THE EUROPEAN UNION BULGARIA
GABROVO IN THE CENTRE
GABROVO MUNICIPALITY GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF BULGARIA IMPORTANT TRANSPORT INTERSECTION PART OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR 9 (HELSINKI ISTANBUL) POPULATION: 60 747 PEOPLE AREA: 555.57 KM2
GABROVO DISTRICT HAS AN INDUSTRIAL PROFILE WITH ECONOMIC INDICATORS BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE NATIONAL ONES 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA IS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY IT REACHED 9,804 BGN IN 2014 10 000 5 000 0 Source: National Statistical Institute
STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT SECTORS MECHATRONICS, MACHINE BUILDING, PLASTICS, TEXTILES, KNITWEAR, LEATHER INDUSTRY, COSMETICS
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY GABROVO EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OF 50 YEARS TRADITION PROVISION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN: MACHINERY CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES MACHINERY CONSTRUCTION AND INSTRUMENT ENGINEERING ENERGY TECHNIQUE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND TEXTILE TECHNIQUE TECHNICAL MECHANICS AUTOMATION, INFORMATION AND MANAGING TECHNIQUE ELECTRONIC ELECTRO-PROVISION COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GABROVO IS AMONG THE DISTRICTS WITH THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF ATTRACTED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PER CAPITA. GABROVO IS A LEADER IN THE EU FUNDS ABSORPTION. GABROVO MUNICIPALITY WAS A BENEFICIARY OF 34 GRANT CONTRACTS AT THE AMOUNT OF 95 MILLION EUR, FINANCED UNDER 5 OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES, PROGRAMME PERIOD 2007 2013.
GABROVO INNOVATION CAMP 1 3 OCTOBER 2016 SUPPORTED BY THE BULGARIAN PRESIDENCY, CoR, JRC CHALLENGES: OVERCOMING THE INNOVATION DIVIDE IN EUROPE SMART SPECIALISATION IN EDUCATION IN LAGGING CITIES AND REGIONS XXI CENTURY DEMOCRACY 120 PARTICIPANTS, 12 INNOVATIVE IDEAS
HANK KUNE GABROVO INNOVATION CAMP WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST IT WAS TWO DAYS OF LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES WE VE TRIED TO EXPLORE MANY IDEAS, FIND GOOD ONES AND DEVELOP THEM VERY QUICKLY INTO PROPOSALS, WHICH PEOPLE CAN TAKE FORWARD
CITIZENS DIALOGUE GABROVO, 3 OCTOBER 2016
GABROVO CITIZENS DIALOGUE FACILITATED OPEN DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE BETWEEN CITIZENS AND POLITICIANS THE FUTURE OF EUROPE, CHALLENGED BY MIGRATION AND AFTER BREXIT THE FUTURE OF COHESION POLICY AND TERRITORIAL INVESTMENTS THE EUROPEAN POLICIES AND INITIATIVES FOR SMART EDUCATION AND INNOVATION
FIRST LOCAL EVENT IN BULGARIA ORGANISER: MUNICIPALITY OF GABROVO PARTNERS: PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, REPRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN BULGARIA AUDIENCE: 400 PARTICIPANTS MEDIA: 30 BULGARIAN JOURNALISTS DURATION: 2:15 h
SPEAKERS ANDREY NOVAKOV, MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TOMISLAV DONCHEV, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR EUROPEAN FUNDS AND ECONOMIC POLICIES ROSSEN PLEVNELIEV, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TANYA HISTROVA, MAYOR OF GABROVO MARKKU MARKKULA, PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EVA PAUNOVA, MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OGNIAN ZLATEV, HEAD OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S REPRESENTATION IN BULGARIA
KEY MESSAGES IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EUROPE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY INVESTMENTS THROUGH ITS COHESION POLICY BUT ALSO TO ACT IN SYNERGY WITH OTHER FINANCIAL RESOURCES AT LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL. TANYA HRISTOVA
