Agency of Sustainable Development and Eurointegration - Ecoregions
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DG JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (DG JRC) - EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND AGENCY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EUROINTEGRATION - ECOREGIONS
Agency of Sustainable Development and Eurointegration - Ecoregions /ASDE/ is a non-profit organization. ASDE works in partnership with the state administration, municipalities and civil organizations in implementing the priorities of the Agenda /AGENDA/ 21 of the UN Strategy for Sustainable Development of the European Union of long-term national and public interests of the Bulgarian nation and support the successful integration of Bulgaria into the European Union.
ASDE-ECOREGIONS is one of the first R&D organizations in the European Union to apply the UN-FAO methodology - Land Cover Classification System 2 - for more than 10 years in the processing of satellite and aero-sensors Land cover/land use data and the worldwide standard ISO 19144-2 - Geographic Information Classification systems - Part 2: Land Cover Meta Language (LCML).
Main Objectives
- Development and implementation of Unified national spatial data base and integrated management of territory, population and resources, as a base for the sustainable development and the strategic forecasting.
- Implementation of best practices for the development of the civil society, including the support and participation in development and realization of municipal and regional policy of sustainable development (Local Agenda) in Sofia and other cities.
- To undertake the implementation of the Local Model for Sustainable Development and Eurointegration-Ecozone "Sofia-East", its enlargement for the city of Sofia as well as the accompanying pilot projects in the frame of the 6-th and 7-th frame programs of the EU.
- Support and participation in the formation and development of the Euro-integration process on local level and international cooperation in building the information society through research "&" development initiatives.
- Establishment of a Regional Information Centre, promoting a GIS based managing practice for the so called "Ecozone" model in Sofia, the region and other cities.
- Transfer and dissemination of knowledge and know-how for environmentally friendly and energy efficient innovative technologies.
- Elaboration and development of investment and monitoring mechanisms in support of the sustainable management and EU integration process.
Managing Committee
- Assen Dyulgerov - President
- Kristian Milenov - Executive Director
- Todor Shopov
General Data Protection
Mandatory information on the protection of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be found HERE
Address:
9, Kokiche str.
Sofia, 1164, Bulgaria
Tel +359 2 470 9075
Tel +359 2 470 9672
Fax +359 2 470 9075
Questions and suggestions e-mail:
office@asde-bg.org
Links
- Bulgarian Spatial
Data Infrastructure (BSDI)
http://bsdi.asde-bg.org - Bulgarian Information
Office for Earth Observation-COPERNICUS (BIOC)
http://copernicus-bg.org - Remote Sensing
Application Center - ReSAC
http://www.resac-bg.org - Alliance for Environment
http://alliance-bg.org - Executive Agency "Electronic
Communication Networks
and Information Systems"
http://www.esmis.government.bg - Council of Ministers
http://www.government.bg - Ministry of Environment
and Water of Bulgaria
http://www.moew.government.bg - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mfa.bg
News
December 2025
Projects 2025 – “NBSINFRA”
The Agency for Sustainable Development and European Integration - ECOREGIONS, together with the Municipality of Ruse - Directorate "Economy, Investments, International Cooperation and Projects", and local experts, is working on a project ...
November 2025
Projects 2025 – “HARMONIA”
The Agency for Sustainable Development and European Integration-ECOREGIONS, together with the Municipality of Sofia, represented by the Directorate "Emergency Response and Prevention" and the Directorate "European Policies, Programs and Tourism" successfully completed ...
December 2024
RISK PREVENTION RESULTS FROM THE PARTICIPATION OF ASDE-ECOREGIONS IN THE EU PROGRAM HORIZON 2020 PROJECT— HARMONIA
ASDE-ECOREGIONS and SOFIA MUNICIPALITY - DIRECTORATE “EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREVENTION” are partners in the HARMONIA Project, uniting 22 partners, leaded by POLITECNICO DI MILANO (POLIMI). Its results include ...
July 2023
Cooperation between the State Fund "Agriculture" (SFA) and AURE-ECOREGIONS
As a result of a number of working meetings initiated by the State Fund for Agriculture (SFA) at the beginning of 2023, with the participation of experts from various scientific and research & development structures, on 20.03.2023. A contract was concluded between the SFA and AURE-ECOREGIONS, with the task ...
May 2022
Participation of AURE-ECOREGISONS in the ESA - Living Planet Symposium 2022
At the end of May, AURE-ECOREGIONS participated in the European Space Agency's (ESA) Global Symposium Living Planet 2022 at the World Conference Center, in the ...
February 2022
First newsletter on the HARMONIA project
The first issue of the HARMONIA project newsletter has been published.
The issue includes: ...
June 2021
The HARMONIA project under the European program - Horizon 2020 has been launched
ASDE-ECOREGIONS in collaboration with Municipality of Sofia, represented by the Directorate ”Emergency Assistance and Prevention” (DEAP) will participate in project Harmony Call: H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020, part of program Horizon 2020.
The project consortium consists of twenty-two ...
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