NEWS

UNICEF: Bulgaria is a good example of how to focus on problems and solve them

2012-05-09 16:30:00

President Rosen Plevneliev met UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and CIS Marie-Pierre Poirier. The main topics of discussion were state policy on child protection and the need for investment in support of early childhood development. Politicians should not just spend public funds but should invest them with a targeted and long-term view on returns, the President said during the meeting.

Poirier said that Bulgaria was a good example of how to focus on problems and solve them. The situation of the child should be placed in the centre of public policy on growth, because investment in early childhood development would have guaranteed high returns, she said.

“What you are doing with reform through deinstitutionalization is exceptional and should be promoted to encourage and show other countries with similar problems that there might be a positive change,” Poirier said. She said, however, that this reform alone was not sufficient and there should be an emphasis on the family. This should not be planned solely by the government but the public should be involved too. Civil society and the business sector should also realize the benefits of partnerships in the interests of the children, Poirier and President Plevneliev agreed.

MORE FROM NEWS

Head of State: The Established Strategic Partnership between Bulgaria and Japan Opens the Doors Wide for Japanese Investments in Our Country

24 June 2025 | 17:05
Rumen Radev received representatives of leading Japanese companies who are visiting Bulgaria as a result of the strategic partnership established during the Bulgarian President's visit to Japan

Rumen Radev: The Major Challenge Facing the EU Is to Promote Its Own Production and Competitiveness Globally

20 June 2025 | 14:02
The Head of State holds a meeting with the ambassadors of the EU member states within the framework of the Polish presidency of the union

Rumen Radev: With Adequate Long-term Strategies, Bulgaria Has the Potential to Be a Regional Factor in a Number of Areas

18 June 2025 | 08:08
Ensuring Bulgaria's prosperity and security requires our country to play an active role in the alliances and multinational formats in which it participates, to develop good neighbourly relations, and for the political class to be able to create adequate long-term strategies in various areas. This was stated by President Rumen Radev in the closing part of the second day of the Green Transition forum, which is being held in our country for the fifth year.

The President: It Is Absolutely Unacceptable for an EU Candidate Country, which Loudly Advertises that It Has Long since Met All the Criteria for Membership, to Carry out Legal Prosecutions on Ethnic Grounds

17 June 2025 | 16:04
The Head of State holds a meeting with Ljupcho Georgievski, chairman of the Bulgarian Cultural Centre "Ivan Mihaylov" in Bitola, which was abolished by the authorities in the Republic of Macedonia

ОТКРИТО УПРАВЛЕНИЕ

e-ДОКУМЕНТИ

BULGARIAN CHRISTMAS

SUPPORT A DREAM

JOHN ATANASOFF AWARD

CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY


Useful links