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2014–20212021–2028

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Programme· BG-HOMEAFFAIRS · 2014–2021

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  • Bulgaria
  • Programme Agreement
  • 3 programme areas

Strengthened rule of law

Programme objective, as agreed.

Allocation

€21m

Allocation by financial mechanism: Norway Grants 100%.

  • EEA Grants None
  • Norway Grants €21m

Funded by Norway Grants

€23m 111% of allocation
Contracted in signed projects
22
Projects signed
3
Donor programme partners
1
Documents published

Where the money is committed

The agreement splits this allocation across several programme areas. Because it spans more than one, its projects cannot be attributed to any single area.

Allocation by programme area: Good Governance, Accountable Institutions, Transparency 11%, Asylum and Migration 22%, International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime 67%.

This programme's allocation by programme area.
Programme areaAllocationShare
Good Governance, Accountable Institutions, Transparency PA16€2.3m11.0%
Asylum and Migration PA18€4.5m21.8%
International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime PA20€14m67.2%

Who runs it

Responsible bodies

Programme operator
Ministry of Interior - Bulgaria
National focal point
Central Coordination Unit Directorate
Short name
BG-HOMEAFFAIRS
Type
Programme Agreement

Donor programme partners

Institutions from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway working on this programme.

Bilateral ambitions

shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.

Conditions in the programme agreement

8 concerns were recorded against this programme when it was agreed.

  • A maximum level of funding available from the total eligible expenditure of the programme for infrastructure (hard measures) shall be identified in the concept note.
  • In developing the concept note and during the implementation of the programme, the Programme Operator shall seek to ensure synergies with the programme ''Justice'' in order to strengthen the justice chain, inter alia, regarding access to justice, good governance, gender based-violence and trafficking in human beings.
  • Special concern shall be given to asylum and migration with special focus on unaccompanied minors.
  • Special concern shall be given to domestic and gender-based violence (police training).
  • Special concern shall be given to police cooperation.
  • Special concern shall be given to the prevention and combating of corruption within the police.
  • The possibility of pre-defining project(s) with the National Police Directorate (POD) and the Norwegian Police Service shall be explored when developing the concept note.
  • This programme shall contribute to the improvement of the situation for the Roma population and shall contribute towards the target set in section 2 ''Specific concerns'' of this Annex.

The 22 projects

€23m of awarded grant.

Open all 22 in the explorer

Signed per year

  • 6 2019
  • 6 2020
  • 1 2021
  • 4 2022
  • 5 2023
Smallest grant
€200k
Median
€680k
Largest
€4m
The largest projects under this programme, by awarded grant.
Largest projectsSignedGrant
"Increasing the capacity of General Directorate “Combating Organised Crime” for more effective investigation of organised and transnational crime" General Directorate “Combating Organised Crime”28 February 2020€4m
"Improvement of the capacity of police and forensic activity dealing with material evidence in pre-trial investigation process" General Directorate “National Police” at the Ministry of Interior18 December 2019€3.7m
"Development of Expert Forensic Examinations and Activities at the Research Institute of Forensic Sciences at the Ministry of Interior (RIFS) and technical upgrade and expansion of the possibilities of five basic regional forensic laboratories" Research Institute of Forensic Sience25 October 2019€2m
"Preventing and combating corruption" Internal Security Directorate16 January 2020€1.9m
"Increasing the administrative capacity of the national authorities in the asylum and migration area" State Agency for Refugees at the Council of Ministers20 August 2020€1.4m
"Extension of the Communication Infrastructure of MoI" Communication and Information Systems Directorate14 October 2019€1.4m
Support for unaccompanied minors seeking international protection INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) – MISSION IN BULGARIA14 June 2022€993k
Foundations for the future Caritas Sofia19 January 2022€889k

Implementation status is not published for this funding period, so projects are shown by awarded grant and signature date rather than by progress.

Documents and calls

Published against this programme.

Documents published against this programme.
TypeDocumentVersion dateVersion
Programme AgreementProgramme agreement BG-HOMEAFFAIRS7 October 202431.0