INTERNATIONAL BAT NIGHT 2013

Report

“Green Balkans - Stara Zagora” NGO

05.11.2013

CONTENTS

I. Narrative report

1.Summary

2. Partner organizations

3. Information on the local

events

4. Printed and dissemination

material

5. Media coverage

6. Contribution of the partner

organizations. Voluntary

contribution. Attracted funding.

7. Challenges, additional comments

II. PHOTOES FROM THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES

III. FINANCIAL REPORT - Summary of the costs by items

1. SUMMARY

The International Bat Night 2013 campaign was celebrated with a series of events,

held between September 28th - November 1st.

A total of 14 settlements took part in the campaign. Additional four settlements

- Sliven, Veliko Tarnovo, the village of Musina and Pleven joined the initial selection

of cities to implement the campaign (Sofia, Burgas, stara Zagora, Plovdiv, Vratsa,

Shumen, Knezha, Lovech, Pomorie).

The towns of Knezha, Lovech and Pleven organized the campaign for the first time.

Furthermore, as a part of the overall campaign, additional presentations were

organized on Halloween in Stara Zagora and during the Annual Biodiversity Awards

of the BBF, while the bat exhibition was presented in the Sofia Zoo.

More than 2150 children and citizens from all ages got directly involved,

visiting the local events, taking part in the exhibitions and presentations, watching

the videos or joining the art ateliers.

Schoolchildren from over 50 schools and kindergartens participated in the

events.

The 2013 campaign was the best covered Bat Night by media. Over 110 regional

and national media covered the events within more than 10 TV reportages, more

than 15 publications in printed media and over 150 web-publications.

The printed exhibitions and materials will be used throughout the year in order

to promote the great significance of bats and multiply the effects of the campaign.

A total of 115 experts and voluntary collaborators took part in the event with

over 220 man-days of voluntary efforts.

Additional equipment and consumables at a total cost of 600 BGN were secured.

Supplementary small-scale and in-kind donations were attracted, such as additional

print of posters, bonus bat rings, quiz prizes, income from the electronic shop, etc.

Valuable contacts were established in order to guarantee the successful future

implementation of the campaign.

Through the support of MoEW/EMEPA and the voluntary contribution of the

partner organizations, the 2013 campaign was the biggest we have ever

organized (in terms of involved settlements and impact).

2. PARTICIPANTS/PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

The following organizations and institutions were involved with the implementation of the events:

Bat Research and Protection Centre – NHM – BAS ;

Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB);

Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation - BBF;

“Devetashko plato” Association;

“Culture and Energy” - Ruse Association;

“Razlichniat pogled” Association;

“Madarski konnik”- Shumen Scout club;

Regional History Museum of Ruse;

“Borba” - Knezha Community Centre;

RIEW Ruse;

Municipality of Knezha;

Municipality of Burgas;

Regional History Museum of Pleven;

Regional History Museum of Knezha;

Vrachanski Balkan Natural Park Directorate;

Sinite kamani Natural Park Directorate;

Prista - Ruse Caving Club;

Salamander - Stara Zagora Caving Club;

Puldin - Plovdiv Caving Club;

Heliktit - Sofia Caving Club;

Dervent - Veliko Tarnovo Caving Club;

Academic Tourist Society at the Veliko Turnovo University;

“Dr. Vasil Beron” Professional High-school of Tourism - Veliko Tarnovo;

School speleological club at “Prof. Rafail Popov”- Veliko Tarnovo.

Some of the organizations were recruited for the first time - “Devetashko plato”

Association, “Razlichinat pogled” Association, “Borba” Community Centre.

3. INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL EVENTS

SOFIA (September 28)

Sofia launched the campaign celebrating the International Bat Night 2013. The event took place in the National Natural History Museum from 11 am to 6

pm. The event was organized by the Bat Research and Protection Centre – NHM – BAS. The hosts had prepared videos, documentaries, art workshops

for kids and adults, as well as explorer games.

- Come here, I found it - "while hibernating bats breathe once every 90 minutes!"

- No, no, this can’t be true!

- It is true, that’s the answer!

Such conversations could be heard in the halls of the National Museum of Natural History on Saturday, while excited children - participants in the game "The flight of the bat", were running with the questionnaires in their hands.

In addition to finding the right answers, hidden between the windows with stuffed animals, they also had to face many challenges, such as trying to fly with bat wings.

