Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Population:
International migration
Social Development:
Aging
Poverty
Social policy
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Demographics
Disaster management and vulnerability
International law
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Bulgaria
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1950 |
| Organizational structure: |
tHE BRC has a four-level organisational structure: 1. Local associations - 2 730; 2. Municipal branches - 269; 3. Regional, resp. Metropolitan level - 28 regional organisations 4. National level The General Assembly is the Supreme organ of BRC. The National Council is the main executive and ruling body. Its members /13 at the moment/ are elected every four years by the General Assembly. The BRC has full-time staff at national and regional level, which forms an administrative-executive body - the Secretariat. |
| Number and type of members: |
Number of members – 148 081, number of volunteers in 2014 – 19 454. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Part of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent; full member of AGE Platform Europe |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Grants from Governments
Fundraising campaigns
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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