District Information Point – Ruse held an information meeting on European funding and social economy

Wednesday, 26 February 2025

The District Information Point – Ruse held an information meeting dedicated to the opportunities for European funding and the implementation of the social economy. The experts introduced the attendees to the current and upcoming procedures under the various programs funded by the European Union until the end of 2025, with the main emphasis being the presentation of draft guidelines for the procedure “Promoting the social economy at local and regional level” under the Human Resources Development Program.

The procedure provides for the possibility of applying for a wide range of beneficiaries, but the key condition is that they must be registered as social enterprises in the Register of Social Enterprises at the time of signing a contract with the Managing Authority of the Human Resources Development Program.

Eligible activities include:

- salaries for newly hired employees;

- costs for mentoring and qualification of employees and newly hired employees;

- costs for marketing presentation;

- activities for the exchange of experience between social enterprises;

- purchase of materials and equipment;

- construction and installation works related to new jobs.

The guest speaker at the meeting was Silvia Ivanova from the Regional Center for Development of the Social Economy - Focus Point Gabrovo, who in the second part of the event presented the role of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy in the process of registration in the register. She explained in detail the steps that potential candidates must take to register as a social enterprise, and the deadlines for their implementation.

The event brought together representatives of business, non-governmental organizations, employers, municipalities and other interested parties, who showed interest in the presented topic and received answers to the questions that arose in the subsequent discussion.

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