Media Development Center (MDC) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established in 1998 to promote independent media in Bulgaria and to foster capacity-building of the media by encouraging good practice in journalism, stimulating the professional ethics, institutionalizing the dialogue among the state administration, the media and the NGO sector, and to boost the networking and cross-border cooperation in the region of Southeast Europe. MDC’s main areas of activity are: education and training for media professionals and journalism students in Bulgaria; professional training for journalists and media managers from Southeast Europe; training courses in language skills for the media; support for the development of the free media market; research, consultancy and information services on media and for the media; publication of media-related books and training materials; media events; conferences, round-tables, discussions. MDC is a member of the biggest media development network in Southeast Europe SEENPM, the biggest European network for media literacy EAVI and the Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection.