Improving the territories in the context of the Bulgaria's rural development program 2014-2020

The article outlines some aspects and challenges related to the improvement of the territories coming under the Bulgaria's Rural Development Program. The program is considered as a medium-term planning document that ensures the process of implementing a set of interrelated activities for the period 2014-2020 aimed at achieving certain financial, economic, scientific, technical, social, environmental and other results. As the main task of the Program the paper indicates the realization of strategic solutions that ensure the effective development of the territory in the long-term perspective for all sectors and spheres of activity in the rural areas, as well as the processes of different nature occurring in their territorial boundaries.