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Ongoing projects

Ongoing projects

Running projectsOngoing projects of BFPA  

The programme portfolio of BFPA for 2022 includes various and interesting projects mainly targeting the strategic drivers that are a priority for BFPA:
- advocacy for the rights of vulnerable groups, international development (ODA), trafficking prevention and social campaigns
- improving the access to quality health care services in the field of SRHR and prevention of HIV/AIDS and STI
- work with adolescents, health and sexuality education
-  resources mobilization and sustainability
BFPA in its role of expert and innovator is enlarging its target groups and is a role model and expert for many national and international institutions. Here are enumerated the most relevant projects of the association, in process of implementation at the beginning of 2022. We are certain that there will be more added within this year. We are presenting the projects with the funding institutions and their duration:

 DonorProject name and duration
Norwegian Financial Mechanism via IOM Raising awareness of local Roma communities on topics related with migration and asylum seeking in Consortium with NNHM and EMHPF, 2021-2024
 MSD pharmaceuticals Youth voices youth choices – health literacy and capacity building for young people in the field of SRHR in pandemics and other emergency situations 2021 - 2023 
 Erasmus+ program of EU ARIE – a EU collaborative partnership for active lifestyles for the adherence to the HIV therapy and to promote fitness as therapy, 2020 - 2022
OSI, Regional office for Europe   LYRA – Loading Young Roma advocates,
2020 – 2024
 IPPF, self-fundingImproving the access to quality health care services in the field of SRHR,  prevention of HIV/AIDS and STI. Centers offering high quality health and info services in Sofia, Stara Zagora, Varna, Ruse, Pleven 2018 - ongoing
 IPPF, municipalitiesWork with adolescents, health and sexuality education with focus on young people in institutions and from vulnerable groups  2018- ongoing
 IPPF, self-fundingAdvocacy for the rights of vulnerable groups, international development (ODA) and social campaigns  2018 - ongoing
 IPPF, membership feesResMob – resource mobilization and sustainability of BFPA 2018- ongoing

 
 

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BFPA survey about positive birth-rate measures

Sofia, December 5, 2022 

The Bulgarian Association for Family Planning and Sexual Health (BFPA) presented the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by KANTAR. The study took place in August 2022, among a sample of 836 people from the adult population and analyzed the measures that would positively affect the birth rate.

You can find the full research here
 
Final conference on ARIE project: PLHIV and fitness

Sofia, November 11, 2022

On November 11, 2022, the final conference of the ARIE project was held in Sofia. The project is supported by the Erasmus+ Sport program, led by the long-standing Italian partner of BFPA ANLAIDS – Lombardia. The rest of the participating organizations are from Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia. The activities are aimed at people living with HIV (PLHIV), the goal of the project is to develop and introduce a fitness program and an activity protocol for people living with HIV. In Bulgaria the project was coordinated by Boyan Mladenov from the BFPA team. Among the participants of the conference were health specialists, professors from medical universities, NGO partners, representatives of the target group. From the Bulgarian side the most outstanding was the presentation of Prof. Radka Argirova “HIV,Covid and Monkeypox - what more we have to know”
The project aims to promote physical activity in the form of personalized guidelines among people between the ages of 18 and 50 who are living with HIV and who are on treatment, offering an innovative fitness protocol to engage them in moderate physical activity.
This is the first project in Europe specifically targeting people living with HIV and fitness to promote a healthy lifestyle and add fitness protocols to HIV therapy.
 
Presentation of the results of a regional study and recommendations for SRH services in the European Parliament - project "Youth Voices, Youth Choices"

Brussels, October 26, 2022

In the last months of 2022 the partners of the YVYC project, together with experts and young people, developed recommendations for regional policy recommendations for improvement of health and social systems and SRHR services for young people after the Covid 19 pandemic.
The recommendations are targeting decision-makers at international and national institutions.  They were presented in the European Parliament on October 26, 2022 by young advocates and experts, with the support of MEP Fred Matic. Three BFPA representatives - Victoria Nikolova, Venelin Stoychev and Pavlina Filipova participated in the EP meeting.
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