The Index for Transparency of Political Party Financing includes two types of information. The first component is based on the objective pattern, laid down and disseminated regularly in the reports of the National Audit Office on the correctness of the financial reports, submitted by the parties and representing their funding and expenditures. The value of this indicator is determined as correlation of the parties who have and those who have not submitted their financial reports to the National Audit Office in due time.

The second major component of the Index includes generalized information from a sociological survey on the perceptions and assessments of the level of transparency and limitations of accountability in party financing. Here the results from the research of the expert interviews on the four selected target groups occupy a central position. A respective percentage is given for each of the groups in the forming of the overall Index for Transparency of Party Financing.

The survey was carried out in October 2005 in the cities of Sofia, Asenovgrad, Ruse, Razgrad, Sevlievo, Stara Zagora and Yambol. The respondents include 253 representatives of the four selected groups.

The Index for Transparency of Political Party Financing in Bulgaria for 2005 is 2,66, with values ranging between 0 (lack of transparency) to 10 (maximum transparency).

• Index for Transparency of Political Party Financing in Bulgaria 2005

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