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project info
Start date: 1 October 2022
End date: 31 January 2026
funding
Fund: European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)
Total budget: 3 468 817,05 €
EU contribution: 3 121 935,34 € (90%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
beneficiary
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

A warm meal in Municipality of Kardzhali

The realisation of this project is part of the targeted social policy that Kardzhali Municipality implements. The project proposal aims to provide support by providing lunch food and accompanying measures to ensure normal living conditions for people living in extreme poverty, experiencing severe material deprivation and living in social isolation. The implementation of the project will contribute to achieving the specific Objective of the Union aimed at addressing the problem of material deprivation through food support and basic material assistance, as well as to fulfilling the strategic objective of the FBMAP to add a contribution to the overall national policy of mitigating and reducing poverty and addressing social exclusion. This will create an opportunity to continue and upgrade realized projects and programs to provide a warm lunch to those in greatest need who rely on this assistance on a daily basis and are dependent on it and to extend the scope of the service by reaching out to anyone who is struggling to provide their livelihood. The activities to be implemented are: Defining the target groups; Preparation of a warm lunch; Providing a warm lunch; Provision of accompanying measures. The project plans to provide a warm lunch for 40 months, from 01.10.2022. until 31.01.2026, to 2100 consumers from Kardzhali Municipality, determined, according to Ordinance RD-06-53/17.09.2021 on the terms and conditions for determining the target groups and targeting the aid under the FBMAP 2021-2027, co-financed by the ESF+.The warm lunch will be prepared and delivered through an external contractor selected after a procedure under the PPL. The warm lunches will be provided on working days of the month, packed in individual containers. The preparation and delivery of the warm lunch will be organized according to the conditions of the procedure. Consumer selection will be made in a transparent, objective and fair manner and tailored to eligibility requirements.

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