Участието На България В Политиката За Развитие На Европейския Съюз[Bulgaria's Participation in the EU Development Policy]

The policy for cooperation with developing countries is new to Bulgaria as in the course of the transition over the past two decades assistance to these countries could not be a foreign policy priority for obvious reasons. On the other hand, relations between Bulgaria and many of these countries in the decades before left a lasting mark in many of them, contributing to their economic development. The implementation of Bulgaria's transition from the status of a recipient of international aid into a donor makes it necessary a special attention to be paid to the many issues in this regard because of the specific commitments arising from the country’s new status especially regarding its participation in the EU development policy. The report presents briefly the main features of international development cooperation and then discusses the development policy of the EU. The main focus is on Bulgaria's participation in it as liabilities, results achieved and opportunities.