Exchange of best practices for creating partnership network to implement effective social policies and standard of living

            Today at CHRDRI an "International Seminar, Related to the Structure and Governance of the Monitoring Process and Population Living Standards Reports and its regional aspects" was held. It was attended by experts from MLSP, MAF, MPP, Deputy District Governors of Targovishte and Smolyan, representatives of employers, trade unions and other government agencies. The lecturer is Mr. Robert Anderson of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).

            The event was opened with a speech by Ms. Svetlana Djankova, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria . She welcomed the participants with wishes for a closer dialogue between structures and expressed her confidence in the usefulness of such seminars as a field for fruitful and constructive discussions and sharing of best practices . Ms. Dyankova paid attention to some basic problems in our social policy and shared personal experiences, which she built since 1995 as an expert and member of two parliaments .

            The seminar will continue on December 5, with avisit of the regional administration in Blagoevgrad where the workshops with representatives of the regional government of, Blagoevgrad Municipality and regional structures of IEA, SAA and EA "GLI" for acquainting with regional indicators of living standards.

            The purpose of this seminar is to increase knowledge on the structure and management processes of observations of living standards, and dissemination of best practices and creating a partnership network in the implementation of an effective social policy fitting to an EU country.