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Good practice from Bulgaria identified by SZREDA has been approved in the INTERREG Europe platform

The team of Stara Zagora Regional Economic Development Agency (SZREDA) received recognition for its work. A good practice that has been identified by the Agency in the scope of the GPP4Growth project has been approved and uploaded in the website of the project in the INTEEREG Europe platform. This means that the good practice from Bulgaria can be identified by any organization in the EU and transferred as inspiration from Bulgarian experience.

The title of the good practice is: From November 1, 2018, the Bulgarian administration stopped the paper exchange of documents

6th final stakeholder meeting in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) for the 6th semester of the GPP4Grwoth project.

The meeting was held on 19 of September (Thursday) in the meeting room of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Stara Zagora The meeting was attended by 10 local stakeholders, representatives from the Stara Zagora Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Green Balkans and the Bulgarian Recycling Association.

During the meeting, Venelin Dobrev from SZREDA presented a presentation of the GPP4Growth project, the problems with the project, the goals for their solution and the achievements so far. After that Venelin presented the final version of the Action Plan for Bulgaria and discussed the measured incluced with the stakeholders . The team of SZREDA answered all the questions that were asked during the meeting.

All the proposed measures were discussed and received approval from the local stakeholder group in Bulgaria. The stakeholders ensured their support for the proposed measures and their implementation. All participants shared interest to promote the Action Plan and the measures that are set in it and help with their implementation and monitoring in the feature.

Participants in the meeting agreed that all measures are proposals that will lead to a more effective implementation of Green Public Procurement.

Kick-off meeting for the DeCarb project was organized in Stara Zagora

On the 27^th and 28^th of June in Stara Zagora was organized the kick-off meeting for the DeCarb project. Stara Zagora Regional Economic Development Agency is the lead partner in the project “Supporting the clean energy transition of coal-intensive EU regions”.

The low-carbon energy shift of EU economies will have a profound economic & social impact on regions extensively involved in coal value chains. It is however acknowledged that this transition needs to be fair; EC’s "Clean Energy For All Europeans" package was set in place to speed the clean energy transition and growth & job creation. To this end, DeCarb will support public authorities to initiate efforts, join forces and exchange experiences to: a) identify growth strategies to mitigate the impact of decarbonisatoin, b) make the most of EU funds & financing tools, and c) promote public dialogue on conflicting interests.