The internship coordinator Irina Markova from the Bulgarian Canadian Economic Council /BCEC/, a nonprofit organization registered in Montreal said that all Bulgarian ministries welcomed the idea of employing Canadian interns, quoted by BTA. They are expected to have a main role in the Bulgarian lobby in Canada. The interns already hold bachelor or master`s degrees and use the internships in the Bulgarian administration to accumulate experience working abroad. The groups include of 10 people but that number will be increased to 15 next year. The average age of the interns, who work in Bulgaria for five months, is 25-26 years.