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Business incubation and job creation in Bulgaria

Bulgaria, 24 July 2008 – The Business Incubator in Kozloduy – the tenth incubator in the JOBS Project countrywide network – was officially inaugurated on 22 July, . The JOBS project (Job Opportunities through Business Support) promotes development of the private sector in Bulgaria, supporting start-up and establishment of small and medium businesses and helping reduce unemployment – and increasing the services available to the local community.

Taking part in the opening ceremony were Stuart Peters, Second Secretary EU/ Economic at the British Embassy in Sofia; Chris Bailey, Consultant of the UK Programme “Social Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Closure in CEE”; Lene Jespersen, UNDP Bulgaria Deputy Resident Representative; Antoaneta Tsoneva, representative of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and JOBS Project National Coordinator; Rumen Manoev, Mayor of Kozloduy; representatives of Vratsa District Administration; local entrepreneurs and many citizens.

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First results in peatland restoration

Belarus, 26 June 2008 – The first practical results of hydrological regime restoration, from the example of depleted peatland at “Bartenikha” have been presented during a workshop “Methods of Hydrological Regime Restoration at Depleted Peatlands”, which was held as part of a UNDP–GEF project.

The project site “Bartenikha”, in Volozhin forestry, Minsk region, is among the first sites rehabilitated in the frame of the project “Renaturalization and Sustainable Management of Peatlands in Belarusto Combat Land Degradation, Ensure Conservation of Globally Valuable Biodiversity and Mitigate Climate Change”. The participants of the workshop – representatives of Ministry of Forestry of Belarusand forestries (owners of the project sites) and mass media – were presented the different types of water regulating facilities, described their operating principles and justification of restoration of depleted peatlands.

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