Поколението Z

Младите и политиката: дистанцирани или провокирани
Автор: Виолета Ашикова Защо младите остават трайно дистанцирани от политическия живот, лесно или трудно припознават лицата, които са близо до техните проблеми, искат ли да се занимават с политика, да членуват в политически партии, да заемат обществени длъжности, кои са темите, които привличат интереса им като избиратели, какви са навиците им на медийно поведение, от къде се информират и още много въпроси, на които търсим отговори  в този епизод на подкаста “Поколението Z”.  Срещаме ви с активни млади хора, които са ангажирани с мнение, отношение, обучение, отговорности, млади хора, които осъзнават, че политиката засяга всеки, а гласът на младите е най-голямото им оръжие, само когато бъде образован и обмислен. Ще чуете и млади хора, трудно намиращи в политиката отговори на въпросите, които ги вълнуват, слабо заинтересовани от обществено-политическите теми и разочаровани от медийния образ на българските политици.  Title: Youth and Politics: distanced or provoked  Why young people remain permanently distanced from political life, do they easily or difficulty recognize the persons, who are close to their problems, do they want to be involved in politics, to be members of political parties, to hold public positions, what are the topics that attract their interest such as voters, what their media behavior habits are, where they get their information from and many more question we seek answers to in this episode of the Generation Z podcast.  We meet you with active young people who are engaged in opinion, attitude, learning, responsibilities, young people who realize that politics affects everyone, and the voice of young people is their greatest weapon, only when it is educated and considered.  You will also hear surveyed young people in Sofia who find it difficult to find answers to the questions that concern them in politics, who are not very interested in socio-political topics and are disappointed by the media image of Bulgarian politicians.

Автор: Елеонора Тропанкова
Лято е, а първото нещо, за което човек се сеща при тази дума, е ваканцията. Това е най-обичаното и чакано време от годината, а за младите хора от т.нар. поколение „Z” това е времето за откривателстване.
С участието на представителите на Поколението Z София Дренкова, Кристиян Юлзари, Диди Мавродиева, Криста Механджийска; на Румен Драганов от Института за анализи и оценки в туризма и на Дино от Словения.
Gen “Z” vacation: Free and without borders
Author: Eleonora Tropankova
It's summer, and the first thing that comes to mind when you hear that word is vacation. This is the most loved and awaited time of the year, and for young people from the so-called generation "Z" this is the time of discovery.
26-year-old Krista from Blagoevgrad considers herself a typical representative of the "Z" generation. She says she and her peers are adventurers. They love dynamics, change, the different.
"For me, it is very important, when we are in another country, to get to know what is typical of the respective place, what food they eat, what traditions they have. This gives me great pleasure, because apart from the physical pleasure of being in another place, you somehow enrich your knowledge and culture. We are greatly benefited by the very fact that we have computers around us. After all, computers are in our pocket, our phone is actually our computer, and we can find the information we need about the place we are looking for at any time. Perhaps it makes us appear to be more curious, more inquisitive, and more open to the world. The times in which we live perhaps urge us to be so to the world."Christian: “For me, standing on the beach for two weeks or less is not the way I relax. Something I really like are the kind of excursion trips where I grab my backpack and start walking from place to place. My dream is to visit as many places as possible in Europe, traveling by train, meeting new people, and getting to know new cultures. Fortunately, the EU allows us to travel unrestricted within the European community."
According to Rumen Draganov from the Institute for Analyzes and Evaluations in Tourism, each generation has its own way of traveling and tourism. “This generation is much more of a discoverer, on a 'where my eyes can see' basis. They can now travel all over the world," adds Draganov.And if they had to use one word to describe the way young people of the new generation vacation, they unanimously stop at freedom. Generation "Z" also defines themselves as the new generation that pays particular attention to the protection of natural resources and a more ecological way of life. That is why many young people in Europe increasingly prefer the ecological way of moving - bicycles, scooters, electric cars, as well as rail transport. Christian is also a fan of traveling by train, not only on weekdays but also during the holiday period.
"I am one of the few young people in Bulgaria who love to travel by train and in particular the Bulgarian trains. There are many reasons for this. Of course, transport in Europe, rail transport in particular, is much better developed, much more precise, but somehow, I miss that romance of traveling by train. Not to mention that rail transport is the most ecological option, i.e. apart from the fact that you enjoy beautiful views, as there are in Bulgaria, you protect the environment, since the railway transport in Bulgaria is almost entirely electric. And apart from that, we meet fellow travelers that I call "train buddies."

