1 / 23

“ EUROPEANIZATION ” OF THE BULGARIAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU MEMBERSHIP

“ EUROPEANIZATION ” OF THE BULGARIAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU MEMBERSHIP. BULGARIA IN EU. On January 1, 2007, the Republic of Bulgaria has acquired the status of a Member State and has begun to participate actively in the European integration process.

barr
Download Presentation

“ EUROPEANIZATION ” OF THE BULGARIAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU MEMBERSHIP

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. “EUROPEANIZATION” OF THE BULGARIAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU MEMBERSHIP

  2. BULGARIA IN EU • On January 1, 2007, the Republic of Bulgaria has acquired the status of a Member State and has begun to participate actively in the European integration process The Bulgarian public administration plays a major role in the process of fulfilling Bulgaria's commitments to the EU in the context of the EU membership.

  3. BULGARIA IN EU • National Coordination Mechanism on European Affairs • internal institutional mechanism – Regulation 85/2007 (updated with all amendments up to 2019) • regulates the institutional structures, their competences, cooperation between them, the procedures for developing and coordinating the documents submitted to the EU • three-level structure COUNCUL OF MINISTERS EUROPEAN AFFAIR COUNCIL 47 working groups

  4. BULGARIA IN EU • Key challenges for the Bulgarian administration in the period 2014-2020: • Improving the active participation of the country in the EU decision-making process • Proper transposition and implementation of EU law at national level • Preparation and holding of the first Bulgarian presidency of the Council of the EU in 2018 • Through National Coordination Mechanism on European Affairs

  5. BULGARIAN PRESIDENCY 2018 THE PRESIDENCY MOTTO UNITED WE STAND STRONG СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА We worked for: UNITED, SECURE, DIGITAL EUROPE

  6. Trio Presidency • Common priorities of the Estonia-Bulgaria-Austria Trio: • a Union for jobs, growth and competitivness • а Union that empowers and protects all its citizens • Towards an energy union with a forward-looking climate policy • a Union of freedom, security and justice • the Union as a strong global actor

  7. PRESIDENCY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM • GOVERNMENT (COUNCIL OF MINISTERS) • SPECIAL MINISTRY FOR THE BULGARIAN PRESIDENCY • MINISTRY OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS • PERMANENT REPRESENTATION TO THE EU • Line MINISTRIES and other Public Institutions

  8. PRESIDENCY TEAM • THE PRESIDENCY TEAM: Total 1 550 civil servants from 36 institutions • PERMANENT REPRESENTATION STAFF: Total 217 diplomats and technical staff • MINISTRY STAFF: Total 70 employees • Preparation and Organization of the Presidency Department • Communication and Press Center Department

  9. PRESIDENCY TEAM

  10. PRESIDENCY TEAM TRAINING CENTRALISED PRESIDENCY TRAINING IPA EIPA & ENA MBPCEU Responsible for the EU Institutions Training DI Clingendael GSC: 15 seminars, 500 trainees March – October 2017 May 2017– June 2018 (January – September 2017) 3 themes,60 seminars 5 themes, 100 seminars EP: 4 seminars, 220 trainees 1 670 trainees 1 740 trainees (July, September 2017) EC: 8 training days, 80 trainees + (EC Interpretation Directorate, European Terminology April, June, July 2017) 800 trainees 3 semesters, 350 trainees

  11. BULGARIAN PRESIDENCY 2018 In Bulgaria: • 300 events (12 meetings of the Council of EU) • More than 36,000 delegates • More than 4,700 journalists In Brussels and Luxembourg: • 101meetings of the Council of the EU • 74meetings of COREPER • 1,523 meetings of working parties • Over 94 000 participants

  12. EC-Western Balkans Summit 17 May 2018

  13. IPA is establishedunder a Law (Civil Servant Act) in2000 to the Council of Ministers • ItsfoundationandcapacitybuildingissupportedbytheBulgariangovernment, statebudgetand a variousprojects • Duringtheyearsthe Institute hasplayedanessentialroleintheprocessofthemodernizationoftheBulgarianpublicadministration, aswellasinitspreparationandcapabilitytoworkintheconditionsof a real EU membership

  14. IPA STRUCTURE 30 employees, over 100 trainers

  15. IPA MISSION AND FUNCTIONS • IPA is providingcentralizedtrainingsforcivilservantsfromalllevels(central, regional and local) ofpublicadministrationinBulgaria • IPA is contributingtotheprofessionaldevelopmentandcareerpromotionofpublicadministrationemployees • IPA is playing an importantroleintheprocessofresearch, promotionandtransferofinnovationsandpracticesof “goodgovernance” formodernizingtheadministration

  16. IPA MISSION AND FUNCTIONS • IPA is increasingthecapabilitiesoftheadministrationtodevelopandimplementprojectsintheframeworkof EU funds • IPA is providingassistanceinimplementingqualitymanagementsystemsintheBulgarian administration • IPA is contributing to the process of preparationof Bulgarian administration toworkintheconditionsof a real EU membership.

  17. IPA TRAINING PROGRAMS • CompulsoryTraining(for career development) • SpecializedTraining(forprofessionaldevelopment) - it includesa varietyofspecializedprogramsandcoursesacrossdifferenttopicsofinterestforpublicofficials • Postgraduateprograms– in cooperation with SofiaUniversity(ImpactAssessmentandESIF) • Other activities: Professionalannualmeeting(HR, Academy for young leaders, Academy for IT managers); Annualcompetitionsfor good practices in public administration; participation in Bulgarian and International projects

  18. SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION EUROPEAN INTAGRATION EUROPEAN FUNDS Е-GOVERNMENT REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING

  19. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION TRAINING PROGRAM • One of the key priorities – training the Bulgarian Administration in the field of European Integration • A special training program on European issues • Constantly updated and developed according to the progress of our European integration process and the needs of the Bulgarian administration in this field • The program covers a various thematic courses aimed to create and develop the necessary knowledge and skills of Bulgarian civil servants to fulfill our commitments as a Member State.

  20. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION TRAINING PROGRAM • Two main directions: • Training courses on the EU and EU membership topics such as: EU institutional system, EU decision-making process, EU Law, Harmonization of Bulgarian legislation with EU law, Application of EU law at national level, EU policies, EU budget, Role of the Bulgarian administration in fulfilling the obligations as a Member state • Training courses on topics of EU Pre-accessionFunds(before our accession to the EU) and EU Structural and Cohesion Funds(within our real EU membership now)

  21. IPA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • IPAworks continuouslyfor developing cooperationwithsimilar training and otherinstitutionsin order to exchange experience, capacity, training and to participate in joint projects. • IPA worksin a closepartnershipwiththeEuropean Institute of Public Administration in the Netherlands (EIPA), French National School of Public Administration (ENA), EuropeanAdministrativeSchool (EUSA), Belgium, others. • IPA ispartof a networkformedbydirectorsandpresidentsofcentraltrainingschoolsandinstitutesofpublicadministrationintheMember States oftheEuropeanUnion (DISPA).

  22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! • Mimi Yotova • “Training, international activities, projects” Directorate • Tel: 00 359 2 940 3760 or 00 359 882 026 609 • e-mail: mimi.yotova@ipa.government.bg • Institute of Public Administration • Republic of Bulgaria

More Related