Prof. Lalko Dulevsky Is Awarded for Merits to the European Social Entrepreneurship

Wednesday, 29 September 2021 19:05

At an official ceremony the Head of State Rumen Radev awarded Prof. Dr. Lalko Dulevsky for his merits in building an effective social and civil dialogue. Prof. Dulevsky is a Chairman of the UNWE General Assembly, lecturer at the Human Resources and Social Protection Department and longstanding Chairman of the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria. The award is named after Stilian Balasopulov - longstanding Chairman of the National Union of Worker Producers Cooperatives /NUWPC/.

The event was part of the 9th European Forum on Social Entrepreneurship which is held in the framworks of the International Fair in Plovdiv.

The president Rumen Radev is awarding Prof. Dr. Lalko Dulevsky /in the picture on the right/

"This award is a kind of assessment of my long-term institutional and professional cooperation in the field of social economy with the National Union of Worker Producers Cooperatives, the other NGOs and of course, with the person we will always remember as a great friend and guardian for strong cooperatives and social еconomy - Stilian Balasopulov", said Prof. Dulevsky. He outlined that the Forum, the award and the presence of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria have indicated the indisputable political and state support for the social economy development in Bulgaria which proved to be the only area without employment reduction during the previous crisis but even with increased employment.

I would like to emphasize once again my personal opinion that the social economy appears and develops there and when the state cannot directly solve serious problems of a certain circle of people - these are the vulnerable groups as well as the people living in small and distant places. That`s why any support and recognition for the social economy and social entrepreneurship is in fact a support for those people who are currently the most disadvantaged in our country and in the European Union", commented Prof. Dulevsky.

Among the awarded organizations are also the National Union of Worker Producers Cooperatives in Bulgaria and the Agency for People with Disabilities.

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