Bulgarian Public Administration facing the Challenges of the Expanding European Administrative Space

This text considers the challenges in front of Bulgarian public administration in the light of the expanding European administrative space. It makes an attempt at outlining the way for changing the pattern of Bulgaria's institutional environment and the necessity of significant change in the central-local authorities balance. What about the responsibilities at national level (place of state), the behavior of local and regional authorities in the European context, strategic challenges facing the administration. The text presents the role of local and regional authorities, management capabilities in partnership, aims and priorities, problematic aspects and necessary changes.