MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
European Union
Human Resources
Development OP 2014-2020
Opportunities for investment in
children's future
Gergana KOLESHANSKA
Director general of the EU Funds, International
Programmes and Projects DG, MLSP
ESF in Bulgaria
HRD OP 2014-2020
Thematic objectives
TO8: Promoting sustainable and high-quality employment,
and supporting labour force mobility;
TO9: Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and all
forms of discrimination;
TO10: Investing in education and training, including in
vocational training for acquisition of skills, and in lifelong
learning;
TO11: Improving the institutional capacity of public
authorities and stakeholders, and contributing to an efficient
public administration.
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ESF financial allocations
/EU contribution/
3,558
3,500
2,728
3,000
(BGN mln)
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2007-2013
2014-2020
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Breakdown of the funding under HRD OP 2014-2020
(BGN mln, EU and national co-financing)
1100
658
87
38
Employment
Institutional capacity
Technical assistance
86.2
Social inclusion
Trans-national cooperation
Strategy of HRD OP 2014-2020
More and
better jobs
Institutional capacity and
modernisation of public
policies
Reducing poverty and
promoting social inclusion
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HRD OP 2014-2020:
Priority axes
• PA 1 'Improving the access to employment and
the quality of jobs'
• PA 2 'Reducing poverty and promoting social
inclusion'
• PA 3 'Modernising institutions in charge of
social inclusion, healthcare, equal
opportunities, non-discrimination and working
conditions'
• PA 4 'Transnational cooperation'
• PA5 'Technical assistance'
Highlights in the 2014-2020
programming period
 Development of integrated services for early
child development and better access to
education, healthcare and social services and
innovative inter-sectoral services for children
and families;
 Reconciliation of personal and professional life
(access to jobs) via support for families with
children, including children with disabilities;
 Development of a network of services for
children in family environment (or close to
family environment) and in the community;
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HRD OP 2014-2020
PA 2: Promoting social inclusion, combating
poverty
• Investment priority 1: Social and economic integration
of marginalised communities such as Roma
 integrated measures and inter-sectoral services to
support
early
child
development
involving
educational, social and healthcare components.
PA 2: Promoting social inclusion,
combating poverty
Investment priority 2:
Active inclusion, with a view to, inter alia, promoting equal
opportunities, and active participation, and also better
employability
Focus of one of the specific objectives:
• On measures for families with children (including with
disabilities) seeking jobs or employed thanks to integrated social
inclusion measures;
• On activities targeting early child development, support for
families with children from vulnerable groups and provision of
quality child care, including for children with disabilities, via
integrated comprehensive services, prevention and targeted
activities to facilitate the access to jobs for parents taking care of
their children at home.
PA 2: Promoting social inclusion,
combating poverty
Investment priority 3:
Improving the access to services which are affordable,
sustainable and of high quality, including healthcare and
social services of common interest
Focus of one of the specific objectives:
• Reducing the number of children and young people at
institutions via provision of social and health services in the
community
•Improving the quality of life, promoting social inclusion and
integration in society of disadvantaged groups
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
European Union
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION!
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
EU Funds, International Programmes and Projects Directorate-General
02 /8119 600
ophrd2014-2020@mlsp.government.bg
www.esf.bg
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