Within the scope of Interreg IPA Bulgaria-Turkey Cross-border Cooperation Programme for which our Directorate acts as the National Authority, the first meeting of Joint Working Group and the ordinary meeting of the Joint Monitoring Committee was held in Edirne with the co-chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador H.E. Faruk Kaymakcı and Deputy Minister of Bulgarian Ministry for Regional Development and Public Works H.E. Denitsa Nikolova.
While the 2021-27 period preparations of Interreg IPA Bulgaria-Turkey Cross-border Cooperation Programme were addressed in the meeting of the Joint Working Group, the state of play of the Programme was assessed in the Joint Monitoring Committee meeting.