Informest as the mandated body of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia managed the whole deployment of civil (4) and non-civil (4) servants originated by Friuli Venezia Giulia.

In this position Informest experts dealt with activities related to all specific objectives of the programme:

• Strengthening institutional structures at central level in order to achieve, upon accession, sound and efficient management of EU Structural and Cohesion Funds;
• Preparing the Bulgarian regional authorities for effective implementation of regional development programs, thus ensuring more transparent involvement of the regions in programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EC assistance in line with the partnership principle;
• Developing sound and effective co-ordination between central and regional institutions in order to facilitate the absorption of the future funding under EU Structural and Cohesion Funds.

Moreover one Study Tour in FVG Region was organised for relevant Bulgarian officers on the issues of the organisation of expenditures certification and payment processes in particular.

Type of service

Institution building and policy advice for Bulgarian national and regional bodies managing the implementation of the EU regional policy and Structural Funds of the Integrated Regional Operational Programme (IROP).

Reporting in workshops for central and regional authorities and stakeholders.

Provision of working papers for the Ministry on monitoring, evaluation and financial control.

Production of communication and documentation tools for the delivery of project results.