CEI Ministerial Conference, Sliac, November 4, 2005

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CEI Ministerial Conference, Sliac, November 4,
2005 SUSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF
AGRICULTURE Exchange of know-how Bulgaria -
policies and experience Forest Sector
Development of rural and handicapped
areas Food safety and consumers
protection Building administrative capacity and
partnership
 
   
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Bulgaria- policies and experience Forest Sector

• 1. Adequate regulative framework
• Law on Forests and National Strategy for
  forest Policy
•         Minimizing the negative effects of
  forests use
•         Defining compulsory technolog for
  forests protection
•         Prohibition of clear logging in
  fiesorests of seed origin
•         Implementation of silviculture systems to
  protect the biodiversity and various forests
• functions
•        Launching the process of certifying part
  of state- and municipally-owned forests

• 2.    Ensuring administrative, technological and
  informational conditions for optimal use of tree-
• production resources in the light of the
  sustainable development
•       Improvement in the administrative and
  institutional structures \ restructuring in the
  operation
• of various managerial levels,
  simplification of the rules on timber trade,
  on-going training and
• exchange of experience
• Boost the introduction of informational
  technologies in the forest sector
•        Public awareness campaigns and incentives
  to apply modern environmentally- friendly timber
• technologies, equipment and practices

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Bulgaria- policies and experience Forest Sector

• 3. Active involvement of the NGOs and public at
  large in the policy-making process and
• forest-planning management
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• 4.   Active participation in projects financed by
  international organisations, donor countries
• and financial institutions
•        EU SAPARD, PHARE
•        World Bank
•        Federal Republic of Germany and
  Confederation of Switzerland
•        UN projects- FAO, GEF

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• Development of rural and handicapped areas
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• 1. National Strategic Plan for rural
  development- key points
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•         Farms restructuring to adapt to the
  European standards and increase their
  competitiveness
•         Building of good rural infrastructure
•         Diversification of economic activities
  and raising the employment
• Sustainable use of land resources by
  applying the best environmental practices
• 2.      Support to agri- environment activities
•         Endorsed National agri-environmental
  Programme

Bulgaria- policies and experience  
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Bulgaria- policies and experience   Development
of rural and handicapped areas

• 3. Organic production Strategy and
  National Plan for its development are in the
  pipeline.
• Main objectives
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•         Development of organic production
  domestic market
•         By 2013 ? 8 of the used farm land is
  to be managed in compliance to the organic
• production methods
•         By 2007 ?. the adequate regulative
  framework is to be in place
•         By 2010 ?. the role of scientific
  research in the field should increase
  significantly through
• education and consulting
• Maintaining efficient system for
  certification and control

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Bulgaria- policies and experience   Development
of rural and handicapped areas

• Development of handicapped areas
• Currently Bulgaria has partially
  formulated definition for handicapped areas. Main
  eligibility criteria
•         Certain mountainous areas
•         Low-productive farm lands
•         Population density lower than the average
  for the country - 71 per sq m
•         Number of those employed in agriculture
  over than the average for country-10
•         Since January 2005, in six communities, a
  pilot scheme for top-up payments has started. It
• will be effective till Bulgarias EU
• Over the period 2002-2005 three regional
  schemes for rural development and alternative
• agriculture have been launched with the
  aim to diversify peripheral areas

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Bulgaria- policies and experience
  Food safety
and consumers protection

• Main commitments in the context of
  Bulgarias accession to the EU
•        Introduction of the Aquis in this domain
•       Setting up and bringing into operation the
  follow-up and traceability system
•       Setting up system for independent control
  at central and regional level
•       Setting up system that registers border and
  lab inspections
•       Developing a system for internal audit of
  the controlling body based on multi-annual plans
  and
• contingency plans
•      Setting up a network of accredited food-
  analysis labs
• Restructuring of food companies to ensure
  that HACCP, good hygiene and production
• practices are introduced

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Bulgaria- policies and experience
Building Administrative capacity and Civil
society

• Administrative capacity
• On-going building of the adequate
  administrative capacity for programming, paying,
  monitoring and programmes evaluation
• During the SAPARD implementation period
  significant experience has been acquired and
  administration of the next programming period
  2007-2013 could be built on it
• Experience has been gained by implementing
  national support schemes run by State Fund
  Agriculture

 
 
 

• Partnership
• In 2003 ?, national pilot scheme for setting-up
  and strengthening local initiative groups has
  been launched. 11 such groups came into being and
  are involved into preparation and implementation
  of local development strategies. As of 2007, the
  LEADER approach could be well based on them.
• The on-going partnership between public and NGOs
  sectors, branch associations and local
  authorities is one of the principles that
  underlines the process of decision-making in the
  field of agriculture

 
 
 
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Thank you for the attention !