Author: admin October 17, 2025

The school principle of 94 SU “Dimitar Strashimirov” Sofia, Bulgaria and project coordinator Mrs. Lidiya Yarnova officially opened the Second final multiplier event of the STOPSY project. The event was held on 17 October 2025 in National Student’s House in Sofia as part of the official calendar of Erasmus+ Days 2025.

She presented the overall concept of the project and made an overview of all main project activities.

Among the 40 participants were teachers and principals from vocational schools as well as vocational students and their families, who are dedicated to the mental health wellbeing of their pupils. There were also representatives of the Bulgarian Teacher’s union, Centres for vocational education and training as well as representatives of Sofia Municipality.

Mr. Andrean Lazarov from Bulgarian Inclusion Support Team presented the two major project intellectual results – Result 1: Microcredential teachers’ training on coping strategies and adaptive behaviour to students affected by psychological disorders and Result 2: Educational videos to raise the awareness among students about their mental health and how and where to seek for support.

Mrs. Nevena Apostolova from the Project management team of 94 SU “Dimitar Strashimirov” presented the pilot implementation activities, which were held in the school during the project realisation and concluded on the impact of the project to teachers and vocational students.

Mrs. Penka Nikolova – Qualification and project’s development expert of 94 SU “Dimitar Strashimirov” Sofia presented an overview of the project involvement of the school with particular focus on Accreditation mobilities project and the impact of the Erasmus+ programme on students and teachers of the school.

Prof. PhD Pilar Gutiez Cuevas – President of the Madrid Association for Early Childhood Intervention presented the Spanish situation of the mental health prevention at schools as being Spanish partner in the STOPSY project. She presented the pilot implementation outcomes and the integration of the project results into the Municipality of Madrid annual strategy for mental health resilience.

Special guest of the multiplier event was prof. PhD Cristina Sanchez Romero – Chair of the department of the inclusive education and digitalisation at the University for national distance education of Madrid, Spain. She presented the A-CHAT Erasmus+ project related to the development of an Interactive digital tool to university students including those with disabilities towards supportive and preventive measures of aggression and bullying. She made a reference between the issues on bullying (cyperbullying) and agression towards adolesents and students and the consequences on the mental health if there is not proper interventions and preventions.

At the end of the event, the participantes expressed their views on exploitation of the project results. The SBU as being the biggest syndicate of teachers in Bulgaria confirmed their intention to disseminate the project results to all their members of 93 000 teachers in Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian project team also mentioned that the project results will be integrated as a resource to the National programme for prevention of aggression and bullying in Bulgaria.