EAPM
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Human Resource Management & Development Association (BHRMDA)
- Address :
- 49 "Kniaz Boris I" str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
- Phone number :
- + 359 2 950 1090
- Fax number :
- + 359 2 950 1092
- Website :
- http://www.bhrmda.bg
- Email address :
- bhrmda@bhrmda.bg
|
President |
Svetla Stoeva |
| Executive Director: |
Genoveva Bakardjieva |
| Coordinators: |
Galina Ilieva:
gilievaeapmatbhrmdaeapmdotbg |
| Date Association Founded: | July 2000 |
| National Employers' Association: |
Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG), |
| Government Employment Office: | Ministry of labour and social policy |
| Total Number Of Members: |
371 individual |
| Membership Categories: | Individual and corporate members |
| Number of Regional Branches: | 4 regional clubs, Young HR club, University Lecturers club, Strategic Development club, HR in IT club, HR in Public Administration club |
| Title of Primary Publication and Frequency of Issue: |
Monthly electronic bulletin |
| Subscription rate: | Free to members |
| Major Event Dates and Locations: | XIV International Conference, 'Leadership and People Management', 6-8 June 2013, Albena, Bulgaria |
| Other activities: |
HR Training Academy |
BULGARIA – COUNTRY PROFILE
Official name: Republic of Bulgaria
Area (km2): 111 910
Population: 7.64 million (2008); 7.60 million (forecast for 2009 )
Capital: Sofia
National holiday: 03 March
Currency: Lev
Date of joining: 01 January 2007
Head of state: Gueorgui Parvanov, since 2002, reelected in October 2006
Head of government: Boiko Borisov of the conservative GERB party, since July 2009
GDP (millions €): 34 118 (2008); 35 219 (forecast for 2009)
GDP per capita in PPS: 10 100 (2008); 9 700 (forecast 2009)
Real growth rate of GDP: 6.0% (2008); -1.6% (forecast for 2009)
Unemployment rate: 6.8% (June 2009)
National debt as % of GDP: 14.1% (2008)
Inflation: 0,3% (October 2009, provisional)
Public deficit/surplus as % of GDP: +1.5% (2008)
/Source: Eurostat/
Economy
- Real GDP growth: GDP- 2005: 41 948 levs (1 euro aprox.= 2 levs)
- GDP - first half of 2006: 21 306 levs
- Inflation rate : Base : December 2004
- 2005 : 6,5 percent
- January 2006 : 0,7 percent
- February 2006 : 0,9
- March 2006 : 0,3
- April 2006 : 1,1
- May 2006 : - 0,5
- June 2006 : - 0,3 percent
- Trends :
Politics
- Three Parties Coalition - BSP, NDSV, DPS
- Changes over the last 12 months: none
- Major issues on the agenda:
- Joining the EU in January 2007
Labour market
- Employment rate : employed people (in thousands) : 2876.8 (first half year of 2004); 2790.2 (first half year of 2003)
- Unemployment rate : monthly average: 13.4% (first half of 2004), 15.4% (first half of 2003); unemployed people : 496 477 (first half-year of 2004), 571 174 (first half year of 2003)
- Skills shortages : in the area of industrial engineering
HR issues
- New employment legislation : changes in labour code - new obligations and responsibilities of the employers
- New government initiatives : Pact for economical and social development until 2009, signed by the Government, Employers Organisations and Trade Unions
- Trends to notice : Continuing the reconstruction of economy
- News : The Institute of Certified Professionals at BHRMDA has the first six certified HR professional for 2006
Taxation and social insurance law
- Social security contribution : National Employment Plan
- Tax rate : Income rate oriented prior on decreasing of tax for individuals