Accreditation for ‘Elections 2013’ International Press Centre
26 April 2013 News
‘Elections 2013’ International Press Centre
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will conduct the process of accreditation for the “Elections 2013” International Press Centre for foreign journalists and diplomatic missions for the parliamentary elections on May 12.
The International Press Centre, organised by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency BTA, will be at the National Palace of Culture, Hall 3, address: 1 Bulgaria Square, Sofia 1414.
Accreditation is being carried out from April 26 to May 8 2013, and the process is solely by e-mail, to the address [email protected].
Completed forms should be submitted by noon on May 8. The following must be attached to the e-mail applications:
- An accreditation form. There are two types of forms: For representatives of foreign media accredited to Bulgaria – Bulgarian citizens (download HERE); and for representatives of foreign media – foreign nationals (download HERE);
- A digital photograph (media representatives only), size 3.5 x 4.5cm, in JPG format, labelled in the following format: media_first name_family name (for example, TV5_ivan_ivanov);
- An official letter on letterhead, signed by the manager and containing a full list of the names of representatives applying for accreditation.
All media wishing to be accredited must send to the e-mail address [email protected] an official letter on letterhead, signed by the management and containing a full list of the names of their representatives applying for accreditation. Applications for accreditation by media representatives will be invalid if not accompanied by a photograph in the required format and if the person’s name does not appear in the letter signed by the editor-in-chief.
The deadline for the submission of applications for accreditation is Wednesday May 8 at 12pm. All valid applications submitted within the specified period will be answered by e-mail with a registration confirmation, which must be presented to the accreditation desk to receive their badges. Badges will be received at the accreditation desk at entrance A - Central of the National Palace of Culture.
Accreditation desk working hours:
Friday May 10 2013, 2pm to 7pm
Saturday May 11 2013, 9am to 7pm
Sunday May 12 2013, 9am until the conclusion of proceedings.
Badges will be issued on presentation of personal identification documents (ID card or passport) along with printed confirmation of registration from the e-mail address [email protected]. If a representative is to be authorised to receive the badges of all those accredited from an organisation, an authorisation letter signed by the head or director of the organisation must be presented.
Badges must be worn prominently during the entire time in the Press Centre and must be presented on request. On May 12, representatives of the media will be allowed in to the National Palace of Culture only after displaying a regular press card, ID and badge.
Vehicle access passes
Applications for the issuing of permits for the access of cars and drivers will be accepted only electronically and as with applications for accreditation, the form for applying for access for cars and drivers should be attached (the form can be downloaded HERE).
Parking areas on Election Day
On May 12 2013, from 8am to the completion of proceedings, the following parking arrangements will be in effect:
For the media:
Zone P1: Vitosha Boulevard, the section from Pencho Slaveikov to Patriarch Evtimii
For diplomats:
Zone P2: The parking area at the intersection of Baba Nedelya Street and Vitosha Boulevard
For all other vehicles with valid accreditation:
Zone P3: Patriarch Evtimii Boulevard, from the intersection with Vitosha Boulevard to Fridtjof Nansen Boulevard, and Fridtjof Nansen, from the intersection with Patriarch Evtimii Boulevard to Vassil Levski Boulevard.
Entrance for the media: A - Central
Entrance for representatives of election campaign headquarters: A6
Access areas
Zone A – Hall 3, where news conferences will be held;
Zone B – Foyers for media studios, staffs of political forces and opinion survey agencies.
Quotas for access
All journalists who have submitted valid applications will be accredited to the International Press Centre. Because of the limited capacity of the hall, the management of a news organisation should specify the number of journalists who will be attending news conferences and submit this information to the organisers of the access areas.
Space arrangements at the National Palace of Culture
News conferences will be held in Hall 3 on the seventh floor of the National Palace of Culture. The order in which news conferences will be held will be specified at a later stage. The workspace for the media will be in Hall 7 on the fifth floor of the National Palace of Culture. The workspace for the media will have working places for laptops with internet connection, network printers and CCTV-monitors. The operational headquarters of the “Elections 2013” International Press Centre will be in Hall 3.1 on the eighth floor of the National Palace of Culture. The medical centre will be in a room adjacent to Hall 3.
Media representatives who will be using bulky equipment should set it up in Hall 3 and the media workspace no later than 12pm on Saturday May 11 2013.
Provisions for signal and sound
IMPORTANT: Camera operators from Bulgarian National Television, bTV, Nova TV and TV7 will have right of access to Hall 3. Video feed will be provided to all comers. Sound from Hall 3 will be provided through a sound system capable of delivering a signal to all needing it. At the speakers in Hall 3, there will be tables for tape recorders and microphones.
CCTV
Closed-circuit television monitors will be placed in the media workspace and lobbies around Hall 3 of the National Palace of Culture. All news conferences in Hall 3 will be transmitted live, along with additional information for the media (place and time of news conferences, results from the Central Election Commission and according to public opinion survey agencies, as well as other information).
Contact persons: Ekaterina Yanakieva, Genoveva Chervenakova. Tel: 9482634 and 9482066.
Email: [email protected]