Annually the Council of Europe supports the programs of 24 schools, members of the association of the schools of political studies. For this project the Council of Europe co-finances part of the national program “Governing Skills” of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”. A program, in which every year 40 representatives of all parliamentary political parties from both Bulgarian and European parliaments and civil society leaders take part. Every autumn, the Council of Europe hosts the World Forum for Democracy in Strasburg, and finances the participation of the graduates from the 24 schools within the network who meet in order to exchange experience and ideas.