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Green Growth and Sustainable Development for Bulgaria: Setting the Prioritie

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The report reviews the green growth and sustainable development for Bulgaria. According to the authors, the current pattern of energy use in Bulgaria (including both households and industry) is unsound. The country’s energy intensity is striking, when compared to other European countries, thus, Bulgaria’s overriding priority is stimulating energy efficiency by sufficiently utilizing EU funds. Measures to boost energy efficiency mean more jobs and revenues for Bulgarian SMEs, while measures promoting energy savings mean utilizing the existing capacity at a low or no extra cost.

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Bulgaria goes ‘green’?

Author(s): Dobromir Hristov / Language(s): English

Bulgaria’s energy sector suffers from deep governance and security challenges, which hold the first pages of the mainstream media in the past year with stories of fraud, nepotism and political corruption. The urge for action to transform the sector’s governance and open up markets for competition has been growing louder in the face of shrinking resources and increasing demands from different lobbies. The EU green policies and funding have been one of the precious few anchors, which the Bulgarian government should use to diversify its energy sources and liberalize its markets. Can the Bulgarian government really deliver for the benefit of its citizens?

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Съдебната реформа в България: Възможности за развитие на модерна система за регистрация

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The brochure was published for the workshop Reforming Judiciary in Bulgaria: Towards the Introduction of Modern Registration System held in September 2002. It contains the full text of the report on the opportunities for developing Central Register of Legal Entities and Electronic Registries Center in Bulgaria, developed by the CSD Task Force, presentation of the experience of Norway and other European countries as well as information on the operation of the European Business Register.

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Changes and Amendements to the Privatization Law Adopted by the National Assembly in June 1994

Author(s): Valentin Karabashev / Language(s): English

Bulgaria adopted its Privatization Law in 1992 - later than the other Central and Eastern European countries. (Actually, under the provisions of other Bulgarian governmental regulations, some privatization started before the adoption of the Law; however, most enterprises became eligible for privatization beginning in mid - 1992.) The Privatization Law favors capital privatization, i.e. sale, rather than free distribution of state property. This approach was accepted because of the belief that ownership should be transferred to persons with proper management skills and the ability to provide fresh investment.

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Drug Use in Bulgaria. National representative survey, December, 2002 – January, 2003

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On March 14, 2003 the Center for the Study of Democracy hosted a round table on Public-Private Partnerships in Preventing Drug Abuse and Trafficking. Experts from government agencies and non-governmental organizations were invited to the discussion. Experts from the Working Group on the Abuse and Trafficking of Drugs at the Center for the Study of Democracy presented the results of the first national representative survey on drugs consumption in Bulgaria. Experts from the Sofia Directorate of Internal Affairs, the National Service for Combating Organized Crime, Customs Agency, National Council on Narcotics, Bulgarian Youth Red Cross and Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation took part in the discussion.

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E-Tools for Criminal Case Management within Selected EU Member States

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In recent years, public authorities have begun to adopt several statutory reforms to incorporate ICT into everyday tasks of judicial systems’ actors. In the European sphere, the concept of e-justice has been mainly developed in justice administration. This publication provides comparative analysis of current practices of justice recordkeeping and the electronic tools for measuring the judicial system performance in Finland, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany, and England and Wales as well as an overview of the introduction of ICT in the judiciaries of Bulgaria and Poland.

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Национално изследване за престъпността 2008 година – резултати и тенденции

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

In February 2008, the Vitosha Research study on victims of crime was completed. Vitosha Research has conducted such research annually since 2005. The aim of the study is to track downward trends in individual offenses (burglary, robbery, assaults, threats, etc.) as well as the extent to which the victims are willing to report the offenses committed against them. Another goal of the study was to trace victims' attitudes towards the police as a whole, their propensity to cooperate with law enforcement, and their general anxiety about the danger of crime. The study included special blocks devoted to two major societal problems - drug use and corruption among civil servants.

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Енергийната политика в контекста на присъединяването на България към ЕС, август 1995 г.

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The present report aims at following up some trends in the development of the energy and energy legislation in the Republic of Bulgaria and the possibility of its convergence with that of the European Union as part of the processes of integration.

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За проекта на енергийна стратегия на България 2020

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

Bulgaria's energy strategy is the framework document that outlines the vision, policies and priorities for sector development and sets the main parameters for changes in the legislative environment and for decision-making on key investment projects. Unlike previous strategy projects, where politics and big projects are central, the current strategy puts the vision and objectives in focus. Given the traditionally opaque, feudalised and poor governance of the sector over the last two decades, the energy strategy project has been highly anticipated. This document is a commentary on the Bulgaria 2020 energy strategy project.

