Programme: All

The minimum income scheme reform aims to improve the adequacy and coverage of the minimum income scheme. 
The reform shall cover the entry into force of the Social Support Code and amendments to secondary legislation to: establish a mechanism for the automatic annual update of the minimum income scheme based on the at-risk-of-poverty threshold and to modify the eligibility criteria of the minimum income scheme. The payment of the minimum income shall be financed by the Bulgarian state budget. 
The reform shall also amend the Employment Promotion Act, introducing the definition of ‘economically inactive’ and a set of activities targeting the activation of the economically inactive people.
The implementation of the reform shall be completed by 31 December 2024.