29/03/2023 - 

Presentation and press conference at 16:30 in Sofia

 

The OECD will present its latest Economic Survey of Bulgaria on Tuesday 4 April. The Survey examines Bulgaria’s economic performance in the face of global and domestic challenges and makes policy and reform recommendations to strengthen and sustain the recovery. A special chapter takes an in-depth look at how Bulgaria could create more high-quality jobs and improve social protection as a way to raise productivity and incomes.

 

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann will present the Survey’s key findings and recommendations, and take questions from the media, alongside Prime Minister Galab Donev from 16:30 to 17:15 at the Council of Ministers Building (Granite Hall, 1 Dondukov Blvd, 1594 Sofia). The launch event will also be livestreamed (in Bulgarian) at this link.

 

• Journalists who don’t already have permanent accreditations with the Bulgarian Council of Ministers or Ministry of Foreign Affairs may request one by writing to [email protected].

 

• The Survey will be published at 16:30 local time (15:30 CET) at the following link, which can be included in news articles: www.oecd.org/economy/bulgaria-economic-snapshot/.   

 

• Journalists can request a copy of the Survey under embargo, thereby undertaking to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures, by emailing [email protected]. Embargoed copies will be sent out a day in advance.  

 
For any other information, journalists are invited to contact Catherine Bremer at the OECD Media Office in Paris. To get advance notification of other OECD reports and events, journalists can complete this short form.

 

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