On 21 April, members of the board and a volunteer of Alzheimer Bulgaria met MEP Tsvetelina Penkova and her political advisor Nikola Mitov. Ms Penkova briefly presented her activities in the European Parliament, mainly focusing on economics and finances. She is the first Bulgarian MEP to participate in a discussion about the challenges faced by people with dementia at a European level, by joining a workshop of Alzheimer Europe in February this year.
Alzheimer Bulgaria presented its activities: mission, main purpose, and ideas. The association is proud to share that it has an increasing volunteer team. The volunteers participate in spreading information about dementia and the challenges of the affected families, trainings, seminars, meetings, and drafting project proposals. They briefly described their main projects and recent events: A collaboration with the 5km Run on the “Let’s Outrun Dementia Together” initiative as part of the global Dementia Friends movement; The Generation Dialogue project; Digital Grandson; eLily; 3D4Elderly; and others. MEP Tsvetelina Penkova was interested in joining the 2021 dementia runs in Sofia and Plovdiv, aimed at prevention of dementia and raising public awareness. She will also consider collaborating on the project for 3D printing for adults. The meeting was a success and Alzheimer Bulgaria said both sides learned new things and they found that they could cooperate in various projects related to priority areas such as innovation, green policy, and digitalisation.