The program of the International Bat Night also included many other

attractions, deeply impressing all those more than 350 participants that took part in the event. Several interactive presentations by scientists from the Bat Research and Protection Centre – NHM – BAS, presented the huge

diversity of bats, worldwide and in Bulgaria, as well as interesting facts related to the behavior and the biology of the flying mammals and the threats

to these vulnerable animals.

The program also included documentaries, where high-speed cameras and night vision devices revealed the hidden beauty of the flying animals. Thirty photographs by the famous photographers Rollin Verlinde and Dietmar Neil

illustrated most of Bulgaria’s bat diversity.

On the top floor of the Art Workshop, located between the beautiful windows with butterflies, the visitors had the opportunity to get acquainted with the

arts of decoupage and unleash their imagination to design their own artwork. Representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Water, special

guests at the event, were symbolically awarded certificates for their participation during the official opening (we would like to remind you that the National Campaign celebrating the International Bat Night 2013 is

implemented with the support of the Enterprise for Environment Protection Activities and the Ministry of Environment and Water within a partnership

project coordinated by Green Balkans, involving more than 20 organizations and institutions).

A total of 15 volunteers took part in the event.

The Bat Night of Sofia was covered in over 15 web-publications and printed media. Video-reportages were shown by the Bulgarian National Television,

bTV and information agencies.

STARA ZAGORA (October 4th)

The event was organized by Green Balkans, which welcomed their guests in the Peti Oktomvri Park from 6 pm in order to show them new and interesting

things about bats.

The campaign raised huge interest despite the outside temperature barely reached 4 degrees.

Equipped with warm jackets, hats, and even gloves, the children that took part in the campaign participated in various art studios. They drew pictures,

colored balloons, and made bat masks and origami. Our friends from “The different vision” Society, who made bat figures and other beautiful artifacts

from waste materials in their “Recycling studio”, joined the organizers from Green Balkans. The team of "Salamander" Speleological Club demonstrated the speleological equipment and the "single rope technique."

The participants in the campaign had the opportunity to send their own symbolic message for the conservation of bats. The adult guests also had the chance to learn something new, enjoying the exhibitions of photographs and information, and watching movies about bats.

All the guests of the campaign tasted the already traditional "bat cookies" – honey biscuits and butter biscuits, made this year by Theodora Stoeva. The children were given badges and the artists, who worked hard, received bat

rings, donated by George Stoytchev.

A total of 150 people took part in the campaign. Among them were schoolchildren from Liuben Karavelov Primary School of Nova Zagora, 2nd

Primary School “Petko Slaveykov”, Secondary School Zheleznik and Radost Kindergarten - Stara Zagora.

More than 15 volunteers of Green Balkans, who organized and took part in the event, invested some 20 man-days of voluntary labour.

The event was presented by the Stara Zagora Television, printed media and over 15 web-publications.

PLOVDIV (October 7th)

In Plovdiv the event started at 6 pm in the Tzar-Simeonova Garden. The Night was organized by Green Balkans and comprised an information campaign

with bat presentations, bat exhibition, drawing of bats, games and quizzes.

In honor of the flying mammals, an art studio was established, where young and grown-up artists had the chance to draw pictures, made bat models using materials available at hand, color balloons or create their own art. All

visitors had the opportunity to enjoy the exhibition of photographs and to

learn more about the life of bats from the information on the colorful boards and panels. Movies illustrated the life of bats on a special screen.

For a second year in a row, the campaign was organized with the support of “Puldin” Speleological Club. The speleologists demonstrated rope climbing techniques. Those participants, who were more courageous, were given the opportunity to try climbing and to obtain information about caves and their

conservation. All guests tasted the traditional cookies, learned something new, and, thanks to the event, will be braver, calmer and friendlier in their

future encounters with bats.

The campaign was organized with the valuable support of numerous volunteers, including students from "Prof. Zlatarov" Vocational School of Tourism and "Tsanko Lavrenov" National High School of Arts - Plovdiv. A total

of 10 volunteers invested some 15 man-days of voluntary effort in order to organize and complete the event.

The event was covered in over 10 web-publications, as well as reportages in local radio-stations and televisions.

POMORIE (October 9th)

The event was organized by Green Balkans. The Bat Night took place in the “Lake Pomorie” Visitor Center between 10 am and 3 pm. This time the event was celebrated during the day rather than at night. The visitors had the

chance to learn more about the usefulness of bats from the displayed banners and pictures including detailed information. Documentaries dedicated to the

flying mammals were shown throughout the day. The kids took part in art workshops and all the guests took pictures of the bat decoys.

The event was attended by some 40 school children.

A total of 4 voluntary collaborators of Green Balkans invested some 10

man-days of labour in the organization and implementation of the campaign.

Information on the event was mostly published by web-media.

BURGAS (October 10th)

The event was organized by BSPB and BBF, with the support of the

Municipality of Burgas and “Morsko Casino” Cultural Centre (Georgi Baev

Hall). The campaign comprised bat presentations, drawing and bat model

competition for children, art workshops.

The event was attended by some 150 people. Nearly 120 of them were

schoolchildren from various Burgas schools and they took part with parents,

teachers, citizens and media representatives.

Pupils from 7 schools participated in the competition for bat model: Hristo

Botev Primary School - Dolno Ezerovo (group project), Hristo Botev Primary

School - Marinka (individual projects), Vasil Arpilov Primary School

(individual projects), Ep. K. Preslavski Secondary School (individual projects),

Bratya Miladinovi Primary School (two classes and individual projects), Sv. Sv.

Kiril I Metodii Secondary School (individual projects), Zlatnata ribka

Kindergarten (group project). They all received gifts from the organizers.

The participants from the Group for Caves and Bat Research at Green

Balkans showed a multimedia presentation on bats and organized a walk

with a bat detector in the Sea Garden.

A total of 10 volunteers from 3 organizations took part in the organization

and implementation of the even - BSPB (6 people), BBF (1 peson), Green

Balkans (3 people) through about 10 man-days of voluntary labour.

The event was covered by over 20 publications in web-media, as well as

regional printed media. Interviews were taken by TV SKAT, Radio Focus and

BNR Burgas.

VELIKO TARNOVO – October 10th

The event was organized by Dervent Caving Club at Academic Tourist Society at the Veliko Tarnovo University and Prof. Rafail Popov School

Speological Club at Dr. Vasil Beron Professional High School on Tourism. They are organizing the Bat Night for a third serial year.

The event took place on 10.10.2013 at Dr. Vasil Beron Professional High School on Tourism, Veliko Tarnovo. The campaign comprised bat talks, an exhibition, video and presentations, followed by workshops for bat masks, origami, drawing on balloons and a quiz to test the knowledge of

the schoolchildren.

In addition to the indoor activities, the cavers demonstrated rope climbing techniques.

The event was attended by over 100 people - from young kids to pensioners.

Most interested, of course, were the pupils of the hosting school, yet most active were the pupils from Dimitar Blagoev Primary School. The Principal of Dr. Vasil Beron Professional High School on Tourism and representatives of

Department Education at Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo were also guests of the event.

The Bat Night was covered by local media, while a day later Darik Radio

played a half-an-hour-long interview with the Chairman of Dervent Caving Club on the topic.

VILLAGE OF MUSINA, MUNICIPALITY OF PAVLIKENI - October 12th

The village of Musina joined the campaign on 12.10.2013, initiated by

Dervent Caving Club at Academic Tourist Society at the Veliko Tarnovo University and Prof. Rafail Popov School Speological Club at Dr. Vasil Beron Professional High School on Tourism. The event took place on-field,

in one of the most significant bat sites in the area - the Cave of Musina. The event was attended by the organizers, as well as 20 more enthusiasts, 15 children from Musina and 10 local citizens. The mayor of the town of

Pavlikeni, the mayor of the village of Musina and additional official guests

from the village, the municipal centre and a fellow-town in Belorussia also joined the visit.

A total of 31 people took part in the organization and implementation of the Bat Night in Veliko Tarnovo and Musina: 9 members of Dervent Caving Club,

16 pupils from Prof. Rafail Popov School Speological Club, 4 employees and teachers from Dr. Vasil Beron Professional High School on Tourism, 2 people

from the Town Hall of Musina. Some 40 man-days of voluntary labour was invested in the organization of the event for carrying out 3 presentations, setting up the exhibition and the hall, preparation and printing of

dissemination material, preparation of signboards, masks; safeguarding the rope climbing techniques, preparation of the talks, etc.

Preliminary information before the event was disseminated by the cable radio Veliko Tarnovo, Radio Focus - Veliko Tarnovo and a sum-up article on the

precipices at Musina in the Jantra Dnes newspaper. SHUMEN (October 13th)

The event was organized by Madarski konnik Scout Club - Shumen.

The Night was celebrated with an informational and educational campaign,

which took place from 5 pm in the Youth Centre of the town.

The event was supported by a team of Green Balkans volunteers, which

organized art workshops, showed a presentation and set up a walk with an

ultrasonic detector.

A total of 6 volunteers invested 8 man-days of voluntary labour for the

organization and implementation of the event.

It was covered by web-media, Radio Shumen, Horizont.

KNEZHA (October 15th)

The event took place in the Municipal History Museum.

It was organized by the Center for Bat Studies and Protection, NMNH –

BAS, and Green Balkans.

Following the official opening of the event, a presentation on the flying

mammals acquainted all those 100 participants with the life of the

mysterious insectivores, the related research methods, and the threats to

their populations and habitats. The children learned that bats are unique,

endangered and very important for all of us.

Lots of artists of all ages presented their works, and a jury awarded the

most talented kids. The exhibition displayed a total of 80 drawings by some

60 children from 5 schools – “Knezhitsa” Primary School, “Otets Paisiy”

Secondary School, “Vasil Levski” Secondary School”, “Neofit Rilsky” Secondary

School, and “Hristo Smirnensky” Vocational School of Mechanical and

Electrical Engineering, as well as “Knezha in Europe” Youth Society.

The event was attended by a big group of Macedonian students involved in

an international exchange program with “Hristo Smirnensky” Vocational

School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. They had the chance to try

flying on bat wings, take pictures of their own faces with a bat body, learn lots

of interesting facts about the life of their flying friends from the information

signboards, as well as enjoy the photo exhibition illustrating various bat

species.

Young and already grown up children made medallions, masks, 3D bats,

etc. in various art studios. Everybody was in high spirit and euphoria.

All the participants enjoyed the beautiful and delicious bat cookies and

candies. The children got a lot of knowledge, entertainment, and of course ...

many gifts.

The Director of the Municipal History Museum, as well as the administration

of the Municipality of Knezha and Borba Community Centre were all

extremely helpful, not only securing premises for the campaign but also being

actively involved with the preparation of the event.

VRATSA (October 17th)

The European Bat Night in Vratsa raised huge interest. The initiative was

organized by Vrachanski Balkan Natural Park Directorate, Municipality of

Vratsa and Razvitie 1869 Community Centre.

All representatives got active with bat gymnastics and games and after that

entered the world of art through art ateliers, prepared especially for the event.

The youngsters designed bat masks and origami, drew on balloons and

listened to bat sounds with great enthusiasm.

Each kid received unique bat make-up. Volunteers from Kozma Trichkov

Secondary School, Acad. Ivan Tsenov High School, Hristo Botev Secondary

School and Language High School of Vratsa took care of the good mood of the

participants.

The event was attended by 60 kids. Among them were 40 pupils from second

grade of Kiril and Metodii Primary School Vratsa, which produced a play to

present curious information for bats. Pupils from Kozma Trichkov Secondary

School, Acad. Ivan Tsenov High School, Hristo Botev Secondary School and

Language High School of Vratsa also took part.

The event was shown by Moderna TV, Darik Radio, BNR, Radio Vidin and over

20 web-publications.

PLEVEN (October 18th)

The event in Pleven was organized in addition to the initially provided

campaigns by the Regional History Museum, supported by volunteers of

Green Balkans.

The event was held on October 18th at the museum’s “Nature” department,

where one of the premises was turned into a Bat Hall.

Over 550 students from the High School of Mathematics, the Foreign

Language School, the High School of Tourism, “Vasil Levsky” Primary School,

the Vocational School of Civil Engineering, “Tsvetan Simeonov” High School,

the Pedagogy College, “Dr. Petar Beron” Primary School, “Aleko Konstantinov”

Vocational School of Tourism, and schoolchildren from the town of Levski

visited the museum. The participants enjoyed the rolling exhibitions

including pictures and information about bat species, took part in multimedia

presentations and art workshops, and watched documentaries about bats.

More than 8 local media covered the event, thus supporting our efforts for the

protection of bats. There were also publications in the local newspapers -

Posoki and Posrednik. There were more than 15 web-publications.

