Programm: Good Governance Bulgaria

The vision of the Operational Programme “Good Governance” (OPGG) is based on the understanding that strong, effective and transparent state institutions and judiciary have a direct horizontal impact on achieving all objectives defined in the Europe 2020 strategy, as they are interrelated.

The programme addresses the following thematic priorities:

• Administrative service delivery and e-governance:
  • Reduction of administrative and regulatory burden on citizens and businesss
  • increase of e -services available to citizens and businesses
• Effective and professional governance in partnership with the civil society and the business:
  • Increase the number of the administrations, implementing organizational development mechanisms and result-based management
  • Improvement of the specialized knowledge and skills of the administration staff and development of career development mechanisms
  • Increase of citizen participation in policy-making and control
• Transparent and efficient judiciary:
  • Increase of transparency and acceleration of judicial proceedings through structural, procedural and organisational reforms in the judiciary
  • Improve the accessibility and the accountability of the judiciary through the introduction of e-justice
  • Extension of the scope and improvement of the quality of training in the judicial system.

The eligible persons differ among the priority axes:

• PA 1 - Central, regional and municipal administrations;
• PA 2 - Central, regional and municipal administrations, civil society organizations and their associations, social and economic partners
• PA 3 - Supreme Judicial Council, Inspectorate to the Supreme Judicial Council, Supreme Court of Cassation, Supreme Administrative Court, Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, General Directorate “Execution of Penalties”, National Legal Aid Bureau, State Agency for Child Protection, Training Academy to the Ministry of Interior, Commission for Withdrawal of Criminal Assets, National Institute of Justice, non-governmental and professional organizations, operating in the field of justice.;

In view of their specific role in achieving the objectives of PA1, priority will be given to: Administration of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Health, Public Procurement Agency, Archives State Agency, Customs Agency, National Revenue Agency, National Social Security Institute, National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

In view of their specific role in achieving the objectives of PA2, priority will be given to: the Administration of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Finance, National Statistical Institute, National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria, the National Audit Office, Institute of Public Administration, Diplomatic Institute to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Training Academy to the Ministry of Interior, Institute of Psychology to the Ministry of Interior, Public Procurement Agency

85 % funded by the ERDF and 15 % by national financing (national budget) 

Managing Authority of the Programme is the Good Governance Department under the structure of the Council of Ministers
1594 Sofia, 1 Dondukov Blvd
(+359 2) 940 3625
i.parvanova@government.bg