NF-API - National Forum Alternatives, Practice, Initiatives



National Forum API, the National Forum ALTERNATIVES PRACTICE INITIATIVES, is a corporate body, registered under the teems of the Law for corporate bodies, which are nongovernmental, created after decision No 5284 from 13.03.2002 taken by the Plovdiv District Court.

Major goals of the association:

  • Development and approval of the basic values of the people society through education, science and culture.
  • To maintain and to increase the intellectual and spiritual status of the Bulgarian society.
  • To back up and develop the contacts and to give popularity to the achievements of the Bulgarian people of art in their home country and in others countries in the fields of education, culture and science.
  • To assist the development of the revival of the basic Bulgarian value.
  • To assist social integration and personal orientation of the disabled people in the field of education, science and culture.

Activities:

  • The carrying out of concerts, exhibitions, competitions and festivals.
  • The carrying out of discussions, seminars and lectures.
  • The carrying out of wide educational programs and publishing activities.
  • Participation in the initiatives of other nongovernmental organizations, as well as in the governmental ones’, that work along these lines, too.
  • The fulfillment of international exchange, activities, and co- operation with related organizations in the country and abroad.

Stoyka Bakalova
Executive Director
National Forum API
5, 11th August Street
Plovdiv 4000
Bulgaria
Tel: 359 32 360 179
Fax: 359 32 630 179
E- mail: stoykabakalova@yahoo.com
Web: National Forum API

The Bulgarian town of Plovdiv is situated along the two banks of the river Maritza with its slow water, and also on a number of picturesque hills (called 'tepe' by the local people) that are part of the town's charm and beauty Plovdiv is located in the Southern/Central part of Bulgaria. Being the second largest city in the country, it has a population of 350'000.
There is a kind of magic in Plovdiv in all seasons. The town is always unique and fascinating. In the winter it is fabuously white; in the spring it is covered with green and flowers, in the summer it is almost unreal in the ghastly heat of Thracia, in the autumn it is calm and placid, with ripe figs and sweet grapes dropping into soft foliage... Plovdiv can hardly be described in simple words... One should see it and feel its unique atmosphere in order to understand it.