BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF EMPLOYERS IN CULTURE

Б А Р О К/BAROK/

BAROK is:

• Registered on 11th of March 2008 – f.d.№163/2008 of Sofia City Court

• Head office – Sofia,1504, 3’ Panayot Volov, str.

• Legal entity – non – profit society with public benefit

The main objectives of BAROK are:

• To co-ordinate the activity of it’s members and develop their capacity for participation in the social dialog in culture field

• To represent and defend the right and interests of the employers in the social dialog in culture field on municipality and national level

• To represent it’s members in collective bargaining in culture field • To represent it’s members in national and branch three way

cooperation on municipality and national level in the culture field

• To represent it’s members in front of Ministry of culture, other state and municipality entities, as well as in front of Bulgarian, foreign and international employers or syndicate organizations, for development the social dialog in culture field in municipality, national, European and International level

The main activities of BAROK are:• Pleading for development, establishment and assistance of the

social dialog in culture • Rising of the qualification of the persons, who are in charge of the

governing in culture • Establishment of regulations for professional ethics in the governing

in the culture field in correspondence with the international standards

• Reassurance of the politics for improvement of the work conditions in the culture field

• Establishment of standards for consumer’s attendance of culture products and services

• Establishment of standards for governing of the quality in the culture• Organizational and technical development in culture • Making decisions concerning the problems of the financing of

culture • Making decisions concerning the social problems of the workers

and servants, hired in culture • Making up arguments, which could occur in culture field with the

establishment of independent arbitration commission at BAROK

BAROK WILL USE IT’S CAPACITY FOR:

1. Development and establishment of the social dialog in culture

2. Organization of informational, training and promotional acts for development of the social dialog in culture

3. Assistance for the qualification of the persons who are in charge of the governing of culture

4. Assistance for development of the scientific and applicable science researches in management of culture and social dialog in culture

5. Assistance for professional training in culture 6. Assistance for good management in culture

MEMBERSHIP IN BAROK:

• Membership in BAROK is voluntary

• Membership in BAROK is full and associable

• The BAROK members preserve their legal and economical independency

MANAGEMENT AND WORKING UNITS OF BAROK:

• Corporative meeting• National council• Control council • Arbitration commission• Branch committees• Branches• Objective funds• Public council • Honorable committee

National council

• Mitko Todorov– chairman

• Anastas Popdimitrov

• Boryana Christova

• Mario Nikolov

• Maya Gidova

• Yavor Dimitrov

Control council:

• Damyan Yakov

• Svetozar Donev

• Iliyan Iliev

Establishers:• Anastas Popdimitrov - State Teather, Vraca• Boryana Sechanova – State Ballet “Arabesque” • Boryana Christova – National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius”• Vesselin Stoykov – State opera – Stara Zagora• Damyan Yakov – “Bulgarian Book” Society• Daniela Dimitrova – Regional Society of Community centers –

Pleven• Iliyan Ivanov – Puppet Teather - Gabrovo• Kiriyakos Argiropulos – Central Puppet Teather• Mario Nikolov – Art Music Center• Maya Gidova – Municipality cultural institute “Iskar” • Mitko Todorov – “Bulgarian Army” Teather• Plamen Djourov – “Boris Christov” Foundation• Svetozar Donev – SMT “Stefan Makedonski”• Yavor Dimitrov – Sofia Philharmonic

Branch committees :

• Branch committee for music and dance• Branch committee for theater• Branch committee for audio-visual industries• Branch committee for design• Branch committee for libraries and publishing• Branch committee for cultural animation• Branch committees for museums, galleries and

fine arts• Branch committee for multicultural industry

OBJECTIVE FUNDS

• Reassurance of the politics in the management of the quality in culture

• Research, information and qualification

• Reassurance of the politics for improvement of the work conditions in the culture field

• Reassurance of the mutual aid in culture

Contact us:barokbg@abv.bg

Mobile phones:

Mitko Todorov – +359 887 995 007 and

Momchil Georgiev - +359 887 652 131