Nonka Todorova
Time-table
March 2004 - March 2005
1st and 2nd months - Analysis of the bibliographic sources on the
studied problem available in the Bulgarian libraries and Internet. The research
attention will be focused on the analysis of the findings of sociological
researches on public opinion relevant to religious tolerance and pluralism,
religious-ethnic synthesis, State-Church relationships, etc.
3rd and 4th months - Contacts with persons and institutions / colleagues
from the Universities in Belgrade, Skopie, in Montenegro, with political
and religious activists/ in the studied countries and business travels. Comparative
analysis of legal documents regulating the relationship between State
and Church in the studied countries with reference to the democratic project
and its principles: religious tolerance, equality before the law, pluralism;
analysis and interpretation of the parliamentary debates and documents
relevant to the passing of the laws regulating State-Church relationship
in the studied Balkan countries; meetings and interviews with religious and
political activists.
5th and 6th months - Structuring and ranging of the collected information;
emphasizing on the general and particular trends and problems within the
group of the studied countries; business travel to Spain in order to
understand the political experience in the studied sphere and
the public opinion and attitudes.
7th and 8th months - Analysis of the collected materials;
comparative analysis between the spirit and contents of the legal
regulations in the studied countries on the one hand, and the two countries
with rich policy experience in this sphere, Spain and France, on the
other; registering the similarities and differences and preparing recommendations
for democratic improvement of the legislature in our countries.
9th and 10th months - Preparing a written text on
the basis of the collected materials and the comparative analysis,
with recommendations to the basic subjects of and conditions for democratic
orientations in the development of the religious sphere and the relationships
between State and Church.
11th and 12th months - Translation and dissemination of the
above text among the addressed subjects: parliamentary commissions,
government Departments of Religious Affairs, religious and political leaders,
parties, media; publication of three papers in the academic and
public journals; publication of a book with the final text of the Project,
the recommendations, the legal materials, etc. collected during the business
travels in the studied countries.