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The project's main goal was to restore and improve the outlook and the functioning of the natural water fountains at the territory of the city of Svishtov and the surrounding villages in the municipality. In the past the local population built all the water fountains with a lot of love. Restoring them would bring back the tradition of informal social gatherings around them. The water fountains would once again become useful for the stock-breeders. Municipality crews in cooperation with Water and Sewerage specialists developed the project.


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Publication Date: 21 March 2005
Nominations: 3

The specific geographic and economic status of Antonovo Municipality require flexible innovative practices of cooperation between state authority, institutions and citizens in decision - making processes referring to key issues in community life .

Bad transportation and information connections require work at the spot , dialogue, cooperation, good will and tolerance between ethnic groups and aiming at effective and efficient management and customer services .


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Publication Date: 20 March 2005
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After filling up the questionnaire on the level of transparency in the work of municipalities , the governmental body of Vratsa Municipality considered that implementing transparency principles in the work of the municipal administration and the municipal council would increase the confidence of citizens and partners in the local authority .

Two working groups ( comprising of municipal councilors and experts from the municipal administration ) analyzed the results from the questionnaire . As a consequence the municipal council and municipal administration organized for the first time public discussion on the budget and project on tourism development in the municipality .


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Publication Date: 28 January 2005
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Supporting the principle Municipality to People , as an expression of openness towards the community and sympathy towards citizens and business problems . External receptions have started to be organized by the mayor . These are performed by districts in the municipality (municipality City of Dobrich encompasses the territory of the city there are no mayoralties). Thus out of the working environment access to the mayor Detelina Nikolova for large number of citizens close to their resident place has been provided .


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Publication Date: 28 January 2005
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Municipality City of Dobrich was involved informally in the transparency campaign for local authorities aiming at proving and further developing positions, achieving obvious results and implementing new approaches and ideas, performing open and transparent government through provision of interaction between optimally functioning modern administration and cooperating citizens partners in the atmosphere of mutual confidence .

The beginning of the Campaign introduced discussion on the approach at a meeting with the Mayor , establishment and session of a Working group on the Questionnaire of self - assessment and identifying new ideas and suggestions , resource work , with councilors and NGOs , dissemination of the Transparency poster , etc . The results should be obvious after implementing the general management practice and outlined steps and actions within the Campaign .


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Publication Date: 28 January 2005
Nominations: 8

In February 2004 a team of four representatives of the muniicpal council and 5 representatives of the municipal amdinistration Mezdra worked on a Self-Assessment Questionnaire referring to the level of transparency and openness in the work of Mezdra Municipality . After an analysis of the results we realized that 73% of the proposed procedures and practices mentioned in the Questionnaire are implemented in our municipality . The officials from the municipal administration and municipal councilors were acquainted with the questionnaire . The filled in questionnaire was prepared in a special brochure , which was made available for all citizens in the Customer Service Center and was uploaded on the web - site of Mezdra Municipality : www . mezdra . dir . bg


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Publication Date: 29 November 2004
Nominations: 4

Through the establishment of neighborhood councils in our municipality we aim to :

ü Achieve better interaction between the municipal administration, municipal council and citizens form Vratsa .

ü Shortening the distance between local authority and citizens from the municipality aiming at finding effective solutions .

ü Achieving graduate change in thinking of people in the neighborhood , that solving problems depends on them , that they personally could take part in the government of a given settlement thus changing their way of living in accordance with their own criteria .

ü Stimulating the civil initiative .

ü Achieving greater transparency in local self - government .


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Publication Date: 29 November 2004
Nominations: 0

A survey on the current status and needs of Roma People was conducted in Botevgrad Municipality. Results obtained will be the basis for developing municipal programs and action plans for improving living standards and inclusion of Roma people in local social and economic activity.


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Publication Date: 29 November 2004
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Implementing a system of new forms of communication for partnership development between citizens and local authority; establishing community councils and other informal structures to enhance citizen participation in government; identifying youth formations and establishing a youth center young people active participants in management processes; replicating the experience of the Municipal Administration in mayoralties by the municipality.


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Publication Date: 29 November 2004
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Project Campaign to Support Citizen Participation in Decision - Making Processes aims at increasing knowledge, skills and practical experience of representatives of different sectors of society in the process of implementing basic principles of democracy, emphasizing on provision of support to active citizen participation in government and in decision-making processes related with environmental issues . It contributes to the practical implementation of the Orhus Convention decrees in Burgas Municipality, more concretely the decrees referring to participation of the public in the process of developing plans, programs and policies in the field of environment (Article 7 of the Convention).


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Publication Date: 29 November 2004
Nominations: 2
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