The 6th SWAN Progress Meeting (PM) and Stakeholders Workshop will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 20-24, 2015.
Consult the documents of the meeting:
- Stakeholders Workshop Program "Bridges and Barriers to Public Participation"
VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION
The venue of the meeting - Hotel Arena di Serdica, is located in the heart of the city center of Sofia, right next to the main states institutions, business centers and banks, as well as to the cultural and historical places of interest in Sofia. For more information on the venue, visit: http://www.arenadiserdica.com/.
Hotel Arena di Serdica offers preferential accommodation prices for meeting participants, which are valid for the period 18-26 April 2015. The reservations should be made until April 1, 2015. For more information, check here.
AIRPORT TRANSFER
There are few options to get to and from the airport. For general information, check: https://www.sofia-airport.bg/en/passengers
For more detailed information on the transfer to and from Hotel Arena di Serdica (venue hotel), check here
GENERAL INFORMATION
For general tourist information visit: http://www.visitsofia.bg/
Language
The official language in Bulgaria (България) is Bulgarian language. The Bulgarian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script.
Useful smartphone translation applications, that also translate camera input, are:
For Android: Google Translate
For iPhone: Photo Translator
For Windows Phone: Translator
Currency
Bulgaria is a member of the European Union since 2007, but it is NOT in the Eurozone. The currency is Bulgarian Lev (BGN) and the exchange rates are approximately:
1 USD ~ 1.74 BGN (changing every day)
1 EUR = 1.96 BGN (fixed exchange rate)
1.00 lev = 100 stotinki
It is recommendable to use BANKS for currency exchange
For up to date exchange rates, please check: http://bnb.bg/statistics/stexternalsector/stexchangerates/sterforeigncur...
Visa
There are NO visa requirements for the SWAN project partner countries.
For visa requirements for all countries, check here.
For additional information, including weather and tourist information, check here