The Bulgarian-Turkish Mutual Cooperation Committee has approved the project concepts of the PHAR-Trans Border Cooperation 2005 Programme.
Four projects have been proposed for approval and 5 million USD funding. One of those projects is the ?Improvement of Flood Predictions in the Bulgarian-Turkish Border Region?, which costs about 2 million Euro by the PHAR Programme and a national co-funding of 0.5 million Euro. The project aims at improving the monitoring, the early prediction and information regarding floods as well as performing flood protection measures.