LOVECH (October 19th)

The event was organized by Devetashko plato Association, Green Balkans and

Heraklit Caving Club.

Lovech joined the campaign for the first time in 2013.

The event took place at the Todor Kirkov square on October 19th from 5 pm.

Each of the cities, which took part in the Bat Night showed something unique,

Lovech presented the wonderful pieces of art of the young artists from two

local art schools. They granted their art so that it can be used for the

campaign in the following years.

Over 60 children from Lovech took part in the campaign, participating in art

ateliers, while 30 citizens visited the exhibition and got information about

bats.

RUSE (October 21st)

The event was organized by BSPB, Culture and Energy Association, Prista Speleological Club - Ruse, RIEW Ruse. It comprised multimedia

presentations, art ateliers, climbing demonstrations and videos, among them the bat video of Branimir Popov.

Over 230 participants joined the event. Among them were 180 school

children from Leonardo da Vinci Private School and Ivan Vazov School, citizens and kids, which found out about the event through media and

disseminated materials.

The cavers from Prista Speleological Club performed “The flight of the bat”, using climbing techniques and inviting the more courageous visitors to try

also.

The event was attended by a representative of RIEW Ruse.

The campaign was covered by over 25 web-publications and BNT.

SLIVEN (October 25th)

Green Balkans celebrated the Bat Night in Sliven on October 25th. The city

hosted the event for the first time.

Over 250 children and citizens took part in the presentations, received

information materials, admired the travelling exhibition and joined the art

ateliers.

All kids got the already traditional bat cookies.

At dusk the kids greeted the appearing bats in the City Park with happiness

as they already knew that they are unique and valuable creatures.

The initiative involved a total of 6 volunteers of Green Balkans, who

invested a total of 10 man-days of voluntary labour.

The event was covered by 15 web-media publications and regional TV and

radio channels.

OTHER EVENTS

In addition to the initially provided events, the following supplementary

activities were organized within the campaign:

Presentation of the campaign at the Annual Biodiversity Awards of BBF

The campaign took place on XX in Sofia. It was attended by hundreds of

citizens, representatives of all operating NGOs in Bulgaria (in the field of

nature conservation). The two travelling bat exhibitions were presented at the

event and advertising material was disseminated in order to improve the

awareness on the significance of bats.

Presentation of the travelling exhibition at the Halloween celebrations in

Stara Zagora

“Razlichniat pogled” Association initiated the presentation of the travelling bat

exhibition at the celebration organized for Halloween on October 31st.

Presentation of the travelling bat exhibitions in the Sofia Zoo

One of the goals of the Bat campaign this year was to expand it beyond the

one-month-campaign provided. This is why after an initiation of the Sofia Zoo,

the travelling bat exhibitions will be displayed in the “Cats Hall and

Terrariums” until April 2014. The official opening of the exhibition is

scheduled for November 9th.

4. PRINTED AND DISSEMINATION MATERIAL

The following printed and dissemination items were produced within the

campaign:

T-shirts and badges with the 2013 logo of the campaign.

Bat poster Model of bat wings

Travelling bat exhibition, comprising 5 roll-banners - “Bats and Forests”, “Bats and Caves” - 2 pcs., “Bats and Cities”, “Bats and Wetlands”

“In bat skin” model

Banner

Yana Kazakova developed original illustrations for the leaflet, poster,

badges, T-shirt and banner, which significantly improved the original and

colourful appearance of the materials.

Съгласно изискванията на Договора с ПУДООС, всички издания по

проекта отразяваха финансовата подкрепа на донора. Посочени бяха и

организациите партньори, заявили предварително участието си в

Кампанията. Всички материали съдържаха и логото на EUROBATS като

инициатор за отбелязването на Нощта на прилепите.

All materials issued clearly indicated the financial support of the donor,

as required by the contract signed with EMEPA. All organizations and

partners who had preliminary stated their interest in taking part in the

campaign were also listed. All materials bore the EUROBATS logo as an

initiator of the Bat Night.

Serious effort was invested in preserving the materials in a state to allow for

their subsequent use for future campaigns.

The leaflets and posters were developed so that they can be used also outside

the campaign and throughout the year, in order to promote bat

conservation. This was the campaign contributed towards solving one extra

problem - the lack of information material in Bulgarian, aiming at bat

conservation.

