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October 27, 2010

Representative of MGERB visited the European Commission under the "Young Bulgarian Leaders" program

27/10/2010

On 25 and 26 October 2010 in Brussels, Belgium information visit was held in the European Commission under the "Young Bulgarian politicians” program. Joana Bakardjieva member of MGERB – Sofia took part in the visit.

The purpose of the visit was acquaintance with the activities of the European Commission and in particular its future actions concerning Bulgaria. The list of speakers included representatives of different committees that presented to the participants the theoretical basis, combined with practice and performance of current policy of the EU.

Great interest among the participants provoked the presentation on EU Regional Policy by Tsvyatko Velikov who focused to the Bulgarian conditions in this policy. The emphasis was put on explaining the basic concepts, budget, legal basis and the Cohesion Fund. The rest of the lectures were connected with the EU energy policy and climate change, health policy and the protection of consumer rights. The visit allowed participants to be informed about the actions of the European Commission, the methodology of decision making and the forthcoming changes in the conditions in Bulgaria. The experience of the lecturers made possible the debate on those issues and answers to various questions.

Lecturers during the visit under the “Young Bulgarian politicians” program were: Zhivka Petrova, member of the Office of the High Representative of the EU, Tsvyatko Velikov - Directorate General for Regional Policy, Gilles Gentle inter-department communications links, Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Vesela Karlukovska "Inter-institutional relations and communication” to the Directorate General for Health and Consumers, Nadezhda Klyancheva, European Anti-Fraud Office and others.