Report on resolution 3:
– Date: 31.07.2019
– Country: Bulgaria
– Type of entity: National Society
– To date, which areas of the resolution has your National Society been implementing?
Prevention, focusing on dissemination of IHL
– Briefly describe the specific activities that your National Society has so far undertaken to implement Resolution 3
At national level, the Bulgarian Red Cross cooperates with the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in regards to the development of a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, following the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. Additionally, the National Society has extended its partnership network by signing cooperation agreements with the Military Academy (in 2018), as well as with the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (in 2017), located in Sofia, Bulgaria. Further to that, and throughout the reporting period the Bulgarian Red Cross has been developing its collaboration with universities in order to intensify cooperation in the field of IHL and hosted round tables inviting main stakeholders, including public institutions and representatives of international organizations based in the country. The Bulgarian Red Cross is also part of the Advisory Council supporting the Council of Ministers in shaping state policy in the field of disaster protection, and the NS participates in the development of the Annual Plans for the implementation of the National Disaster Protection Program. The Bulgarian Red Cross participates annually in various exercises at international, national and regional level, including on civil-military cooperation.
– Country: Bulgaria
– Type of entity: National Society
– To date, which areas of the resolution has your National Society been implementing?
Prevention, focusing on dissemination of IHL
– Briefly describe the specific activities that your National Society has so far undertaken to implement Resolution 3
At national level, the Bulgarian Red Cross cooperates with the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in regards to the development of a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, following the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. Additionally, the National Society has extended its partnership network by signing cooperation agreements with the Military Academy (in 2018), as well as with the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (in 2017), located in Sofia, Bulgaria. Further to that, and throughout the reporting period the Bulgarian Red Cross has been developing its collaboration with universities in order to intensify cooperation in the field of IHL and hosted round tables inviting main stakeholders, including public institutions and representatives of international organizations based in the country. The Bulgarian Red Cross is also part of the Advisory Council supporting the Council of Ministers in shaping state policy in the field of disaster protection, and the NS participates in the development of the Annual Plans for the implementation of the National Disaster Protection Program. The Bulgarian Red Cross participates annually in various exercises at international, national and regional level, including on civil-military cooperation.
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