following the thracians

Sofia1220, Sveti Nikola Novi Str. 22, tel. (003592) 936 04 02,
fax: (003592) 936 07 67, website: www.nadejda-crd.com, e-mail: nadejda.crd@abv.bg
PROJECT PRESENTATION
Dear friends,
Sdrujenie “Nadejda-CRD” is a non-governmental organization from Sofia, Bulgaria which has
an approved project under Key action 1: Learning mobility for individuals - European
voluntary
service
(EVS)
project
on
Erasmus
+
Programme,
called
“FOLLOWING THE THRACIANS” dedicated on archaeological excavations.
BACKGROUND
Project “Following the Thracians” is the successor project of two EVS projects Sdrujenie
“Nadejda-CRD” has implemented in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
In 2012 we did our first short-term EVS called “Thracian Past – European Future”, dedicated
to ancient Thracian cultural heritage. The project was successfully implemented in
Sboryanovo reserve (in Northeast Bulgaria) resulting with big archaeological achievements.
During the project were found fragments of silver jewelry with medallions with female faces,
bronze fibulas, iron weapons, cult objects and pottery.
In 2013 and 2014 we did our second project “Thracian
Heritage”. Totally 30 volunteers has participated in
archaeological excavations at 4 archaeological sites:
Sboryanovo reserve, near Sveshtari village, Northeastern
Bulgaria; Vetren Village, Pistiros Archaeological site, near
Septemvri, Southern Bulgaria; Archaeological sites in Ahtopol,
a town and seaside resort on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast and Area in Velingrad
called “Sveti Iliya”, a town in Pazardzhik region, Southern Bulgaria. The excavations brought
significant results of royal funerals, ceramics, findings of coins, etc.
THIS MOTIVATED US TO APPLY THE NEXT EVS PROJECT “FOLLOWING THE THRACIANS”
The project was planned in 4 sessions, including totally 30 volunteers. In the summer of
2015 we will implement the first 2 sessions of the project with 12 volunteers, as
following:
No
PERIOD
PLACE / ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
SESSION 1:
10.07 – 31.07.2015
SESSION 2:
01.08 – 30.08.2015
Omurtag Thomb, Sboryanovo reserve,
near Sveshtari village, Razgrad region,
northeastern Bulgaria
Area in Velingrad called “Sveti Iliya”,
a town in Pazardzhik region,
Southern Bulgaria
COUNTRIES /
ORGANISATIONS/
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
Spain –Intercambia- 2
Romania – CVCN – 2
Italy – Jump In – 2
Armenia – ICIRLD - 2
Estonia – Seiklejate - 2
Turkey – UGAMD - 2
EVS: “FOLLOWING THE THRACIANS”
DESCRIPTION:
The topic of the archaeological project is the ancient Thracian cultural heritage. The project
will take place in four significant archaeological sites - “Sboryanovo” reserve and an area
in Velingrad called ‘Sveti Iliya’. The duration of the first two sessions of the project will be
2 months – one month each place.
The first session of the project will start on 1st July 2015 and will continue for 1 month on
the territory of “Sboryanovo” archaeological reserve. There will continue the exploration of
the Big Sveshtari tumulus and other Tumulus in the Reserve, where in 2012 and 2013 a
chest full of golden objects was found.
The second session will continue in August in the Western Rhodopi mountains – the
birthplace of the mythical musician Orpheus starting from 1th August till 30th August 2015.
The focus of the excavations there will be Thracian sacred places.
In the beginning of the EVS activity, from 1st to 4th July On-arrival training will take place in
Sofia. It will be done by Sdrujenie “Nadejda-CRD”. After the On-arrival training the EVS
volunteers will be transported to Sveshtari village.
The activities for volunteers will include:
fieldwork with professional archaeologists (digging, object cleaning, map developing,
geophysical measurements, photography)
historical restorations (Thracian feast, games, rituals, clothes, etc)
educational visits to places related to the Thracian history
drawing and describing archaeological findings
getting to know the ancient customs of the local people
reconstructions
keeping an inventory and archaeological records
thematic lectures and presentations
cultural nights with presentations of each country; introduction of participants,
countries and their most important archaeological discoveries
camping (at the seaside or in the mountain)
The participants will be accommodated in small family hotels in Sveshtari and in
Velingrad, near the sites where the activities will take place.
The Erasmus+ grant will cover all the accomodation costs, food and internal
transportation.
The pocket money grant is 72.34 euro per month.
The programme will cover fixed sums of travel costs due to the Erasmus+ Distance
calculator:
Spain – Bulgaria – 360 euro per participant
Romania – Bulgaria – 180 euro per participant
Italy – Bulgaria – 275 euro per participant
Armenia – Bulgaria – 275 euro per participant
Estonia – Bulgaria – 275 euro per participant
Turkey – Bulgaria – 275 euro per participant
If you are interested in being a volunteer in our project, please fill in the Volunteer’s
application form until 10 June 2014.
For more information, please, don’t hesitate to ask:
Project coordinator:
Diliana Vuchkova
dilianavuchkova@gmail.com
00359 889 655 178
00359 894 621 123
Office phone: 00359 2 936 04 02
Office fax: +35929360767
Post address of the organization:
Sdrujenie "Nadejda-CRD"
Sveti Nikola Novi Str. 22
Sofia 1220
BULGARIA