Ministry of Regional Development and Public Ministry of Regional Development and Public WorksWorks

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PRIORITIES 2011 - 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________

Working breakfast with the Ambassadors of the EU member states 11 October 2011

Our main priorities:

Strategy BG 2020 – Road Infrastructure Sector

Оperational Programme“Regional Development”

Energy efficiency of Multi-family Residential buildings

Improving the legal framework– Law on Spatial Planning, Law on the Black Sea coast Spatial Planning, Cadastre Law, the Water Act

Water Supply and Sewerage Sector

Programming of 2014 – 2020 period

Motorways

1. АМ “Lyulin”2. АМ “Тrakia” 3. АМ “Мaritsa”4. АМ “Struma”5. АМ “Кalotina-Sofia”6. АМ “Hemous”7. АМ “Cherno more”

Express roads

1. ER Vidin-Botevgrad 2. ER Rouse- Makaza Border Check Point 3. ER Rousse-Shoumen, 4. ER Gyueshevo Border Check Point -Sofia5. ER Rila 6. ER Durankulak-Varna 7. ER Plovdiv-Assenovgrad

Bridges over the Danube River

1.«Оryahovo - Bechet» 2.«Silistra - Calarasi»

BG 2020 – ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE

Tunnels

1.Tunnel under the Shipka Pass (along the Rouse-Makaza route)

ROAD PROJECTS UNDER OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME “REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT”

ROAD PROJECTS UNDER OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME “ТRANSPORT”

ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS UNDER PROGRAMME “CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION”

ROAD PROJECTS FINANCEDWITH STATE INVESTMENT LOANS

ROAD PROJECTS UNDER ALL PROGRAMMES

ОP “Regional Development” – the programme targeted at people

63% - 26% - 97%

Over 162 000 km of municipality roads rehabilitated

Over 210 schools and kinder gardens renovated, 550 are currently in a process of implementation, and 170 are in the waiting list

10 state-owned tourist sites are being modernized, and 113 municipal ones are to be modernized

39 state and municipal hospitals will be renovated and new equipment will be provided

What is left for us to start under OPRD?

OPRD - Forthcoming grand schemes Support for integrated urban transport development in five major cities (Varna,

Plovdiv, Rouse, Stara Zagora and Pleven) – 204 million leva; Support for the regional tourist product and marketing development of the

destinations– 19 million leva; Support for the development public ICT infrastructure – 40 million leva

JESSICA – Joint European Initiative for Sustainable Investment in the Urban Regions

19 October 2010 – Financial Agreement between the Bulgarian Government and the European Investment Bank (EIB), for the establishment of the Holding Fund under JESSICA was signed;

June 2011 EIB evaluated 2 offers: Urban Development Fund for the city of Sofia and the Urban Development Fund for the cities of Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Rouse, Stara Zagora, Pleven;

Forthcoming signing of agreements with the selected UDF and an investment of 24,5 million leva into UFD for the city of Sofia and 36,7 million leva UDF for the six major cities;

Energy Efficiency of the buildings

Lesson learned:

We have renovated 27 multi-family residential buildings within the framework of the project “Demonstrative Renovation of Multifamily Buildings” of MRDPW and UNDP, and 23 multi-family residential buildings and the surrounding public areas are currently under renovation

We have established an appropriate legal basis – Law of Condominium Management (LCM) of 2009, as amended in July 2011

On 18 July 2011 we published the scheme „Support for energy efficiency in multi-family buildings” under OP „Regional development” , BG161PO001/1.2-01/2011

The scheme „Support for energy efficiency of Multi-family Residential

buildings”

Extensive communication with the public by: Launching a communication campaign

Establishing an integrated unit for the implementation of the project to support the “Housing Policy” Directorate

Announcing the tender procedure for selection of project managers in the six planning regions

Selecting a Fund Manager to provide low-interest loans and guarantees

Our goal is: to launch the renovation process of one building in each Bulgarian region!

Water Supply and Sewerage Sector

3 investment projects, funded under the ISPA Instrument/ Cohesion Fund

Construction of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP), located in Maritsa basin (Stara Zagora and Dimitrovgrad)

Integrated water project for the city of Bourgas Integrated water project for the city of Rouse

A reform was launched in the Water Supply and Sewerage sector

Water Supply and Sewerage associations have been established Contract template for management and operation of the water

systems and facilities and the provision of water services to the consumers has been prepared

The Water and Sewerage Sector (WSS) Challenge

To finish the WSS Sector reform! To strengthen the capacity of the structural participants in the reform:

WSS Associations, WSS operators, administration To draw up criteria for the WSS operators, professional qualification

requirements for the technical personnel, with the support of JASPERS instrument

To initiate strategic and subdelegated legislation and legislative changes To plan the WSS development and WSS systems via Regional master Plans

To elaborate investment projects! Construction of 3 new dams – Neykovtsi, Plovdivtsi and the dam of Luda

Yana, and the relevant Wastewater Treatment Plants Reconstruction of Studena dam

To improve the legal basis in the field of spatial planning

Law on spatial planning Disburden the enacted regulatory regimes, improving the quality

of service for citizens and businesses, thus improving the investment environment

Eliminate the duplication of functions of the control bodies in municipalities and National Construction Supervision Directorate

Increase the powers of local authorities and local administration

from 2009 to the present moment 3719 orders for demolishing of illegal buildings have been issued 2253 illegal buildings have already been demolished 1800 more illegal buildings will be demolished by the end of June

2013.

To improve the legal framework

Law on the Black Sea Coast Spatial Planning To ease the procedures on granting the new coastal concessions and improve the

effectiveness of the executed control; To regulate the finance and control activities of the concession contracts; To introduce legal definitions and concepts, aiming to improve the control over the

implementation of the concession contracts and the leases of the coastal area;

Cadastre law To improve the regulation on creating a cadastral map and cadastral registers , in

order to enhance the capacity of the cadastral data and update it; To specify the procedures for maintaining and updating the cadastral map and

cadastral registers, in order to facilitate their amendment procedure; To improve the administrative services with cadastral information by establishing a

more flexible service system

To improve the legal framework

Water Act

Additional differentiation of the public state and public municipal property of the WSS;

Defining 28 separate territories, corresponding to the administrative-territorial organization “region”;

Subtracting the value of the public water supply networks and facilities of the company’s balance sheet, rather than their capital

OUR GOALS

Financial framework 2014 - 2020

Field Indicative budget (billion leva)

Infrastructural projects under ОP “Transport” 2014 - 2020

8, 5

Projects under OP ”Regional Development” 2014 - 2020

5, 2

Territorial Cooperation Programmes 2014 - 2020

0, 5

TOTAL 14, 2

EU STRATEGY FOR THE DANUBE REGION

MRDPW is the Bulgarian national coordinator for the EU Strategy for development of the Danube Region

Bulgaria coordinates jointly with Romania Priority Axis 3 "Tourism and multicultural dialogue“, and Priority Axis 11 “Security and organized crime control” with Germany.

Our ambition is to participate actively in the process of cooperation with all the stakeholders in projects, which will contribute to the economic and social cohesion of all Danube regions.

Thank You for Your Attention!Thank You for Your Attention!

Lilyana PavlovaМINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

www.mrrb.government.bg