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Частни интереси определят решенията за големите инфраструктурни проекти в българската енергетика

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

Less than one-sixth of citizens believe the government is independent and takes the key decisions for infrastructure projects in the energy sector in the interest of society. More than half of the population indicates that government decisions are dominated by foreign governments, and the interests of local oligarchs and economic groups and international companies are being put forward. These opinions are not influenced by education, age, employment or size of the settlement.

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Енергийната бедност – риск пред енергийната сигурност на България

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

Energy poverty is among the most alarming risks to Bulgaria's energy security. More than 43% of the population said that their household had to be deprived of normal heating and the use of electrical appliances after the last increase in electricity prices by 10% in October 2014. This measure was taken as an attempt to stabilize the financial situation of the National Electricity Company after a period of artificial price retention. The effect is particularly strong on vulnerable population groups (hosts, unemployed, retirees, learners), with some of them over 60% admitting to being deprived of normal heating and the use of electrical appliances to pay their bills. For another nearly a third of the population (30%) had to save, even though this did not lead to real deprivation.

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ДОБРО УПРАВЛЕНИЕ И ЕНЕРГИЙНА СИГУРНОСТ В БЪЛГАРИЯ. Policy Tracker: Енергийната политика на ЕС и Русия – предизвикателства и перспективи при спирането на газопровода „Южен поток“

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The present paper aims at tracking the development of the South Stream gas pipeline project from the perspectives of the EU and Russia, and in the context of the common EU external energy policy. The EU-Russia energy dialogue has become increasingly complicated since the two natural gas crises in 2006 and 2009, when the gas supply was cut for about two weeks due to a gas pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine. Until then the energy relations between Europe and Russia have run smoothly as Gazprom had been perceived as a reliable supplier operating under long-term, oil-indexed contracts providing predictability of supplied volumes and prices. For producers such as Russia operating in a glut market, the most important goal was to preserve their market share in Europe. An eventual supply disruption would discredit suppliers and will push consumers look for more viable alternatives.

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Зелен растеж и устойчиво развитие: приоритети за България

Author(s): Denitsa Mancheva,Stefan Karaboev,Ruslan Stefanov / Language(s): Bulgarian

The report reviews the green growth and sustainable development for Bulgaria. According to the authors, the current pattern of energy use in Bulgaria (including both households and industry) is unsound. The country’s energy intensity is striking, when compared to other European countries, thus, Bulgaria’s overriding priority is stimulating energy efficiency by sufficiently utilizing EU funds. Measures to boost energy efficiency mean more jobs and revenues for Bulgarian SMEs, while measures promoting energy savings mean utilizing the existing capacity at a low or no extra cost

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Институционални индикатори за управление на делата в наказателното правосъдие

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The present white paper summarises the main findings of the Justice Sector Institutional Indicators for Criminal Case Management study. It puts forward the main problems which EU countries face in measuring justice system performance – there is no single assessment model and many countries are still in the experimental phase. Besides the legal accountability mechanisms courts tend to be a subject of managerial accountability. Despite the different approaches followed by the studied EU member states and the lack of a leading assessment methodology, certain indicators as caseload, duration of the procedure, available resources per number of cases can be distinguished as best practice.

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Италианският опит в противодействието на изнудването и рекета

Author(s): Elena Sciandra,Antonio Iafano / Language(s): Bulgarian

Extortion racketeering is a crime which spans all sections of society, poses threats to the well-being of local communities and impairs the growth and development of business. No country is immune to it, although it varies across time, space and economic context. Extortion can be perpetrated by single offenders, or it can be part of more complex criminal schemes. In this sense, the case of Italy is typical because Italian mafias systematically resort to extortion racketeering.

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Копенхаген 2009: България, двойкаджията-отличник?

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

Reaching an agreement at the Copenhagen conference on climate change starting on 7 December 2009 will be tough. Everyone is a sinner in a way: (1) the main advocates of binding agreement on climate change such as the European countries (EU plus Norway) and Japan are big emitters, taken together; (2) the main suspects - US and China are the biggest emitters, each in its own different way and are seen as dragging their feet over target agreements; (3) the rest are falling in between with less access to novel technologies and gaping inefficiencies in their economies. Bulgaria has evidently fulfilled its target commitments under Kyoto and it is a small emitter. Nevertheless, Bulgaria remains more carbon-intensive than China as per capita and than US as per GDP. Its inefficient economy, however, holds considerable potential for a greener future. This is particularly true for its industry. Bulgaria needs to take decisive actions in improving the energy efficiency of its industrial and energy production and in introducing green technologies and further measures for sustainable consumer behavior. But how much is it willing to pay for it?

