The Swiss Intermediate Body (SIB) informs the potential applicants that an assessment of the submitted applications under the Block Grant Scheme of the Partnership Fund is planned to start in the end of December 2012. The rolling call under that Block Grant Scheme is open till the end of next year. All project proposals submitted

234 project proposals were submitted under the first Call for Proposals of the Block Grant Scheme of the Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation of the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme, open on 17 September 2012. The Swiss Intermediate Body (SIB) informs the applicant organizations that all proposals submitted to the office of SIB and registered

(valid only for the version of the Guidelines in Bulgarian) In connection with a technical mistake in the translation of the Guidelines for Applicants from English to Bulgarian, the last paragraph of section 6.3 at the end of p.23 and the beginning of p.24 of the Guidelines for Applicants in Bulgarian shall be read as

In reply to the questions regarding the date of the post office stamp which will be taken into account with respect to the application deadline, the Swiss Intermediate Body would like to inform the applicants that the date of sending will be considered. Applications stamped not later than 5.00 p.m. on 16 November 2012 will

A technical mistake has been found in one of the formulas of Table B.1 of the Budget file (Annex B to the Guidelines for Applicants). Corrected budget files for the two calls for proposals, in Bulgarian and in English, are uploaded. Please, download and use these corrected files when applying. The mistake isn’t fatal and

The Swiss Intermediate Body hereby announces the publishing of a Corrigendum to the Guidelines for Applicants under the Block Grant Scheme of the Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation. The amendment gives the applicants opportunity to involve public institutions and business entities as associated partners in their projects. The associated partners can support achieving

A press conference dedicated to the official opening of the Block Grant Schemes under Thematic Fund “Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation” and Thematic Fund “Partnership Fund” of the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme took place on October 12, 2012 in Radisson Blu Grand Hotel in Sofia. The press conference was attended by H. E. The

In the period 3-5 October 2012 were held the planned information sessions in Ruse, Varna and Burgas. The team of Balkan Institute for Labour and Social Policy, member of the Swiss Intermediate Body – Dimitar Matev, Maria Minkova and Yordan Dimitrov presented the two grant schemes and answered questions. A total of over 100 persons

Three information sessions in Bulgaria are scheduled in the first week of October 2012, for presenting the Block Grant Schemes under the “Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation” and the “Partnership Fund” of the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme. Date, Venue, Time 3 October 2012 Ruse, Grand hotel “Riga”, Conference Hall, 2 2.00 ÷ 4.00 p.m.

An information session about the two Thematic Funds -“Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation” and “Partnership and Expert Fund” and related calls for projects for Swiss not-for-profit institutions and municipalities interested in partnering or supporting Bulgarian institutions will be held in SDC Bern on October 4, 2012. The related information and registration document can