region Danube 21, Vidin with partners from Serbia and Romania.
During the years of its existence, the Association has realized successful partnerships with: Foundation Partners - Bulgaria, Sofia; Europartners- 2000, Sofia; Foundation "Health care", Sofia; Club for "Stable development of the civil society", Sofia; the Agency for regional development and business centre, Vidin and the local institutions.
Implemented projects by Association NGO:
2003 - The Association of NGO, Lom and the Club of Disabled people "Unity" won a project, by which they established a Centre for rehabilitation and social integration for disabled people, with Partners- Bulgaria and the financial support of USAID.
2004 - The association is a partner of two-year project "Together for cleaner town" which was implemented by "Partnership for stable development" Foundation and the Municipally Lom on "Forum" Programme of SDC with the support of FLGR and "Balkan Assist" Association.
2005 - In this year A-NGO is partner of two projects:
- Club for Stable development of the civil society, Sofia on cross-border project Bulgaria- Romania in the sphere of the environment in Danube- Black sea basin;
- The second partnership is with the European informational centre of Veliko Turnovo on project "United for tolerance" with the towns Veliko Turnovo, Lom, Razgrad and Silistra.
Since August, 2005 A-NGO has implemented a four-month project "Step, music, word- social integration", financed by the Agency for disabled persons to the Ministry of labour and social policy.
2006 - A-NGO, Lom and the "Nexus" Association from the town of Vrania in Serbia won with a mirror project on Neighbourhood Programme "Phare"- CBC/CARDS between Bulgaria and Serbia and in 2007 has implemented a project "Programme for assistance the education and the results of students" of the two partnership towns.
Contact information:
3600 Lom, 66 Bozveli Street
Telephone: (+359 888) 230 295, e-mail: assngoslom@abv.bg
Contact person: Nadejda Petrova
Association for Bulgarian-Swiss friendship "Lui Aiyer" – Lom
The Association for Bulgarian-Swiss friendship "Lui Ayer" – Lom is established on 5th of December 1991. It is named after the Swiss teacher Lui Aiyer, who was active in the development of physical culture in the first years after the Liberation, he gave his life for the freedom of his second country Bulgaria as a volunteer in three wars: the Balkan (1912), Second Balkan War (1913 г.) and the First World War (1914-1918). Lui Aiyer died on 2nd of September, 1916 in the village of Chaushli at the Doyran lake of Macedonia.
The mission of the Association is to develop and strengthen the Bulgarian-Swiss friendship by encouraging the cooperation between two countries in the different spheres such as education, art, science, sport, economy, technique etc with different forms and events.
The association maintains friendship relations with the embassies in Bulgaria and Switzerland, the family of Lui Aiyer (in town Veve), the hospital in the town of Vetsikon, the Trade Chamber Bulgaria – Switzerland and the associations in Sofia, Ruse and Silistra.
From 19 members in the beginning, today it has 80 members. The mayors of the Municipality of Lom, part of the municipal management, cultural and educational figures, doctors and businessmen become members as a tradition.
After 17-years history, today it deserved the respect of the citizens and friends.
Contact information:
Telephone: +359 (0) 971 69105, Fax: +359 (0) 971 66026
GSM: +359 (0) 886 445666, +359 (0) 887 275843, Е-mail: zoya.apostolova@mail.bg
Chairperson: Zoya Apostolova
Page updated: 15.02.2012
Content validity: 31.12.2012
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