Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria
2007 - 2009
(first direct EP elections in Bulgaria);
LEED to OECD partner (Nanotech)
Nous venons de signer cette lettre ouverte pour demander aux chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement de faire de l’école gratuite pour tous les enfants un droit humain universel.
Events in 2023
New release 2022-23: https://www.europebookstore.com/products/masks-mariela/
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126835518-masks?utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastebook
“MASKS really stands out in terms of its fascinating set up (the background of history behind the intimate stories of life) and the evocative prose.”
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Stephanie Hale, Director of Oxford Literary Consultancy –
“A very vivid and poignant story. Great characters.”
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MASKS presentation on Italian Conoscere TV channel: https://www.youtube.
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see also: In the Hug of Arms Anthology – https://payhip.com/b/fY94 (by clicking, a PDF file can be ordered. For a hard copy and an international delivery, you may send an order to 22.marie.13@gmail.com)
The Economist Open Future Group
Watch the film here.
Top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity
http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist 
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/call-eu-do-more-protect-unaccompanied-refugee-children-coronavirus – 24.04.20; Follow-up: European countries must act urgently to help unaccompanied children in Greek refugee camps – 21.05.20; Reunion of child refugees with UK family – 24.05.20; Commissioner Johansson noted that the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors from Greece to other Member States is underway, despite the complex situation caused by the pandemic. So far, 59 children have been relocated from camps in Greece, she says, adding: “We are on track and the relocation of the remaining will take place in the following weeks and months.” – 27.05.20
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/european-development-fund-supporting-education-in-crisis-situations – 31.05.2021
Charter for Mobile
http://fra.europa.eu/charter4mobile/, easy access to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Events in 2022
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The Economist Open Future Group 
20 years of Theirworld
Top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity
http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/call-eu-do-more-protect-unaccompanied-refugee-children-coronavirus – 24.04.20; Follow-up: European countries must act urgently to help unaccompanied children in Greek refugee camps – 21.05.20; Reunion of child refugees with UK family – 24.05.20; Commissioner Johansson noted that the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors from Greece to other Member States is underway, despite the complex situation caused by the pandemic. So far, 59 children have been relocated from camps in Greece, she says, adding: “We are on track and the relocation of the remaining will take place in the following weeks and months.” – 27.05.20
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/european-development-fund-supporting-education-in-crisis-situations – 31.05.2021
Charter for Mobile
http://fra.europa.eu/charter4mobile/, easy access to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
In the Hug of Arms Anthology – https://payhip.com/b/fY94
Events in 2021
Theirworld’s blueprint adopted by Greek government to give education and hope to child refugees
credit: Theirworld
The Economist Open Future Group
Britain and the EU – a timeline
Europeans say farewell to Britain
Covid-19: how to fix the economy
How can business survive climate change?
Top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity
http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/call-eu-do-more-protect-unaccompanied-refugee-children-coronavirus – 24.04.20; Follow-up: European countries must act urgently to help unaccompanied children in Greek refugee camps – 21.05.20; Reunion of child refugees with UK family – 24.05.20; Commissioner Johansson noted that the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors from Greece to other Member States is underway, despite the complex situation caused by the pandemic. So far, 59 children have been relocated from camps in Greece, she says, adding: “We are on track and the relocation of the remaining will take place in the following weeks and months.” – 27.05.20
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/european-development-fund-supporting-education-in-crisis-situations – 31.05.2021
Charter for Mobile
http://fra.europa.eu/charter4mobile/, easy access to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
20 years of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
In the Hug of Arms Anthology – https://payhip.com/b/fY94
Events in 2020
The EconomistOpen Future Group
Britain and the EU – a timeline Covid-19: how to fix the economy
Europeans say farewell to Britain How can business survive climate change?
Top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity
http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/call-eu-do-more-protect-unaccompanied-refugee-children-coronavirus – 24.04.20; Follow-up: European countries must act urgently to help unaccompanied children in Greek refugee camps – 21.05.20; Reunion of child refugees with UK family – 24.05.20; Commissioner Johansson noted that the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors from Greece to other Member States is underway, despite the complex situation caused by the pandemic. So far, 59 children have been relocated from camps in Greece, she says, adding: “We are on track and the relocation of the remaining will take place in the following weeks and months.” – 27.05.20
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/european-development-fund-supporting-education-in-crisis-situations – 31.05.2021
Charter for Mobile
http://fra.europa.eu/charter4mobile/, easy access to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Events in 2019
Top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity –
http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist 
Add your name. Support the campaigns:
Children Under Attack campaign 
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism; 2018 follow-up: https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/meps-set-vote-new-rules-fight-terrorist-financing
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us – 02.02.18 Outcome: UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for providing education for over 500,000 Palestinian children, has received a big boost for its work in March’18 as new funding of $100 million was announced at the Extraordinary Ministerial Conference in Rome.
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility – 13.07.18 Follow-up: Texas detention camp swells fivefold with migrant children
How modern families increase social inequality How democratic is your country? | The Economist
Is this the future of health? | The Economist Daily chart: The retreat of global democracy stopped in 2018
Collaboration, automation, annihilation: The rise of the refugee startup | The Economist film
What will be the biggest stories of 2019? Africa: Islamic State’s next frontier | The Economist
The Disrupters – Tracking the traffickers
Video of Race to Freedom Project
Be inspired! 
