The Foundation for Local Government Reform within the Improving Social Environment Program provides technical, financial and methodological support for conducting five open public discussions in two neighbor municipalities - participants in the Program - Kresna and Strumyani - on the basis of the elaborated by FLGR methodology. The goal of the initiative is establishing inter-municipal Local Action Group (LEADER approach) and elaboration of a joint Local Development Strategy. In a long-term period the successful process would create conditions for sustainable work of the Local Initiative Group and give a chance for the Local Strategy to be funded after 2007 within the National Program for Rural Development.

The first information meeting was held on September 12, 2006. Participants were over 40 local government representatives. The Operative Group for Working on Common Local Development Strategy was set up. On September 27, 2006, the operative group members passed a special training in order to manage future process tasks successfully.