site.btaChamber of Architects: Urgent Reforms Needed to Facilitate Investment Process

Urgent reforms are needed to facilitate the investment process, said Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria (CAB) Board Chair Vladimir Milkov on Thursday at the BTA National Press Club here. Milkov presented initiatives to reform the sector and optimize the construction and investment process. The aim is to reduce the administrative burden, to be in line with good European practices and to improve the quality of the urban environment.

In the last 22 years, there have been more than 130 lobbyist amendments, which aim to make the investment process as difficult as possible and to serve corrupt practices, pointed out Milkov. He argued that architects in Bulgaria have been depersonalized as artists and professionals, receive pennies for their work, which makes them disillusioned and disinterested. "The profession of architect is a regulated profession in the European Union, where the architect is an artist and is respected. The new Bauhaus in Europe gives the architect a lot of power," he said.

According to him, the legislation should be changed in the direction of easing the investment process, a sharp reduction in the administrative burden and a new regulation of the engineering procedures and digitalization of the process.

"Next week, we will hold a roundtable with all parliamentary parties and we hope they will submit the new law to parliament for discussion," said Milkov.