The travelling bat exhibitions will remain in the Sofia Zoo after the end

of the campaign, where they will be displayed in the “Cats Hall”.

5. CONTRIBUTION OF THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. VOLUNTARY

CONTRIBUTION. ATTRACTED FUNDING.

SUPPLEMENTARY CONSUMABLES AND EQUIPMENT IN ADDITION TO THE EMEPA FUNDING

Within the campaign, in addition to the materials purchased/prepared within the EMEPA funding, the partner organizations secured additional consumables, equipment, funds for communication and phones. The tentative figures of the overall contribution accounts for some 6000 BGN

(calculated on the basis of tentative rent prices of the relevant equipment or price of consumables).

The following items were secured for the aims of the campaign: Plovdiv - Green Balkans provided for the purposes of the campaign portable tables, multimedia projector, laptop computer, ultrasound bat detector, different consumables. Caving equipment was provided by cave club “Puldin”.

Pomorie - Green Balkans provided for free use of halls of Pomorie Lake visistor centre, LCD monitors and presentation equipment, different

consumables.

Burgas – Municipality of Burgas, culture centre “Marine casino” provided hall for the event, multimedia projector and sound system, tables and chairs,

BSPB provided awards to the participants in a competition for bat model (2 free excursions to Poda conservation centre at a value of BGN 350), BBF printed materials for the workshop, BSPB volunteers provided products and

baked bat cookies.

Veliko Tarnovo and Musina – by professional hisgh school on tourism “Dr.

P. Beron” – Veliko Tarnovo; donation for fuel and transport provided by members of cave club “Dervent” supported the campaign with cancellation, literature, copy equipment, laptop computer and multimedia projector,

provided hall and venue. Cave club “Dervent” provided equipment for demonstration of rope climbing and rope trolley.

Russe – RIOEW Russe provided material for production of bat installation

worth BGN 160. They provided rooms for presentations, multimedia projector and equipment. Free for the campaign’s purpose was provided the movie on

bats shot with infrared camera “In the dark” of Branimir Popov. Caving equipment for the demonstration “Flight of the bat” was provided by cave club “Prista” – Russe.

Stara Zagora - Green Balkans provided own equipment – tent, three portable tables, laptop computer, screen, multimedia projector and consumables.

Tables and chairs provided by Stara Zagora municipality, caving equipment by cave club “Salamander”.

VOLUNTARY LABOUR - ORGANIZATION, COORDINATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EVENTS

Кампанията мобилизира над 115 доброволци от над 20

организации/институции, а също така ученици от различни

училища.

The campaign recruited over 115 volunteers from more than 20

organizations/institutions, as well as pupils from various schools.

More than 240 man-days of voluntary labour were invested in organizing

and implementing the events - preparation of materials, design of posters,

quizzes, games, baking of cookies, preparation of a video, purchasing

materials, etc.

Green Balkans granted over 90 man-days from our team, taking part in

the local events, doing overall coordination, preparing the printing materials,

collecting and achieving data for the impact of the campaign, purchasing and

transporting materials to other cities, reporting.

All this has turned the 2013 campaign into the greatest in scale, human

and time resource, since the start of the Bat Nights in Bulgaria.

6. MEDIA, SOCIAL NETWORK AND WEB COVERAGE

6.1. Sites of the partner organizations

Information from all events was presented on the web-sites of all partners, the

site of Green Balkans and the specialized bat conservation site at: www.greenbakans.org/prilepi.

6.2. Social networks

Information was also regularly shared on Facebook - on the specialized page “For the Bats”, on the profile pages of the speleological clubs and partner organizations, on the private profiles of volunteers of the campaigns.

6.3. Media

The event was covered by a number of televisions - on a national and regional

scale, among them bTV, TV Sliven, TV Rimex, other regional TV channels.

Radio Stara Zagora, Darik Radio, Radio Bulgaria, Radio Sofia, Radio Shumen, Radio Focus, Radio Veliko Tarnovo played reportages or invited the organizers

for live interviews.

