Transparent spending of local finances in projects of great public interest in the municipality of Belitsa

This project is aimed at implementing measures in partnership to promote civic participation in the implementation and monitoring of policies and legislation in Bulgaria and in particular - achieving open and responsible management of the process of absorption of grants in the Municipality of Belitsa, by developing a mechanism for civilian monitoring. The project addresses two problems of the target groups. On the one hand - the imposition of financial corrections on projects of public interest through the analysis of case law and the definition of recommendations of benefit to the administration, and on the other - the lack of transparency in the grant process so that society informed about all stages of the implementation of projects of public interest, as a major tool for implementing local policies. To achieve this, the scope of the project envisages the development of a monitoring mechanism consisting of the following elements, divided into activities: - Study of the projects and monitoring of their implementation during the last programming period in the Municipality of Belitsa; - Analysis of case law related to the imposition of financial corrections on projects during the last programming period in the Municipality of Belitsa and definition of recommendations; - Preparation of a strategy for civil monitoring; - Discussion of recommendations for open management in the absorption of grants In summary, the project aims to promote civic participation in the implementation and monitoring of local policies implemented through the management of grants and building on previous experience - by promoting transparency and civic monitoring, to optimize the absorption of funds in the next program period.

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