On January 11, 2024, the first meeting of the year of the leading researchers from the Clean&Circle Center of Competence was held at the Faculty of Biology building of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".

The Prime Minister Acad. Nikolay Denkov inaugurated the new building of the Center of Competence "Clean&Circle", located in the Lozenets campus of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". The total project value amounts to over 23 million BGN. The Prime Minister emphasized that it is a pleasure for him to attend such events. "I know how many difficulties the people involved in this project had to overcome. On one hand, the scientists had to acquire new knowledge and skills to adapt to the continuous challenges that arose, and accordingly, to find ways to collaborate with institutions to achieve positive results. Huge thanks for the efforts you have invested," Prime Minister Denkov addressed the project creators and the scientists at Sofia University.

The Center of Competence "Clean&Circle", established under project BG05M2OP001-1.002-0019-С07 "Clean Technologies for a Sustainable Environment – Water, Waste, Energy for a Circular Economy", funded by the Operational Programme "Science and Education for Smart Growth", can now proudly present its newly constructed building, which will host laboratories and equipment enabling Bulgarian scientists to carry out world-class research. The official part of the inauguration ceremony will start at 10:00 a.m. on December 21.

On November 23, 2023, a solemn celebration was held in the Aula of the University of Forestry to mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of environmental education in Bulgaria. The University of Forestry was the first higher education institution to launch environmental education in Bulgaria, on March 30, 1973, by order of the then Committee for Technical Progress and Higher Education. This milestone came one year after the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and two years before the First Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education and Nature Protection.