EC OKs Bulgaria’s Good Governance, Science&Education Operational Programs

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | February 19, 2015, Thursday // 20:32
Bulgaria: EC OKs Bulgaria’s Good Governance, Science&Education Operational Programs Photo by EPA/BGNES

The European Commission has approved operational programs Good Governance and Science and Education for Smart Growth for the 2014-2020 programming period, according to the press office of the Bulgarian government.

Operational program Good Governance, which is the successor of the Administrative Capacity OP and the Technical Assistance OP, is worth over EUR 335 M.

Operational program Good Governance will be used to finance measures in key spheres such as administrative reform and e-governance, e-justice, and judicial reform.

The main priorities of the program are the improvement of services and the optimization of the structures and functions of the administration.

The operational program aims to facilitate access to services for natural and legal persons, including by introducing complex administrative service and developing e-governance.

A key task under the program will be the continuation of judicial reform amid greater transparency and efficiency.
The Science and Education for Smart Growth OP, which will be the first of its kind in Bulgaria, will channel over EUR 701 M into solving the most pressing problems of the education sector.

The investments under this operational program target increasing the quality of Bulgarian education, thereby meeting the needs of the business sector of highly-qualified workers.

Priority goals under the program are the modernization and improvement of the conditions at educational and research facilities, as well as the enhancement of the potential for developing research and innovations in the spheres of specialization stipulated in the Smart Specialization Strategy.

The finalization of talks under the two new operational programs is yet another step towards the conclusive approval of the entire package of EU-funded financial instruments for Bulgaria in the 2014-2020 programming period.

At the end of 2014 the European Commission approved two operational programs under the 2014-2020 programming period, including the Human Resources Development OP (worth over EUR 1 B) and the Transport and Transport Infrastructure OP (with a budget of nearly EUR 2 B).

Over the next few weeks, the EC is to approve the Innovations and Competitiveness OP.

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