During the current programming period, Lovech Municipality will continue to implement activities related to improving the educational infrastructure, Svilen Andreev, Director of the Projects, Programmes and Investments Directorate in the Municipality, said during a local conference held here on Monday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.
He noted that two projects have already started to be implemented, the first of which is related to the reconstruction of the building of a secondary school in order to increase its energy efficiency. The planned activities also include the renovation of a room for the subsequent construction of a STEM centre. "There are currently seven such centres under construction, and perhaps the eighth will be there," Andreev pointed out, adding that the project is worth BGN 2.4 million and has a completion period of 35 months.
Andreev said that another important project concerning the educational infrastructure is the one for the repair and rehabilitation of the Centre for Personal Development Support in the student dormitory in Lovech's Zdravets borough. The aim of the planned activities is to turn it into an attractive base in which children can prepare in a purely educational way. The project is worth BGN 2.6 million and is financed under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Andreev emphasized that in this programming period, energy efficiency measures continue to be among the main priorities, as part of the Green System. Lovech Municipality will deploy a fairly large-scale construction activity regarding the renovation of the housing stock. "We are currently in a procedure for selecting a contractor, as 16 residential buildings on the territory of the municipality will be renovated under energy efficiency projects at a total cost of BGN 6.1 million," he pointed out.
BTA's Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project aims to raise public awareness and foster open dialogue about cohesion policy, local achievements, and the implementation of the EU's policy priorities. The project kicked off with a conference in Veliki Preslav in November 2024. The schedule of conferences until the end of September 2025 includes events in the following cities: Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Dobrich, Kazanlak, Kardzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Razgrad, Ruse, Samokov, Svishtov, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofia, Stara Zagora, Troyan, Targovishte, Haskovo, Shumen, and Yambol. Cross-border conferences will be held in Belgrade, Bosilegrad, Bucharest, Edirne, Skopje, and Thessaloniki. The project builds on the Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future and Europe in Bulgaria: A Common Future projects, implemented by BTA in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
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