Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
Cultures Act. EFACA coordinates the seasonal and restrictions regimes for
amateur fishing. The headquarters is in Sofia and has a department responsible for
the region in Kustendil. EFACA has no representatives in the Park’s territory.
3. Ministry of Environment and Waters (МОEW) implements government policy
regarding control and conservation of the biodiversity, protected areas, geological
and water resources and the environment as a whole.
The Regional Inspectorate of the Environment and Waters - Sofia, a regional
body of MOEW, supervises the implementation of the law with regard to
protected areas within Kyustendil Region, notably in the territory of Rila
Monastery Nature Park.
The Water Basins Directorate, Blagoevgrad, a regional structure of MOEW, is
the body responsible for managing, on behalf of the State, the management of
waters in the Strouma River Watershed, which falls within the river network of
RMNP. The Water Basins Directorate is currently undergoing a process of
restructuring overhaul.
The Directorate of Rila National Park is likewise a regional body directly
subordinated to MOEW. Within the territory of RMNP, it is responsible for the
management, control and protection of the Rila Monastery Forest Reserve. For
the latter purpose, security protection of the Reserve territory, it employs two
park rangers. The central office of the RNP Directorate is based in Blagoevgrad.
4. The Ministry of Culture, through the National Institute for Monuments of
Culture (NIMC) implements the state policy on protection of the culturalhistorical
assets through registering the monuments, issuing of permits as well as
implementing control functions in the territory of the monuments of culture and
their protective zones. It employs no staff on the grounds of Rila Monastery.
5. The Kyustendil Regional Administration is the government authority
representing the power of the State in the territory of the region. On behalf of the
State, is supervises the enforcement and implementation of the law, organizes the
territorial and zone planning and public administration.
6. The Municipality of Rila Town, Kyustendil Region, is a local self-government
agency. The bodies of local self-government, namely the Municipal Council as
the elected representative body, and the Mayor’s Office as the local executive,
regulate, direct and sanction all activities within the territory of the Municipality,
and maintain public order and security. The Municipal Mayor helps the protection
of the cultural and natural assets in the municipality; develops a program and
creates a Consultative Council on the issues concerning tourism, supports the state
authorities in the implementation of the state policy in the tourism sector and
controls the quality of tourist products. The Municipal Council appoints a mayoral
deputy for the Rila Monastery settlement, which falls within the territory of the
Nature Park. In addition to the Mayoral Deputy, the Mayor’s Office of Rila
Monastery settlement also employs a senior expert for administrative services.
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan -Draft
2004 - 2013
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