Manfred Wörner Foundation
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The Manfred Wörner Foundation is a Bulgarian not-for-profit non-governmental organization established on October 20, 1994, and registered in 1996. Its mission is to foster and project Atlantic values, solidarity and cooperation, help advance the European peace and security policies in a strategic partnership with America, promote personal liberties and economic freedom, support the sustainable economic, social and demographic development of Bulgaria, contribute to the exploration and conservation of the national and world natural heritage, and uphold the European vision of Dr. Manfred Wörner (1934-94).
The Foundation sponsored the naming of Manfred Wörner Street in Sofia in 1995, the naming of Wörner Gap on Livingston Island, Antarctica in 1996, and the erection of a Manfred Wörner Monument in South Park, Sofia in 1996.
The Foundation is focusing its activities on training and education, technical assistance to state and local authorities, transboundary regional development, promotion of new immigration policies for Bulgaria, and Antarctic research including the management of Tangra 2004/05 survey and the establishment of Camp Academia.
The Foundation has established an Atlantic Solidarity Award, given by a jury comprising representatives of the Bulgarian civil society in appreciation of outstanding personal contributions to world peace and liberty. Lord George Robertson became the first recipient of the award in 2003.
The Founding President (since 1994) is Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov. Elfie Wörner was the Honorary Director of the Foundation in 1997-2006.
[edit] Publications
- Towards New Immigration Policies for Bulgaria, a collection of papers. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2006. (in Bulgarian, English summary) ISBN 978-954-92032-1-9
- The Future of the Falkland Islands and Its People. Sofia: Double T Publishers, 2003. 96 pp. ISBN 954-91503-1-3
- Immigrants and Refugees in Bulgaria and Their Integration: Guidelines for New Immigration Policies, a collection of papers. Sofia: NI Plus Publishing House, 2003. ISBN 954-91426-5-5
- Bulgarian Policies on the Republic of Macedonia: Recommendations on the development of good neighbourly relations following Bulgaria’s accession to the EU and in the context of NATO and EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2008. 80 pp. (Trilingual publication in Bulgarian, Macedonian and English) ISBN 978-954-92032-2-6
