Today the Law on the State Budget of Republic of Bulgaria for 2010was published in the SG 99. The total sum of the budget subsidies for NGOs is 10 612 600 BGN and it is pointed out in art. 9 and Appendix 4 form the law. 9 812 260 BGN from them will be distributed among 26 organizations, named in the Appendix. Only 800 000 BGN will be provided to NGOs in public benefit, registered in the Central Register with the Ministry of Justice, on a competition base in order to fund their public benefit projects.

The criteria for evaluation of the projects are the following:

1. Correspondence with the areas in art. 38, (1), point 1-4 from the Law on Non-Profit Legal Entities;
2. effectiveness of the project activities in relation to the expected results and influence over the target groups;
3. sustainability of the results;
4. effectiveness of the expenses;
5. capacity of the candidate.