Plovdiv, October 11, 2002
On October 11, 2002 Information Day for Promoting Ombudsman
Institution on Local Level was held in Plovdiv. The activity was organized by the Center for the Study of Democracy jointly with the Bulgarian Association for Out-of-Court Dispute Resolution - Plovdiv.
The first part of the activity was devoted to the topics
Alternative Dispute Resolution. Mediation. Ombudsman and Main Problems and Difficulties in the Relations between Citizens and Administration, presented by Ms. Zoia Gerassimova, Chairman
of the Bulgarian Association for Out-of-court Dispute Resolution -
Plovdiv, and Ms. Antoaneta Tsoneva, Civic Mediator for Sofia
Municipality, respectively.
In the following discussion many questions, connected with the
possibilities of establishing the ombudsman institution were asked.
These questions could be summarised as follows:
- Independence
of the Ombudsman
- Financing
of the Institution
- Powers of
the Ombudsman
- Terms of
office
In the second part the experts in the Sofia Civic
Mediator's Office Ms. Krassimira Natan and Mr. Svetoslav
Georgiev presented the Draft Laws on the Ombudsman submitted to
the National Assembly and made a review on the existing legislation
in this field in some European countries. The main topic in this
part of the discussion was the possibility of creating a civic
mediator on municipal level.
The Chair of the Appelate Court of Plovdiv, judges from the
District and Regional courts, prosecutors, municipal counsellors,
representatives of NGOs, citizens, journalists took part in the
event.
Agenda of the seminar
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