Reforms in the Bulgarian Public Administration

The analysis provided herewith presents the state of the administration on central, regional and local level and its preparedness to work in the context of EU membership. The analysis depicts the basic tendencies, challenges and prospects in the modernisation of the state administration for the period between 2007 and 2013. The paper focus is oriented to transparency and integrity of the state administration including anticorruption policy, different forms of publicprivate partnerships and professionalization of the civil service.