Good Governance Grantee List
Organization: Access – Sofia Foundation
Project Name: Monitoring Municipal Economic Activities
Description: To monitor and evaluate the financial activities of the municipality of Sofia and advocate for greater transparency and accountability in the management of municipal finances.
Website: www.access-sofia.org
Organization: Association NAIA
Project Name: Civil Observation of the Local Authority Performance – as a Guarantee for Good Governance
Description: To increase civic participation and introduce gender mainstreaming to the municipal decision-making in Targovishte.
Organization: Association of Rhodope Municipalities
Project Name: Good Governance in the Rhodope Region of Bulgaria
Description: To improve state-civic cooperation, municipal services, and socio-economic development in 21 municipalities in south-central Bulgaria.
Website: www.arm-bg.org
Organization: Black Sea NGO Network
Project Name: Initiative for Effective Citizens’ Control on Governments: Practical Aspects of Transparency, Accountability and Efficiency
Description: To train the civic organizations and media outlets in north-eastern Bulgaria to exercise effective civic control of their local and central government officials and agencies.
Website: www.bseanetwork.org
Organization: Blue Link Information Network
Project Name: The Power of IT in Combating Illegal Logging
Description: To support state-civic cooperation in the fight against illegal logging with the creation of an advocacy network and a web portal for the reporting of illegal logging.
Website: www.bluelink.net
Organization: Broadcast Training Center Pro Media Foundation
Project Name: Fighting Corruption through Investigative TV Programming
Description: To continue to produce a successful television program that exposes cases of corruption at the local and national level, focusing on new areas of corruption.
Website: www.btcpromedia.org
Organization: Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Project Name: Building Up an Effective Cooperation between Civic Organizations and Public Administration in the Decision–Making Process
Description: To create and consolidate a mechanism for state-civic consultations at the national executive level.
Website: www.bcnl.org
Organization: Bulgarian Energy Forum
Project Name: Energy Broad Information Unit (Energy Think-Tank)
Description: To support civic involvement in Bulgarian energy decision-making processes by creating a specialized web portal and forum for public and expert debates on energy related issues and state-civic cooperation in policy development.
Website: www.bulenergo.com
Organization: Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives Foundation
Project Name: Improvement of the Quality of Legal Education as a Guarantee for Successful Judicial Reform
Description: To assess the quality of legal education, develop reform recommendations, and advocate for the adoption of said recommendations.
Website: www.bili-bg.org
Organization: Centre for Educational Programs and Social Initiatives
Project Name: Civil Participation in Development and Making Local Policy
Description: To strengthen civic control of local authorities and increase civic participation in the development and implementation of local policies in three municipalities in central-eastern Bulgaria.
Website: www.cepsi95.org
Organization: Centre for South East European Studies
Project Name: Enhancing the Role of Civil Society in Emergency Management on Local Level
Description: To increase civic participation in local emergency management in five municipalities in south-central Bulgaria.
Website: www.csees.net
Organization: Center for the Study of Democracy
Project Name: Monitoring of Anti-Corruption Reforms in Bulgaria
Description: To identify the level of corruption in public administration, develop national anti-corruption policy-recommendations, and advocate for the adoption of said recommendations.
Website: www.csd.bg
Organization: Civic Association against Corruption and Illegal Construction
Project Name: Advocacy for the Improvement of the Bulgarian Condominium Bill
Description: To facilitate civic involvement in the preparation of proposals for the amendment of the legislation governing the operations of condo and homeowner associations in Bulgaria.
Website: www.antisofcor.org
Organization: Economic Policy Institute
Project Name: Transparent Governance on Central and Local Level in Bulgaria – Raising Administrative Capacity and Enhancing Cooperation to Reduce Corruption Risks and Practices in Public Procurement
Description: To identify corruption risks in the distribution of EU cohesion and structural funds and find adequate mechanisms to reduce and manage these risks.
