FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Municipality Velingrad
National Network
Bulgaria
Address
35 Han Asparuh blvd. Velingrad BulgariaCountry
BulgariaCity
VelingradStreet address 2
35 Han Asparuh blvd.Telephone
+0359 359 5 05 85E-Mail (2)
r_ruseva_r@abv.bgContact Person1
Georgy IanchevContact Person 2
Radka RusevaOrganisation Type
Local/Regional AuthorityFields of Activity
Democracy and community developmentGeneral Information
Municipality Velingrad has 116 employees of which 44 are working in the general administration and 48 in the specialized administration. It’s yearly budget is 8,5 000 000 EUR. It’s sources of funding are the republic budget, local taxes and outer sources like national and european programs. In the municipality’s staff, there is a ‘European Programs and Projects Directorate” which is dedicated to development and implementation of projects funded by grants from the European Commission. It has projects in the fields of ecology, infrastructure, social activities, etc. The municipality has partners among the civil society, business, regional and national authorities.Mission and Objectives
Municipality Velingrad in the heart of the Rodophes will become a developed and established region for international tourism and balneological treatment with clean nature, quality life standard, preserved spiritual and material values with high grade of education and knowledge and equal chances of all of it’s regions and social groups. The general objectives of the development of Municipality Velingrad for the period until the year of 2013 are improvement of life quality, growth of incomes and employment and transformation of Municipality Velingrad in an environmental-clean vacation territory with well established living, resort and business environment by increasing it’s attractiveness as a major leading balneological centre.Main Projects / Activities
The European Programs and Projects Directorate has developed and implemented many projects funded from the European Commission. It has experience in the development of projects, applying in calls for proposals, budget allocation and project implementation. Some of the past projects are “Protected House” – social establishment for handicapped people, building of waste-water purification plant for the municipalities of Velingrad and Sarnitza and projects for energy efficiency of various buildings on the town’s territory.