Minister Angelkova holds talks with Romania’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration

Bulgaria and Romania may obtain EU funding of up to EUR 300 000 as co-coordinators under Priority Axis 3 of the Danube Strategy, which covers the tourism & culture sectors. The two countries are commencing preparation of a joint project wherewith they will apply under the Danube Transnational Programme. This was agreed between Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism, Nikolina Angelkova, and Romania’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration, Vasile Dincu, who held talks today in Bucharest.

The plans are for the funding to also benefit the Bulgarian-Romanian Joint Technical Secretariat under Danube Strategy’s Priority Axis 3, which Secretariat is based in Russe and coordinates cooperation in the tourism sector of all Danube Strategy countries. The objective is for the project to be prepared and filed by mid-October, it will cover a 3-year period (2017 to the end of 2019).

„Bulgaria and Romania have very good relations in many areas, with tourism being one sector where a number of joint initiatives are implemented“, Minister Angelkova noted. She added that the Joint Technical Secretariat under Danube Strategy’s Priority Axis 3 is one good example in this context.

Deputy Prime Minister Dincu noted that over the past year our country has been among the most active ones in the Strategy’s tourism sector. He added that the conference entitled Sustainability of Tourism Development and Security in the Danube Region, which was held in June, is among the very good examples and has contributed to the discussion of a number of important issues, identifying measures to deepen the partnership. „The forthcoming international conference on world civilizations and modern-day tourism is also among the good initiatives and an opportunity to draw attention to the entire region“, Vasile Dincu said further.