Автор: Емил Костов
Още „бащата на интернет“ Тим Бърнард Лий предупреждава през 2006 година, че мрежата може да излезе от контрол и да се окаже в ръцете на злото. Той препоръчва да се анализират всички процеси, които се случват в интернет пространството и така да се попречи на антидемократичните сили да осъществяват систематична манипулация на информацията.
По темата говорят:
Станислав Додов от екипа на Национална младежка мрежа, ангажиран с работата по проектите в рамките на U-report България, платформа инициирана от UNICEF и действаща в повече от 90 страни в света Никола Тулечки, университетски преподавател, консултант по работа с данни, както и част от екипа на Factcheck.bg-платформа, ангажирана изцяло с проверка на факти от информационния поток Пламен Попов, съосновател и изпълнителен директор на списание „Български предприемач“.
Tой организира състезание за предприемачески идеи „Започни млад“. Христо Нихризов, експерт на Центъра по право на информационните и комуникационните технологии
 
Title: Control and freedom on the web
 
 
Even the "father of the Internet" Tim Bernard Lee warned in 2006 that the web could get out of control and end up in the hands of evil. He recommends analyzing all the processes that take place in the Internet space and thus prevent anti-democratic forces from carrying out systematic manipulation of information.
Around Russia's war in Ukraine, it became clear that a significant part of the information being disseminated about the conflict had little to do with reality. This rather murky wave of information inevitably affects young people as well. Stanislav Dodov from the National Youth Network team is engaged in the work on the projects within the framework of U-report Bulgaria, a platform initiated by UNICEF and active in more than 90 countries in the world. The latest study is entitled U the War Reporters. According to Dodov, young people are obviously strongly influenced by what is happening in Ukraine and comment on it. The survey shows that the majority of them draw information about the conflict mainly from the so-called traditional media - television, radio, than from online media.
Control of information about the war and the positions of the parties is carried out on the one hand by blocking proven false and propaganda content. On the other hand, the aim is to inform users about facts that have been verified and can now be trusted. Nikola Tulechki is a university lecturer, data consultant, as well as part of the team of Factcheck.bg - a platform fully engaged in checking facts from the information flow. He explains that those spreading misinformation on the web use a popular topic or event as bait, which they offer discussion and sharing. In this thread, by the way, the main fake information is released. Tulechki believes that young people, although they spend more time online and think they are aware of the peculiarities of the network, are also quite susceptible to information manipulation. On the other hand, he says, the big social networks aren't doing enough to moderate content.
The Internet is by no means a secure environment for business, points out Plamen Popov, co-founder and executive director of Bulgarian Entrepreneur magazine. He organized a competition for entrepreneurial ideas "Start Young". His advice to young people starting a business on the Internet is to keep in mind that not every expressed interest in a product is a willingness to buy. At the same time, he reminds that there are also ill-wishers in the Internet space who are openly looking for more naive people to take advantage of.
Young people, as people with less life experience, receive support from the regulations introduced by the European Parliament's first reading of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Hristo Nihrizov, an expert of the Information and Communication Technologies Law Center, notes that the law provides for restrictions on targeted advertising for minors.
Online entrepreneurs, apart from everything else, should also be prepared for piracy attacks. Piracy is causing significant damage to the online distribution of movies and music. Lithuania ranks third in the European Union in terms of the volume of pirated digital content. Although the statistics are slightly improving, Elena Ruikite, project manager at Kurk Lietuvai, says there is still leaves much to be desired.
 
 

Автор: Любомира Константинова
Естествените материали ли са онези, които ще бъдат използвани в строителството на бъдещето, на бъдещите европейски домове? Как използваме или можем да използваме материалите, които са налични около нас - бързовъзобновяеми, въглеродопоглъщащи, климатично неутрални, здравословни? Новият европейски Баухаус ли е отговорът на тези въпроси за представителите на Поколението Z в България?
Това ни казват: Мартин Микуш, архитект, специализирал урбанизъм в САЩ, Владимир Гечев, програмистът, който преди пет години си построи къща от слама, а днес, когато вече не е програмист, създава домове от сламени панели за други хора, и Димитър Михайлов, предприемач, който променя живота си, за да може да осигури за себе си, а и не само за себе си, здравословна среда на живот, свързана с жизнения цикъл на индустриалния коноп. Димитър създава и фейсбук групата за взаимопомощ „Конопобетон България“ (Hempcrete Bulgaria).
The New Bulgarian European Bauhaus
Author: Lyubomira Konstantinova
Are the natural materials the ones that will be used in the construction of the future, of future European homes? How do we use or can we use the materials that are available around us - fast-renewable, carbon-absorbing, climate-neutral, healthy? Is the new European Bauhaus the answer to these questions for the representatives of Generation Z in Bulgaria?
This is what we are asking: Martin Mikush, an architect who specialized in urban planning in the United States, Vladimir Gechev, the programmer who built a straw house five years ago and today, when he is no longer a programmer, creates houses from straw panels for other people, and Dimitar Mihailov, an entrepreneur, who is changing his life so that he can provide for himself, and not only for himself, a healthy living environment related to the life cycle of industrial hemp. Dimitar also created the Facebook group for mutual assistance "Hempcrete Bulgaria".

