[Nutrient Reduction/Best Management Practice] Bulgaria - Developing a Model for Sustainable Water and Waste Management for Rural Areas in Bulgaria
The Earth Forever Foundation has implemented the project in two villages in the municipality of Stara Zagora. All stakeholders (representatives of the government and the local government, experts, young people, villagers, NGOs etc.) participated in a forum to discuss practical issues in relation to the rural water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. The Bulgarian local authorities have developed principles of multi-stakeholder (democratic) informed strategic planning, to be endorsed by the appropriate national authorities as operational guidelines and to serve as a tool to: (1) make and implement choices for the sustainable management of water and waste streams in rural areas; and (2) provide environmental protection.