Step by Step Program ­ Bulgaria was established as an NGO by Open Society Foundation on March 12th 1998.

Mission:
Education of the XXI century

Vision:

• Dissemination and implementation of the ideas for democratic education in Bulgaria;
• Introducing new educational technologies;
• Encouraging the family involvement in education;
• Providing equal access to quality education for minority children, with disabilities and children in social isolation.

Activities:

• Developing projects for infant and toddlers, preschools, mainstream and special schools and pedagogical faculties for training faculty teachers, students, principals, teachers and parents;
• Developing projects for quality education of minority children, children with disabilities and children in social isolation;
• Suggesting educational technologies and strategies related to interactive methods for education and organization of a child-centered educational environment;
• Monitoring, assessing and researching educational projects;
• Developing and disseminating methodological literature for innovative educational technologies.

The Step by Step Program Foundation implements the following projects:

• Infant and Toddler Groups Project
• Preschool Project
• Primary School Project
• Higher Education Project
• Teachers for Multilingual – Multiethnic Europe Project
• Promoting the Integration of the Roma Project, subcomponent Access to Education and Training for Roma Representatives to Work in Public Administration and Police Structures
• Special Schools Project
• Preschools – Model Sites
• Schools – Model Sites
• Shumen Municipality - Model Site Project
• Roma Education Initiative, Promoting Access to Quality Education and Desegregation of Roma Project
• Reducing Risk of prostitution and Trafficking of Economically Disadvantaged Children in Target Areas in Russe, Bulgaria Project
• Creating Caring and Responsible Classroom Project