December 1 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian ministry of regional development said that an additional 64 million levs ($34.3 million/32.7 million euro) will be invested in measures to improve urban environment and industrial zones in the country.
The financing will be provided as part of the operational programme Regions in Growth 2014 - 2020, the ministry said in a press release on Wednesday.
Basically, the programme, which includes EU financing and national co-funding, supports projects in the field of regional development, education, healthcare and social policy.
According to the statement, 73% of the programme’s budget, or 2.29 billion levs, has already been paid out.
On November 15, the government submitted for EU approval the new Regions in Growth 2021 - 2027 programme.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)