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Internet Society - Bulgaria
Founded	December 4, 1995; 28 years ago
Focus	Internet users' rights, Internet-related laws
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria;
Key people	Veni Markovski (Chairman of the Board), Dimitar Ganchev (Secretary of the Board)
Website	www.isoc.bg

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Internet Society – Bulgaria is a non-governmental organization (NGO) for public benefit, founded on December 4, 1995, in Sofia by a group of Bulgarian Internet professionals.

History

ISOC-Bulgaria was founded in 1995. It became known worldwide in 1999, when it successfully sued the government of Ivan Kostov against the proposed licensing of the Internet Service Providers in Bulgaria.^[1]

In 2001, through ISOC-Bulgaria's influence, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) remained outside of the monopoly of the national telecom, which allowed a great variety of new Internet service providers to start operating in Bulgaria.

Activities

ISOC-Bulgaria has been involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software, among them:

- the Free and Open Source Software Project for South East Europe;^[2]
- towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination;
- Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.^[3]

In 2005 — 2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of Creative Commons.

ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the WSIS (2002–2005).^[4]

Before that, in 1999 and in 2001 through its influence, Bulgaria became the first country to legally accept full freedom of access to the Internet by changing its Telecommunications Law, which leaves the domain name system and the IP Address allocation outside of the control of the government.^[5]

ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), headed by George Sadowsky, and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, not only in Bulgaria.^[6]

Since 2002 ISOC Bulgaria has been running, together with Access to Information Program, the Bulgarian edition of the Big Brother Awards, with their latest edition in 2019. The awards are given to institutions, organizations and individuals, who violate citizens' privacy in Bulgaria.^[7]

Members

Among hundreds of its members are former Bulgarian presidents Georgi Parvanov and Peter Stoyanov, former prime ministers Sergey Stanishev and Ivan Kostov, many politicians, IT-experts, journalists, and many others.

Board

ISOC-Bulgaria board consists of:

Veni Markovski - chairman
Dimitar Ganchev - vice-chairman
Georgi Kirov - member

More information

ISOC-Bulgaria is an official chapter of the international Internet Society, based in Reston, Virginia and Geneva, Switzerland. More information can be found at ISOC-Bulgaria's web site,^[8] and on their blog.^[9]

References

^ The Case Against the Bulgarian government Information from Bulgarian and other media
^ Open-source software gets boost at UN (article in the New York Times)
^ "FLOSS world". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^ Capital weekly article (in Bulgarian)
^ Bulgarian government contribution (document from the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010)
^ GIPI's web site
^ Official Big Brother Awards site (in English and Bulgarian)
^ isoc.bg web site
^ Official blog of ISOC-Bulgaria

[1] The Case Against the Bulgarian government Information from Bulgarian and other media

[2] Open-source software gets boost at UN (article in the New York Times)

[3] "FLOSS world". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[4] Capital weekly article (in Bulgarian)

[5] Bulgarian government contribution (document from the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010)

[6] GIPI's web site

[7] Official Big Brother Awards site (in English and Bulgarian)

