USAID Study Tour Featured on Bulgarian Television
On March 8, the USAID Commercial Law Reform Program (CLRP) organized an advance public viewing of Bulgarian National Television’s “The Law and Us” program, which featured a recent USAID study tour to the Netherlands. Media representatives and 40 guests, including Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria, His Excellency Willem van Ee, Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Justice Sabrie Sapundjieva, and Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents Chairman Georgi Dichev, had the opportunity to preview the program produced by journalist Reneta Nikolova. The official broadcast on National Television took place in mid-March.
The program provided a vivid account of the study tour organized for the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice and the Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents by USAID’s Participant Training Program and CLRP. Both the study tour and the program focused on the need to introduce professional quality standards and effective monitoring and control systems for the new profession of private enforcement agents in Bulgaria. The Dutch judgment enforcement system, which served as a model for the new Bulgarian system, is among the best European examples of effective financial control and supervision of agents. Upon their return home, the Bulgarian participants demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment to undertake the necessary steps to incorporate the best European practices into the Bulgarian judgment enforcement system.
In his opening remarks at the screening, USAID/Bulgaria Mission Director Michael Fritz thanked Ms. Nikolova and the media in attendance, crediting “the active interest and close scrutiny of the press” for the success of the reforms.
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| (From left) Michael Fritz, USAID/Bulgaria Mission Director, Chris Thompson, USAID Commercial Law Reform Program Chief of Party and His Excellency Willem van Ee, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria attended the March 8 screening |
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