Bulgarische Forstpolitik zwischen Planwirtschaft und europäischer Harmonisierung – Zur Problematik des Policy-Transfers in Transformationsländern
Bulgaria’s Forest Policy between Planned Economy and European Harmonization

Summary/Abstract: Addressing the Problematic Nature of Policy Transfer in Countries with Economies in Transition The Bulgarian forest sector is presently in a state of drastic change. After the switch from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, the restitution of nationalised forests to the earlier owners or their heirs led to a change of ownership structure. As the newly established private forest owners didn’t have any experience in the management of forests, the Bulgarian forest service assisted by international cooperation projects has developed a concept for the consulting and training of private forest owners. However, the implementation of this concept failed. Policy-transfer research provides an explanation for the failure of the implementation of solutions developed in other countries. This theory states that many policy-transfers are incomplete as the ideas or intentions forming the basis of a policy in its country of origin are not transferred correspondingly. The problems associated with the need for consultation and training in Bulgaria have not been considered sufficiently, eventually leading to the failure of the consultation and training concept.

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