Saturday, February 1, 2014

The Silistra Municipal council approved the 2014 annual working programs and subsidies for the chitalishte associations in the region

On January, 30th, 2014, the Silistra Municipal council approved the 2014 annual working programs and subsidies for all the chitalishte’ associations in Silistra region.

Тwo important decisions for the development of Chitalishte's associations during 2014 were taken on January, 30th, 2014 by the Silistra Municipal Council. There was approved the annual working programs for the development of Chitalishte' associations as required by the Law of Chitalishtes. Pursuant to Art. 21, paragraph 1, item 23 of the Law on Local Self-Government and Local Administration in connection with Art. 26a , paragraph 1 of the Law on Chitalishtes, each association submitted its own annual working plan to the Municipality. Based on the proposals of the individual centers the Municipality prepared the annual working program for the development of all of the Chitalishtes.
The next decision concerns the municipal budget - most important tool for making and implementation the local authority policies . In 2014 all the 23 chitalishte' associations in Silistra region will have up to BGN 320 000 (about EUR 160 000) subsidies  in disposal for different community activities. The money come only from the state budget. No any financing from the Municipal budget in 2014. 
The "Drastar-2012" chitalishte received BGN 6400 subsidies for activities in 2014 (about EUR 3 200). The highest the subsidies were distributed to the "Dorostol-1870" Chitalishte from Silistra town (EUR 59 000). The lowest budget were taken for 3 associations - BGN 800 (EUR 400) each.