Get news and actions for youth’s rights: http://theirworld.org/take-action/sign-up
260 million children worldwide are out of school – #WriteTheWrong campaign
Theirworld.org: During 2018, we look at seven key issues for a lasting difference in the lives of youth.
1. Donors to do more for the world’s poorest countries – help raise the $3.1 billion it needs to finance its work.
2. Bigger emphasis on the under-fives – invest 10% of education budgets and aid in pre-primary.
3. Backing education in emergencies – Education Cannot Wait to be fully funded to deliver education in conflicts and other humanitarian crises.
4. Action to make schools safer – sign the Safe Schools Declaration.
5. $10 billion in extra funding unlocked – the G20 countries to ensure the International Finance Facility for Education becomes a reality, helping millions more children into school.
6. Get all Syrian refugees in school – leaders to keep their promise, made two
years ago, to deliver quality education for every refugee child.
7. Bridge the gap between business and youth – the new Youth Skills and Innovation Commission to make recommendations to put young people on a new course for employment and opportunity.
Rohingya crisis in 2018 (see also Events in 2017)
Martin Luther King anniversary: the US Civil Rights Trail
Famine in Yemen could become one of worst in living memory, UN says
Events in 2016
Top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity –
http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist
http://europeandiversityawards.com/shortlist-2016/
Share the link educationenvoy.org with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and via email and ask them to help us get every child into school and learning.
Add your name. Support the campaigns:
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
2016 in questions: http://oecdinsights.org/2016/
You spoke. They promised. Send Yalla’s message to world leaders: 
Report on Syria conflict finds 11.5% of population killed or injured – The Guardian
Nepal 1 Year On: Watch the new 360 VR film!
The UN says it plans to deliver aid to about 150,000 Syrians in besieged areas over the next five days amid a partial truce in the country’s civil war. It said it was ready to help an estimated 1.7 million people in hard-to-reach areas by the end of March – 29.02.16
On May 23, 2016, the Education Cannot Wait fund was launched – a fund dedicated to education in emergencies and to getting 75 million children back to school.
Events in 2015 – part I
Today’s international voices and human rights activists call for empowering women worldwide. Beatrice Lamwaka (PEN Uganda member), a writer from northern Uganda and Mariela Baeva, a former member of the European Parliament and member of PEN International Women Writers’ Committee, join activities for a project related to Two decades after the war in northern Uganda: former soldiers and abducted girls speak out.
Beatrice, upon her original idea, is building the book;
Mariela, having initiated Malala’s nomination for the 2013 Sakharov Prize Award, is contributing with a research and exchange of views related to Human Rights and #UpForSchool campaign.
Note: 2015 Year of Development – our project is contributing by considering levels of human development in a post-conflict region, existing vulnerabilities, and possible problem-solving approaches.
| Location of the action: | Kampala, Gulu Municipality, Gulu and Pader municipality – Pader district (northern Uganda) |
| Objectives of the action | Overall objective: To document Acholi former soldiers’ – young women and children, incl. abducted girls – experiences during the two decades of armed conflict in northern Uganda and their post-conflict challenges.Specific objectives:1) The first ever, creative 1st person narrative in Uganda – participants express themselves via the means of art (storytelling, poetry, song writing, diaries, etc.); the compilation is processed, and translated from Acholi into English.2) To fill the gap that oral tradition creates, leave traces for the generations to come, and act as a reference data related to former combatants.3) To highlight the plight of former combatants, and provoke debates on the impact of war;4) To prioritize the needs of the most marginalised youth in line with #UpForSchool call to action – brief research work. |
| Target groups | Former child soldiers and formerly abducted young women and girls; South Sudan refugees in the district. |
| Estimated results | 1) An anthology of survival and resilience; Documented historical legacy and cultural heritage of the Acholi community.2) Trauma healing by art and narrative exposure.3) To raise issues for discussion and debates on the impact of war.4) #UpForSchool call to action and finding ways to further assist the participants – brief research. |
Additional note: The international community will agree this year on the future targets to follow up on the work of the Millennium Development Goals as ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) to eradicate poverty by 2030.
Events in 2015 – part II
http://bnt.bg/news/svyat/
One year on, the man still fighting to #BringBackOurGirls
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/14/nigeria-bringbackourgirls-campaign-one-year-on
credit: A World at School
With over 200 schools damaged or destroyed, hundreds of thousands children across Gaza should have returned to school, like so many living in emergency situations. Take action and demand all governments protect schools from attack.
Gaza, a year later (24.08.2015). The Gaza City neighbourhood of Shejaiya. One year after the end of the war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, not one of the nearly 18,000 homes destroyed or damaged in the area is habitable. Efforts to rebuild have been frustrated by a lack of funds, Palestinian infighting and Israeli involvement.
credit: DG COMM DAILY NEWS DIGEST
Gaza becoming uninhabitable as society and economy collapse – UN report (The Guardian, 02.09.2015)
We stand with Malala
Three years ago, Malala Yousafzai was targeted for her outspoken support of girls’ education. But not even a gun could silence her. In fact, it made her voice ring louder. Since her brush with death, Malala has made it her life’s purpose to advocate for the equal rights of all children and was recently the subject of the documentary He Named Me Malala, by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim.
credit: Free the Children
