Tulip Foundation is happy to announce the traditional competition for the best social Project of the Year 2008. The initiative takes place for a forth successive year and is provoked by the numerous good projects implemented in the last few years all over the country. Each of these projects has been made possible by the hard work of the people who invested a lot of their time and dedication for the success of the projects.

Civil organizations that are currently implementing a project aimed at improving the living conditions, possibilities and quality of life of certain groups or communities in disadvantaged position are welcome to participate in the competition. Projects implemented in towns, cities and villages are welcome regardless of the project budget, source of funding, scale of operation, type of activity or beneficiaries.

The nominated project will be evaluated on the basis of: achieved results, sustainability of the project activities, financial efficiency, participation of the target groups and the local communities, innovative services and the possibilities for implementing the project in other areas of the country.

The best projects will be selected by a jury with the following members Ivo Prokopiev, Chair Economedia and CEIB; Adela Peeva, documentary producer; Ben Cross, British actor; Petya Tetevenska, Member of the Board of the Bulgarian National Television; Willem van Ee, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Levon Hampartzoumian, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Bulbank; Ani Zaharieva, FairPlay International AD; Nina Mircheva, Director, Corporate Communications Division, M-TEL; Bernard Moscheni, Chief Executive Officer, BTC;

Projects can be nominated by organisations and individuals. The nomination form which is only available in Bulgarian can be downloaded from the Tulip Foundation web site www.tulipfoundation.net or sent upon request by e-mail or ordinary mail. Nominations are welcome till 30 January 2009 to the following address: info@tulipfoundation.net  or alternatively: Project of the Year 2008, Tulip Foundation, 1 Reka Osam street, ap. 2, Sofia 1124.

The list of nominated projects will be published on the Tulip Foundation web site. The wining organisations will be publicly announced in the spring 2009.

The awards are especially made by the prominent Bulgarian sculptor Georgi Capkunov.