Project “Establishment and Functioning of a Regional Information Center for Sofia City and Sofia District to Promote the EU Cohesion Policy in Bulgaria” No. BG161PO002-3.3.02-0027-C0001, funded by Technical Assistance Operational Program, co-funded by the EU under the European Regional Development Fund.

REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTER

SOFIA CITY AND SOFIA DISTRICT

THE PROJECT

Name: “Establishment and Functioning of a Regional Information Center for Sofia City and Sofia District to Promote the EU Cohesion Policy in Bulgaria”

Contract No. BG161PO002-3.3.02-0027-C0001

Beneficiary: Sofia City Municipality

Project budget: BGN 598,291

Target: more than 1,500,000 potential beneficiaries

Project duration: 36 months.

TERRITORIAL SCOPE

SOFIA CITY 24 areas

TERRITORIAL SCOPE

SOFIA DISTRICT 22 municipalities

SERVICES

SERVICES

INFORMATION

EU Cohesion Policy, the NSRF and the Operational Programs; provided by phone, e-mail, on site

open calls under the OPs

good practices and lessons learned in the period 2007 – 2013

distribution of general information and free materials on EU policies

SERVICES

COMMUNICATION

interaction with target groups

interaction with Managing Authorities and Interim Bodies of the Operational Programs and district governors’ offices

active cooperation with national and regional media

partnership with other EC information networks.

SERVICES

EXPERT

provision of information to potential beneficiaries about application opportunities under the Operational Programs

answering inquiries, including referral to other specialized sources of information

preparation and provision of information to the media.

SERVICES

LOGISTIC

provision of information resources and on-site usage of specific literature

organization of 74 information events in line with regions’ specific needs

support to information and publicity initiatives of the Central Coordination Unit, the Central Information Office, the Managing Authorities and the Interim Bodies of the Operational Programs.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Participation in training, seminars and coordinating councils

Development of a database of more than 1,000 projects from the two districts

Establishment of contacts with partners and media.

INFORMATION EVENTS

Presentation of the RIC project and future activities

The Cohesion Policy as reflected in the NSRF and the OPs by the end of the 2007 – 2013 programming period

Ongoing and forthcoming calls under the OPs and lessons learned during the first programming period

Pressing issues of Sofia City areas and opportunities for solving them through the JEREMIE and JESSICA instruments and PPP.

TOPICS 2012

INFORMATION EVENTS

The EU Cohesion Policy as reflected in Europe 2020

Operational Programs in the 2014 – 2020 period

Good practices in accessing EU grants during the first programming period

Results achieved by RIC Sofia in the 2012 – 2014 period.

TOPICS 2013 – 2014

OUR TEAM

Communication and

Information Expert Manager Logistics and

Information Expert

Lina Georgieva Vanya Radeva Siyka Radeva

CONTACTS

THE OFFICE WILL OPEN AFTER SEPTEMBER ADDRESS:

Sofia 1408, 99 Vitosha Blvd. phone: 0877 65 34 16oic.sofia@gmail.com

RIC SOFIA

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!