September 2, -  Saturday

Arrival, registration, hotel accommodation

          

September 3, -  Sunday 

9.30	Registration, Residency “Boyna”, Building 2
10.00	Official opening - Mr. Boyko Borisov, Major of Sofia, - Mr. Valentin Lazarov, President of the Board of NAMCB - Dr. Stella Kyvelou, President of the Board of International SD-MED Association-Athens
10.30	“Sofia- attractive place for investments”, Presentation by the Chief Architect of Sofia- Petar Dikov, Architect
12.30	Lunch and departure for Sunny Beach
19.30	Accommodation at “Imperial” hotel, dinner

September 4, -  Monday 

8.30

Breakfast

First Session – “Urbanization and Architecture”
Moderator: Petko Yovchev, Architect, Head of the Chamber of Architects In Bulgaria

9.30	Ivan Nikiforov, Professor, Architect, University for National and World Economy – “Contemporary trends in urbanization of the Big Cities
10.15	Georgi Nikolov, Architect, Department “Urbanization and Architecture” with Sofia Municipality- “Architecture of modern Capital”
11.00	Coffee Break
11.15	Dr. Stella Kyvelou, Architect, Planner, University of Social and Political Science Of Athens, International SD-MED Association “Integrating sustainable development principles in city planning and management: realities and perspectives in Europe”
12.00	Alexander Lazarov, Engineer - (Geographic informational system- Sofia) - “Geographic informational systems and their implementation in the management of the big city”
13.00	Lunch
15.00	Discussions on the topics of the day
19.00	Dinner

September 5, -  Tuesday 

8.30

Breakfast

Second Session – “Urbanization and Security”
Moderator: Yordan Botev, Associated professor, Dr., Sofia

9.30	Rumen Yankov, Engineer (Department “Sofia cadastre)- “Cadastre of urbanized territories”
10.15	Petar Terziev, Engineer (Sofproekt) – “Organization of public “Transport”
11.00	Coffee Break
11.15	Claudio Acioly (Institute for housing and urban development Studies, the Netherlands), “European experience in housing policy”
12.00	Yordan Botev, Associated professor, Dr. (Sofia University)“Public discussion of general master plans”
13.00	Lunch
15.00	Discussions on the topics of the day
19.00	Dinner

September 6, -  Wednesday 

8.30

Breakfast

Third Session “Fiscal decentralization”
Moderator: Roumen Brusarski, Associated professor, Dr. - Head of “Finance” chair – Institute for National and World Economy

9.30	Roumen Brusarski, Associated professor, Dr. - Institute for National and World Economy, “Conceptual foundations of fiscal decentralization”
10.15	Stefan Ivanov, Senior Research Worker, Dr. (club“Economy2000”)- “Expenditure competencies of local government in Bulgaria"
11.00	Coffee Break
11.15	Konstantin Rashev, Dr. (New Bulgarian University)-“Local taxes”
12.00	Margarita Alexandrova, Associated professor, Dr. –Institute for National and World Economy,“Dept financing of Municipalities”
13.00	Lunch
15.00	Discussions on the topics of the day
19.00	Dinner

September 7, -  Thursday 

8.30

Breakfast

Fourth Session “Public-Private partnerships”
Moderator: Ergin Emin, Executive Director of Association of Bulgarian Cities and Regions

9.30	Lynn Oates (Project “Prospects”, Great Britain)- “Work within the environment of public–private partnership”
10.15	Hristo Gradinarov – (Council of Ministers)- “Legal possibilities for Public- private partnership in Bulgaria”
11.00	Coffee Break
11.15	Alle Elbers, MSc. ( PRC Bouwcentrum International, The Netherlands), - “The way of Bulgaria for receiving of Financing from European funds”
12.00	Ergin Emin, Executive Director of Association of Bulgarian Cities and Regions- “Public-Private partnerships, as an instrument to acquire Resources from the structural funds of European Union”
13.00	Lunch
15.00	Discussions on the topics of the day
17.00	Closing of the Conference
19.00	Dinner

September 8, -  Friday 

8.30	Breakfast Visit of Nesebar Municipality and sight seeing tour
13.00	Lunch
15.00	Free time
19.00	Dinner