22/11/2010

CONGRESS MONITORING VISIT TO BULGARIA

Meetings in Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Pernik
(24-26
November 2010)

Congress delegation:

Mr Artur Torres PEREIRA         Co-Rapporteur, member of the Monitoring Committee of the Congress, Chair of the Municipal Assembly of Sousel, Portugal

Mr Johan SAUWENS                  Co-Rapporteur, member of the Monitoring Committee of the Congress, Member of the Flemish Parliament, Mayor of Bilzen, Belgium

Professor Francesco MERLONI Consultant

Ms Marité MORAS                      Secretariat of the Congress (mob. + 33 6 50 39 29 07)

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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Bulgarian Delegation to the Congress and Mayors representatives of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NARBM):
Ms Dora Yankova, President of the Board of Directors, Mayor of Smolyan Ms Rositsa YANAKIEVA, Head of the Bulgarian Delegation to the Congress, Mayor of Pernik

Mr Evgeni Petrov Tanchev, President of the Constitutional Court

National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria : Budget and Finance Committee and Regional Policy and Local Self Government Committee

Chairs: Ms Menda Kirilova STOYANOVA and Mr Lyuben Petrov TATARSKI

Ms Tsetska TSACHEVA DANGOVSKA, Speaker of the National Assembly

Mr Konstantin Penchev, Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria

Meeting with Professor Dr. Hristina Balabanova, Dean of the Law Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Professor Dr. Alexandre VODENITCHAROV, member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government, Professor Dr. Milena STEFANOVA, Associate Professor, Department of Public administration, Sofia University

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Thursday, 25 November 2010

Mr Tomislav DONCHEV, Minister responsible for EU funds management

Ms Yordanka Fandukova, Mayor of Sofia

Professor Valeriy DIMOTROV, President of the National Audit Office

Ms Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works

Ms Boryana PENCHEVA, Deputy Minister of Finance

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Friday, 26 November 2010

Meetings in Veliko Tarnovo

Mr Rumen RASHEV, Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo

Mayors representatives of the Regional Association of Municipalities “Central Stara Planina” and the Regional Association of Municipalities "Yantra"

Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance “Amalipe”

Meeting in Pernik

Mrs Rositsa YANAKIEVA, Mayor of Pernik, Head of the Bulgarian Delegation to the Congress