Specific projects in Bulgaria

Developing fiscal decentralisation and improving local financial management in Bulgaria

 What is the goal?

The project aims to support increasing financial autonomy of Bulgarian municipalities in line with good European practice and standards by assisting the Bulgarian authorities to:

  • Improve the legal, financial, and strategic framework for fiscal decentralisation and increase the level of own revenues of municipalities;
  • Develop the competences of local officials to apply relevant benchmarks and measure performance.

 

 Who benefits from the project? 

  • Public authorities such as the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works; Ministry of Finance;
  • Bulgarian municipalities, their staff and institutional structures;
  • Partners and other stakeholders: Council for Decentralisation of State Governance of the Council of Ministers; National Platform of Partners for Good Democratic Governance at Local Level;
  • Relevant organisations or institutions in Bulgaria that have particular expertise and experience in the topics of the project and access to a relevant network of national experts;
  • Bulgarian citizens and society at large.

 

 How will the project work?

  • Through regular exchanges and close coordination with the project beneficiaries and key stakeholders to identify practical challenges and develop tailor-made solutions;
  • Intergovernmental cooperation through a peer review; international support in developing legislative and policy advice; public consultations, workshops and capacity-building activities;
  • By developing tailored training curricula (based on the Training Needs Analysis) designed to respond to the needs of local authorities and contribute to developing effective, accountable and transparent institutions at local level.

 

 Budget and duration

  • This project is co-funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the European Commission.
  • The total budget of the project is 611 112 EUR
  • The project will run from 15 June 2022 to 30 June 2024

 

More information about the cooperation between EU/EC DG REFORM and the Council of Europe is available from the Directorate of Programme Co-ordination.

Main activities:

  • Best Practice Programme (BPP)
  • European Label of Governance’s Excellence (ELOGE)
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European Label for innovation and good governance at local level

18 Bulgarian local authorities were awarded with the European Label for innovation and good governance at local level at an official ceremony on 18 May in Plovdiv (Bulgaria): The awarded municipalities are Bansko, Byala Slatina, Vratsa, Valchi Dol, Gabrovo, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Dimitrovgrad, Dobrich, Dolna Banya, Kneja, Lovech, Pavlikeni, Petrich, Pomorie, Svishtov, Sofia, Troyan, Targovishte. Seven of these municipalities receive the Label for the third time. Prizes were awarded by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tomislav Donchev, in presence of the Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Ivan Asparuhov, and the Executive director of the National Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ginka Chavdarova.

The Council of Europe Strategy for innovation and good governance is implemented in Bulgaria by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works in partnership with the National Association of Municipalities. 

Plovdiv, Bulgaria 18 May 2015
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