Nikopol: Art, music and dance for Danube Day (29 June 2010)

Get drawing in the "The Danube - My River" pavement art competition; see the art works in this year's Danube Art Master creative extravaganza (see below) and put on your dancing shoes for local band, Energy Bit.

Kozloduy: River bank clean-up (29 June 2010)

If you want to help your local community directly, join with officers from the local authority and the Ruse Danube River Basin Directorate, as well as members of the general public, for a mass march to the Danube for a river bank clean-up. Activities involving local school children and the children's centre are also being planned.

Lom: Danube Day concert and exhibitions (29 June 2010)

The sound of beautiful voices will ring out from Lom's Danube Day with a special concert featuring choirs, folk music and dance groups. Three Danube exhibitions will take place on photography, model ships and children's paintings.

Belene: Cycle rally and street art contest (29 June 2010)

If your preference is for two wheels rather than two legs, Belene's Danube Day bicycle rally involving youngsters from the local children's centre will be for you. There's also a pavement art contest entitled "Inspired by the Danube".

Launch of the Danube Box teaching kit for schools

Danube Day 2010 sees the launch of a new version of the Danube Box interative teaching kit especially adapted for Bulgarian schools. Aimed at informing and educating youngsters about the importance of the Danube River, it covers the geography, ecology and cultural diversity of the Danube countries and guides students in how to protect water resources. It has been developed in conjunction with the Bulgarian Environmental Partnership Foundation. The kit will be incorporated into the Bulgarian education system and a series of seminars for teachers will be held in partnership with the Regional Inspectorates of Education. See www.danubebox.org.

Danube Art Master competition (deadline: 31 July 2010)

Every young person living in the Danube Basin is challenged to let their creativity run wild and make a piece of art inspired by their river in the Danube Art Master competition. Visit your local river to collect natural materials, rubbish items and inspiration to create your artwork! There are three age categories: 5-9 years, 10-14 years and 15-19 years and the Bulgarian winner will be announced by the 25th August. It's time to be inspired and win a prize! To find out how to enter, contact Dilyana Tsingileva of the Centre for Environmental Information and Education (CEIE) on +359 2 866 90 47; ceie [at] ceie [dot] org; d [dot] tsingileva [at] email [dot] bg. See also: www.ceie.org and the Danube River Basin District of Pleven Art Master page.  If you need some ideas, check out the Inspiration page.

Download the fact sheet

For event details and organisers, download the fact sheet: Danube Day 2010 in Bulgaria 19.01 KB

Further information

For the latest news, please contact:

Ivan Kalamerov of the Danube River Basin Directorate of Pleven on +359 64 885 132; ivan [dot] kalamerov [at] bddr [dot] org. See also: www.dunavbd.org and www.moew.government.bg.

Nelly Ilieva of the Ministry of Environment and Water on +359 2 940 6299; Ilievanelly [at] moew [dot] government [dot] bg.

To see how Bulgaria celebrated Danube Day last year, go to Review 2009.

links

Danube River Basin Directorate of Pleven: www.dunavbd.org/
Ministry of the Environment & Water: www.moew.government.bg
Centre for Environmental Information & Education (CEIE): www.ceie.org/ 
Danube Art Master publicity: Posoki web site; DNES web site

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