National Conference

Public-Private Partnerships: A Way to Benefit Local Communities

September 16, 2004, Sofia
Inter Expo Center, 147 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd

8:30-9:30 Registration of participants

9:30-10:00 Opening remarks
Moderator: Tashka Gabrovska, JOBS Project Manager
Ginka Chavdarova, Executive Director, NAMRB

• Rumen Simeonov, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy
• Neil Buhne, Resident Representative, UNDP Bulgaria

10:00-10:45 PPP for local sustainable development in Poland. The Plock Experience.

• Witold Rogowiecki, Regional Development Expert, Plock Municipality
• Jaroslaw Cholodecki, Project Manager, Scaling up Cross Sector Partnership,
  UNDP Poland

10:45-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:30 Government programs supporting sustainable PPPs. Domestic and foreign programs and key partners.
Moderator: Ginka Chavdarova, Executive Director, NAMRB

• Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works - Belin Mollov, Deputy Minister
• Ministry of Finance - Boryana Pencheva, Director, Management of EU Funds Directorate
• UNDP Bulgaria: Experience in PPP development: Tashka Gabrovska, JOBS Project Manager;
• Maria Metodieva, Coordinator, Global Compact Initiative
• Bulgarian International Business Association (BIBA) - Nikolay Minkov, Chairman, Energy and Utilities Committee

12:30-13:30 Cocktail

13:30-14:30 Successful PPPs in Bulgaria
Moderator: Martin Pazardjiev, journalist, Capital weekly

• ESI Center Bulgaria - Ivailo Georgiev, Program Manager
• Public beekeeping farm and training center - Sirma Komitova, Team Leader, Business Center Novi Pazar
• Ecopack Bulgaria JSC: A necessary partnership for packaging waste management - Nikola Doichinov, Procurator

14:30-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-16:00 Successful PPPs in Bulgaria
Moderator: Martin Pazardjiev, journalist, Capital weekly

• Community Donation Fund Gabrovo - Ralitsa Manolova, Fund Director and Senior Expert, Gabrovo District Administration; Galina Bankovska, Manager, Veda Consult
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  Corporate Social Responsibility in Action - Antoine Iskandar, General Manager, Pain D'Or
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  Tourism cluster in Smolyan - Stefka Garova, Senior Expert, Agriculture, Forests and Ecology Department, Smolyan District Administration

16:00 Closing remarks

• Tashka Gabrovska, JOBS Project Manager
• Ginka Chavdarova, Executive Director, NAMRB