Bulgaria
The country lies in South Eastern Europe on the Balkan peninsula. It has borders with Greece, Turkey, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and Romania and has a long coastline on the Black Sea. It joined the EU along with Romania on January 1, 2007. The population stands at 7,726,000 but is experiencing a continuing decline due to a negative birth rate and emigration. Rural people have moved to cities (mainly to the capital) over the last 10 years.
Rural conditions are difficult. Despite a centralised water supply Bulgaria lacks an adequate waste management systems. Poor ecological practices decrease the quality of life in rural Bulgaria. WECF projects aim at improving rural conditions by promoting ecological sanitation and sustainable waste and water management. The projects support democracy building and public participation as well as capacity building, knowledge transfer and diffusion of project lessons and results.
WECF Projects in this country
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Bulgaria - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Bulgaria Issues: Water, Health, Sanitation Duration: 10/2007 - 09/2010 |
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Bulgaria / Greece – WECF Project Healthy Schools School children are given the opportunity to learn about their environment and possible ways to improve and protect it by developing their own ideas Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Bulgaria / Clean up Greece, Environmental Organization, Greece Issues: Environmental Health Duration: 09/2007 - 02/2010 |
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Bulgaria - Water, waste and sanitation in rural areas Developing a model for sustainable water and waste management for rural areas Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Institute of Ecological Modernization, WASTE, IRC Netherlands Issues: Water, sanitation, health, waste, public participation Duration: 02/2005 - 07/2007 |
Latest News
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Round Table Dialogue taking place in Sofia with the European Commission on March 18, 2010 |
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Kick-off meeting Constructed Wetlands in Bulgaria |
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Delegation visits Constructed Wetlands in Bavaria |
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Women’s and Environmental network WECF thanks Czech artist for getting worldwide attention for Bulgarian sanitation problems |
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Report on Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity - Bulgaria Project |
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Three year MATRA project Bulgaria successfully completed |
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The challenge to implement affordable and sustainable sanitation in the new EU countries Romania and Bulgaria |
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Bulgarian project “ Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity“ officially started |
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End of project conference in Varna, Bulgaria |
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EcoSan Seminar in Bulgaria |
