Development cooperation

Development cooperation is a key instrument for implementing the EU's foreign policy strategy aimed at developing countries for a better and more stable life. Its ultimate goal is the eradication of extreme poverty worldwide.

Development cooperation

With its accession to the European Union (EU) in 2007, Bulgaria accepted to participate in the European development policy, which occupies a central place in the Union's external policies. It aims to eradicate poverty, support sustainable growth, protect human rights and democracy, promote gender equality and help address environmental and climate challenges. The EU and its members provide more than half of the world's official development assistance.

As a member of the EU, Bulgaria is committed to developing its own development policy to help countries less well placed than it. In 2017, Bulgaria, together with other member states, adopted the New European Consensus on Development. It combines different approaches to ending extreme poverty based on 5 priorities:

The right to development is an inalienable human right under which every person and all peoples have the right to participate in, contribute to and benefit from economic, social, cultural and political development in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.

Article 1, 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development.

Our achievements in the field

Partnerships

BPID is a partner of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the formulation and implementation of Bulgarian development cooperation policy;

Fight against poverty

The Platform is the Global Coalition Against Poverty's (GCAP) point of connection and partnership;

Cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

For the sake of Bulgaria's development policy objectives, we maintain intensive cooperation with both state institutions and the private sector. We are members of CONCORD, the European Confederation of NGOs for Relief and Development.

Policy development

We contribute to the development of key development policy documents and make key recommendations, including through our involvement in the development of the annual AidWatch Report;

Civil dialogue

In 2017-2018 we implemented the Civil Dialogue for Development project in connection with the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union;

Journalism for Development

We have been running the Journalism for Development competition since 2018.

Strategic objectives

In order to achieve its mission in the field of international development cooperation, the BISD has identified the following 4 interrelated strategic objectives:

Global Education

Global education highlights the interconnectedness and interdependence of humanity. It aims to develop each citizen's sense of being part of a global community, not an isolated individual.

Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development of the World is the UN's programme of 17 goals and 169 sub-goals that 193 countries have agreed to implement to make the...

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