COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Updated climate tracking and digital tagging of the recovery and resilience plan of Bulgaria Accompanying the document Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 8091/22 INIT; ST 8091/22 ADD 1) of 4 May 2022 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Bulgaria
Date: 2025-11-04
Institutions: European Commission, Reform and Investment Task Force
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU aid, digital transformation, economic and social cohesion, economic recovery, economic reform, energy policy, green economy, investment, structural adjustment

EN 

  EN 

   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 4.11.2025  SWD(2025) 349 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Updated climate tracking and digital tagging of the recovery and resilience plan of Bulgaria Accompanying the document Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 8091/22 INIT; ST 8091/22 ADD 1) of 4 May 2022 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Bulgaria     {COM(2025) 677 final}  
 
 
Updated climate tracking and digital tagging of  
the recovery and resilience plan of Bulgaria 

The  table  below  presents  the  detailed  application  of  the  climate  tracking  and  digital  tagging 
methodologies  set  out  respectively  in  Annexes  VI  and  VII  to  Regulation  (EU)  2021/241  in  the 
modified Bulgarian recovery and resilience plan. 

Int. Field = intervention field. 

Coeff.  =  Coefficient  for  the  calculation  of  support  to  climate  change  objectives  and  to  digital 
transition, on the basis of Annex VI and Annex VII of the RRF Regulation. 

Revised measures are marked in yellow to distinguish them from the unchanged measures in the 
RRP. 

Measure/ Sub-
Measure ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

BG-C[C1]-I[I1.b] 

STEM centres and innovation in 
education - digitalisation 

BG-C[C1]-I[I2.a] 

BG-C[C1]-I[I2.b] 

BG-C[C1]-I[I2.c] 

BG-C[C1]-I[I3] 

Modernisation of educational 
infrastructures - renovated 
schools/kindergartens 

Modernisation of educational 
infrastructures - new 
schools/kindergartens 

Modernisation of educational 
infrastructures - renovated student 
residences 

Provision of digital skills trainings 
and set-up of a platform for adult 
learning 

BG-C[C1]-I[I4] 

Youth centres 

BG-C[C2]-I[I1.a] 

Programme to accelerate economic 
recovery and transformation through 
research and innovation - digital 
objectives 

1 

Budget 
(EUR m) 

120.45 

181.63 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. Field 

Coeff. % 

108 

100% 

026 

40% 

27.99 

025ter 

40% 

61.59 

026 

40% 

111.67 

27.51 

22.04 

012 

100% 

099 

40% 

021 

40% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Measure/ Sub-
Measure ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

Budget 
(EUR m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. Field 

Coeff. % 

BG-C[C2]-I[I2.a] 

BG-C[C2]-I[I2.b] 

BG-C[C2]-I[I2.d] 

BG-C[C2]-I[I2.e] 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.d] 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.f] 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.g] 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.h] 

Enhancing the innovation capacity 
of the Bulgarian Academy of 
Sciences - digital 

Enhancing the innovation capacity 
of the Bulgarian Academy of 
Sciences - quantum platform 

Enhancing the innovation capacity 
of the Bulgarian Academy of 
Sciences 

- technology transfer 

Enhancing the innovation capacity 
of the Bulgarian Academy of 
Sciences 

- trainings 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 1 Growth and 
Innovation: Grant scheme for 
information and communication 
technology and cybersecurity in 
SMEs 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 2 Green 
Transition and Circular Economy: 
Grant scheme for investments in 
renewable electricity sources for 
own use with local storage facilities 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 2 Green 
Transition and Circular Economy: 
Grant scheme for the support of 
businesses in the transition to a 
circular economy 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 2 Green 
Transition and Circular Economy: 
Grant scheme for the support of 

2 

2.58 

0.51 

052 

100% 

021quater 

100% 

8.18 

022 

100% 

1.67 

009bis 

100% 

14.10 

010 

100% 

52.00 

033 

100% 

73.62 

047 

40% 

18.41 

047bis 

40% 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Measure/ Sub-
Measure ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

Budget 
(EUR m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. Field 

Coeff. % 

businesses in the transition to a 
circular economy 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 2 Green 
Transition and Circular Economy: 
Guarantee financial instrument for 
energy efficiency and renewable 
energy 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 2 Green 
Transition and Circular Economy: 
Guarantee financial instrument for 
energy efficiency and renewable 
energy 

Economic Transformation 
Programme - Fund 3 Investments in 
Climate Neutrality and Digital 
Transformation: Equity instruments 
for climate neutrality and digital 
transformation investments 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.i] 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.j] 

BG-C[C3]-I[I2.k] 

37.5 

024 

40% 

37.5 

025 

40% 

30 

024 

40% 

BG-C[C4]-I[I1.a] 

Support for the renovation of 
building stock - residential buildings 

366.08 

025bis 

100% 

BG-C[C4]-I[I1.b] 

Support for the renovation of 
building stock - public buildings 

165.48 

026bis 

100% 

BG-C[C4]-I[I1.c] 

Support for the renovation of 
building stock - manufacturing and 
commercial buildings - buildings in 
manufacturing, trade and services, 
as well as buildings from the 
tourism sector 

105.11 

024ter 

100% 

BG-C[C4]-I[I2] 

Support for renewable energy for 
households 

11.44 

029 

100% 

BG-C[C4]-I[I3] 

Support for energy-efficient street 
lighting systems 

69.60 

026bis 

100% 

3 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Measure/ Sub-
Measure ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

Budget 
(EUR m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. Field 

Coeff. % 

BG-C[C4]-I[I4] 

BG-C[C4]-I[I7] 

BG-C[C4]-I[I8] 

