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The program successfully partnered Bulgarian and U.S. cities to address chronic issues in Bulgarian local communities. It worked in 14 cities throughout Bulgaria and achieved notable results. The program was originally implemented with a “sister cities” approach of exchanges between higher level officials and managers from each participating city. The activity evolved into an exchange of working level technical experts, producing mostly, but not exclusively, city-level impacts. The last phase multiplied the impact of the overall program reaching an increased number of Bulgarian municipalities, and adding a strong local economic development focus. The partner cities identify the most urgent municipal issues to be addressed and develop and implement solutions in a collaborative manner; the program is highly demand driven and technically focused.