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Project acronym: ENDURANCE
Project title: EU-wide Establishment of Enduring National and
European Support Networks for Sustainable Urban Mobility
NATIONAL INVENTORY
Country: BULGARIA
Start date of project:
1st of May 2013
Date of preparation:
21.01.2014
Duration:
36 months
Version:
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Prepared by:
Prof. Lucia Ilieva
Checked by:
Verified by:
Status:
Dissemination level:
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final
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction................................................................................................................. 3
National inventories as a basis for roadmaps ............................................... 4
Standardised structure of the national inventory ....................................... 5
A) Awareness of SUMPs in your country.............................................................................................................6
B) Planning tools used in your country................................................................................................................7
C) State of the art of SUMPs implementation in your country ...................................................................9
D) Most active partners in your country .......................................................................................................... 10
E) Existing initiatives in your country ............................................................................................................... 10
F) Potential financial resources for SUMPs preparation and the SUMP network funding .......... 11
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Introduction
This document comprises the first step within the WP2 tasks of the ENDURANCE project focused on
building-up of enduring national networks on SUMPs. A ‘National SUMP Network’ is a national
network which actively supports its members in preparing and implementing Sustainable Urban
Mobility Plans (SUMPs). The national SUMPS networks will then:
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foster a national policy and national support for SUMP
organise and develop information, training and training materials in the local language
facilitate national knowledge exchange between cities
be the national contact point and thus to channel and to institutionalise the knowledge
exchange on the international level
be able to provide support to cities and agglomerations in terms of sustainable mobility.
The networks aim at encouraging and supporting cities to engage in sustainable urban mobility
planning and implementation. This requires country-specific approaches as the starting point and
situation differs among countries and even among cities within a country.
Each country partner in ENDURANCE is called a National Focal Point (NFP): it is the focal point for
the national networks and the contact point for international exchange and communication for its
country. Each NFP will prepare a national inventory of already existing network structures as well as
of relevant stakeholders and initiatives in terms of sustainable mobility planning.
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National inventories as a basis for roadmaps
The national inventories will serve as a basis for producing roadmaps of national SUMP network
formation.
The roadmaps will be updated in the course of the ENDURANCE project and they will also give the
path on which the networks will develop and continue after the project ends. The roadmaps will
serve as a guideline for the central task of the ENDURANCE WP2: the actual national network
development.
Thus the national inventories are the first step to feed the inputs which are necessary for network
foundation / adaption and should cover above all the following:
- what has already been done,
- what has worked well (why)
- and what hasn't (and why)
- the actual status of these networks,
- the demand for SUMP services,
- already available local resources and further important contacts that could support the
networking and SUMP implementation on national, regional and local level.
The inventory of the national level network status can build on the already existing national
networks on Mobility Management that have been built up within the project EPOMM-PLUS.
These existing national networks (in 21 countries) need to be thematically expanded to cover SUMP.
In four countries that were neither in EPOMM-PLUS nor in EPOMM (Denmark, Slovakia, Latvia and
Ireland) there is no such national network structure, neither for MM nor for SUMP. Here the network
needs to be built up from scratch.
The inventories will cover the actual status of these networks, and the potential for the SUMP
networks to be established.
WP2 is closely connected with WP3. WP3 will make an inventory of all cities and actors in your
country which were involved in EU projects related to SUMP. These partners can make an important
contribution to the roadmaps and the SUMP networks we are going to build and endure.
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Standardised structure of the national inventory
To fill in the template, please use, among others, the following sources:
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SUMP State of the art: http://mobilityplans.eu/docs/file/eltisplus_state-of-theart_of_sumps_in_europe_sep2011_final.pdf
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EPOMM MM-monitors: http://epomm.eu/index.php?id=2616
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ELTISplus, above all awareness raising and training events (the Workshop Follow-Up Report is
available for: Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia)
We would like to kindly ask you to go through the following template and fill in the national
inventory accordingly, to summarise all the needed inputs to be able to build on them roadmaps and
further activities. Feel free to adjust the template to specifics in your country, when needed. Please
send your national inventory by email to: radomira.jordova@cdv.cz and zbynek.sperat@cdv.cz by
June 24, 2013. Thank you.
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A) Awareness of SUMPs in your country
A.1. SUMP acceptance and awareness by cities in your country
Are cities in your country familiar with the concept of SUMP? To which extent?
In general, most Bulgarian cities are not familiar with the SUMP-concept. Only several like Sofia,
Varna, Plovdiv, Dobrich, Ruse and Burgas are aware that SUMPs exist in developed countries thanks
to the efforts of the teams implementing there some EU mobility projects. The only two SUMP
trainings were conducted by CSDCS last year in Sofia in the frames of ELTIS+ project. They lasted 1
day each and aimed to present the SUMP-concept in general, but the participants in the seminars
were mainly from the capital. The high level of travel costs were barriers to most of interested
people from the other cities.
A.2. Gaps in awareness and how to overcome them
Do you see any gaps in awareness of SUMPs?
