Sofia, March 21-22, 2018
The Regional Conference "Development Cooperation in Times of Changing Paradigms" organized by the Bulgarian Platform for International Development (BPID) took place on 21-22 March 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria and brought together over 100 representatives of CSOs, institutions, UN agencies and business from the Western Balkans and the Black sea region. The conference organizers were also hosting the meeting of Hub2 of CONCORD – the European network of National Platforms and networks active in the field of development policies. BFPA is one of the most active organizations of the Platform, a founding member and a moderator of the health group that attracted to the Conference its valuable partners frоm the Western Balkans.
The aim of the conference was to ensure strong understanding and commitment of the CSOs
and the general audience towards the role of the EU in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by fostering synergies between CSOs from the Western Balkan countries and the Black Sea region by sharing good practices and instruments for monitoring of the national policies, related mainly to SDGs 3, 4, 5 and 16, as well as analyzing future possibilities for joint actions for further development.
The Conference was officially opened by Monica Panayotova, deputy minister for the Bulgarian presidency of the EU and is part of the activities under the “Civil Dialogue for Development” project. Two main recommendationс were expected form the twо days of active work: That BPID is seeing the Work with and for the Western Balkans as a key priority and that the development aid must and shall be done with the active and valued participation of the NGOs and civil society.
The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the Bulgarian Platform for International Development (BPID) in partnership with the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project is linked with the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
