Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Sofia. External review of the Swiss-Bulgarian Biodiversity Conservation Program (BSBCP), Phase III

The Swiss-Bulgarian Biodiversity Program was aimed at involving all relevant stakeholders in the process of preserving the Bulgarian Biodiversity. The process covered all levels – from drafting strategies and legal amendments at the central administration level to elaboration of Management Plans of National Parks and Preservations. The Evaluation assessed the results of Phase III of the Program and, more specifically, the practical impacts upon the preservation policies and practices in biodiversity preservation, as well as the interaction between stakeholders at the local level. The Evaluation offered a model for sustaining the results and the activities beyond the end of the Swiss funding which was adopted and successfully implemented.