Регионална политика 2007-2013

Съдържание Introduction Comparative analysis of the socio-economic development of the planning regions Population and demographic situation Economic development and cohesion Social development and cohesion Factors determining growth rates, employment and competitive capacity Environment Territorial development and cohesion Assessment of the capacity for utilization of funds allocated under the eu structure funds and cohesion fund at local and regional level Major conclusions SWOT analysis Concept for the national territory development Development of the settlement network and urban structure in the long-term plan Development of the infrastructure corridors Improvement of the environment situation of areas with cumultive environmental problems Vision, goals and priorities of regional development Vision Strategic goals Regional development priorities Implementation of NRDS Institutional organizations for the implementation of NSRD Economic and financial mechanisms for the assistance of regional development Monitoring, evaluation and updating of NSRD

NATIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR THE PERIOD 2005-2015

(Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works)

The creation of the six planning regions, which are not administrative-territorial units in the sense of the Law on Administrative-territorial Division of the Republic of Bulgaria is predetermined by the requirements of regional planning and more specifically of the requirements related to Bulgaria's accession to the European Union, where the regions of the second level of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) are the main subject of planning, programming, implementation and monitoring under Objective 1 of the Structure Funds. Table 1 shows some major data about the six planning regions in Bulgaria.

Fig.1.  Administrative-territorial structure of the country

Table 1. Planning regions (2003)

Sources: Cadastre Agency; NSI, current demographic statistics