The project aim is to animate and revitalize the cross border area by stimulating tourism and at the same time to contribute to preserving the cultural heritage of a historical region in which two nations coexist (Romania and Bulgaria).

1 410 770.00 euro, out of which 1 199 154.49 euro ERDF

Lead Beneficiary (LB): Administrative Territorial Unit Harsova town

Beneficiary 2 (B2): Municipality of Dobrichka

Start date: 12.09.2018

End date: 11.09.2022

Duration: 48 months

Constanta (Romania)

Dobrich (Bulgaria)

• Development of a joint strategy for valorization of the cultural heritage
• Organization of the cross border festival: “Dobrogea cu bundita si prestelca”
• Organization of a training in the field of cultural tourism
• Promoting and ensuring the visibility of the Folk Festival “Songs and Dances from Sunny Dobrudja”
• Modernization of the House of Culture Harsova through endowments specific to cultural activities
• Modernization and endowment of Community Center "New life 1941" in Cherna and Community Center "Light - 1940" in Lovchantsi 

Programme outputs: 1 common strategy for valorizing the cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion for sustainable economic uses; 1 integrated tourism products created

Programme results: 46,676 tourist overnights in the CBC region

The project is finalized.

Lead Beneficiary - Territorial Administrative Unit Harsova has finalized the modernization of House of Culture from 24.06.2022.

The Beneficiary 2 has finished the implementation of the works activities for Modernisation and endowment of Community center "New life 1941" Cherna and Community Center "Light - 1940" Lovchantsi, the works being completed from 04.11.2019 and 13.02.2020.

Both beneficiaries completed the development of the common strategy for capitalizing on cultural heritage and uploaded it on the project website (https://cbc-culture.eu/en/home/), as well as on the official pages of the beneficiaries. The joint strategy for the valorization of the cultural and natural heritage by restoring and promoting it for sustainable economic uses was approved by the local councils of the beneficiaries.

As part of the project, a joint tourism project was developed that involves the organization of two cross-border festivals. BL organized the event "Dobrogea with Bundița and Prestelca" between 07.08.2022 and 07.10.2022, where approximately 3,000 Romanian and Bulgarian people participated. B2 organized the event "Songs and dances from sunny Dobrogea" between 24.06.2021 - 26.06.2021, where approximately 300 Romanians participated. The events promoted traditions and customs determined by major life events or the seasons and holiday cycle, and also featured some interactive cooking demonstrations on traditional foods, how to prepare them, and special ingredients.

1,300,322.42 euro, out of which 1,105,274.05 ERDF

Lead beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit Dolj County (Romania)(548,062.66 euro)

Beneficiary 2 (B 2): Municipality of Kozloduy (Bulgaria) (713,557.04 euro)

Beneficiary 3 (B 3): Clinical Emergency County Hospital Craiova (Romania) (38,702.72 euro)

Beneficiary 4 (B 4): Vratsa District Administration (Bulgaria) (0,00 euro)

Start date: 21.04.2017

End date: 20.11.2019

Duration: 31 months

Craiova Town, Dolj County, Romania

Vratsa Town, Kozloduy Town, Vratsa District, Bulgaria

Programme outputs:

- 8 supported cross border mechanisms to enhance cooperation capacity: 1 technical working group; 1 study on health systems & 1 study case; 1 seminar with public health players & 1 cooperation framework endorsed by participants; 1 cooperation agreement by Beneficiary 2 - Municipality of Kozloduy & Beneficiary 3 - Clinical Emergency County Hospital Craiova; 1 professionals network in 5 medical specialties and 1 internet portal for information and awareness of patients & professionals.

Programme results: increased level of co-ordination of the public institutions in the eligible area

All activities of the project have been implemented, the project was finalized on 20.11.2019.

