{"id":29996,"date":"2022-03-30T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T08:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=29996"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T08:11:15","slug":"bica-presented-the-business-to-the-rules-awards-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/bica-presented-the-business-to-the-rules-awards-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"BICA Presented the \u201cBusiness to the Rules\u201d Awards for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29993 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-146x146.jpg 146w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/123.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>At an official ceremony, the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) presented the Business to the Rules awards for 2021. The annual competition aims to promote the best actions that fight against the informal economy and highlight leading institutions and individuals whose initiatives demonstrate an active position and contribute to reducing the gray practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the invitation of BICA, Dr. Maria Hristova, CEO at Invest Sofia, attended the award ceremony. Representatives of the executive and legislative institutions, businesses-, non-governmental organizations, and social partners of the Association also joined the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ceremony took place on March 21 at an official event at Sofia Hotel Balkan. Statuettes were awarded in three categories: Normative act or administrative practice that leads to a curtailment of the gray economy and improvement of the business environment, Person or organization that contributed to limit and prevent the informal economy through an active position, and Journalist or media, who have contributed to change public attitudes towards intolerance to the informal economy. The 2021 winners in the respective categories are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Council of Ministers&#8217; Decision \u2116 739\/2021 on the approval of the program for compensation of end non-domestic electricity customers;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employment Agency, in its capacity as a leading partner for Bulgaria in the European Labour Authority&#8217;s campaign Rights for all seasons;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veselin Dremdzhiev and his TV show The day with Veselin Dremdzhiev on TV1 and TV +.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The awards were presented by Vasil Velev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BICA, the Minister of Innovation and Growth Daniel Lorer, and Georgi Gokov &#8211; Minister of Labor and Social Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nominations for the awards were made through a broad public consultation among the members of the Association of Industrial Capital in Bulgaria, all social partners, members of the Public Council for Restriction and Prevention of the Informal Economy, which includes representatives of many state institutions and the media. The winners were announced by secret ballot by an expert jury composed of over 100 prominent personalities: prominent economists, public figures, media representatives, members of the National and Control Council of BICA, the Public Council for Restriction and Prevention of the Informal Economy, and the undeclared employment, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nominations for the awards were made through a broad public consultation among the members of the Association of Industrial Capital in Bulgaria, all social partners, members of the Public Council for Restriction and Prevention of the Informal Economy, which includes representatives of a number of state institutions and the media. The winners were announced by secret ballot by an expert jury composed of over 100 prominent personalities: prominent economists, public figures, media representatives, members of the National and Control Council of BICA, the Public Council for Restriction and Prevention of the Informal Economy and the undeclared employment, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our team would like to express its gratitude to BICA for the invitation to participate in the event and for the efforts of the Association and its partners to stimulate public intolerance of the informal economy and encourage action against it. We believe that the promotion of constructive actions reduces the negative practices and improves the socio-economic environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At an official ceremony, the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) presented the Business to the Rules awards for 2021. 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