The European Commission will host a one-hour webinar on October 17, Thursday (11:30—12:30 Eastern European Time) on the topic: “How to Enable Citizens in Your Region to be (Cross-border) Active in the EU: The European Citizens’ Initiative and Other Opportunities for Citizen Participation.”
A total of 19 proposals were submitted in the second phase of the campaign for projects that will fulfil the priorities of the Territorial Strategy for development of the cross-border area of Bulgaria and Türkiye. All 13 candidates in the main list and 6 from the reserves will race for the EUR 13.4 M budget. The final scores will be available up to three months.
The Monitoring Committee of the Bulgaria-Türkiye programme stamped the list with 19 project proposals of SMEs that passed the first step of evaluation. The call targets the promotion of energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy. The financial allocation for these activities is EUR 6.6 M.
The National Authority of the Bulgaria-Türkiye programme will organize a meeting with pre-defined applicants that are preparing detailed project proposals from the Territorial Strategy. The event aims to support lead candidates and partners to expand their capacity in project preparation.
The workshop will be on July 9, 2024, 10:00, at the Kırklareli İl Özel İdaresi Cazibe Merkezi.
Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses from the Bulgaria-Turkey cross-border region participated in an info day at the "Flora Burgas" Expo Center on January 30, 2024, organized by the Managing Authority of the programme.
The information tour "From Vision to Action" for pre-selected candidates from the Territorial Strategy flocked together more than 150 attendants in Haskovo, Kirklareli and on a webinar. It was a crucial step in equipping our applicants with the skills to submit valuable full project proposals for the second phase of the call from Priority 2 "Integrated Development of the Cross-Border Region".
The campaign featured a series of interactive events, covering the key learning areas:
The Managing Authority of the Interreg – IPA Cross-border Programme Bulgaria – Turkey 2014 – 2020 kindly invites you to participate in an online survey for monitoring of result indicators used to measure the achievement of the programme specific objectives. The survey will be open for all interested organizations and individuals until 30th August 2024.
The Joint Secretariat of the Bulgaria – Türkiye Programme will run an information campaign to support the pre-defined applicants in Priority 2 “Integrated Development of the Cross-Border Region”. Both lead and project partners will master in evolving concept notes into full project proposals from the main and the reserve list.
The first portion of your questions on the submission of full project proposals from the Territorial Strategy is already available. Shall you have additional inquires, don’t hesitate to contact us on: JShaskovo@mrrb.government.bg Stay tuned for the information campaign that is in the pipeline!
We are excited to invite you to join the EU-wide consultation that will lay the foundations of the future Interreg Programmes. This is your chance to share your vision and to inspire changes for the future of the Bulgaria-Türkiye cross-border region.
By participating in the 16-question survey, you will help us to identify the key topics for cooperation, to take stock of what we have done by now and to suggest improvements.