The Summer Seminar’s series were launched in the year 2000 within the frameworks of the Bertelsmann Foundation and the World Bank’s joint project “Towards European Integration”. Throughout the years of its existence the SEE initiative developed thanks to the kind financial support of the following donor organizations:
Balkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade
Bertelsmann Foundation (Guetersloh)
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
Bulgarian Development Bank / Encouragement Bank (Sofia)
Central European Initiative (Trieste)
Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria (Sofia)
East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program (London)
EC Representation to Bulgaria (Sofia)
Embassy of Ireland to Bulgaria (Sofia)
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (Sofia)
Embassy of the Republic of Austria to Bulgaria (Sofia)
Hanns Seidel Foundation (Sofia)
Know-How Transfer Centre (Vienna)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany (Berlin)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (Sofia)
The Netherlands Embassy special fund for support to the Bulgarian transformation (MATRA KAP fund)
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Oslo)
Programme for CEEC and NIS of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria (Vienna)
Robert Bosch Stiftung (Stuttgart)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Bern)
Netherlands Embassy’s special fund for support to the Bulgarian transformation – "MATRA KAP fund"