Bulgarian Tranport Minister: We Are Looking For EC Funding For Electric Transport During the New Programming Period

Bulgaria, together with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, will seek funding from the European Commission (EC) for electromobility projects in the next programming period, Nino Dimov, Minister of Environment and Water, announced at the opening of the National Trust Ecofund Annual Event (NTEF), which took place at the Ministry of Environment and Water.

"The project of electromobility should not be limited to urban transport. I have talks with colleagues from other Central and Eastern European countries, especially with the Visegrad countries. We will look for a way to mobilize more financial resources from the EC to stimulate not only urban transport but also infrastructure building - green corridors linking not only from one city to another  but also from one city to another country so that it can be reached by electric motor from Munich to Plovdiv or traveling from Latvia to Greece, "explained Dimov.

In his words, the conversations are quite encouraging.

"We will see in the new financial period how there will be incentives to build corridors, infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, further development of urban transport, and why not support households", added the minister.

The chairman of the NTEF Managing Board Penka Mollova-Smolenovova announced that the fund is 24 years old and has made a significant contribution to a cleaner environment.

"New and original ideas for institutional and financial mechanisms for the implementation of environmental policies were validated. Since 2015, the NTEF has been the only source of a grant to promote the use of electric vehicles. The NTEF administers the first national initiative to promote the use of electric vehicles, which contributes to the...