: Bulgaria must spend BGN 6.3 billion European money :: Monitor.bg
Bulgaria must spend BGN 6.3 billion in European money
Railway and road infrastructure projects are slowing down
BGN 11.6 billion is the money actually paid until December 28 under the EU funds, which implement the cohesion policy of the European Commission, with a budget of BGN 17.90 billion. This shows a reference to the concluded contracts and the amounts paid under EU programs. The appropriation of EU funds from the Cohesion Fund, the low regional development funds and the low social fund is 64.68%. This is the period for the final absorption of EU funds is 2023, this country will not spend another 6.3 billion in the next two years.
Information on the website of ISUN (Information System for Management and Monitoring of EU Funds in Bulgaria 2020) for all operational programs and European funding sources that have projects that transfer by BGN 1 billion the total budget of all programs, which is BGN 25 billion. BGN 13.7 billion were paid, which is 55.11% of the total amount for the period 2014-2020.
The program “Human Resources Development” has the highest percentage – 77.56%.
After it with 72.68% of absorbed European money is the operational program “Innovation and Competitiveness” for business, the amount is BGN 2.24 billion. .
Under OP Regional Development, 67% or BGN 2.11 billion have already been paid to the business that has implemented the projects. They are mostly of the municipalities and are focused on making them a more attractive place to live.
The builders have also found the actually paid 58.43% of the budget of OP “Transport and Transport Infrastructure”, which are 2.04 billion BGN. 2021 can be determined
as almost “zero” for investments in transport infrastructure.
Instruments for financing the construction of railway and road infrastructure for the period 2021-2027 are still being structured. We are working on the completion of already started projects. At the last meeting of the Technical Monitoring Committee of the Transport and Infrastructure Program, it became clear that there was a risk of about 500 million. BGN for the railway line Voluyak-Dragoman and the last section of the highway “Europe” – from Slivnitsa to the Northern Speed Tangent of Sofia.
Back in the figures is the “Environment” program, where the amounts paid are BGN 1.6 billion, which is 48.61%. As a result, it has an over-negotiation of 107.5%, which makes 3.6 billion.