KEY MESSAGES TODAY, THE FUTURE OF BULGARIA IS NOT DECIDED ON THE BATTELFIELD BUT IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE FUTURE OF EUROPE DEPENDS NOT ON OUR OPPONENTS, IT DEPENDS ON WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE, HOW AMBITIOUS WE ARE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE NOT JUST TO FOLLOW IT. WE NEED QUALITY HUMAN CAPITAL AND EDUCATION TO ATTRACT INVESTMENTS AND INDUSTRIES OF FUTURE TO BULGARIA. ROSEN PLEVNELIEV
KEY MESSAGES IT S VERY DIFFICULT TO THINK OF THE FUTURE OF COHESION POLICY IF YOU HAVE NO VISION OF THE FUTURE AT ALL. REGRETTABLY, MY EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT A GREAT PART OF THE DEBATE WOULD TO BE SUCH: WHO IS TO GIVE HOW MUCH AS A NET DONOR AND WHO IS TO RECEIVE HOW MUCH AS A NET BENEFICIARY. THE WRONG CONVERSATION! THE MEANING OF THE COHESION POLICY SHOULD BE FAR BEYOND THIS. LET S TALK OF HOW WE CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING COMMON MARKET WITHOUT A COHESION POLICY, WHICH SHOULD WARD OFF SOME OF ITS DEFECTS. TOMISLAV DONCHEV
KEY MESSAGES BEFORE TRYING TO ADDRESS EUROPE'S MANY CHALLENGES FROM MIGRATION TO CREATING SUSTAINABLE JOBS AND BOOSTING INNOVATION WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND WISHES FROM PEOPLE LIVING IN EUROPE'S CITIES AND REGIONS. MARKKU MARKKULA
LISTENING TO CITIZENS HOW IN HIS ANNUAL SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE UNION, MR. JUNKER ASKS FOR THREE REASONS WHY WE NEED THE EUROPEAN UNION? WHAT ARE YOURS? CAN THE EU MOTIVATE THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO INVEST THEIR FUTURE IN THE CITIES LIKE GABROVO? HOW CAN WE REVERSE THE PROCESS OF DEPOPULATION OF CITIES LIKE GABROVO?
LISTENING TO THE POLITICIANS THE INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE HAVE THEIR PLACE IN BULGARIA. THE ONLY WAY IS THROUGH EDUCATION. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECOSYSTEMS - WHY NOT PLACE ONE OF THEM IN GABROVO. I PLEAD TO YOU, LET S CONTINUE IN THE SPIRIT GABROVO IS SETTING UP TODAY. 10 NATIONS, YOUNG AND OLD, BIG AND SMALL, SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL, PEOPLE FROM URBAN CENTERS AND FROM THE COURTSIDE, ALL TOGETHER ON THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE, WHICH GOES THROUGH AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AND EDUCATION TO OUR COMMON EUROPEAN PROJECT A PROJECT FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
LISTENING TO THE POLITICIANS LET S NOT FORGET THE EU WAS FOUNDED AS A PROJECT FOR PEACE. THE YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED. MY FIRST VISION IS HOW EUROPE CAN CONTINUE BEING THE HEART AND CORE OF STABILITY, WHICH GUARANTEES THE PEACE WORLDWIDE. THE CRISIS EUROPE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO GUARD AND PROTECT US. A DECISION WAS TAKEN FOR THE START OF A NEW EU AGENCY FOR PROTECTION OF OUR MARINE AND LAND BORDERS IN EXTREMELY SHORT TERMS, EXACTLY BECAUSE THE THREAT WE FACE IS A COMMON ONE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EUROPE GUARDS AND PROTECTS US. ANOTHER THING - EUROPE HAS TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS CITIZENS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PROGRAM HORIZON 2020 PROVIDES 77 MILLIARD EUR FOR INNOVATIONS AND THE INVESTMENT PLAN FOR EUROPE, SO CALLED PLAN JUNKER.
MEDIA IMPACT THE EVENT WAS WIDELY COVERED IN THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA, INCLUDING NATIONAL TV, RADIO, MAJOR NEWSPAPERS, NEWS AGENCIES. ABOUT 30 JOURNALISTS, CORRESPONDENTS OF ALL THE BULGARIAN MEDIA PARTICIPATED. THE EVENT WAS BROADCASTED LIVE VIA: www.gabrovocitizens-dialogue.eu/ http://cor.europa.eu/en/events/pages/gabrovocitizensdialogue.aspx
GABROVO CITIZENS DIALOGUE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
GABROVO CITIZENS DIALOGUE BECAME A SUCCESS THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN BULGARIA
THANK YOU!