Автор: Мартин Николов
По-можещи, по-знаещи, по-технологични. Това са три определения, които идеално се вписват в профила на младите хора, които се занимават с изкуство. Без значение дали опъват струните на китарата, пръстите им тичат по клавишите или ежедневно са изправени на стенката.
Участват:
Ангелина Сапаревска – АнжелиДаниел Елисеев – музикант, преподавател по китараМаксим Христов, ученик в Националното училище по изкуствата „Добри Христов” във ВарнаМарин Попов, преподавател по музикаЕкатерина Веселинова – Ека, балеринаКонстантин Костов, главен асистент в Националната художествена академия в София
Дамян Косец, директор на галерия „Sloart” в СловенияХристо Калоянов, куратор на свободна практикаЯна Стоянова, студент по моден дизайн във Варненския свободен университет
Contemporary European youth art
What is art? It is difficult to give an unambiguous definition. However, it depends on personal perceptions and feelings. For some it is food for the soul, for others - a way to escape from reality, for others - a form of expression. And more, and more, and more.
More powerful, more knowledgeable, more technological. These are three definitions that fit perfectly into the profile of young people who are involved in art. Whether they stretch the strings of the guitar, their fingers run on the keys or face the wall every day. Today the technology is at a much higher level than in the past.
It is typical for each generation to change both itself and the environment in which it grows and lives. Denial of authority is also a typical form of behavior.
For the generation born between 1996 and 2009, there is one common fact that unites him. And these are the Internet and technology. No matter the art form.
Angelina Saparevska - AngeliDaniel Eliseev - musician, guitar teacherMaxim Hristov, student at the National School of Arts "Dobri Hristov" - VarnaMarin Popov, music teacherEkaterina Veselinova - Eka, ballet dancerKonstantin Kostov, Chief Assistant at the National Academy of Arts in SofiaDamian Kosec, director of the „Sloart” gallery in SloveniaHristo Kaloyanov, freelance curatorYana Stoyanova, student of fashion design at Varna Free University

Автор: Росица Александрова
Когато пандемията от COVID-19 затвори вратите на училищата и университетите,  вратите на дигиталното образование се отвориха още по-широко. Онлайн средата се превърна в своеобразна класна стая, достъпна от всяка точка на света, а преподаваните уроци надскочиха в пъти заложената базова информация в учебниците. Образованието се превърна в забавно, достъпно, модерно и отговарящо на интересите на децата от Поколението Z.  Но и онлайн образованието има своите минуси, социалната изолация се засили, дигиталната зависимост се увеличи, а и не всяка специалност би могла да се преподаде по най-правилния начин чрез  мобилни приложения за образование.  
В този подкаст ще ви представим гледните точки на  учениците от Поколението Z Елица и Светослав, на младия учител Георги Милошев, който е на границата с Поколението Z и преподава биология в 125 СУ „ Боян Пешев“ в  българската столица София, на журналиста от хърватската онлайн медия "24 часа" Домагой Плантак и на Денислава Ангелова, председател на Асоциация „Докосни дъгата“ - българския бенефициент в дигиталната образователна платформа „Умни в образованието, активни в спорта“  финансирана по програма „ЕРАЗЪМ +“ .  
 
The inevitable future of digital education
 
Author: Rositsa Alexandrova
 
Quality education is at the heart of successfully developing societies, but as we expect children, young people and mature people to study throughout their lives, so the educational environment is developing to meet new economic, social and health challenges. When the Covid-19 pandemic closed the doors of schools and universities, the doors of digital education opened even more broadly. The online environment has become a kind of classroom accessible from anywhere in the world, and the lessons taught have surpassed at times the basic information in the textbooks. Education has become fun, accessible, modern and in line with the interests of the children of the Z. But even online education has its downsides, social isolation has increased, digital dependence has increased, and not every specialty could be taught in the right way through mobile education applications.
In this podcast we will present you the perspectives of the students grom the Generation Z Elitsa and Svetoslav, of the young teacher Georgi Miloshev, who is on the border with the Generation Z and teaches biology at 125 Boyan Peshev School in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, of the journalist from the Croatian online media "24 hours" Domagoy Plantak and of Denislava Angelova, Chairman of the Association "Touch the Rainbow" - the Bulgarian beneficiary in the digital educational platform "Smart in Education, Active in Sport" funded under the Erasmus +Program.  
 