There are many gaps in Bulgaria:
 As it was mentioned above, some large cities (no more than 5-6) have heard about SUMPs in
the frames of implemented mobility projects, but do not understand well what is the
difference between the usual transport planning and SUMPs and how it could contribute to
better planning;
 Cities do not know how to develop SUMPs, what topics should be included and what tools
should be incorporated as well as who should develop SUMPs;
 Cities do not know any practical examples from other cities how it works, because they
never exchanged experience in this area with more advanced countries;
How can these awareness gaps be overcome in your country and generally how to raise awareness
of SUMPs in your country?
By conducting a promotional campaign and disseminating information; by conducting series of
seminars in many Bulgarian cities (not only in Sofia) for training local decision makers (high level
officers in the municipalities; members of municipal councils; transport planners; urban planners;
transport consultants). It will be performed in the frames of BUMP and ENDURANCE projects since
2014.
A.4. Specific up-to-date needs of cities related to SUMP topic
Have some of the cities’ needs been identified yet in your country (e.g. in ELTISplus)? If so, please fill
in what are these cities’ needs. If not, you will be able to fill in this question after contacting the cities
in WP3.
The identified needs might be from these areas:
Awareness / communication:
Legislation:
Funding:
Political representation:
Missing experts / expert knowledge:
Missing experience / inspiration from other cities:
Other:
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Any comments / explanations / details:
BULGARIA was not a partner in ELTIS PLUS, but following my expert assessment we actually need:
 Awareness / communication: very intensive campaign and training
 Legislation: change of the current legislation concerning urban transport planning including
implementation of SUMPs with the necessary soft mobility measures as compulsory
components
 Funding: negotiations for providing EU structural funding for SUMP elaboration and
implementation in the period 2014-2020
 Political representation: the political system in Bulgaria has changed several times since the
end of ELTIS PLUS. There is a constant turnover of high level decision makers in the transport
area. Actually no one politician in power is aware about SUMP and mobility in general. The
Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has never dealt with urban transport and
mobility. The urban transport decisions are taken on municipal level. In order to have some
political representation first it is necessary to have in the MTC a Department for Urban
Transport.
 Missing experts / expert knowledge: there are only a few experts (3-4), urgent need for
training of experts and exchange of experience. Our expectations are BUMP will satisfy this
need.
 Missing experience / inspiration from other cities: No any experience, nobody from Bulgaria
has ever seen how SUMP works in some EU city. Exchange of experience would be very
useful.
B) Planning tools used in your country
B.1. Legislation (laws and regulations) related to sustainable mobility in your country
Are there any major policies supporting introduction and/or implementation of SUMPs in your
country?
National level:
National transport policy
□
National cycling policy
□
Legislation on air quality
□
Legislation on PT quality / energy efficiency
□
Land use prescribing obligations in transport planning □
Others:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….
Comments, details (how does the national legislation contribute to the SUMPs implementation in
your country?):
SUMP is not mentioned and/or supported in any national document.
Regional level:
(Please fill in per region)
[Region name]:
Regional transport policy
Regional cycling policy
Legislation on air quality
□
□
□
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Legislation on PT quality / energy efficiency
□
Land use prescribing obligations in transport planning □
Others:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………….
Comments, details (how does the regional legislation contribute to the SUMPs implementation in
your country?):
The transport schemes in the urban areas are regulated by the Law of Automobile Transport. The
municipal councils and mayors are responsible for policy and decision making related to the spatial
and urban planning and development of the municipal territory. According to this law, each
municipality must elaborate and adopt a specific municipal urban spatial plan which includes a
transport scheme.
The basic document which the municipalities follow in the process of planning and design of the
communication and transport systems of urban areas is the Regulation no2/29.06.2004 for Planning
of Transport systems of Urban territories.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….
[Region name]:
Regional transport policy
□
Regional cycling policy
□
Legislation on air quality
□
Legislation on PT quality / energy efficiency
□
Land use prescribing obligations in transport planning □
Others:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………….
Comments, details (how does the regional legislation contribute to the SUMPs implementation in
your country?):
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………….
B.2. Approach of national public institutions towards the concept of SUMPs
What is the approach of public institutions and cities towards the concept of SUMP like (i.e. towards
creation of a consolidated, comprehensive transport policy covering all key topics and tools towards
sustainable mobility):
Regarding
Legislation:
Funding:
Providing of guidelines for creation of SUMPs:
Other:
Comments, details:
No such approach and/or policy.
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C) State of the art of SUMPs implementation in your country
C.1. What has been done in your country regarding SUMPs implementation?
Please explain what the experience from the SUMPs implementation in your country is like:
[Tip: consult the Eltis case studies from your country (search on topic transport planning and land use)]
Good experience - why:
National bodies:
Regional bodies:
Networks / associations of cities:
NGOs:
Cities:
Other institutions:
No experience
No experience
No experience
ELTIS+ training (CSDCS)
Some experience because: CSDCS staff has been trained by RC in the frames of
ELTIS+ and conducted 2 short awareness raising seminars in Sofia.
Prof. Ilieva is a QUEST auditor.
