Start Your Business is a practical program of studies based of the method Step by Step which is directed towards future owners of small firms who want to begin their own business. This program teaches the main concepts of small business development, assesses financial and economic opportunities, and also recommends further steps for initiating a small business..

        The educational material consists of a guide that includes two chapters and a workbook. The training is supplemented by a practical simulation game.

        Course length - 40 hours

        The educational material is published by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the UNDP project BUL/00/005.

        Business Venture 1 is designed for false beginners, people who have studied some English, but who need to improve their fluency. It uses carefully selected and controlled language to build the students' confidence and to prepare them for their first contacts with foreign clients. An important part of this preparation is the 'Culture File', the cross-cultural discussion that ends each unit.

        Business Venture 1 consists of this book and two cassettes. The cassettes were recorded in New York, using the voices of professional people from all over the world.

        Course length - 80 hours for each level, together - 240 hours

        A certificate for professional training is issued on the base of a license No 200312111 by the "National Agency for Professional Education and Training" (Bulgaria).

        The training includes studying operation systems, especially WINDOWS 2000, Microsoft WORD and Microsoft EXCEL. Graduated students can successfully manage everyday challenges using computers in their work.

        Course length - 60 hours.

        A certificate for professional training is issued on the base of a license No 200312111 by the "National Agency for Professional Education and Training" (Bulgaria).

        My Home - My Business is a course intended to assist owners of private/village accommodations who wish to accommodate tourists and develop rural tourism. .

         The design of this course and development program is based on a Polish model and teaches all main activities which guarantee success in the provision of tourist services.

         The teaching is conducted using The Practical Guide for Alternative and Rural Tourism. The course is supplemented by other programs which also support the development of tourism.

         Course length - 18 hours (8 hours of theory and 8 hours of practice) .

         The educational material is published by the USAID project Guidance for Alternative and Rural Tourism

         A certificate for professional training is issued on the base of a license No 200312111 by the "National Agency for Professional Education and Training" (Bulgaria).

        Herb Cultivation is a course for agricultural producers and people who wish to develop businesses in herb production.

         The training includes a study of the main principles and techniques of herb cultivation as well as methods for specific types of herbs.

         Course length - full term 180 hours; shortened term - 30 hours.

         The educational material was developed with the consultation of Senior Science Collaborator Dr. Ljuba Evstatieva - Lisichkova from the Botanic Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Science.

         A certificate for professional training is issued on the base of a license No 200312111 by the "National Agency for Professional Education and Training" (Bulgaria).