The Manfred Wörner Foundation is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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established on 20 October 1994, and registered in 1996. It is named in honour of

Manfred Wörner Manfred Hermann Wörner (24 September 1934 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt – 13 August 1994 in Brussels) was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh Sec ...

, former secretary-general of

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Mission

Its mission is to foster and project Atlantic values, solidarity and cooperation, help advance the

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an peace and security policies in a strategic partnership with

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, promote personal liberties and

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, support the

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and

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development of

, contribute to the exploration and conservation of the national and world

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, and uphold the European vision of

(1934–1994).

Activities

The foundation sponsored the naming of ''Manfred Wörner Street'' in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

in 1995, the naming of

Wörner Gap Wörner Gap (Sedlovina Wörner \se-dlo-vi-'na 'vyor-ner\) is a flat saddle extending 3 km in the south-north direction between Friesland Ridge and Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its elev ...

Livingston Island Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was the first land discovered south of 60 ...

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, in 1996, and the erection of a ''Manfred Wörner Monument'' in South Park, Sofia, in 1996. The foundation is focusing its activities on training and education, technical assistance to state and local authorities, transboundary regional development, promotion of new immigration policies for Bulgaria, and Antarctic research including the organization and management of the scientific Antarctic expedition

Tangra 2004/05 The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the I ...

and the establishment of

Camp Academia Camp Academia ( bg, лагер Академия, lager Akademiya, ) is a geographical locality in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of Academy’s contributi ...

on Livingston Island in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

, and published Antarctic

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maps, donating free copies to all Bulgarian

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s. The foundation has established an ''Atlantic Solidarity Award'', given by a jury comprising representatives of the Bulgarian civil society in appreciation of outstanding personal contributions to world peace and liberty. Lord George Robertson became the first recipient of the award in 2003. The founding president (since 1994) is Lyubomir Ivanov. Elfie Wörner was the honorary director of the foundation in 1997–2006.

Publications

* ''Rights and Integration of Immigrants in Bulgaria''. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2003. 12 pp. (in Bulgarian, Arabic, Russian and English) * ''Towards New Immigration Policies for Bulgaria'', a collection of papers. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2006. (in Bulgarian, English summary) * ''The Future of the Falkland Islands and Its People''. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2003. Printed in Bulgaria by Double T Publishers. 96 pp. * ''Immigrants and Refugees in Bulgaria and Their Integration: Guidelines for New Immigration Policies'', a collection of papers. Sofia: NI Plus Publishing House, 2003.
''Bulgarian Policies on the Republic of Macedonia: Recommendations on the development of good neighbourly relations following Bulgaria’s accession to the EU and in the context of NATO and EU enlargement in the Western Balkans''
Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2008. 80 pp. (Trilingual publication in Bulgarian, Macedonian and English)
''Immigration and Integration: European Experiences''.
Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2008.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. (in Bulgarian)
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
''Bulgaria in Antarctica. South Shetland Islands''.
Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. 16 pp., with a folded map.
''Antarctic: Nature, History, Utilization, Geographic Names and Bulgarian Participation''.
Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2014. 368 pp. (in Bulgarian)
Second revised and updated edition
2014. 411 pp. )
''Bulgarian Names in Antarctica''.
Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2019. 526 pp. (in Bulgarian)
Second revised and updated edition
2021. 539 pp. ) * Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia, 2023. File:FI-Future.jpg, The Future of the Falkland Islands and Its People File:Immigrants-in-Bulgaria.jpg, Rights and Integration of Immigrants in Bulgaria File:BG-Policies-on-MK.png, Bulgarian Policies on the Republic of Macedoniaa File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg, Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands File:BG-AQ-Front-Cover.jpg, Bulgaria in Antarctica: South Shetland Islands File:Antarctica-Book-Cover.TIF, Antarctic: Nature, History, Utilization, Geographic Names and Bulgarian Participation File:Front-Cover-Bulgarian-Names-in-Antarctica-II.png, Bulgarian Names in Antarctica File:Bowles_Ridge_and_Tangra_Mountains.png, Topographic map of Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island

References

Manfred Wörner Foundation

Kultura Weekly, 1 October 2004. (in Bulgarian)

National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues. October 2006. (in Bulgarian)
Bulgarians of future time.
Capital Weekly, 27 September 2006. (in Bulgarian)
Bulgaria Country Report 2007.
International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations. July 2007.
Bulgaria, Macedonia: Blog Wars Over History.
Ground Report, 10 April 2008.
Do they mean us?
The Frontier Times: Bulgaria's English Language Newspaper, 30 October 2008.
New Bulgarian topographic map of the South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: News in Science. 4 June 2009.
Presentation of a new Bulgarian topographic map of the South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica.
Econ.bg, 12 June 2009.

External links

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