BG-C[C6]-I[I1.a] 

Digital transformation of the 
electricity transmission grid 

Pilot project on combined heat and 
power from geothermal sources 

National infrastructure for storage of 
electricity from renewables 
(RESTORE) 

Fund to promote the technological 
and ecological transition of 
agriculture - ‘technological and 
environmental modernisation’ 
strand 

189.18 

033 

100% 

033 

40% 

2.95 

032 

100% 

603.31 

033 

100% 

033 

40% 

192.62 

047 

40% 

020  

40%  

BG-C[C6]-I[I2] 

Digitisation of processes from farm 
to fork 

10.20 

BG-C[C7]-I[I1] 

Large-scale deployment of digital 
infrastructure 

269.59 

BG-C[C7]-I[I2] 

Construction, development and 
optimisation of the digital TETRA 
system and radio network 

BG-C[C8]-I[I1.a] 

Railways rolling stock - ERTMS 

63.66 

16.62 

011 

100% 

051 

100% 

011 

100% 

071 

40% 

071 

100% 

BG-C[C8]-I[I1.b] 

Railways rolling stock - rolling 
stock 

405.06 

072bis 

100% 

BG-C[C8]-I[I5.a] 

Road safety - Digitalisation 

BG-C[C8]-I[I6.a] 

Sofia metro line 3 – ERTMS 

0.64 

19.89 

063 

071 

100% 

100% 

BG-C[C8]-I[I6.b] 

Sofia metro line 3 

124.46 

073 

100% 

BG-C[C8]-I[I10] 

New rolling stock for the Sofia 
Metro 

43.16 

074 

100% 

BG-C[C8]-I[I7.a] 

Green mobility - Pilot scheme to 
support sustainable urban mobility - 
rolling stock 

39.06 

074 

100% 

4 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
Measure/ Sub-
Measure ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

Budget 
(EUR m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. Field 

Coeff. % 

BG-C[C8]-I[I7.b] 

BG-C[C8]-I[I7.c] 

BG-C[C8]-I[I7.d] 

BG-C[C8]-I[I8] 

Green Mobility - Pilot scheme to 
support sustainable urban mobility - 
integrated route systems 

Green mobility - Pilot scheme to 
support sustainable urban mobility - 
recharging points 

Green Mobility - Pilot scheme to 
support sustainable urban mobility - 
Cycling infrastructure 

Equipment for monitoring and 
maintenance of railway tracks and 
overhead lines 

2.54 

076 

100% 

2.44 

077 

100% 

5.96 

075 

100% 

99.84 

069 

40% 

BG-C[C8]-I[I9] 

Renovation of railway infrastructure 

82.83 

067 

100% 

BG-C[C10]-I[I1] 

Strengthening, further developing 
and building on the Unified 
Information System of Courts 

BG-C[C10]-I[I2] 

Digitalisation of key litigation 
processes in administrative justice 

BG-C[C10]-I[I3] 

Transformation of the information 
and communication infrastructure at 
the Public Prosecutor’s Office 

BG-C[C10]-I[I4a] 

Improving the quality and 
sustainability of the security 
services - digitalisation 

BG-C[C10]-I[I6] 

BG-C[C10]-I[I7] 

Supporting a pilot phase for the 
introduction of Building Information 
Modelling 

Unified Information System for 
Spatial Planning, Investment Design 
and Building Authorisation 

9.88 

3.64 

14.71 

25.18 

3.98 

1.76 

BG-C[C10]-I[I10] 

Upgraded strategic planning system 

0.73 

BG-C[C10]-I[I11.a] 

Ensuring an adequate information 
and administrative environment for 

3.51 

5 

011 

100% 

011 

100% 

011 

100% 

011 

100% 

011 

100% 

011 

100% 

011 

011 

100% 

100% 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
Measure/ Sub-
Measure ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

Budget 
(EUR m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. Field 

Coeff. % 

the implementation of the recovery 
and resilience plan 

BG-C[C11]-I[I4.b] 

BG-C[C11]-I[I4.c] 

Modernisation of the Social 
Assistance Agency - energy 
efficiency 

Modernisation of the Social 
Assistance Agency - digital 
component 

1.55 

026 

40% 

1.45 

011 

100% 

BG-C[C11]-I[I5.a] 

Modernisation of the Employment 
Agency – energy efficiency 

0.1 

026 

40% 

011 

100% 

021bis 

100% 

021bis 

100% 

095 

100% 

095 

100% 

BG-C[C11]-I[I5.b] 

Modernisation of the Employment 
Agency - digital component 

11.81  

BG-C[C11]-I[I7] 

Digitisation of collections of 
museums, libraries, and archives 

BG-C[C11]-I[I8] 

Culture infrastructure 

BG-C[C12]-I[I5] 

National digital platform for 
medical diagnostics 

BG-C[C12]-I[I7.c] 

Development of outpatient care - 
Digitalisation 

23.52 

10.22 

12.05 

6.65 

BG-C[C13]-I[I2] 

BG-C[C13]-I[I3] 

BG-C[C13]-I[I4] 

Scaled-up measure: National 
infrastructure for storage of 
electricity from renewables 
(RESTORE) 

Installation of Photovoltaic Systems 
and Provision of Electric Vehicles 
for Social Services Facilities 

Support for new capacities for 
electricity generation from 
renewable sources and electricity 
storage 

120.66 

033 

100% 

33.09 

029 

100% 

342 

032 

100% 

6 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
            
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
* Reforms and investments in the REPowerEU chapter are not taken into account when calculating 
the plan’s contribution to the digital target requirement set by Regulation (EU) 2021/241. 

7