Bulgaria Minister of State Administration and Administrative Reform Nikolay Vassilev, gave Friday in the city of Varna the official start of the biggest so far English language education initiative for state employees.

The European Social Fund of the Operational Program "Administrative Capacity" is going to finance the English language classes. The English education project in Bulgaria is known as "Preparing Bulgarian State Administration Employees to work Effectively with European Institutions".

Over 15 thousand state employees in Bulgaria will take an 8-moth intensive course in English. The employees, after passing a final test, will be given a certificate and a language passport, known as "Europass".

While in Varna, Minister Vassilev also meets children participants in an astronomy workshop organized by Varna planetarium, whose project ranked second among 156 other participants in an International competition organized by NASSA.

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