The Sofia Platform is a venue for dialogue and exchange of views between non-governmental organizations, journalists, politicians and practitioners from Europe, the Middle East and the United States. It aims at facilitating an in-dept conversation about the lessons learned, and not learned, in the  transition. The meetings organized within the Sofia Platform framework look from different angles at the transition processes. The topics discussed within the Sofia Platform framework cover a wide range of issues: from institution building, constitutional and judiciary reform, reconciliation and justice to the security sector reform, anti-corruption strategies, role of civil society and media freedom.