TI Bulgaria will monitor the Presidential and Local elections. The organization has registered 615 observers who will monitor the elections countrywide. The leading members of TI Bulgaria met with representatives of the OSCE, PACE and the Committee of the Regions. The main discussion topics were the monitoring methodology and the most common vote violations.
The program is organized with the financial support of the America for Bulgaria Foundation as part of project “The Effective Civil Society Control as Factor for Increasing Integrity and Transparency in the Political and Electoral Process”
The America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF) assists in the development and growth of a vibrant private sector for the benefit of a free and democratic Bulgaria. Founded in 2008, the ABF is a successor to the Bulgarian American Enterprise Fund, an investment fund created by the U.S. government acting through the U.S. Agency for International Development. The grants provided by ABF will build on the legacy of goodwill and friendship that exists between the American people and the citizens of Bulgaria.
Open Society Institute – Sofia is a non-governmental organization, acting for the public benefit, defending the values of the open society in Bulgaria and supporting the integration of the country to the European Union.
