ONGOING EVENTS

British Council Art Collection: Art Watch
Place: British Council staircase exhibition space
The exhibition contains 24 works from the British Council corporate collection. Find out more about the works dispalyed in the British Council premises (PDF file).
For over 60 years the British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design to promote the achievements of British artists, craft practitioners and designers abroad, and has now grown to a collection of more than 8000 works. For the full catalogue, visit the collection online here.

Forthcoming Events

National Skills@Work Challenge
For a second year British Council Bulgaria and Junior Achievement will deliver the national Skills@Work Challenge, an enterprise competition for young people from vocational schools aged 15-18. The registration process is now open until 4 November.
The winners of the national competition are going to attend the international final in Serbia in 2010 where they will compete with young people from 9 countries in the South East Europe (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Israel, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey) and the UK.
Find out more about the project.  
When: 20 November
Where: Sofia

Mark "Origin Day" with us on 24 November
Hosted in the historic Faraday lecture theatre at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, a debate celebrating the anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ will bring together a panel of leading figures from the field of evolutionary science and beyond to look at “global Darwinism”, assessing the impact of Darwin’s big idea and exploring how his theory has embedded itself in public consciousness to form the basis for our modern understanding of life.
The debate will be streamed “as live”. Come back to check how you can join.
When: 24 November, 1300
Where: British Council, 7 Krakra Street

Join a group of young scientists in an event dedicated to Charles Darwin
Join us and a group of young scientists from the UK, Austria, Bulgaria, Israel, Serbia and Greece, winners in the country finals of our South East Europe FameLab Competition, in an event dedicated to Charles Darwin. They will explore Darwin's legacy and the impact of evolutionary theory through a series of thought-provoking five-minute presentations aimed at a non-specialist audience.
Find out more about thе event.
When: 24 November, 1900
Where: British Council, 7 Krakra Street

Future City Game
Do you want Sofia to become a more open city? Take part in the Future City Games and contribute with your proposals for Sofia municipality’s immigration policy. If you are 18 - 35 years old, register for the Future City Games simulations at booking@britishcouncil.bg by 27 November stating a convenient for you date and hour. Each of the games will accommodate 25 participants playing in teams. We have prepared awards for the best ideas!
Working language - Bulgarian.
Future city game is part of the OPENCities project.
When: There will be two games each day on 4 and 5 December 2009 from 0900 to 1330 and from 1400 to 1830
Where: British Council, 7 Krakra Street