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On 29 May ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food under the assumption of the post of Minister Prof. Dimitar Grekov said: "We will work with all, who want to work for the good of our country and the agriculture sector…Consider, there should be continuity, so I'll keep all the current best practices… My desire is to work with three deputy ministers, because it is a great ministry ".

In letter the Minister of Agriculture and Food of 29 April for issues, related to the implementation of measures under the RDP (Posted in Announcements / News), addressed with a copy to i.d. Executive Director of the State Forestry Agency – Eng. Krasimir Kamenov, says:

Dear Mr. Minister,

During the discussion of current issues in the management and forest-municipal property, held on the 6th General Assembly of Municipalities of 11.04.2013 year, municipalities have expressed concern about the fact, that "Agriculture" has announced the adoption of applications for assistance from the RDP only measure 122, ignoring the interests of common measures to 223 and 226.

Without stress, that Measure 122 engage in most financial contribution of beneficiary municipalities (50%), will point, that the other two measures in many municipalities already completed projects and withholding reception for them even now reduces the already low confidence to work, as the State Fund "Agriculture", and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food as the governing body of the RDP.

Given the extremely short time, remaining until the end of the current programming period demand:

1. At anytime soon "Agriculture" to announce intake of applications for support measures 223 and 226 RDP.
2. To stop the practice of unjustified and unexplained reduced the estimated cost of the individual parts of the project, that municipalities apply for individual measures of program.

On 19 April 2013 g. in "Forest House" was held in Brussels regular session of the General Assembly of the European Federation of Municipalities forest owners (FECOF), led by the President of the Federation – Mr. Franz Shreve. The Bulgarian side the meeting was attended by the CEO of AOG – inzh.Tihomir Tomanov and Mr. Georgi Simeonov – Director in the administration of the municipality of Stara Zagora.

The General Assembly adopted the financial statement of the Federation for the period 2010 – 2012 Mr., and budget 2013 year. Focus on the agenda of the meeting was information about the actions of the Federation, associated with the development of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Europe for the programming period 2014-2020 year. In order to raise the attention of Parliament to the importance of the forestry sector to the public, The General Assembly decided in the traditional program Septemvriyska Parliament in Strasbourg, FECOF a forum – meeting of its members and members of the European parliament. With the organization of the meeting, which will be held on 11 September in Strasbourg, loaded Vice President of the French Association of forest communities – г-н Пиер Грандадам. Particularly emphasized, that successful Forum each party states FECOF must ensure participation and support of the idea of ​​the meeting by their deputies.

The General Assembly decided to support the ongoing traditional international football tournament for teams forest, which this year will be held on 7 and 8 June Hesse – Germany. Municipal Association forests is ready to join the organization and establishment of forest football team of Bulgaria for the tournament.