Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
- To develop and implement ways and means of pursuing joint educational
activities with schools and other educational and cultural institutions in the region,
in both the domain of the cultural and historical heritage and in the sphere of
ecological education.
4.7 Management of the Park
Long-term goal 4.7.1 To implement a management model for Rila
Monastery Nature Park that combines the interests and responsibilities of the Holy
Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and Rila Monastery, the State and the
local communities, while ensuring proper coordination among all stakeholders for
attaining the management objectives of the Park.
Operational objectives:
• To introduce a system of ongoing exchange of information and coordination of
activities between all stakeholders with an interest in the territory of RMNP;
• To ensure the implementation of joint activities between partners on the basis of
clearly defined rights and responsibilities of all parties involved;
• To implement a plan for the institutional streamlining, strengthening and capacity
building of the Nature Park administration, including the establishment of mobile
patrols for RMNP, defining park sections with offices and appointing heads of
sections responsible for the respective territory:
- To develop and maintain the Park infrastructure for the effective attainment of
park goals and objectives;
- To develop mechanisms for income generation for the Park administration in
order to support its continued operation;
- To supply RMNP with an effective communication system for coordinating
activities between different services in the event of natural calamities, forest fires
and other emergencies;
• To introduce a unified strategy of the Park administration for public relations; to
support a public awareness program regarding the values, opportunities and
specific resources of the Park, as well as a system for regular information access
and for providing information to the public:
- To implement a program for involving NGOs, scientific research institutions,
artistic guilds, the media, the civil service, the private sector and others and to
solicit their cooperation for protecting and publicizing RMNP and its religious,
cultural and natural values;
- To develop and register a system of identifying symbols, signs and emblems;
- To extend existing partnerships with suitable organizations on a national and
international scale.
Long-term goal 4.7.2 To ensure that the requirements for the conservation
and development of RMNP are reflected in the regional planning scheme of the
Southwestern Planning Region.
Operational objectives:
• To implement mechanisms for information exchange between RMNP and the
municipal and regional planning bodies:
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan - Draft
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