Seventh transnational meeting of the BEESE Pro Bono Project in Porto

On July 1st- 2nd, 2021, the seventh transnational meeting within the framework of the Erasmus+ BEESE project, was held at Porto University in Portugal. We were very excited because it was our first physical meeting since our meeting in Paris in February 2020. As usual, the first day of the meeting was focused on where…

Read More

Sixth transnational meeting of the BEESE Pro Bono project

On April 16th and 17th, 2021, our 6th transnational meeting* was carried out online due to covid-19. It was hosted by the University of National and World Economy and Time Heroes, our partners in Bulgaria. They showed us a lot of things about their tradition and culture.  This meeting allowed us to see the progress…

Read More

Fifth BEESE Pro Bono Project Meeting

On October 29th- 30th, 2020, the fifth transnational meeting within the framework of Erasmus+ BEESE project, was held online organised by ÖKA (Hungary). It was a bit sad not to be able to travel to Budapest and to see each other again, but on the other hand we were happy that we could invest two…

Read More

Interview with Martin Ossikovski, from UNWE

Martin Ossikovski is another associate professor of the Media and Communication Department interviewed by Denitsa Gorchalova. He teaches Academic Writing, English for Journalists and Sociologists and Media Ethics. Denitsa Gorchalova: How do you perceive the idea of pro bono activities to become part of the curriculum at UNWE? What are the pros and cons? Martin…

Read More

New logo for the BEESE Pro Bono Project

We are very happy to announce that we launch our new logo! Thanks to our partners from Porto University and their second Campus Pro Bono Program, their art and design students could work on our branding and new logo. Students worked guided by their teachers to end up creating and thus professionalizing our new logo.…

Read More

We received the second category in The Good Lobby Awards 2019

The Good Lobby hosted its annual The Good Lobby Awards in Brussels on December 13, 2019. The awards celebrated citizens from different walks of life and organizations that have been successfully advocating for social change. The awarded categories were: Citizen Lobbyist, Pro Bono Lawyer, NGO, Academic, Pro Bono Professional, Philanthropist, Political Representative, Media and Collaboration…

Read More

Porto travel journal

Last week our members of Porto University hosted all members of the BEESE Pro Bono Project to work on the next steps of the activities. It was the second physical meeting of the group (after the kick-off meeting in Madrid in October 2018) and it aimed to exchange the work done by the members and…

Read More

Launch of our Research on students motivations to do pro bono

With the aim of implementing successful pro bono programmes in European HE Institutions, in the framework of the BEESE Pro Bono Project, we are currently conducting a deep research on students motivations to do pro bono work. Coordinated by the Autonoma University of Madrid (UAM, faculty of psychology, department of social psychology) and executed by the…

Read More

BEESE Pro Bono Project kick-off meeting in Madrid

On October 1st and 2nd, representatives from 9 organisations from 5 different European countries (Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Portugal and Spain) met in Madrid, Spain, to kick-off the project “Boosting Employability and Empowering Social Engagement through Pro Bono”. 4 pro bono service providers, 4 universities and 1 student organization, with large experience in designing and offering…

Read More