The National Statistical Institute finished the work on project “Statistics on income and living conditions: 2009 operation for Bulgaria”, part of the Eurostat program under Grant agreement No 10602.2008.003-2008.143. The project started in September 2008 with duration 40 months. The main purpose of the activities included into the project is conduct survey of income and living conditions (EU-SILC): 2009 operation for Bulgaria and namely gathering of cross sectional initial and secondary target variables (module 2009) using representative national sample, as well as gathering of longitudinal variables using rules for tracing the sample households and persons, participating in the survey during the previous year.
The survey on income and living conditions (SILC) in Bulgaria is an annual survey, implemented by the National Statistical Institute in order to receive information on the income and living conditions of various types of households and having great importance as a tool used by the EU in the field of poverty and social exclusion. The survey is voluntary and is conducted following the EU recommendations.
Information produced based on survey on income and living conditions is used for:
1. International comparisons of poverty and social inclusion indicators;
2. Elaboration of national policies for living conditions improvement and reduction of poverty risk;
3. Elaboration of national report on the advancement of Bulgaria in social protection and social inclusion strategies;
4. Elaboration of indicators for monitoring the execution purposes included in Europe 2020 strategy.
