- 01.04.2016
There are days…
Each day is different. There are days I’d been shouted. Days when people fainted in my arms. Days when my stripes had been torn and people spat in my face. Days, I’ve heard and seen how the life vanished. Days like these are not uncommon, but are quickly forgotten, because…
- 30.03.2016
Managing traumatic stress: Coping with terrorism
Terrorism threatens a society by instilling fear and helplessness in its citizens. It seeks to hold a society or government hostage by fear of destruction and harm. When terrorist acts occur, people generally look for ways to cope with the acute stress and trauma. Terrorism evokes a fundamental fear of…
- 08.03.2016
Meet Mariela. One of the women sharing and living with those who care for us.
“My husband was forced to learn how to cope alone with stress at the workplace. He did it, because it was the only way to protect us. He did it, because what he knows and happens to him, not only would frightened us, but terrified. Very often I feel the…
- 07.03.2016
Meet Tanya. One of the women, telling us the real story about the dreams of the man who works in the Ministry of Interior
“I live with a man who from his an early age dreamed to be a police officer. A man who is driven by the desire to care and help people. Today, this young man has many years of experience in the Ministry of Interior . Every night when I look into…
- 07.01.2016
The security we need! The reform we want!
Recent years, when we hear Ministry of Interior the associations which come to our minds are “ineffective” and “reform.”We are all aware and conscious of the fact that more and more often, when we witness or become a victim of petty crime we prefer to cover the harm ourselves rather than…
- 13.02.2015
How MoI must look like in 15 years?
MoI officers and representatives of civil society participated in the process of identification of approaches came to a basic conclusion: before a vision and develop a strategy for long-term reform to be created it is necessarily a broad public discussion with representatives of NGOs, professional and trade union organizations to…
- 13.02.2015
How do we see the participation of civil and professional organizations in Ministry of Interior’s reforming?
The most important element of the whole process is institutionalized of forms and procedures for citizen participation in reforming the Ministry of Interior. The second crucial component is uniting around the need to prepare a long-term strategy to reform the Ministry of Interior, to be adopted as the Ministry of…
- 03.02.2015
Citizen participation in MI: Mission (im) possible!
The main issue which united representatives of trade unions, professional organizations and NGOs in terms of public order and security, is that the “security” service provided to citizens, is not effective and does not meet their needs. The discussion about the parameters and expectations of what should the service be…
- 03.02.2015
The failed reform!
Ministry of Interior is the only unreformed Ministry in Bulgaria, but also one of the ministries in which structural changes are the most numerous. One of the major structural changes that contribute the MoI to become a mega-ministry is the closure of Ministry of Emergency Situations and merger it with…
- 03.02.2015
Why it is necessary and important in the whole process of reforming trade unions to participate?
Reforms that are realized at the time, as mentioned, are parceled and ineffective. Reforms in the Ministry of Interior needs to be long-term, have consulted with civil and professional organizations, to explain the effect of a change in the life of every citizen and employee in the Ministry of Interior,…