17.12.2019

AGENCY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ANNOUNCES COMPETITION FOR FINANCING OF PROJECTS FOR REHABILITATION AND INTEGRATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE

Agency for People with Disabilities (APD) announces competition for financing projects for the rehabilitation and integration of people with disabilities.

Participants in the competition may be non-governmental organizations of and for persons with disabilities registered under the Law on Non-Profit Legal Entities for Performing Public Beneficial Activities, as well as nationally represented organizations of persons with disabilities registered under the Cooperatives Act.

The projects are prepared according to the Methodology for financing projects for rehabilitation and integration of people with disabilities (Methodology) of the Agency for People with Disabilities on the grounds of Art. 10, para. 3, item 8 of the Disabled Persons Act, approved by the Executive Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, by Order No. 0023 - 2513/11.06.2019.

The maximum subsidy amount is set for the various components as follows:

for component 1 - up to BGN 16,000

for component 2 - up to BGN 18000

for component 3 - up to BGN 4,000

for component 4 - up to BGN 7,000

The competition documentation can be found on the Agency's website: http://ahu.mlsp.government.bg/, section "Projects / Programs", option "Rehabilitation and Integration".

The deadline for submission of projects is 5.30 pm on 17.02.2020.

The required documents are presented in a systematic and consistent manner, whether on paper or in electronic form. The tender proposal, including the documents under Art. 28., para 1 of the Methodology shall be submitted with a cover letter in one of the following ways:

1. At the Agency for People with Disabilities, Sofia 1233, Sofronii Vrachanski Str., 104-106. Documents shall be submitted in electronic form (signed and scanned) or in paper form, accompanied by an electronic version of the same documents;

2. By a licensed postal operator with a return receipt with a postmark or by courier, no later than the specified deadline for submission of the projects for the competition, in electronic form (signed and scanned) or in paper form, accompanied by electronic version of the same documents;

3. By electronic means in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Electronic Document and Electronic Certification Services Act or signed and scanned at the specified email address: ahu_npo@mlsp.government.bg.

Immediately after the submission of the project proposal, each applicant is required to request from the APD an entry number, which has entered the project proposal in the records system, no later than the deadline for submission of project proposals. The received entry number proves that the project proposal has been submitted on time.

Phones for reference: 02/931 80 95, 02 832 90 73.