Logo of the Bulgarian Hosting of the Initiative "Three Seas"
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) is a political project of 12 EU Member States, at the level of Heads of State, launched in 2016. It involves Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic.
Through the 3SI, the participating countries aim to deepen their integration in the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea regions and to create greater North-South connectivity between them in the fields of energy, transport, information technology and business, which will contribute to building a stronger and more connected Europe.
When hosting the Estonian host for the organization of the June 2021 summit in Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev pointed out that our country is ambitious to follow this line of regional cooperation and connectivity, adding a focus on the contribution of science and education and technology.
The State Institute for Cultural to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, together with the Pimen Zografski Foundation - National Academy of Arts and with the expert support of the specialized directorates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a competition to create a graphic sign (logo) of the Bulgarian House of the Three Seas Initiative. Commission composed of representatives of the Political Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations (Margarita Ganeva, Director of the Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations and Emil Yalnazov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary), the State Cultural Institute (Snezhana Yoveva, Director of the CRD and Ilian Lolugov, Chief Expert) DKI) and lecturers from the National Academy of Arts (Assoc. Prof. Iliya Gruev, Prof. Viktor Paunov, Dr. Nenko Atanasov) discussed and evaluated the submitted logo proposals according to a point system. A vote was held and out of a total of 12 proposals received, the jury nominated Mr. Svetlin Balezdrov for the logo project.
The participants in the competition are: Georgi Pavlov - project 1 and 2, Ivaylo Todorov - project 3, 4 and 5, Lila Koleva - project 6, Lyudmil Veselinov - project 7, Milena Abanos - project 8 and 9, Svetlin Balezdrov - project 10, 11 and 12.
The selected project balanced combines several components in a minimalist composition. The orientation of the logo on the ascending diagonal conveys a feeling of rise and development. The stylized book, symbolizing science and education, forms a group - a reference to the joint efforts of member states located along the three European seas.