Bulgaria
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| Bulgaria | |
 Flag of Bulgaria | |
| Population (In Millions) | 7.53 |
| Human Development Index | 55/169 |
| Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank) | 47.71 |
| Global Peace Index | 53/153 |
| Happy Planet Index | 82/143 |
| Social Institutions and Gender Index | - /102 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 65/163 |
| Child Mortality Rate | 10.7 |
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Bulgaria
Main Progress Initiatives
National Strategy for the Environment and Action Plan 2000-2006
Bulgaria's National Strategy for the Environment and Action Plan 2000-2006 was published in 2001 in prevision of the Earth Summit of Rio of 2002.The new National Strategy for Environment (2009-2018) and the Action Plan (2009-2013) are currently in the process of final adoption. In 2006, the Inter-departmental Advisory Council for Sustainable Development was established. It is chaired by the Minister of Economy and Energy and is composed of vice-ministers and directors of specialised administrations whose activities are related to Sustainable Development. The major objective of the Council is to coordinate the development of the first NSDS of Bulgaria.
Balkan Agency for Sustainable Development
An organization dedicated to the promotion of knowledge-based economy, sustainable development, civil society and social inclusion throughout the world. Its’ headquarter is located in Sofia, Bulgaria.
BASD is a part of a wide network of non-for-profit and research organizations, regional agencies, governmental and other institutions in all Balkan and European countries, and in Central Asia and Middle East.
The global partnership brings up-to-date and exact information about the EU, its development and grant programs; first-hand information from local authorities, or directly from the European Commission.
Official Statistics
National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria
Happiness in Bulgaria
This is an overview of findings on Happiness in Bulgaria.The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Bulgaria [1]. This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.
- Event:2nd Save the Planet International Eco Forum
- Event:7th Southeast European Congress on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Progress Papers and Publications
National Strategy for the Environment and Action Plan 2000-2006
