Study Tour to Strasbourg
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From 3 to 6 June 2018 a study tour to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg took place for the representatives of the awarded municipalities under the Best Practice in Bulgarian Local Self-Governments Programme 2016/2017. The visit was part of the Programme and was funded by the Council of Europe. The Programme was carried out in Bulgaria by FLGR.
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In the first edition of the Programme in Bulgaria the municipalities competed in three thematic areas.
In Thematic area 1 "Municipal support for civic initiatives" the practices of the municipalities Tundzha and Dobrich were awarded.
In Thematic Area 2 " New management technologies and solutions" the first two places were awarded to the practices of the Troyan and Plovdiv municipalities.
In Thematic Area 3 "Social Innovations and Partnerships" the practices of the municipalities of Veliko Turnovo and Svishtov were awarded.
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The representatives of the Bulgarian municipalities traveled to the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg and had a series of successful, informative and interesting meetings with a number of representatives of different institutions within the Council of Europe:
- Mrs. Jutta Gützkow, Head of Good Governance Division, and Ms Silvia Ivanova, Centre of Expertise on Local Government Reform;
- Mr. Dimitry Marchenkov, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Europe;
- Mrs. Francesca Lionetti, Intercultural Cities Programme;
- Mrs. Katya Todorova, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the Council of Europe;
- Mr. Ivan Nikolchev, Civil Society Unit;
- Judge Yonko Grozev, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
The participants of the study trip considered it highly effective and useful for their future work.
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In the first edition of the Programme in Bulgaria the municipalities competed in three thematic areas.
In Thematic area 1 "Municipal support for civic initiatives" the practices of the municipalities Tundzha and Dobrich were awarded.
In Thematic Area 2 " New management technologies and solutions" the first two places were awarded to the practices of the Troyan and Plovdiv municipalities.
In Thematic Area 3 "Social Innovations and Partnerships" the practices of the municipalities of Veliko Turnovo and Svishtov were awarded.
![](/filesystem2/userfiles/image/2018/pic4(1).jpg)
The representatives of the Bulgarian municipalities traveled to the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg and had a series of successful, informative and interesting meetings with a number of representatives of different institutions within the Council of Europe:
- Mrs. Jutta Gützkow, Head of Good Governance Division, and Ms Silvia Ivanova, Centre of Expertise on Local Government Reform;
- Mr. Dimitry Marchenkov, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Europe;
- Mrs. Francesca Lionetti, Intercultural Cities Programme;
- Mrs. Katya Todorova, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the Council of Europe;
- Mr. Ivan Nikolchev, Civil Society Unit;
- Judge Yonko Grozev, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
The participants of the study trip considered it highly effective and useful for their future work.
![](/filesystem2/userfiles/image/2018/pic7.jpg)
![](/filesystem2/userfiles/image/2018/pic12.jpg)
![](/filesystem2/userfiles/image/2018/pic_with_Jutta.jpg)
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