INNOVATIVE SERVICES UNDER THE GLOB@L LIBRARIES – BULGARIA

PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

11 - 12 July 2012, Koprivshtitsa

Krasimira Kaneva Regional Manager

Target Libraries in Sofia District

Target libraries 76 libraries

ICT equipment 351 desktop computers, 28 laptops 69 multimedia devices 76 multifunctional devices 6 color printers

Equipment cost: USD 245,000

Software cost: USD 1,027,000

What is Partnership?

Partnership is cooperation between organizations

with common areas of operation,

common goals and joint activities.

Partnership is regulated by a

Memorandum of Understanding

Partnership Principles

Common goals

Common area of operation

Equitable relations

Mutual interest

Communication and monitoring mechanisms

Long-term cooperation, sustainability

How to Build a Successful Partnership?

Local Communit

y

Municipality

Library

Educational institutions: schools, universities, research organizations

Social assistance services, health services

Cultural institutions: museums, theaters

Media

Library Partners (1)

Library Partners (2)

Business: commercial companies, banks, local producers and service providers

NGOs: child protection, support to senior people, work with disabled people

Sports clubs and teams

Natural persons: volunteers, intellectuals, local leaders, activists

Religious organizations

Other organizations abroad

Innovative Service and Good Practice: Definitions

Innovative Service Good Practice

Meets new needs

Implements a new approach/ method

Provides access to a new type of information

Attracts new users

A method or technique facilitating the achievement of high results and customizable to other similar organizations

Innovative e-Services

The Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Programin Support of Partnership

Objective:

To identify partnership building and sustaining opportunities for innovative services with the support of the Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program:

Assess existing partnerships of GLB target libraries

Collect and distribute partnership ideas, experience and good practices

Identify strategic national and local level partners for the adoption of new services

Support libraries in building new partnerships

The Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Programin Support of Partnership

Activities:

Meetings with public administration representatives to identify partner initiatives for new service adoption

District meetings for librarians and local community representatives to discuss partnership

Develop materials (brochures, presentations, CDs) on successful partnerships

Expert and financial support for partnership building

e-Health, Bulgaria

Drugs prevention in Parvomay municipality

Partners:

Education Municipal Directorate Child Pedagogical Room, Regional

Police Directorate Schools and parents’ boards Hygienic and Epidemiological Inspectorate Bulgarian Red Cross

e-Health, Bulgaria

A lecture on drugs and alcohol prevention organized in the village of Trud

Partners: the local office of the National Alliance for Work with Volunteers the psychologist of the Municipality

Free cardiac tests and information about health prevention and healthy lifestyles in the village of Belogradets, Varna district

Partner: the Municipality

The library in the town of Banya provides the service “Inclusion of people with mental disabilities as active computer users”

Partners: Municipality Home for Mentally

Disabled People

e-Inclusion, Bulgaria

The village of Negovanovtsi, Vidin district, implements the “Pass on and Return” service for information exchange between senior and young people

Partners: Pensioner’s club Volunteers / amateur performers

The town of Utena, Lithuania, provides a program based on play techniques for schooldrop-outs

Partners: Educational center Pedagogical and psychological assistance office Education Municipal Directorate

ПРЕДИЗВИКАТЕЛСТВА

Village of Archar, Vidin district, program for Roma school drop-outs

Partners:RICMunicipality

e-Employment, Ukraine

In Katerinopol, volunteers assess unemployment among women victims of domestic violence

Beregina Project

Partners:

Employment Office Business development association Media: a radio station, a newspaper

e-Government, Romania

400 libraries 17,000 farmers (2011) more than 20 million euro of subsidies 54,000 euro per library 250,000 euro of saved transport costs 34,000 saved work days

Service: Submission of subsidy application forms by agricultural producers in 2011

Partner: Paying Agency

Pasvalis, a service in support of farmers, including: ICT network for farmers’ smartphones; web portal for information sharing; online promotion and sale of agricultural products Partners:

NGOs, e-information for librarians Farmers’ organizations Global Libraries

e-Business, Ukraine

Melitopol, e-map of tourism and investment

Partner:

Local authorities

Service adoption activities

Resources/Budget

Information about the

new service

Effect/Impact

Target group and service

identification

Identification of potential partners