Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe

National Reporting

Bulgaria

Status

Bulgaria did not report officially to the EU ICZM Recommendation.

Circumstances which contributed to the lack of reporting from Bulgaria include: 1) lack of media information and public participation in this especially important multidisciplinary area; and 2) unfinished phase of ratification of the Law for Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Constitution (National ICZM) by the Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Reporting Institution

Ministry of the Environment & Water
Water Directorate
Sofia

For inquiries, suggested National Contacts

Mr. Krasimir Gorchev
Ministry of the Environment & Water, Water Directorate, Sofia
Contact: GorchevK@moew.government.bg

Ms. Maglena Kuneva
Deputy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Negotiator with the EU, Sofia
Contact: iprd@mfa.government.bg

Mr. Savin Kovashev
Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Sofia
Contact: press@mrrb.government.bg

Mr. Jordan Dardov
Deputy Minister of Environment and Water, Sofia
Contact: press@moew.government.bg

Mr. Dincher Mehmedov Hadgiev
Regional Governor, Dobrich Town

Mr. Lubomir Panteleev
Regional Governor, Bourgas Town

Dr. Zdravko Belberov
Chief, Department of Coastal Zone Dynamics
Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna
Contact: belberov@io-bas.bg

National Reporting

Bulgaria did not report in response to the EU ICZM Recommendation.

Stocktake and Supporting Documents

As presently national ICZM is not legislatively regulated, a number of auxiliary documents were consulted for the assessment of ICZM in Bulgaria:

Convention of Maritime Law (ratified 1982)

Decree No. 4 from July 7, 1999 for Environmental Impact Assessment (published by Ministry for Environment and Water; Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Agrarian Reform official Gazette No. 84 from July 22, 1997)

Law for Concessions

Law for Territorial and Structural Planning

Law for sea areas, internal water roads and ports, law for fishery and aquacultures (ratified 2000-2005 period by Parliament)

Draft Law for Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Constitution (based on strategic principles of EU ICZM Recommendation)

Further information

Website of the Ministry of Environment & Water, Water Directorate
http://www.moew.government.bg/index_e.html