The Managing Authority bears the overall responsibility of the Programme. The Managing Authority also has taken over the role of certifying expenditures. Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration was designated as Managing Authority.
Head of Managing Authority: Mrs. Iulia HERTZOG (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Communication officer: Ms. Simona VĂTAFU (email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Phone: +40 372 111 339
The National Authority is the Bulgarian counterpart of the Managing Authority and is represented by the Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
1202 Sofia, 17-19 Kiril and Metodiy str.
Joint Secretariat is established within Cross Border Cooperation Regional Office Calarasi for Romania-Bulgaria Border and has an antenna in Ruse, within the branch of CBC Calarasi. It assists the programme management bodies in carrying out their respective duties and provides support to the beneficiaries. All correspondence related to projects implementation should be addressed to the Joint Secretariat.
Head of Joint Secretariat: Mr. Bogdan MUȘAT (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Communication officer: (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Phone: +42 242 313 091
Audit Authority (AA)
The Audit Authority is responsible for ensuring that audits are carried out to verify the effective functioning of the management and control system of the Operational Programme.
President of the Audit Authority (Romanian Court of Accounts): Mr. Lucian Dan VLĂDESCU (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Monitoring Committee (MC)
The MC is formed of representatives at national, regional and local level from both countries, supervises the Programme and is responsible for its strategic decisions. The chairmanship alternates between the two Member States on a yearly basis. The list of MC members is available here.
First Level control
Each Member State designated first level control structure for eligibility verification of expenditures made by beneficiaries unde Priority Axis 1 - 5.
For Romania
Head of Controllers: Mr. Sandu ȘERBAN (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Cross Border Cooperation Regional Office Calarasi for Romania-Bulgaria Border
Phone: +40 242 313 091
Fax: +40 242 313 092
Each Member State designated first level control structure for eligibility verification of expenditures made by beneficiaries under Priority Axis 1 - 5.
For Bulgaria
Head of National Authority: Mr. Milen OBRETENOV, Director to Directorate “Territorial Cooperation Management” (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Phone: +359 2 94 05 548, +359 2 94 05 302, +359 2 94 05 493
Fax: +359 2 987 07 37
1202 Sofia, 17-19 Kiril and Metodiy str.
To locate the management bodies of the Programme, please click here
Transparency: the declarations regarding conflicts of interest are available here