Website: www.epi-bg.org
Organization: Euro-Atlantic Education Initiative Foundation
Project Name: Transparency in the Decision-Making Process in the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria
Description: To establish a partnership relationship between the civil society and the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense and improve the transparency, accountability, and efficiency of the military decision-making process.
Website: eaei.wordpress.com
Organization: Foundation for Local Government Reform
Project Name: The Good Governance Principles: Bridging Citizens and Governments
Description: To test and promote a new local good-governance model.
Website: www.flgr.bg
Organization: Foundation “Partners for Effective Solutions”
Project Name: Benchmarking of Web Sites of Local Governments in Bulgaria
Description: To support the development of e-governance in Bulgaria by benchmarking all local government websites and formulating tailor-made improvement-recommendations.
Website: www.per-bg.org
Organization: Institute for Market Economics
Project Name: Regulatory Impact Assessment – A Tool for Better Regulation in Bulgaria
Description: To facilitate the application of regulatory impact assessment to all new government regulations and ensure efficient, transparent, and accountable governance and public spending.
Website: www.ime.bg
Organization: Journalists-against-Corruption Club
Project Name: The Prosecution Facing Society
Description: To increase the transparency and efficiency of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and encourage and facilitate civic participation in the fight against corruption.
Website: www.nenakorupciata.org
Organization: Justicia Association
Project Name: Courts, Citizens, and Attorneys – Partnership for Monitoring the Civil Procedure Code
Description: To monitor the implementation of the new Civil Procedure Code in north-western Bulgaria.
Organization: National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria
Project Name: Citizens and Municipalities Advocate together for Real Reforms in Public Service
Description: To support a joint public-private effort to develop and advocate administrative reforms that would improve the capacity of local authorities to deal with social, educational, and environmental issues.
Website: www.namrb.org
Organization: NGO Forum Association
Project Name: Capacity Building of Bulgarian Judiciary to Investigate, Prosecute, and Try Cases of Cultural Theft
Description: To improve the capacity of Bulgarian judiciary to investigate, prosecute, and try cases of cultural theft.
Website: N/A
Organization: Open Society Club Ruse
Project Name: Citizens Control upon the Real Estates of Ruse Municipality
Description: To make the public management of municipal property in the municipality of Ruse transparent and accountable by ensuring free public access to information and civic participation in the decision-making process.
Website: www.oscrousse.org
Organization: Open Society Club Sliven
Project Name: Supporting Judicial Reform in the South-East Planning Region through Enhancement of the Cooperation between Judiciary and Civil Society
Description: To set up watchdog bodies and train judges, jurors, and journalists in order to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of court systems in three municipalities in south-eastern Bulgaria.
Website: N/A
Organization: Professional Association of Mediators in Bulgaria
Project Name: Get Ready to Settle – Sofia Regional Court ADR Program
Description: To train judges in the Sofia Regional Court in mediation and mediation referral techniques, and create a demand for mediation services in this and other Bulgarian courts.
Website: www.pamb.info
Organization: Program for the Development of the Judicial System
Project Name: Strengthening the Court System in Bulgaria
Description: To support the judicial reform process in Bulgaria by consolidating and expanding the USAID’s Model Courts and Courts in Partnership Program.
Website: www.prss-bg.org
Organization: Public Procurement National Institute
Project Name: Public Procurement Management for Transparent Government
Description: To improve public procurement by developing and instituting an integrated risk assessment and management system.
Website: N/A
Organization: Regional Association of Municipalities “Trakia”
Project Name: Active Civic Participation for Stronger Local Self-Government
Description: To increase civic, business, and media involvement in the development and implementation of local policies in 36 municipalities in central and central-eastern Bulgaria.
Website: www.ram-trakia.org
Organization: Transparency International – Bulgaria
Project Name: Political Fundraising and Party Funding Monitoring – 2009 National and Pan-European Parliamentary Elections
Description: To monitor party funding and political fundraising and advocate structural reforms to reduce corruption risks during election cycles.
Website: www.transparency-bg.org



