Study visit of experts from Troyan municipality in the Elvangen municipality, Germany to test the instructions and learning practical skills for management of municipal buildings in the project "Efficiency and quality of good governance" of the Operational Programme "Administrative Capacity" OPAC
/Implementation of Activity 6/

Study tour is organized for 6 participants, 5 representatives from Troyan municipality, members of the working group, and a translator. It is takes 7 days, including travel days.
During their stay in Germany all participants will have possibility to test different instructions and monitoring system in a real working environment. By "job in shadow" Bulgarian experts will have opportunity to learn practical approaches and skills, allocation of responsibilities, the use of modern information tools, the application of the system of evaluation and monitoring in the host organization. After the study visit participants will prepare a summary report, a report on how we apply what we saw and what they learned in their practical work.
Partner organization, Elvangen municipality, will provide relevant experts and opportunities to Bulgarian experts to "work" together with their colleagues and to observe the sequence of the work process and coordination between departments and units, as well as work monitoring of performance.
The object of the study visit is first to test the applicability of the developed instructions and monitoring system in real conditions. On the other hand Bulgarian experts get acquainted with the modus of work, the difficulties and problems that their colleagues have overcome, with the best practices contained in the instructions. "Learning by doing" is the most effective system of acquiring practical skills. In the real working environment Bulgarian and German experts will implement the instructions set out in the methods and approaches, action and instruments. They will have possibility to test together the basic functions of the developed tools and to identify steps to correct or supplement main instructions and protocols.
Common work and exchange of good practices is an important step on of a project results implementation.
This working visit helps both administrations to improve their administrative capacity and to meet the specific tasks and objectives of a procedure for joint initiatives and creating usefully cooperation between partners.