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Корупционни индекси, Резултати от сравнително изследване в Албания, България и Македония, Февруари 2000

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The main results from the first comparative survey of the public opinion on corruption conducted in Albania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia in January 2000 are presented in this material. The survey was conducted with the cooperation between Vitosha Research with Center for the Study of Democracy, Albanian Center for Economic Research, Albania, and Forum – Center for Strategic Research and Documentation, Macedonia. The survey is based on a Corruption Monitoring System of Coalition 2000 which was created by Vitosha Research and is an initial step towards implementation of a Regional Corruption Monitoring System.

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Енергийна (не)сигурност: решението на българския парламент за Южен поток засилва рисковете пред националната енергийна политика. Медийна бележка

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The decision of the Bulgarian Parliament from 4 April 2014 to adopt at first reading the amendments in the Energy Law, which grants South Stream special status highlights the lack of logic in the national energy policy and compounds the impression that public interest is not the driving force behind the proposed changes. The decision and the manner, in which it was taken, reveal some of the most serious problems in Bulgaria’s energy policy in terms of bad governance and corruption.The adopted amendments at first reading to the Energy Law demonstrate yet again the risks of state capture by third-party interests, which do not correspond or even contradict the public interest. The real problems, which Bulgarian society faces on a daily basis, such as energy poverty, high energy prices, and low diversification and energy efficiency receive only a fraction of the attention, in terms of institutional and policy-making focus, compared to projects such as South Stream. What is even more alarming is that the recent actions of the ruling majority take place in the context of increasing geostrategic insecurity and danger of confrontation, which further exacerbate the risks deriving from such decisions.

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PEINES AMBULATOIRES: UNE ALTERNATIVE A L’EMPRISONNEMENT DANS L’UNION EUROPEENNE?

Author(s): Christine M. Graebsch,Sven-Uwe Burkhardt / Language(s): French

The issue of imprisonment vs. alternative penalties has been debated in various European countries during the last decades, and ambulant sanctions have been heavily on the rise. Community sentences and other alternatives to imprisonment are regarded as modern instruments for the rehabilitation of offenders. The objective of the present study is to examine the scope of application of penalties without deprivation of liberty as compared to imprisonment as well as to identify promising practices of alternative criminal sanctioning in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain and Lithuania. As this study covers several European countries, the comparative perspective suggests itself nearly as a matter of course. In this connection, it seems reasonable to describe the existing ambulant sanctions of the different member states involved, taking into account their legal arrangement and their relation within the system of penal sanctions including their relation to the deprivation of liberty. It in addition appears sensible to describe and compare these ambulant sanctions with reference to their contribution to the re-socialisation or rehabilitation of those subjected to them as well as with special attention to the involvement of civil society in their execution. In a further step, promising practices in connection with ambulant sanctions could be highlighted which may be recommended for imitation by other member states. Such an approach proves to be impossible for multiple reasons, though, and it would be inadequate just to make such an attempt. There are exemplary references to ambulant sanctions in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania and Spain. This is due to the fact that scientists from these countries have taken part in the realisation of this project but not necessarily because of specific outstanding features of their sanction systems in comparison with other member states.

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ПОДОБРЯВАНЕ НА ЗАЩИТАТА НА ПРАВАТА НА ПОСТРАДАЛИТЕ ОТ ПРЕСТЪПЛЕНИЯ: ДОСТЪП ДО ПРАВНА ПОМОЩ. Изследване на правната рамка и добрите практики. НАЦИОНАЛЕН ДОКЛАД – БЪЛГАРИЯ, декември 2013

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian

The report explores whether the victims of crime receive sufficient information about their legal situation, who is entitled to legal aid and what its scope and extent is. The document also relates the opinions of various institutional, private and NGO stakeholders, approached by CSD researchers, on the situation of victims, as regards their access to legal aid and advice. A number of recommendations are given as to the improvement of the legislative and practical framework of legal aid to victims. The national report on legal aid for victims of crime was prepared within the framework of the Improving Protection of Victim’s Rights: Access to Legal Aid initiative.

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