Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation
The note looks at the role the Regional Initiatives Fund Project had in Bulgaria, which tested the social fund approach, as an institutional mechanisms to help the country protect incomes of the poor during the transition period. Its micro-projects...
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okr-10986-118342021-04-23T14:02:57Z Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation Pojarski, Peter BENEFICIARIES BUSINESS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS COMMUNITIES EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC MINORITIES FLEXIBILITY IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERMEDIARIES LESSONS LEARNED MANAGERS MARKETING NEIGHBORHOOD NGO PROCUREMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL FUNDS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TRAINING UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WASTE WASTE RECYCLING WORKERS SOCIAL FUNDS INCOME GENERATION MICROPROJECT EFFECTIVENESS MICROPROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA TARGETED ASSISTANCE TRANSITION ECONOMIES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES DISADVANTAGED GROUPS VULNERABLE GROUPS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING ASSISTANCE ADVISORY SERVICES MARKETING ASSISTANCE ETHNIC GROUPS SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE POOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS MONITORING CRITERIA COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION The note looks at the role the Regional Initiatives Fund Project had in Bulgaria, which tested the social fund approach, as an institutional mechanisms to help the country protect incomes of the poor during the transition period. Its micro-projects component funded both, social infrastructure, and innovative micro-projects. The latter, the most innovative, explored different approaches to employment generation, aiming to create longer-term jobs, and, foster the reintegration of disadvantaged groups, back into society. Opportunities for income generation were established by enabling the development of a business environment, which would provide business services such as, training, advice, and marketing techniques. The project targeted ethnic minorities, socially marginal women, vulnerable youth, and disabled unemployed people as beneficiaries. Lessons outline the need to focus on a limited number of clearly defined, and easily monitored types of micro-projects for a successful outcome, and include as well, the need for community participation in the selection, and implementation process, embedded in the project cycle. Furthermore, project proposals should undergo a sustainability analysis, and specific measures to ensure satisfactory project results. 2012-08-13T16:08:51Z 2012-08-13T16:08:51Z 2001-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/1806442/bulgaria-regional-initiatives-fund-rif-innovative-approach-income-generation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11834 English Social Funds Innovation Updates; Vol. 1, No. 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Bulgaria |
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BENEFICIARIES BUSINESS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS COMMUNITIES EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC MINORITIES FLEXIBILITY IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERMEDIARIES LESSONS LEARNED MANAGERS MARKETING NEIGHBORHOOD NGO PROCUREMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL FUNDS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TRAINING UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WASTE WASTE RECYCLING WORKERS SOCIAL FUNDS INCOME GENERATION MICROPROJECT EFFECTIVENESS MICROPROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA TARGETED ASSISTANCE TRANSITION ECONOMIES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES DISADVANTAGED GROUPS VULNERABLE GROUPS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING ASSISTANCE ADVISORY SERVICES MARKETING ASSISTANCE ETHNIC GROUPS SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE POOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS MONITORING CRITERIA COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION |
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BENEFICIARIES BUSINESS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS COMMUNITIES EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC MINORITIES FLEXIBILITY IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERMEDIARIES LESSONS LEARNED MANAGERS MARKETING NEIGHBORHOOD NGO PROCUREMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL FUNDS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TRAINING UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WASTE WASTE RECYCLING WORKERS SOCIAL FUNDS INCOME GENERATION MICROPROJECT EFFECTIVENESS MICROPROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA TARGETED ASSISTANCE TRANSITION ECONOMIES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES DISADVANTAGED GROUPS VULNERABLE GROUPS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING ASSISTANCE ADVISORY SERVICES MARKETING ASSISTANCE ETHNIC GROUPS SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE POOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS MONITORING CRITERIA COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Pojarski, Peter Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation |
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The note looks at the role the Regional
Initiatives Fund Project had in Bulgaria, which tested the
social fund approach, as an institutional mechanisms to help
the country protect incomes of the poor during the
transition period. Its micro-projects component funded both,
social infrastructure, and innovative micro-projects. The
latter, the most innovative, explored different approaches
to employment generation, aiming to create longer-term jobs,
and, foster the reintegration of disadvantaged groups, back
into society. Opportunities for income generation were
established by enabling the development of a business
environment, which would provide business services such as,
training, advice, and marketing techniques. The project
targeted ethnic minorities, socially marginal women,
vulnerable youth, and disabled unemployed people as
beneficiaries. Lessons outline the need to focus on a
limited number of clearly defined, and easily monitored
types of micro-projects for a successful outcome, and
include as well, the need for community participation in the
selection, and implementation process, embedded in the
project cycle. Furthermore, project proposals should undergo
a sustainability analysis, and specific measures to ensure
satisfactory project results. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Pojarski, Peter |
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Pojarski, Peter |
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Pojarski, Peter |
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Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation |
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Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation |
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Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation |
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Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation |
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Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : Innovative Approaches to Income Generation |
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bulgaria regional initiatives fund (rif) : innovative approaches to income generation |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/1806442/bulgaria-regional-initiatives-fund-rif-innovative-approach-income-generation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11834 |
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