Scientific Exchange Programme (Sciex) Bulgaria
01.06.2011
- 31.12.2017
The Scientific Exchange Programme between the New Member States and Switzerland, Sciex-NMS.ch for short, has given over 500 young researchers from new EU member states the opportunity to complete a short-term residency in Switzerland to further their research.
Project completed
Thematic Fund Security Bulgaria
01.04.2011
- 31.12.2019
The Thematic Fund Security has the purpose to address Schengen related issues and to contribute to enhancing socially related security as well as to fighting against corruption and organized crime. It shall support projects and joint projects between Swiss and Bulgarian institutions.
Project completed
Technical Assistance Fund
11.03.2011
- 06.12.2019
The bilateral Framework Agreement foresees the possibility of utilizing approximately 1.5% of the total allocation to cover certain management costs in the beneficiary country. The technical assistance will support the submission of qualitative projects, transparent processes and a good visibility of the Swiss Contribution in Bulgaria.
Project completed
Swiss-Bulgarian Research Programme
01.03.2011
- 31.12.2017
The joint research program aims at strengthening the research cooperation between Bulgaria and Switzerland in order to further enable the integration of Bulgarian researchers within international networks as well as to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and know-how among researchers. Activities are primarily the organisation of one call for Joint Research Projects applications and the implementation of 15 to 20 selected Joint Research Projects amounting to max 400,000 Swiss francs each.
Project completed
Schengen Issues
07.09.2010
- 30.06.2015
The project aims to develop the personnel capacities of all stake-holders concerning Schengen topics with a main focus on SIS and SIRENE. Activities include training workshops, study visits, e-learning equipment, technical equipment for SIRENE, flyers for police officers and awareness-raising materials for civil society.
Project completed
Globalkredit für Kleinaktionen der Abteilung Westbalkan
20.01.2010
- 31.12.2015
Project completed
Basel Trams for Sofia
15.10.2015
- 30.06.2019
To improve the public transport system of Sofia, Switzerland will finance the donation of up to 28 used but modernized trams, the training of the personnel responsible for operation and maintenance of the trams as well as a multi-modal mobility study.
Project completed
Pilot models for environmentally friendly collection and temporary storage of hazardous household waste
21.04.2015
- 07.12.2019
Despite existing policy and regulatory frameworks in the field of national waste management in Bulgaria, efficient solutions for the waste problem are not yet employed. In order to address this, law-conforming systems for environmentally friendly collection and temporary storage of hazardous household waste (HHW) shall be established in a pilot project covering 22 pilot municipalities.
Project completed
Environmentally sound disposal of obsolete pesticides
21.04.2015
- 07.12.2019
The project aims to support Bulgaria in the environmentally friendly disposal of several thousand tons of dangerous obsolete chemicals from the days of Communist rule and thereby removes a serious threat to public health and environment.
Project completed
Methodological Support for the Development of Green Public Procurement
18.03.2015
- 30.06.2019
Public institutions belong to the most important buyers of goods and services in many countries. This project aims to support Bulgaria in its effort to turn “Green Public Procurement (GPP)” into practice, by providing methodological and practical support to public procurement authorities as well as to suppliers of goods and services, by increasing the awareness and exchanging best practices, and by elaborating a practical handbook and its use in public procurement processes. Thereby, the EU’s recommendations on GPP to its member states are taken into account.
Project completed
Project Preparation Facility (PPF)
01.12.2010
- 31.12.2015
The Swiss Contribution to enlargement aims to finance a broad variety of projects. The PPF provided the necessary financial assistance to enable Executing Agencies to submit high quality project proposals. This was especially important in the case of complex projects.
