In Bulgaria a study will be carried out of the currently available policies and legal acts by the project experts. The results will be complemented by a national representative survey that will include not only early and forced marriages, but also other abuses of the so-called. "Umbrella of honor."
Conducting a 2-day working meeting between the three partners and representatives of the sociological agency in Sofia. There will be presented and discussed the results and the analyzes of the studies conducted in both countries; good practices will be discussed and two types of ex-ante Recommendations to public institutions in Bulgaria and Norway will be developed, respectively for political and legislative changes.
Preparation of a Handbook for use by professionals, stakeholders - legislative institutions, local authorities, researchers, human rights bodies (police, lawyers, prosecutors), social workers, teachers, GPs, mediators, teachers.
The advocacy tools developed during Activity 2, namely the preliminary two Recommendations for Political and Legislative Change, will be discussed with a wide range of community groups before being sent to national and local public authorities in Bulgaria.
This activity aims to regularly inform stakeholders in Bulgaria and Norway about the activities and results of the project, which will also support advocacy activities for the adoption by the national and local institutions of proposed changes to policies and laws.
