JASPERS experts are assisting Bulgarian authorities in the development of standard tender documents for public contracts in the field of transport (construction and construction supervision for railway and road construction). The JASPERS expertise is provided as part of a technical assistance project aiming to develop the following tender documents: methodologies and guidelines for determining the selection and awarding criteria for conventional projects in the field of road and railway infrastructure, framework guidelines for the selection of the most suitable strategy for awarding public contracts (i.e. road and railway construction contracts, major facilities such as long tunnels, long bridges), as well as determining the selection and awarding criteria for special facilities (construction orders).

Source: www.eufunds.bg Detailed statistics on Structural and Cohesion Funds in Bulgaria are available here.

Press release Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn met today two Bulgarian ministers, Liliyana Pavlova Nikolova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, and Tomislav Donchev, Minister for EU Funds to discuss progress in the implementation of the operational programme Regional Development. As regards the preparation of the next programming period 2014-20, the Commissioner welcomed the progress made by the Bulgarian authorities in preparing the Partnership Agreement and the next generation of Operational Programmes. He also encouraged the creation of a programme especially dedicated to Research and Education for the next period.