Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry to Be Re-modeled after EU Diplomatic Services

Bulgaria's Cabinet has adopted the new Organizational Statutes of the Foreign Ministry bringing its structure closer to the diplomatic corps of other EU member states.

"The document provides the grounds for the carrying out of a structural reform in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in accordance with the 2010 Strategic Review of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Corps," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

The new organizational rules will provide for the introduction of Directorates-General in the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.

"This will help achieve two major goals – improving the intra-institutional coordination in the course of implementation of Bulgaria's foreign policy and improving the cooperation with the diplomatic services of the EU member states in the course of shaping and implementation of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy," the ministry points out.

Thus, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry is to have three Directorates-General – on political, global, and EU issues. They will be headed by Political Directors.

What is more, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia is going to lay off about 9% of its staff under the new rules of organization, bringing the total number of its employees to 1 350.

By counting the layoffs made in 2010, the total number of people working at the Bulgarian diplomatic corps will be reduced by 21% compared with their number as of August 1, 2009.

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