• Applicants schools, kindergartens, and personal development support centers/united children's complexes can submit their project proposals until February 21, 2025, and municipalities and city halls - until February 28, 2025.

The Ministry of Environment and Water announced the start of this year's National Clean Environment Campaign, funded by the Enterprise for Management of Environment Protection Activities (EMEPA). The competition for environmental projects within the campaign on the subject "I love nature - I participate too" has been successfully held for more than 20 years with wide public popularity. Eligible beneficiaries are municipalities, city halls, mayoralties, schools, kindergartens, personal development support centers (PDSCs) and united children's complexes (UCCs).

At its meeting, the Management Board of the EMEPA approved the allocation of funds in the amount of up to 3 500 000 BGN for the competition. The funds for the upcoming campaign will be distributed as follows:

• For individual projects by municipalities and town halls up to 15 000 BGN including VAT, for a total value of 2 000 000 BGN;
• For individual projects by schools, kindergartens and PDSCs/UCCs up to 7 500 BGN including VAT, for a total value of 1 500 000 BGN.

The ranking will exclude projects of applicants who have received funding from the National Clean Environment Campaign in 2023 and 2024.

The competition announcements with the participation criteria are published below and on the website of the EMEPA (www.pudoos.bg).

Competition announcement for municipalities and town halls – Appendix 1

Competition announcement for schools, PDSCs/UCCs, and kindergartens – Appendix 2

Declaration of absence of double funding

Declaration confirming the data relevance and the authenticity of the signatures

Competing projects are to be sent to the EMEPA registry via the State Unified Electronic System for Document Exchange (Eventis, Axter, etc.), or by e-mail: proekti2025@pudoos.bg It is not required that the projects be sent on paper, it is permissible only if it is impossible to send them digitally.

The project together with the appendices must be scanned and sent as one file!

Applicant schools, kindergartens and personal development support centers/united children's complexes can submit their project proposals until February 21, 2025, and municipalities and city halls - until February 28, 2025.

A table with the registration numbers of all submitted project applications will be published by March 15, 2025, and the ranking results will be announced by April 25, 2025 on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency in the campaign section.

The deadline for implementing the activities under the approved projects is the end of October 2025 for schools, kindergartens and PDSCs/UCCs, and for municipalities and city halls - by the end of November 2025.

The implementation of the National Clean Environment Campaign projects has been achieving a direct positive impact on the environment for years and building a positive attitude among people for actions related to the preservation of natural resources. With the voluntary work of citizens, cleared areas are afforested and planted, recreation areas are created and restored, children's and sports facilities are repaired, and the ecological and aesthetic environment is improved. The campaign effectively contributes to a more responsible and long-term attitude of young people towards environmental protection, by engaging them in activities to increase environmental awareness and culture. As a result of its implementation over the years, thousands of projects have been implemented throughout the country.