“LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES IN BULGARIA” ANALYSIS

The Analysis “Legal framework of the social services in Bulgaria” has been published in the section PUBLICATIONS AND ANALYSES/ PUBLICATIONS on BCNL’s website in English and Bulgarian.

The material has been prepared by BCNL as a part of the Project “The Social Services in Bulgaria – New Possibilities for Development” funded under the Phare “Civil Society Development” Programme 2001 of the European Union.
The analysis describes the changes made in the legal arrangements concerning the delivery of social services. In the form of “Questions and Answers” the edition tries to explain the new philosophy in the sphere of social support adopted in the legislation, the process of decentralization in the social services provision that has been started, the opportunities for increasing the quality of the social services and the mechanisms for strengthening the partnership between the NGOs and the local authorities by means of the so called “social contracting”.

The material has a direct practical designation with the purpose to help the non-profit legal entities in their future work as social services providers.