Internet Society - Bulgaria® is a non-governmental organization (NGO), founded on Dec. 4, 1995 in Sofia by a group of Bulgarian Internet professionals. On January 6, 2006, we celebrated of 10th birthday in the presence of some of our destinguished members - the prime minister of Bulgaria, ministers, members of the Parliament, IT-experts and Internet gurus from all over the country.

ISOC is currently involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software.

You can visit for more information on those projects the following web sites:

• FOSS.bg - the Free and Open Source Software Project for SEEurope.
• tOSSad - towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination.
• FLOSS world - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.

There are several more and new projects coming in 2006.

In 2005-2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of Creative Commons. Upon invitation from our chairman and president, Veni Markovski, Prof. Lawrence Lessig came to Bulgaria to have wonderful lectures and meetings. His visit was made possible with the kind cooperation of the UNDP.

ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the WSIS. Before that, in 1999 and in 2001 through its influence, Bulgaria became the first country to legally accept full freedom of access to the Internet by accepting changes in the Telecommunications Law, which leave the domain name system and the IP Address allocation outside of the control of the government.
ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI) and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, besides Bulgaria.

Our chairman and president Veni Markovski is chairing the Bulgarian President's IT Advisory Committee. Mr. Markovski is a member of the ICANN Board. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the international Internet Society, and has been on the Board of Directors of the CPSR.