1. REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTER
SOFIA CITY AND SOFIA DISTRICT
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.

2. 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.

3. TERRITORIAL SCOPE
SOFIA CITY
24 areas

4. TERRITORIAL SCOPE
SOFIA DISTRICT
22 municipalities

5. SERVICES

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. INFORMATION EVENTS
TOPICS 2012
 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.

12. INFORMATION EVENTS
TOPICS 2013 – 2014
 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.

13. OUR TEAM
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Manager
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Lina Georgieva Vanya Radeva Siyka Radeva

14. CONTACTS
THE OFFICE WILL OPEN AFTER SEPTEMBER
ADDRESS:
Sofia 1408, 99 Vitosha Blvd.
phone: 0877 65 34 16
oic.sofia@gmail.com

15. RIC SOFIA
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!