In terms of physical progress, the following reluslts were achieved:

-Two launching conferences were held – one organized by Lead Beneficiary in Craiova and one was organized by Beneficiary 2 in Vratsa;

-The project website has been elaborated and is available at: www.scjuc.eu in Ro, Bg, and En languages;

- 1 team joint working group composed by experts from Clinical Emergency County Hospital Craiova and Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment “ST. Ivan Rilski”, Kozloduy has been established. Meetings were held in order to realize the structure and the contents of the study of health systems in Dolj and Vratsa and for study case;

- The study “ Analyzing the current situation of healthcare services in Dolj and Vratsa”in RO and BG languages was elaborated;

-B2 purchased all the envisaged medical equipment necessary for Multi-profile Hospital for Active Medical Treatment “Ivan Rilski” – Kozloduy. Also, the rehabilitated works at the Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment “ St. Ivan Rilski” – Kozloduy, was completed;

- 1 professional network in 5 medical specialities was established ( Cardilology team; Obstretics and Gynecology team; Neurology team; General surgery team; Intensive care team) and were made 5 study visits to the Clinlical Emergency County Hospital Craiova.

- LB purchased all the envisaged medical equipment necessary to endow one of the operational room of the Cardilology and Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic from the Clinical emergency Councty Hospital Craiova. All the medical equipment was delivered and installed, the LB and B3 are taking measures for hiring specialized medical staff, process that was completed in 2020. Currently the operational room is fully functional.

The overall objective of the project is to modernize and upgrade the road infrastructure in Ruse and Giurgiu representing direct connections to TEN-T.

7,835,520.26 euro, out of which 6,660,192.21 euro ERDF

Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit Giurgiu

Beneficiary 2 (B2): Ruse Municipality

Start date: 07.09.2018

End date: 07.12.2022

Duration: 51 months and 1 day

Ruse in Bulgaria

Giurgiu in Romania

• procurement of specific equipment;
• services for technical project elaboration and technical assistance;
• construction works of roads in Giurgiu and Ruse;
• site supervision services;
• traffic safety measures;
• joint strategy for optimization of the transport conditions in the CBC region;
• common system for data base gathering and processing of traffic information;
• information and promotional activities.

Programme outputs: 11.23 km of roads reconstructed or upgraded;

Programme results: 2.000 people benefiting by modernized infrastructure leading to TEN-T.

The project was finalized on 07.12.2022.

LB -Giurgiu Municipality finished the works execution according to the Technical design. 6.75 km of roads in Giurgiu town were modernized. Thus, on 22.06.2021, the reception was made at the end of the works for modernization of six road sections and for completion of the restoration works of the passage at the intersection of 1 Decembrie 1918 street with the Giurgiu Nord-Ruse railway, at km c.f. 66 + 533.00.

The specific equipment for the traffic management system was installed both in Giurgiu and in Ruse. The existing system created in the project (MIS ETC 115, financed under the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Romania-Bulgaria 2007-2013), was expanded by 4 Ultra High Sensitivity 4K cameras. Gathering data from the mounted cameras and processing traffic information from the traffic monitoring system is a critical aspect of modern traffic management and analysis. This process involves the collection of visual data from the cameras placed at strategic locations and the subsequent analysis of this data to extract valuable traffic-related information. The traffic cameras mounted through this project are strategically placed at key locations, such as intersections and main roads. These cameras have different types of lenses and capabilities, including pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) functionality for focusing on specific areas of interest.

B2 - Ruse Municipality finalized the works execution related to modernization of "Lipnik" Blvd. from the roundabout at Boulevard "Tsar Osvoboditel" to the roundabout next to the building of the traffic police.Thus, a total length of 4.61 km of roads in Ruse were modernized. Protocol no. 16 of the findings of the commission was signed on 04.08.2022. As a result, a Permit for using the road was issued on August 5^th 2022. All necessary protocols and documentation were submitted to the competent bodies and the construction was registered via Technical passport on August 8^th 2022.

The joint strategy for optimizing transport conditions in the cross-border area Romania-Bulgaria 2020 – 2027 was developed by the Municipality of Ruse in Bulgarian, Romanian and English languages. The strategy was posted on the following link:

https://obshtinaruse.bg/savmestna-strategia-za-optimizane-na-transportnite-uslovia-v-transgranichnia-region-bulgaria-rumania-2020-2027