Strengthening the privatised system of civil enforcement in Bulgaria

Project description

In 2005, a system of private enforcement agents was introduced in Bulgaria. The system, which was characterized by more efficiency and professionalism, existed alongside the system of court-based state enforcement agents. The Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents is a key institution for the functioning of the private system for the enforcement of judicial decisions in Bulgaria. The Chamber has been established in order to improve the professional performance of private enforcement agents and to represent the profession towards other state and nonstate
actors.

The aim of the project was to enhance the capacities of the Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents in order to play this role in the Bulgarian enforcement system. In 2011, during the last months of the project, two more roundtable discussions for journalists were organized in Bulgaria. Furthermore, a Practice Standard Manual was completed and disseminated among all private enforcement agents through a number of training seminars. Finally, a small working group prepared the so-called ‘Legal Framework Analysis of the Civil Judgment Enforcement in Bulgaria’. This document, which identified the main shortcomings in the legislative framework for private enforcement agents in Bulgaria, was officially presented and discussed at the closing conference of the project, which took place at the end of May 2011.