The Rector of UNWE Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov Delivered a Report on the Financing of Higher Education at the Solemn Meeting of the Council of Rectors

The Council of Rectors agrees to place all its management potential at the disposal of the Minister of Education and Science, the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science and all state structures and institutions related to the legislative process in order to support the implementation of the changes described. The appeal of the Council of Rectors will be formalized in an official letter to the institutions. It includes the establishment of a working group with the active participation of the Council of Rectors in Bulgaria to update the model of formation of the state subsidy; reconsideration of the introduced in 2020 legal text that introduces the idea of a minimum wage in the sector and to return the "contracting authority - contractor" relations in their pure form before 2020; the definition of the positions of academic staff, whose maintenance is covered by the state; the provision of a percentage of permanent earmarked expenses for the maintenance of the facilities made available for the use of higher education institutions; the protection not only of specialties, but also of knowledge in general.