Movement for Green Bulgaria /MGB/ is a non-governmental, environment protection organization established in 2004 by Bulgarian scientists, public figures, intellectuals and students. Among the establishers are: Professor, Ph.D. Yanko Ivanov –Vice Chair of Executive committee of European commission FMD (FAO) and team leader EU funded project for animal identification in Serbia, Professor Ph.D. Bojidar Galutsov – Sofia University, head of Biophysics and Radiobiology Department, Prof. Dr. Mladen Grigorov – cardiologist, Medical Academy, Prof. Boris Karadimchev – composed, Milan Valkov – Chair of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists, Stefka Yanorova – actress, and others.

Movement for Green Bulgaria is incorporated under the Bulgarian laws as a non-profit organization to the public benefit.

The Management Board consists of: Chair - Professor, Ph.D. of Law Lubomir Mechkarov, Instructor in Environmental Law – Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”, Deputy Chair – Dr. Boyko Bonev, Associate Professor at Dental Faculty, Medical University Sofia, Deputy Chair – Olya Todorova, an economist, „Ecoinvest corp.”  consortium.

 Movement for Green Bulgaria has an established Civil Council, whose member are people known in Bulgaria – public figures, writers, actors, artists, physicians, etc., among whom: Nedyalko Yordanov – writer, Stoyanka Mutafova – actress, Georgi Kaloyanchev – actor, Prof. Raicho Dimkov, Sofia University, Head of Hydrology and Ichthyology Department, Biology faculty, Chair of the Union of Biologists in Bulgaria, Associate Professor Maleev – Director of the Land and People National Museum, etc. Chair of the Civil council of Movement for Green Bulgaria is Academician Tsvetan Tsvetkov, Chair of the Bulgarian Agricultural Academy.

 Some 600 active members in 45 settlements throughout Bulgaria cooperate to Movement for Green Bulgaria, the activity is directed from a main office in Sofia with 10 employees.

 Among the working priorities of the Movement for Green Bulgaria are industrial pollutions, waters, sewerage and water treatment stations, urban pollutions, waste landfills, treatment of waste, recultivation, eco-information and eco-education, eco-tourism, etc, as detailed in the Green Book of Bulgaria.

 The Green Book of Bulgaria is the first large-scale initiative of the Movement for Green Bulgaria. It collected information all over the country on environmental problems by regions. The Book was handed to the President, the Prime Minister, and the Chair of the National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria. MGB aimed at permanently drawing the attention of the main Bulgarian institutions to the environmental problems of Bulgaria. The Book is supplemented and updated every year.

 Movement for Green Bulgaria elaborated and introduced into the 39th National Assembly a Memorandum with demands for amendments of some act in the following areas:

·        Amendment of the statutory regulations for the purpose of ensuring legal guarantees for citizen access to information on the environmental situation.

·        Access to justice administration on environmental issues, since under the legal regulations of Bulgaria, it is difficult for citizens to legally oppose actions or omissions to act by government bodies, legal and natural persons, which have adverse environmental consequences for the public as a whole.

Movement for Green Bulgaria organized a national conference entitled “Protection or Salvation of Bulgarian Environment on the Road to the EU”, involving leading scientists in the area of Environmental Science, Members of Parliament, government employees, etc.

Active members and experts from Movement for Green Bulgaria stopped productions that are dangerous for the peoples’ health. There were ensured new protection measures against radioactive waste at some depots in the country. There were organized mass protests of the citizens of the capital against the illegal dung – hills. They stopped a concession for inert materials over Mesta river valley, breaking the transborder water cooperation wit Republic of Greece and they ensure supportive environmental events for investors that contaminate environment.

Movement for Green Bulgaria is involved in the work of the Ministry of State Policy on Disasters and Accidents, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Health Care and others, through expert and public councils, work groups, and joint committees, for a more complete meeting of the environmental policy criteria of the state administration in Bulgaria’s application for EU membership.

Movement for Green Bulgaria states its wish to be involved in the implementation of international eco-projects, on a national and regional scale, and expects support for its two main national campaigns beginning in 2006:

·        National Program “Measures Combating Flood Effects and Prevention” in Republic of Bulgaria;

·        National Program for increase in the use of methane as environmentally clean fuel – “Fill methane”