Special articles were printed in newspapers, such as Starozagorski novini,

Posoki, Posrednik, etc…

The event was covered by the information agencies of BTA, Focus Agency, BGNes and over 110 web-sites, among them: trud.bg, zonaburgas.bg,

chernomorie-bg.com, www.24chasa.bg, burgasnews.com, sun-bg.com, slivenlive.bg, tvsliven.net, nbp.bg, starazagora.biz, starazagorautre.bg, stzagora.net, starazagora.bg, radio-sz.net, kolonkata.info, starozagorci.com, pochivka.com, plovdivutre.bg, 360mag.bg, mediacafe.bg, potv.eu, utroruse.com, psleonardo.com, ews.ournet.bg,

www.brjag.bg, www.sbj-bg.eu, riosv-ruse.org, agro.bg, arenamedia.net, news.bgnes.com, ruse-news.com, lovech.iag.bg, ruseinfo.net, shumen.iag.bg, snimkapress.com, vr-balkan.net, vratzadnes.com, kozloduy-bg.info, iag.bg, vratzadnes.com, zovnews.com, lovechtoday.eu, zetramedia.com, plovdivchanin.com, infopleven.com, plevenzapleven.bg, posredniknews.com, bgsever.info, sever.bg, ngobg.info/bg, plevenzapleven.bg, plevenlive.bg, grada.bg, odknews.wordpress.com, peika.bg, forthenature.org, inews.bg, news7.bg, varhove.com, eco.viaexpo.com, sun-bg.com, nauteka.bg, shum.bg, bulphoto.com, bgnes.com, novinar.net, kolonkata.info, kidsarts.bg, www.blitz.bg, bulphoto.com, www.radio999bg.com, prirodolubitel.wordpress.com, burgas.topnovini.bg, www.anonce.bg, poligraff.net, berkovitza.kmeta.bg, powerfm.bg, radiovidin.bnr.bg, еtc…

6.4. Videos

Two videos were developed within the campaign - one to present the campaign itself and one to present bats in particular. The videos were

assembled by a volunteer – Boyan Chavdarov, who also provided original music. The videos were up-loaded on the You Tube platform and will be disseminated for promoting the cause of the campaign - bat conservation in

Bulgaria.

A video for the local campaign was also prepared by volunteers from Vratsa.

The videos will also be shown though modern video-spots, projecting on public places in Stara Zagora within a project for City Media of the Transformatori Association.

7. CHALLENGES, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

За The Bat Night is a serious campaign in terms of scale and involvement. In

order to secure its professional organization and smooth implementation, it is advisable to provide funding for overall coordination (Coordinator and several

man-days at each site). The transport of printed materials and products consumed considerable time and financial resource and held additional risk of damaging exhibition items,

banners, etc. It is recommended that each city operates with an own resource for exhibitions. This would save the time and costs for transport and will

preserve them for more campaigns. It is also recommended to budget for communication costs within the campaign.

The report is developed by: Elena Stoeva Green Balkans NGO, Bat and Cave Protection Group

12.11.2013г., Stara Zagora

“Green Balkans” is a partner of BirdLife Europe, through the kind cooperation of Fledermausschutz- und forschung in Österreich (KFFÖ)

II. PHOTOES FROM THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES

SOFIA – 28th Septembre

STARA ZAGORA – 4th October

PLOVDIV – 7th October

POMORIE – 9th October

BURGAS – 10th October

VELIKO TARNOVO – 10th October

MUSINA – 12th October

SCHUMEN – 13th October

KNEZHA – 15th October

VRATZA – 17th October

PLEVEN – 18th October

LOVECH – 19th October

RUSE – 21th October

SLIVEN – 25th October

Showing of the exhibition at Sofia Zoo

Sofia - Annual BBF biodiversity conservation awards

III. FINANCIAL REPORT - Summary of the costs by items

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE GREEN BALKANS - STARA ZAGORA NGO, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL BAT NIGTH 2013

PROJECT (SUMMARY 30.07.2013 - 30.11.2013)

№ Name

TOTAL BUDGET COSTS -

BGN

BALANCE (after

30.11.2013)

EXPENSES (30.07-

30.11.2013)

I. Information materials 5090 2,54 5087,46

II. Materials for art ateliers, workshops and quizzes (stationery, consumables, etc.)

2160 0 2160

III. Eatables for the preparation of bat cookies 300 1,29 298,71

IV. Travel and subsistence 900 0,22 899,78

V. Quizzes, competitions 200 0 200

VI. Transport/sending of materials (couriers, inter-city transport)

150 0,37 149,63

VII. Reporting 200 0 200

TOTAL 9000 4,42 8995,58