 

Автор: Силвия Петрова 
Подкастът акцентира върху очакванията на младите българи от Конференцията за бъдещето на Европа. Темите, които ги вълнуват – образование, заетост, социална справедливост, климатични проблеми и околна среда, здравеопазване – са същите, които се обсъждат по време на Конференцията. От този подкаст ще разберете какви стъпки могат да предприемат младите българи, ако искат да споделят идеите си по време на Конференцията.
Участници в подкаста: Станимир Бояджиев – част от ръководството на Европейския студентски съюз; Симона Димитрова – председател на българския национален младежки форум; Ахмед Куйтов – автор на проекта – български претендент за европейската младежка награда “Карл Велики” тази година; дванайсетокласниците Велико, Диан и Джулия и единайсетокласниците София, Николай и Божидар от българското училище в Никозия; Антония Чаушева от XII клас в българското училище „Св. Св. Кирил и Методий“ в Хага; Мария Габриел – еврокомисар по иновации, научни изследвания, култура, образование и младеж.
Young people have a say on the Future of Europe  Author: Silviya Petrova  
The podcast “Young people have a say on the Future of Europe” is focused on the expectations of the young Bulgarians from the Conference of the Future of Europe. They share problems they expect the European Union to give solutions to. Some of the participants talk about how the Conference is a unique opportunity for the institutions to listen to the young people, that the European institutions can enact real change and that the EU can and will improve the lives of young people across Europe. As we listen to the young people sharing their expectations, we see that the topics of their concern – education, employment, social justice, climate change and the environment, health, are the same that are being discussed at the Conference. The podcast includes the expectations of the Gen Z representatives of the countries from the Western Balkans.
The opinions by the students from the Bulgarian school in Nicosia (Cyprus) and the student from the Bulgarian school in The Hague (The Netherlands) prove that there isn’t a significant difference in priorities between the country in a conflict zone and an economically strong member state of the EU. It’s quoted a survey carried out last October and November in all the EU Member States by the Eurobarometer about young people’s views on most pressing issues for the EU and the involvement of young Europeans in the Conference. This podcast explains the steps the young Bulgarians should take if they want to share their ideas during the Conference. Almost all young people say that they want the Conference to lead to concrete results and for the people of the Union to unite further.
The podcast includes soundbites from: Stanimir Boyadzhiev – a member of the Executive Committee of the European Students' Union; Simona Dimitrova – president of the Bulgarian National Youth Forum; Ahmed Kuitoff – his project is the Bulgarian candidate for the European Charlemagne Youth Prize; Veliko, Dian, Julia, Sofia, Nikolai and Bozhidar – students from the Bulgarian school in Nicosia (Cyprus); Antonia Chausheva – student at the Bulgarian school in The Hague (The Netherlands); Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.

Автор: Доротея Николова
Целеустремени, адаптивни, креативни, предприемчиви, фокусирани върху целта си, търсещи удовлетворението в работата и ученето, пътуващи леко, необременени от комплексите на миналото, ориентирани към бъдещето и лесно сменящи локации и дестинациите. Така описват себе си представителите на поколението Z, онези, родени между 1996 и 2009 г.
Свободни хора, които се забавляват, работят, учат, с множество възможности, при които решението за промяна идва относително бързо, а събирането на багажа още повече. За бъдещето на Европа и на Европейския съюз миграцията или иначе казано свободното движение на хора, е ключов фактор.
Многообразието на миграцията – с шансовете, рисковете, общностите и предизвикателствата, събрани в 15 минути в срещите с бивши, настоящи и бъдещи мигранти.
Участват:
Андония Филумента Цървенкова, студентка; Мария Добрева, бесарабска българка, студентка; Джейн Димитрова, млад предприемач; Естонският журналист Март Валнер; Багдаш от Турция; Роберта от Словения; Примош от Словения; Емил Радев евродепутат; Доц. Валентина Макни, ИУ Варна; Милица Иванова, ученичка, 17 г., Първа езикова гимназия Варна; Иван Запорежец от Ровно, Украйна, студент.  Generation Z or how easy it is to migrate
Purposeful, adaptive, creative, enterprising, focused on their goal, looking for satisfaction in work and study, travel light, unencumbered by the complexes of the past, future-oriented and easily changing locations and destinations.This is how Generation Z, people born between 1996 and 2009, describe themselves.
Free people who have fun, work, study – all of them with many opportunities, taking decision to change quickly, and the collection of luggage even more.For the future of Europe and the European Union, migration, or in other words free movement of persons, is a really key factor.According to the European Commission, between 2.5 and 3 million people legally come to work in the EU every year. Tens of thousands are swapping their hometowns in different countries looking for better education.Diversity of migration – including opportunities, risks, communities and challenges gathered in 15 minutes in meetings with former, current and future migrants.By Doroteya Nikolova
Includes the voices of:Mart Valner, Estonia Bağdaş, Turkey Andonia Filumena Tzarvenkova, a Bachelor’s degree student in Varna; Maria Dobreva, a student in Varna of the Bulgarian over 205,000 minority in the historical region of Bessarabia, Ukraine; Jane Dimitrova, young enterpreneur; PRIMOŽ JAMŠEK, Slovenska filantropija; ROBERTA ČOTAR KRILIĆ, Zavod za razvoj mobilnosti mladih MOVIT; Emil Radev - a Member of the European Parliament; Valentina Makni – Associate professor, PhD. In Economics at University of Economics – Varna; Militza Ivanova, 17, First Language School Varna Ivan Zaporozhetz, student, from Rovno/Rivni, Ukraine
 
