Christophe Vander Eecken Christophe Vander ©

2004-2009 2009-2014 2014-2021

TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING €41.5M €126.6M €210.1M

EEA GRANTS GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS €21.5M €20M €78.6M €48.0M €115M €95.1M

PRIORITY AREAS

2009-2014 2014-2021

Strengthening the justice sector through reforms Supporting improvement of correctional services and strengthening the rule of law Combating organised crime, including trafficking Fighting poverty and promoting local development and Improving the situation for vulnerable groups, including improving living conditions for the Roma population children, youth and Roma Boosting green industry innovation and entrepreneurship in Protecting biodiversity and improving the monitoring of cooperation with enterprises from the donor countries marine and inland waters

Reducing CO2 emissions Promoting green industry innovation Strengthening civil society

COUNTRY FACTS Bulgaria EU-27 GDP per capita in PPS (EU=100) 49 100

Economic growth (% change on previous year)~ 3.9 2.0

Unemployment rate (%)* 6.3 7.6

Youth unemployment rate (%)* 13.5 16.8

Public debt (% of GDP) 29.0 83.2

Gender pay gap (%) 14.4 16.3

At-risk-of-poverty rate (%) 40.4 23.5

Human development index** 27 (EU-27 ranking)

Corruption perception index* 27 (EU-27 ranking)

Sources: Eurostat/UNDP/Transparency International All data is from 2016, except where * indicates 2017 and ** indicates 2015. All data is from EU-27, except where ~ indicates EU-28. BULGARIA

2009-2014 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Programme Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million)

Green industry innovation Innovation Norway* 13.7 •

Energy efficiency and renewable energy Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate 13.3 • Integrated marine and inland water Norwegian Environment Agency 8.0 • management Biodiversity and ecosystem services Norwegian Environment Agency 8.0 •

NGO Fund - 11.8 •

Public health initiatives - 13.4 ••

Children and youth at risk 8.6 • Capacity building and institutional Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, 2.0 • co-operation Norwegian Barents Secretariat Cultural heritage and contemporary arts - 14.0 • Icelandic Centre for Research, Agency for International Scholarships Education Affairs (), Norwegian Centre for 1.5 • International Cooperation in Education Decent work and tripartite dialogue Innovation Norway* 0.5 •

Correctional services Council of Europe 8.6 • Schengen cooperation and combating National Police Directorate (Norway), Council of Europe 6.0 • cross-border and organised crime Judicial capacity building Council of Europe 3.1 •

Domestic and gender-based violence Council of Europe 2.0 •

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS Total funding (€M) Disbursed* No. of projects No. of partnership projects** 126.6 92.92% 954 181 (19.0%)

*The percentage is calculated based on the net allocations to the beneficiary country and reflects funding spent per 16.05.2018. **Projects with donor project partner including mobility projects in the scholarship programme. BULGARIA

2014-2021 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Fund Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million) Business development, innovation and SMEs Innovation Norway* 28.5 •

Social dialogue - Decent work Innovation Norway* 0.95 • Local development, poverty reduction and Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, 35.0 • enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups Council of Europe Environment protection and climate change Norwegian Environment Agency 13.0 • Renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, 28.0 • security National Energy Authority of Cultural entrepreneurship, heritage and cooperation Arts Council Norway 10.0 •

Civil society - 15.5 • Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Judicial reforms and correctional services Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Services , 30.0 • Council of Europe Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security , Police cooperation and migration Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, 21.5 • National Police Directorate (Norway) Bilateral fund - funding for developing bilateral cooperation and activities of bilateral interest - 4.2 •• with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway

KEY FACTS No. of Donor Cooperation Agreements (MoUs) signed on Programme Partners 9 December 2016

1 Iceland https://eeagrants.org/Results-data/Documents/Legal-documents/Memoranda 9 8 Norway -of-Understanding-with-beneficiary-countries/Bulgaria

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