Deputy Minister Iskra Mihaylova Has Met a Parliamentary Delegation of the Czech Republic

The policies of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic in the field of the tourism, cross-border cooperation, EU Structure funds and the water supply and sewage sector have discussed today at a meeting the Deputy Minister Iskra Mihaylova and representatives of the budget commission to the Czech Parliament. Deputy Minister Iskra Mihaylova has underlined that in the Operative programs for regional development the tourism has a priority place and exposed the measures which the ministry has been undertaking to support this field of business. During the meeting was posed the question about the harmonization of the Bulgarian and the European legislation in the field of the water supply and sewage services and measures undertaken by MRDPW in this direction. The Czech side was introduced to the projects which MRDPW realizes under the Phare and ISPA programs. On the posed question about the monitoring report of the EC to Bulgaria Deputy Minister Iskra Mihaylova stated that the critics regarding the regional policy have been received as a detailed constructive program for further work. Public Relations and International Activities Directorate