 

Автор: Зорница Близнашка
Претенциозни или амбициозни? Кариеристи, опортюнисти? Мечтатели или иноватори? Или по-скоро реализатори на вечния човешки копнеж – професия, която обичаш и шанс да израстеш, но не само в работната йерархия, а и в житейската анархия?
Може би това ще постигнат един ден бъдещите ни колеги на работното място от Поколението Z, някои от които все още учат, други се борят с пазара на труда. И с възможностите за работа, които към днешна дата са много, казват някои от тях. Съгласни по въпроса са и представители на предишното Поколение Y, чиито гледни точки по темата ще може да чуете в този епизод на подкаста.
В този подкаст ще откриете сблъсъка на мнения на четири дами от България, родени преди и след 1996-а – годината-граница между Поколението Y и Поколението Z.
Ще чуете и как сънародници помагат като предлагат препитание на бягащи от Украйна, както за отношенията на бежанците с трудовия пазар у нас преди и след началото на войната. Ще чуете също и бъдещи трудещи се младежи от Полша и Словения и дали техните професионални амбиции, стремежи и копнежи са близки или далечни на нашенските?
Stuff about work stuff and the Gen Z about work
Pretentious or ambitious? Careerists, opportunists? Dreamers or innovators? Or maybe those are the people that will make a dream come true – to have a profession you adore and a chance to grow, but not only in the work hierarchy, but also in this crazy, chaotic world that we live in?
Maybe one day our future colleagues from the Gen Z will achieve that! But now some of them are focused on their education, some of them are struggling with the labor market. Dealing with the job opportunities. And they are many, as they say and as also say the representatives of the previous generation.
In this episode of the podcast you can find the opinion of four ladies from Bulgaria, born before and after 1996 - the year that separates the people to Generation Y and to Generation Z.
You will hear what they think about the job opportunities in general and as people who are searching for a job. Or as one who already have found a field for professional realization. Or as one that actually can offer a job as representatives of companies that recruit unemployed people for different positions. For new ones or well-known old? Or unknown, but interesting - bringing material goods or joy from what you have achieved? Or both?
And how Bulgarians are trying to help to refugees from Ukraine. And also how did they get along with labor market before the war as foreigners? You will also hear young people from Poland and Slovenia and whether their professional ambitions are the same as those of the young people from Sofia?

Автор: Давид Калпачки
Членовете на Поколението Z израстват в епоха на повишен стрес и тревожност. В световен мащаб около 70% от тийнейджърите от всички полове, раси и нива на семейни доходи казват, че тревожността и депресията са значителни проблеми сред техните връстници.
Експертите наричат поколението Z най-депресираното поколение, но представителите му са много по-склонни от по-възрастните да търсят консултации или терапия за психично здраве. Около 37% от Поколението Z  съобщават, че са работили със специалист по психично здраве.
Но защо Поколението  Z  е толкова депресирано? Отговорите - в подкаста.  
 
Generation Z – the most depressed generation?
Members of Generation Z are growing up in an age of increased stress and anxiety. Some 70% of teens across all genders, races and family-income levels say that anxiety and depression are significant problems among their peers.
While Generation Z has been called the most depressed generation, members of this group are more likely than their older peers to seek out mental health counselling or therapy. Some 37% of Gen Zers — a higher rate than any previous generation — report having worked with a mental health professional.
Why is Gen Z so depressed? Gen Z faces chronic stress from many factors including school aggression, student debt, joblessness, war, pandemic and even politics.