Association of South Western Municipalities

Established on the 29th of September 2000, the Association of South-Western Municipalities (ASWM) is a non-governmental organization with non-profitable activity. The management of the Association are General Council, in which all member municipalities are represented by delegates; The Management Board, consist 7 members and is managed by the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman and executive staff. At the moment Chairman of the ASWM is Atanas Kambitov - Mayor of Blagoevgrad Municipality, Deputy Chairman is Vasko Stoilkov - Mayor of Slivnitsa Municipality. The members are - Mariya Kopanarova - Chairman of the Municipal Council Razlog, Trayko Mladenov - Mayor of Kostinbrod Municipality, Andrey Ivanov - Mayor of Dragoman Municipality, Kiril Kotev - Mayor of Sandanski Municipality, Minka Kapitanova - Mayor of Garmen Municipality. ASWM Controller is Nikolay Pleshtov - Chairman of the Municipal Council Elin Pelin, Deputy Controller is Cvetana Shushkova - Chairman of Municipal Council Rila.