The Bulgarian Euro-Atlantic Youth Club together with the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria – Burgas and Ministry of Defense and with the special support of NATO and the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, organized a two-day international conference, entitled “NATO’s Role in the Black Sea Region in the Context of the New Security Challenges and NATO Summit in Chicago”.

The aim of the project was:

1. To raise public awareness of Black Sea’s countries cooperation in the context of NATO
2. To look in depth into the Black Sea cooperation as an instrument of NATO’s ‘Smart defense’
3. To discuss the bilateral relations as a base of NATO’s future
4. To encourage dialogue in the area of Security in the region of Black Sea
5. To discuss the future of NATO’s role in Black Sea region in the context of Chicago Summit
6. To enforce legal framework and policy among the counties in the region.