A delegation of three representatives of the Santa Monica Municipality together with the EU IUC officer for North America visited Sofia and the partner city of Varna in April 2019.

The meeting was held in Lisbon on 13th of February 2019. It explored the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, transferability and impact of the GPP activities of the participating organizations.

Within the framework of the winning project under the IUC Programme of the EC, the Chairperson of CSDCS Prof. L. Ilieva together with the Chief Architect of Varna Mr. V. Buzev and the Director of the municipal company “Parkings and Blue Zone” Mr. M Ivanov visited the partner city from USA Santa Monica and exchanged experience in the field of urban mobility planning and sustainable transport.

CSDCS was the only Bulgarian NGO invited to participate as a delegate to the 10th Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF).