Sustainable development of environment and ICT in Bulgaria
| dc.contributor.author | Dimitrova, Ivanka | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Wohlgemuth, Volker | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Page, Bernd | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Voigt, Kristina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-16T03:15:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-16T03:15:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bulgaria is a country relatively well endowed with natural resources. Forests cover about one third of the country and a rich biodiversity exists. Strictly protected areas cover about of 5 % of the country and a wide range of valuable ecosystems also exists outside this areas. Like many other Eastern European countries Bulgaria faces important environmental pollution and destruction of natural resources, which constitute a threat to human wellbeing and sustainable development prospects that is why sustainable development of environment and sustainable use of natural resources, in particular, are leading priority on forming Bulgarian legislation. A project of Sustainable Development Strategy of Bulgaria was edited in 2007 and National Strategy for Environment for the period 2009 – 2018 was also developed in 2008. A number of Lows and Regulations requested for the sustainable usage and protection of natural resources wеre introduced, altered and supplemented several times in the last decade. The process for integration of the environmental sustainability in ICT policy implemented in Bulgaria has started comparatively soon. Currently, the National Strategy on ICT policy in Bulgaria was developed (2007), but it does not cover issues related to the environment and sustainable development, as the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) reported recently. However, its delayed endorsement opens an opportunity to add this omitted topic. Bulgaria’s intended integration in the EU in 2007 has been a driving force in the current government’s decision to develop an outline for an ICT policy track. The promises and strategic objectives of the government, given since 2000, are aligned with requirements for Bulgaria’s application for the EU. Information Technology is essential for business and a country overall to be competitive in the world today. Realizing is the first step in its full implementation. That has been done. However, implementation has been lagging behind. The ICT program promises sound pretty generic and formulaic. They are all true, but do not show how they apply specifically to Bulgaria yet. An overview on the state in the ITC sector in Bulgaria is given in brief. The national policy is described and the National Strategy documents in the domain for the period 2007 – 2013 are discussed. Some positive and negative points of ICT usage in the natural resources and environmental management sector are indicated. The prospect and challenges from an independent expert point of view are lay down. | de |
| dc.description.uri | http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol122/0187.pdf | de |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/26309 | |
| dc.publisher | Shaker Verlag | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Environmental Informatics and Industrial Environmental Protection: Concepts, Methods and Tools | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | EnviroInfo | |
| dc.title | Sustainable development of environment and ICT in Bulgaria | de |
| dc.type | Text/Conference Paper | |
| gi.citation.publisherPlace | Aachen | |
| gi.conference.date | 2009 | |
| gi.conference.location | Berlin | |
| gi.conference.sessiontitle | ICT for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |