The “Europe” Program was launched in 2009 as an initiative of the Sofia Municipality and the Sofia Municipal Council (SOC), coordinated by the Standing Committee on International Cooperation and Tourism, European Programs and Projects. It supports cooperation between civil society and local authorities in Sofia in the creation of and access to various practices related to Bulgaria's membership in the European Union. The activity under the Program is carried out in accordance with the Rules for Work under the “Europe” Program of the Sofia Municipality, adopted by Decision No. 759 of the Sofia Municipal Council of 11.12.2008, last amended and supplemented by Decision No. 225 of 22.04.2021.
The Europe Program supports and stimulates the development of activities that are significant for the Sofia Municipality by encouraging the implementation of quality projects, following the principles of equal treatment of candidates, objectivity, transparency and a competitive approach.
The program achieves its goals through approval and financing of projects of civil society organizations that meet the objectives of the priority areas proposed by the Program Council of the Europe Program and approved by the Sofia Municipal Council for the respective year.
How many projects have been supported and implemented?
Under the Europe Programme, projects are supported on a competitive basis. For this purpose, each year the Programme Council approves a package of documents to assist the applicant organisations. The package includes: Application Guidelines; Application Form; Methodology for evaluating and ranking project proposals; annexes; online application guide. The competition for collecting project proposals is announced, in accordance with the requirements of the Programme, on the websites of the Sofia Municipal Council, Sofia Municipality, the Europe Programme, as well as on the websites of non-governmental organisations. The deadline for submitting project proposals is one month. Information days on the application procedure are held every year, which every citizen interested in the Europe Programme has the opportunity to visit according to a previously announced schedule and receive advice and answers to the questions posed.
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