Joint Monitoring Committee of Bulgaria-Türkiye IPA Cross Border Cooperation Programme was held in Sofia, Bulgaria

The Joint Monitoring Committee Meeting of the Bulgaria – Türkiye IPA Cross Border which is co-chaired Bulgarian Ministry for Regional Development and Public Works, acting as the Managing Authority of the Programme and Ministry for EU Affairs of Türkiye, acting as the National Authority, has been organized in Sofia, Bulgaria on 27 October 2015.

At the Joint Monitoring Committee meeting, Bulgarian Ministry for Regional Development was represented by Deputy Minister Mrs. Denitsa Nikolova and Turkish Ministry for EU Affairs was represented by Ms. Beyza Turan - Director of Financial Cooperation Directorate. Among other participants were representatives from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Development, Trakya Regional Development Agency, and Deputy Governors of Edirne and Kırklareli as well as experts from the Joint Technical Secretariat. In addition Director General for Regional and Urban Policy Mr. Fausta Corda from the Regional and Urban Policy Directorate was present at the meeting on behalf of the European Commission.

During the meeting the terms and conditions for the expected new call for proposals within the context of the 2014-2020 implementation period was reviewed, the decision for this call for proposals was taken and the guidelines for applicants was adopted. In addition, regular subjects about the on-going implementation of the 2007-2013 period were also discussed.