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Information campaign with information days for potential candidates under First Call for Application with Concept Notes under Interreg VI-A IPA Bulgaria - North Macedonia Programme was successfully completed. The purpose of the trainings was to explain to the potential candidates the basic requirements for developing a Concept Notes and to give them practical advice on the preparation of all application documents.

The trainings for potential candidates were conducted as follows:

The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, in its capacity as the Managing Authority (MA) of the INTERREG IPA cross-border cooperation program between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia for the programming period 2021-2027 on 20  January 2022 via Webex platform held a discussion of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Report of the program and the Territorial Strategy for Integrated Measures.

Ministry of Local Self-Government (MоLSG), as National Authority (NA) of the INTERREG IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia for 2021-2027, held three public consultations regarding the Strategic Environmental Assessment Report (EAR), according to article  61, 69 and 70 from the law of the environment and the decree on public participation in the preparation of regulations and other acts, as well as plans and programs in the field of environment (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia "147/08 and 45/11)

The Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works and Head of the Managing Authority of the INTERREG - IPA CBC Programme between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, Mrs. Nina Stoimenova held a working meeting in Blagoevgrad with local authorities, NGOs, museums, community centers and civil society from Southwestern Bulgaria in connection with the Campaign launched on November 9 to gather project ideas for implementation within the Integrated Territorial Strategy, which is part of the Program.

The submission of project proposals for Open Call for Investment Projects Under Priority 1 "Greener Border Region" ended on 15 September 2023 at 23:59 Bulgarian time (EET - Eastern European Time).