Capacity Building for Promotion, Training, Policy Development and Support in Bulgaria

Main Goals of the Project

The main goals of the project are:

1. To improve the quantity and quality of MOEW’s activities for implementation of the LIFE programme.
2. To improve the effectiveness at implementation of the LIFE programme (higher success rate of project proposals, better connection with the policy implementation) of local project promoters.
3. Better promotion of results and their integration into policies and programmes.

Project Aims

The project aims at:

1. Widening the scope and promotion of the LIFE programme on local, regional, and national levels.
2. Acquiring skills and competences on writing project proposals for LIFE programme co-financing as well as on project management of approved projects.
3. Fostering and disseminating project management skills, thereby empowering a project-based approach to tackling environmental challenges.
4. Demonstrating synergies between the LIFE programme and other EU financial instruments in achieving the objectives of environmental policy, programmes, and strategies, and to increase the competence of using those resources.
5. Increasing international (regional) cooperation in order to resolve cross-border environmental issues.
6. Increasing the number and quality of LIFE programme project proposals aimed at the implementation of national priorities of environmental acquis.
7. Improving coordination among competent authorities for the preparation of larger, more complex integrated projects, aiming at the implementation of national action programs.
8. Sharing information on financial instruments as possible financial sources for financing LIFE projects.