| Key information |
| Name of the organisation | PULSE FOUNDATION |
| Location | Bulgaria |
| Website | http://pulsfoundation.org/ |
| Contact details (Representative and contact person for the CRP-CoP network) | + 359 (0)76 60 10 10 pulse.women@gmail.com Gabriel Zarkova Iglika Krasteva |
| Organisation |
| Type of organisation (i.e., service delivery, community mobilisation, training / capacity building, advocacy, research, network, media, knowledge based, funder) | Service delivery training |
| Focus of the organisation | Activate change in Bulgarian family and society towards equality, understanding and humanity. Direct support for persons and children affected by violence, trafficking of human beings and other forms of exploitation. |
| Activities and mission | Mission: By developing emotional and mental potential of people to create conditions for a harmonious relationship between them based on equality, understanding and tolerance, leading to successful integration and realization in the society. Activities: § psychological counselling; § legal services and litigation; § social mediation; § long-term therapeutic work; § family counselling and therapy of couple. |
| Projects and Programmes |
| Name of the project/programme | Nature and theme(s) of work |
| Program “Support to Initiatives of Civil Society Organizations for the Protection and Support of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in the Conditions of the COVID-19 Pandemic” November 2020 – May 2021 | A comprehensive approach to responding to the crime of trafficking in human beings from key institutions the Council of Europe Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “SUPPORT- Supporting Children in the delicate phase between adolescence and adulthood while leaving alternative care facilities” January 2019- December 2020 | Comprehensive care for children leaving institutions of a resident type. ЕC Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “FIRST- Finding Investigating Redress Support” September 2018-September 2020 | Increasing reporting of cases of violence and / or sexual violence against children, as well as improving the quality of subsequent victim support. ЕC Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “Universal prevention of sexual violence against children in Southwestern Bulgaria” April 2017 – April 2020 | Universal prevention of sexual violence against children in Southwestern Bulgaria. OAK Foundation Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “Developing monitoring methodology and providing national monitoring of policies and institutional practices related to domestic and gender-based violence in Bulgaria” December 2019-December 2021 | Assessment of existing policies and institutional practices in the field of domestic and gender-based violence, with a view to optimizing them more effectively Active Citizens Fund under the EEA Financial Mechanism Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “CHAPTER-Children Help movement Against Physical Threatening and Emotional Repression – CHAPTER” December 2016 – January 2019 | Transferring the Icelandic experience of corporal punishment in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Portugal. Activities related to the reduction of corporal punishment over children. ЕC Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “ELFO project – Empowerment of Guardians, Legal Representatives and Foster Families of Children Deprived of Parental Care through Children’s Rights” December 2016 – November2018 | Empowerment of guardians, legal representatives and foster families of children deprived of parental care against violence through the rights of the child. ЕC Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “The one who is idle, becomes an accomplice – together against domestic violence” February 1, 2015 – January 31, 2017 | Prevention and rehabilitation of the problem of domestic violence, working with law enforcement and the judicial system. Ministry of Justice Contact person: Aksinia Jordanova |
| “Awareness and creative thinking – a way to the change!” May, 2015 – May, 2016 | Prevention activities, lobbying and exchange of experience at national and international level on the issue of usage of new psychoactive substances among young people. Fund for bilateral relations at national level under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA FM) and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (NFM) Contact person: Kristina Georgieva |
| “Crisis center for people, affected by violence and victims of trafficking” 2008 – At present | Permanently delegated activity since 2008, for a total of eight beds out of 13. Crisis accommodation and intervention and participation in rehabilitation programs. State budget Contact person: Aksinia Jordanova |
| “A comprehensive approach in working with children and families, affected by violence in the Southwest region” 2013 – 2015 | It brings together specialists in Southwest region for the prevention and rehabilitation of children, affected by violence (with emphasis on children sexual abuse) and their families. OAK Foundation Contact person: Julia Andonova |
| “12 – Promoting the application of Article 12 of the CRC in the juvenile justice system” February 15, 2015 – December 31, 2015 | Sharing European practices related to juvenile justice and children policy. European Commission Contact person: Julia Andonova |
