Our colleagues and friends from the "Smokinya" Foundation are working hard to create a world that works for all people through actions based on love, care, and cooperation. The foundation serves as a platform for training people, who have the desire and motivation to meet their needs for education and development. The opportunities supplied are due to the provided space for training, contribution and growth, through participation, volunteering, and project management.

Another DANUrB+ Partners’ Meeting and Study Tour was held in Romania within a month time, between 30th May and 3rd June 2022. This time it was in its eastern part, including a day in Silistra, Bulgaria, and it gathered project partners and stakeholders from the 6 nations on the project - Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia.

DANUrB+ is part of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) between 9 and 12 June, organized by the European Commission.

The Living Danube Limes (LDL) project will develop a website and mobile application aiming to present the archeological sites of Roman fortifications, fortresses, and settlements along the Danube Region in an interactive way. Approximately 350 sites will be included, and 8 pilot sites from partner countries will be presented through virtual reality (VR) reconstructions. The coordinator for Bulgaria, National Tourism Cluster "Bulgarian Guide" (NTC-BG), is responsible for the Bulgarian pilot site Bononia/Vidin, which together with the remains and finds in Sinagovtsi and Ratiaria/Archar, have the potential for huge tourist development of Vidin Region in cultural and historical aspect.

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A DANUrB+ Partners’ Meeting and Study Trip was held in Western Romania between 26th and 30th April 2022. It gathered project partners and stakeholders from the 6 nations - Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia.

What are the goals of the project, which target groups it aims to reach and who can benefit, who are the partners and which countries are involved, what has been done so far. You can learn all this from the attachments.

DANUrB+ Bulgarian partners – National Tourism Cluster “Bulgarian Guide” and New Bulgarian University, Department of Architecture with the tremendous support of the Associated Partner – Municipality of Vidin, organized the workshop "Local Values and Development of Cultural Tourism in the Region of Vidin, Bulgaria". Held on 31st March 2022, the event focused on the assets of the region, its local values and potential for development.

The Vice-Mayor of Municipality of Ruse, Mrs. Zlatomira Stefanova, officially opened the Regional Conference "Creative Danube. Challenges and Opportunities of Living in Shrinking and Peripheral Cities"

On 10th and 11th March 2022, DANUrB+ partners are organizing a Regional conference dedicated to the challenges in shrinking cities along the Danube. The event focuses on the opportunities for development of Bulgarian and Romanian settlements in the Danube regions, highlighting the importance of the "smart" networks, utilization of cultural and historical heritage and the power of the local communities.

In Bulgaria, St. Trifon's Day was celebrated on February 14, but after the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, it moved to February 1 (February 14 remains "Vineyard Day"). Trifon Zarezan is the day of wine, wine growers, pubs, and gardeners, which should be celebrated with lively feasts, smiles, and fun.

On 21st December 2021, as part of the DANUrB+ school programs, National Tourism Cluster “Bulgarian Guide” organized an online workshop “Sustainable Entrepreneurship along the Danube”. Attended by representatives of six vocational schools and gymnasiums from three different Bulgarian Danube towns – Vidin, Svishtov and Ruse, the event focused on the school programs in shrinking settlements and the planned for the Spring of 2022 Competition for young entrepreneurs based on the DANUrB+ Quality label criteria.