Mission: The Centre for Research and Analysis (CRA) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization performing public services in the field of the education and science. The mission of CRA is to analyse the present and the prospects of the Bulgarian education and science, to create a network of educational institutions and research teams and through participation in joint national and international projects to work on integration into the European research and education area. CRA maintains contacts with national and international universities, research centres and organizations in the field of education, science and innovation. CRA is partnering with various government agencies for the implementation of national and international projects and with some European networks such as South- East Europe Science Program (SEE Science), The European Network of Science Centres and Museums (Ecsite), Enterprise European Network and OBSERVAL-Net.
Activities:
- Participation in national and European project in the field of education, science and innovation by performing:
- expert research, analysis and prognosis in the field of the education, science and innovations
- creation of network of stakeholders to participate in projects;
- dissemination of project's activities and results through the media;
- organization of national and international events (conferences, seminars, exhibitions, science cafés) related to the objectives of the project.
- Collecting, maintaining and ensuring public access to information (databases, web pages) in supporting Bulgarian scientific and educational teams for participation in European programs.;
- Organization of information campaigns, forums, workshops and other informational events for introduction and dissemination of EU scientific and educational initiatives to the public, decision makers and businesses with special emphasis to the youth.
- Organization of campaigns to support talented young people to participate in international education forums and competition.