
BG41 - Bulgaria Югозападен (Yugozapaden)
Yugozapaden Planning Region (Southwest Planning Region) is a planning region in Bulgaria. It is the biggest and best performing region in Bulgaria in terms of GDP and innovation. The region also has the highest intensity of R&D expenditures in the country. The region hosts almost half of the universities in the country, as well as the two biggest public R&D performers – the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Agricultural Academy.
Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities?
Yes, Horizon 2020 - Work Program 2018-2020 Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation.
Total population (2019) 2,102,205
Population per km² 104
Proportion population older 65 year % 19,39%
Innovation Performance group (2019) Moderate -
Member ICPerMed? no
Mountain ? > 50 % of population live & > 50 % of surface in mountains
Member Euregha? no
Adriatic-Ionian MacroRegion? no
InnoStars Region? no
Northern Sparsely Populated Area (NSPA)? no
PM region according EC? no
Baltic Sea MacroRegion? no
S3MedTech region? no
Danube MacroRegion? yes
S3P4PM region? no
Alpine MacroRegion? no
Regions4PM region? no
ERAPerMed? no
Central Europe? no
MedTech4Europe? no
Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)? no
1M+Genome initiative? country level member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)? no
Vanguard Initiative? no
S3ClusSport member? no
Policy documents
Topics covered by policies: Population genomics initiative (cfr 1 million genomes participation); Medical research and innovation (-omics, biomarkers, diagnostics, etc.); Specific disease related research: oncology and rare diseases; Education, training and skill development; Prediction and prevention; Value based healthcare; Public awareness, patient participation with respect to Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health
Policy document (RIS3): Yes
Policy document PM@RIS3: No
Major Initiatives
Center of Competence Personalized Innovative Medicine perimed
Bulgarian Alliance for Precision and Personalized Medicine“/BAPPM//
Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure Bulgaria BBMRI.bg
BEtter HEALTH care in the Bulgarian – Greek cross border area
Investment in the health and the prosperity of youth in the Bulgarian – Serbian region
Joint information system for process optimization "One Health” in the CBC area
Self evaluation
General perception of the implementation level of PM in the region - Low
Rate of the need for developing and implementing PM in the region - Very High
Rate of the need for increasing support/funding for PM activities in the region - Very High
Rate of the need for increasing the capacity of PM skills in the region - Very High
Rate of the genomics literacy of the citizens in the region - Low
Rate of the need for increasing interregional collaboration in PM - Very High
Memberships
European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM)
Image attribution
By Nikki080 - Self made, based on File:Bulgaria location map.svg., CC BY-SA 4.0,