No experience
2 Energy Agencies and some scientists - members of the Transport Union
manifested interest and were informed by CSDCS about SUMP and its benefits
Bad experience - why:
National bodies:
Regional bodies:
Networks / associations of cities:
NGOs:
Cities:
Other institutions:
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
C.2. What cities have implemented a SUMP in your country?
Please provide lists of cities (and resp. contact details of cities) which have already implemented a
SUMP, cities planning to introduce a SUMP, and cities interested in the topic (needing more attention
and information to be provided). Fill in the table according to your best knowledge to make a
“starting” overview – WP3 will soon provide you with city files from your country, including the cities’
participation in SUMP projects and contact details.
Cities with implemented SUMP
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Cities planning to introduce SUMP
Burgas
Varna
Sofia
Cities interested in SUMP
Montana
Pleven
Ruse
Veliko Tarnovo
Gabrovo
Haskovo
Kardjali
Pazardjik
Stara Zagora
Any comments / explanations / details:
No one Bulgarian city has implemented SUMP till present. The 7 biggest cities started implementing
huge transport projects named ”Integrated Transport Plans”. For this purpose 100 bil .EUR were
allocated from the SF through the Operational Program “Regional Development” by the former
government, which priorities were big infrastructure projects. The projects were initiated by the
Ministry of Regional Development. They are actually at different stage of implementation for each
city and use to represent a set of transport infrastructure measures (assigned to subcontractors)
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each constructed separately without overall mobility vision and without any public participation in
the decision making process. Probably some constructions will be stopped by the new Minister of the
Regional Development with the motiv many of the public procurement procedures were not properly
conducted.
These ”Integrated Transport Plans” could be transformed into SUMPs with many efforts and the
commitment from the part of the LG, but for this process some very high level directive should come
from the EC.
D) Most active partners in your country
Identify stakeholders and partners active in sustainable mobility, mobility management and
sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) in your country and provide a list of them. Focus on
national/regional/local actors – WP3 will soon provide you with information on EU project activity in
your country.
Name
of
institution
the
Federation of
Scientific and
Technical Unions –
Transport Union
Sofia Mobility Centre
(as a body in Sofia
Municipality)
Ruse Municipality
Main area of activities
Unifying
transport
expert in the country,
providing information
seminars,
organizing
conferences
on
transport issues.
Managing Sofia traffic
and
implementing
some
mobility
measures
(mainly
initiated by CSDCS
projects)
Implementing the local
transport policy
Dobrich Municipality
Implementing the local
transport policy
Kavarna Municipality
Implementing the local
transport policy
Ruse Energy Agency
Working on energy
saving in transport
Balchik Municiaplity
Implementing the local
transport policy
Activities related to
SUMPs up to now
(relevant projects, etc.)
Organizing
together
with CSDCS the SUMPtrainings in Sofia –
providing
room,
equipment and inviting
their members.
Working together on
mobility
projects
(BENEFIT, EPOMM+)
Contact details (web page, contact
person, email, phone etc.)
Working together on
mobility
projects
(TRANSDANUBE, BUMP)
Working together on
mobility
projects
(SEEMORE, BUMP)
Working together on
mobility
projects
(SEEMORE, BUMP)
Working together on
mobility
projects
(TRANSDANUBE, BUMP)
Working together on
mobility
projects
(SEEMORE, ENCLOSE)
Strahil Karapchanski
skarapchanski@gmail.com
Krasimira Martinova
kmartinova@gmail.com
www.sofiatraffic.bg
Metodi Avramov
Metodi.avramov@gmail.bg
Plamen Ganchev
ganchev@dobrich.net
Milena Dimitrova
Mgd123@abv.bg
Nikola Kibritev
nkibritev@gmail.com
Boyko Ranguelov
branguelov@gmail.com
E) Existing initiatives in your country
What are the existing national networks operating in the field of transport / sustainable transport,
energy efficiency, health, regional development and other areas relevant for SUMP implementation
in your country? (e.g. EPOMM-Plus network, CIVINET, Healthy cities association, etc.)
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Name
of
network
the
ENDURANCE
National Association
of the Bulgarian
Municipalities
Scope of activities
(national/regional
/local)
national
Number
of
participating cities
/other institutions
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Relevance to SUMPs
Coordinated by
(contact data)
Via this network MM and
SUMP-information are
disseminated.
CSDCS
rossenov@gmail.
com
national
163 cities
SUMP
should
be
implemented on local
level and this network is
the most appropriated to
be used. CSDCS already
has sent an official letter
to the Manager of the
Board.
Mrs. Ginka
Chavdarova
office@namrb.bg
F) Potential financial resources for SUMPs preparation and the SUMP
network funding
Please indicate shortly what resources might be available for cities to create a SUMP in your country
(a more detailed list will be developed later in roadmaps):
- at the local level :
- at the regional level:
- at the national level:
- at the EU level:
- other financial resources:
For the period 2013-2020 Bulgarian cities don’t have any available budget for SUMPs (in general,
they don’t have budgets for anything thus provoking the citizens’ dissatisfaction and manifestations
against the current government at central and regional level).
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