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РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ

МИНИСТЕРСТВО НА ОБРАЗОВАНИЕТО И НАУКАТА

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"ПРОГРАМА ЗА ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ"

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SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FOR SMART GROWTH OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 2014-2020

Undoubtedly, science and education are factors of growth and economic development. That is why, during the new programming period 2014 - 2020, an entirely new operational programme will be implemented in Bulgaria, in which these will be the main focus.

The Science and Education for Smart Growth Operational Programme (OP SESG) is entrusted to the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) and its total budget amounts to BGN 1.37 billion. (European and national funding).

OP "Science and Education for Smart Growth 2014-2020" includes two main tasks in its logic:

To be among the key instruments for achieving the objectives adopted by Bulgaria within the framework of the Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020 Strategy);

To serve as an effective tool for implementing cohesion policies, according to the agenda at national and Community level.

The main objectives of Science and Education for Smart Growth Operational Programme in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy are as follows:

  • increase of investment in science and research to 1.5% of GDP,
  • reduction of the percentage of early school leavers to below 11%;
  • increase of the percentage of university graduates to 36% for people between 30 and 34 years of age.

PRIORITY AXIS No. 1

The first of the three main priority axes of the programme - "Research and Technological Development" has a budget of almost BGN 560 million from the European Regional Development Fund. Among the priorities set here is the enhancement of the quality of research and the development of innovation. The national objective is to achieve sustainable growth in Bulgaria, and it requires targeted investment in priority science fields, specific for the country, skilled researchers and inventors and an attractive science environment.

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No. 1

Centres of Competence

Centres of Excellence

Scientific Infrastructure

Development of regional smart specialization

International cooperation

PRIORITY AXIS No. 2

Information and Communication Technologies The second main priority axis "Education and Lifelong Learning" has a budget of almost BGN 504.6 million and the funds are from the European Social Fund. It is related to the other main objective of the new Operational Programme – improvement of access to higher education and increasing the share of graduates between 30-34 years of age to 36%. Incentives to motivate young people to complete higher education (scholarships, student crediting) are foreseen, with special attention paid to students with special achievements in science, engineering and technical activities, innovation and entrepreneurship, art, culture and sports (using the principle of competitive application).

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No. 1

Quality of school education

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No. 2

Access to and quality of higher education

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No. 3

Lifelong learning

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No. 4

Vocational education and communication with the labour market

Information and Communication Technologies

Complementary horizontal activities

PRIORITY AXIS No. 3

The third main priority axis - "Educational environment for active social inclusion", will invest through the European Social Fund a total of BGN 252 million for active inclusion and for socio-economic integration. This priority axis aims to establish an educational environment that encourages the development of the potential of each child and student for personal development as well as successful realization and socialization. It also emphasises the effective integration into the educational system of children, students and youth from ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups. The resources from this axis are aimed at higher quality and better access to education by creating a supportive environment for education of children and students with special educational needs.

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No. 1

Active Inclusion

INVESTMENT PRIORITY No 2

Socio-economic integration

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