Stara Zagora Regional Economic Development Agency

The main objective of the REDA - Stara Zagora is to support the development and implementation of mechanisms to manage the process of successful integration into the European community of local and regional authorities and businesses in the region through policies development at regional and local level aimed at sustainable development of the region and stimulate economic development, including:
1. To support local and regional governments in their efforts for sustainable development and creating a favorable business environment;
2. To support the development of successful partnerships, both between local authorities and between local authorities, business and civil society;
3. To encourage and promote entrepreneurship and SMEs;
4. To promote the region and attract national and foreign investment;
5. To assist unemployed and other disadvantaged groups for their integration into the labor market through training and technical assistance;
6. To encourage innovation and intro (...)

SZREDA is currently working on several policy improvements which are from interest for the region of South East Bulgaria. Those include:
- Supporting the clean energy transition of coal-intensive EU regions, part of an INTERREG EUROPE project;
- Supporting policies promoting reduced production of plastic, part of an INTERREG EUROPE project;
- Developing technologies for integration of non platinum catalysts, part of a HORIZON 2020 project;
- Regional policies for innovation driven competitiveness and growth of rural SMEs, part of an INTERREG EUROPE project;
- Green public procurement for resource-efficient regional growth, part of an INTERREG EUROPE project;
- Reference documents under the IPPC Directive and the IED (Industrial Emissions Directive) as the region of Stara Zagora holds the largest coal basin and thermal power plants complex on the Balkan peninsula;
- The White paper on the Future of Europe;
- The Investment Plan for Europe.

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