[8] soc.bg web site

[9] Official blog of ISOC-Bulgaria

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-'''Internet Society - Bulgaria'''® is a non-governmental organization (NGO), founded on [[December 4]], [[1995]] in Sofia by a group of Bulgarian Internet professionals.
+'''Internet Society – Bulgaria''' is a [[non-governmental organization]] (NGO) for public benefit, founded on December 4, 1995, in [[Sofia]] by a group of [[Bulgaria]]n Internet professionals.
 == History ==
-ISOC-Bulgaria was founded in 1995. It became known world-wide in 1999, when it sued the government of [[Ivan Kostov]] against the proposed licensing of the Internet Service Providers in Bulgaria.
+ISOC-Bulgaria was founded in 1995. It became known worldwide in 1999, when it successfully sued the government of [[Ivan Kostov]] against the proposed licensing of the Internet Service Providers in Bulgaria.<ref>[http://isoc.bg/kpd/index-eng.html The Case Against the Bulgarian government] Information from Bulgarian and other media</ref>
-In 2001, through ISOC-Bulgaria's influence, Voice over Internet Protocol ([[VoIP]]) remained outside of the monopoly of the national telecom, which allowed a great variety of new Internet services to start in Bulgaria.
+In 2001, through ISOC-Bulgaria's influence, Voice over Internet Protocol ([[VoIP]]) remained outside of the monopoly of the national telecom, which allowed a great variety of new Internet service providers to start operating in Bulgaria.
-ISOC-Bulgaria is a non-governmental organization for public profit, and represents users.
 == Activities ==
-ISOC-Bulgaria is currently involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software, among them:
+ISOC-Bulgaria has been involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software, among them:
+* - the Free and Open Source Software Project for South East Europe;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-dividea_ed3_.html Open-source software gets boost at UN] (article in the New York Times)</ref>
+* - towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination;
+* - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flossworld.org/ |title=FLOSS world |access-date=2020-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108092152/http://www.flossworld.org/ |archive-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+In 2005 — 2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of [[Creative Commons]].
-* [http://www.foss.bg FOSS] - the Free and Open Source Software Project for SEEurope,
-* [http://www.tossad.org tOSSad] - towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination, or
-* [http://www.flossworld.org FLOSS world] - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.
+ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the [[World Summit on the Information Society|WSIS]] (2002&ndash;2005).<ref>[http://www.capital.bg/biznes/tehnologii_i_nauka/2005/11/19/233844_i_vulcite_dovolni_i_internet_cial/ Capital weekly article] (in Bulgarian)</ref>
-In 2005-2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of [[Creative Commons]].
+Before that, in 1999 and in 2001 through its influence, Bulgaria became the first country to legally accept full freedom of access to the Internet by changing its Telecommunications Law, which leaves the domain name system and the IP Address allocation outside of the control of the government.<ref>[https://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/ Bulgarian government contribution] (document from the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010)</ref>
-ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the [[WSIS]] (2002 - 2005).
+ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the  [[Global Internet Policy Initiative]] (GIPI), headed by [[George Sadowsky]], and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, not only in Bulgaria.<ref>[http://www.internetpolicy.net/ GIPI's web site]</ref>
-Before that, in 1999 and in 2001 through its influence, Bulgaria became the first country to legally accept full freedom of access to the Internet by changing its Telecommunications Law, which leaves the domain name system and the IP Address allocation outside of the control of the government.
+Since 2002 ISOC Bulgaria has been running, together with Access to Information Program, the Bulgarian edition of the [[Big Brother Awards]], with their latest edition in 2019. The awards are given to institutions, organizations and individuals, who violate citizens' privacy in Bulgaria.<ref>[https://bigbrotherawards.bg/ Official Big Brother Awards site] (in English and Bulgarian)</ref>
-ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), headed by [[George Sadowsky]], and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, not only in Bulgaria.
 == Members ==
-Among hundreds of its members are the current Bulgarian President [[Georgi Parvanov]], the former President [[Peter Stoyanov]], the current prime minister [[Sergey Stanishev]], the former PM [[Ivan Kostov]], many politiicans, IT-experts, journalists, and many others.
+Among hundreds of its members are former Bulgarian presidents [[Georgi Parvanov]] and [[Peter Stoyanov]], former prime ministers [[Sergey Stanishev]] and [[Ivan Kostov]], many politicians, IT-experts, journalists, and many others.
 == Board ==
-ISOC-Bulgaria board consists of:
+ISOC-[[:fr:Utilisateur:Unoserv|Bulgaria board]] consists of:
-* [[Veni Markovski]] - chairman and CEO
+* [[Veni Markovski]] - chairman
-* Dimitar Ganchev - secretary
+* Dimitar Ganchev - vice-chairman
-* Albena Arnaudova - member
+* Georgi Kirov - member
 == More information ==
 ISOC-Bulgaria is an official chapter of the international [[Internet Society]], based in Reston, Virginia and Geneva, Switzerland.
-More information can be found at ISOC-Bulgaria's web site [http://www.isoc.bg isoc.bg].
+More information can be found at ISOC-Bulgaria's web site,<ref>[http://www.isoc.bg isoc.bg web site]</ref> and on their blog.<ref>[https://isocbg.wordpress.com/ Official blog of ISOC-Bulgaria]</ref>
+== References ==
-[[Category:Internet governance]]
+{{Reflist|30em}}
-[[Category:Internet history]]
-[[Category:Internet in Bulgaria]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Internet Society - Bulgaria}}
-[[bg:Интернет общество - България]]
+[[Category:Internet governance organizations]]
+[[Category:History of the Internet]]
+[[Category:Internet in Bulgaria]]
+[[Category:Digital rights organizations]]
+[[Category:Internet Society]]
+[[Category:Organizations established in 1995]]