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 On November 20, 2002, the Center for
the Study of Democracy jointly with Friedrich Ebert Foundation
and the National
Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria
organized a workshop on Establishment of Ombudsman Type
Institutions on Local Level in Bulgaria. Practice and
Perspectives. Local mediators and representatives of
municipalities as well as representatives of state institutions,
NGOs and the Bulgarian Academy of Science took part in the
workshop.
In his opening remarks Mr. Vladislav Slavov, Chair of the
Supreme Administrative Court and the Union of Bulgarian Jurists,
underlined the necessity of establishing the Ombudsman institution
not only on national but also on local level and the considerable
anti-corruption effect it would have on the relations between the
citizens and municipal administration.
 Short presentations of the activities of the local civic mediators
working under experimental projects in the municipalities of
Loznitsa, Veliko Turnovo, Razgrad and Zavet were made by Ms.
Julka Boikova, Mr. Hristo Ormandjiev and Mr. Georgi
Milkov. Ms. Antoaneta Tsoneva, Sofia Municipality Public
Mediator, summarized the work and experience of the ombudsman type
institutions on local level in Bulgaria.
The participants were acquainted with the comparative legal study
Establishment of Ombudsman Institution, prepared by the
students from the Parliamentary Internship Program. Ms. Emilia
Chengelova, Senior Analyst at Vitosha Research Agency presented
the results from the Focus Group survey Sofia Municipality
Citizens' Awareness and Attitude towards the Ombudsman
Institution.
Mr. Venelin Ouzounov, Chair of the National Association of
Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria, delivered a
presentation on Establishment of Ombudsman Type Institution on
Local Level in Bulgaria expressing the explicit support of the
Association and its members for the establishment of the
institution.
The opportunities of the institution as a mechanism to combat
corruption in the context of the experience of the anticorruption
initiative Coalition 2000 were presented by Dr. Zhivka
Damianova, Coordinator of the Initiative.
The participants in the workshop discussed and endorsed a
Declaration supporting the establishment of local level
ombudsman type institution in Bulgaria, which will be
distributed among all state institutions concerned.
Representatives of the municipalities of Yambol, Pleven, Lovetch,
Troyan, Ms. Rada Koulekova, former ombudsman at the region of
"Mladost", Sofia Municiplity, Mr. Venelin Ouzounov took part in the
animated discussion that followed.
Agenda of the seminar
Declaration supporting the
establishment of local level ombudsman type institution in
Bulgaria
Available in Bulgarian
Full records of the discussion in PDF (517 kb) | |
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