The territory on which the CLLD Strategy of the FLAG Burgas-Kameno is applied has continuous borders and is part of the South-East Planning Region in Bulgaria. FLAG`s territory covers the whole municipality of Kameno and part of the settlements of the municipality of Burgas excluding central part of Burgas city.
The territory of FLAG Burgas-Kameno borders with the Black Sea, the regional center of Burgas and the Black Sea resorts. There are good opportunities for cross-border cooperation with Turkey and Romania. The border to the Black Sea is enabling the strategic development of economic activities in the sector “Fisheries and Aquaculture”. There is existing cargo port, port infrastructure and customs as well as ship building and repair yard in Burgas. There is very well-developed small-scale fishing sector with more than 300 registered small-scale fishing boat owners.With the EMFF support currently there are 3 existing small-scale fishing boat docks in FLAG`s territory, one in north part of Burgas outside FLAG`s territory but very close by -in Sarafovo district in Burgas, another in Chengene skele and in Kraimorie district and 1 more is in progress.
The existing dams, wetlands and lakes on the territory of FLAG are suitable for fish and aquaculture production, as well as aquaculture processing enterprises. Fish processing industry is well represented by Atlantic group, Ribex Trading, DING, Black Sea Fisheries Burgas and more. There is also well developed infrastructure. The Industrial Zone “North” in Burgas is also part of the FLAG`s territory. The park is strategically situated near the railway cargo station and has a direct railway connection to the Port of Burgas. In 2018 Burgas Municipality started the development of a new industrial and logistics zone in south Burgas with total area of about 600 decares. While the north zone is more focused on SMEs and is home to a few fish and aquaculture processing companies, the new South Zone offers opportunities for the development of larger enterprises and is attracting high-tech companies.
The territory of FLAG is rich in various natural resources: fertile soil, clean air, low mountain slopes favorable for tourism, valleys, rivers, lakes (Mandra, Vaya, Atanasovsko etc.) waters and areas inhabited by unique animal and plant species. Existence of rich soils, natural meadows and temperate transitional-continental Black Sea climate, suitable for development of plant growing and animal husbandry. On the territory there are various natural landmarks and many protected areas. These features, together with the presence of a beach for part of the territory of FLAG are a good opportunity for the development of all kinds of tourism. Well-built are sports infrastructure and places for recreation in the town of Kameno and the neighborhoods of Burgas from the territory of FLAG.
There is extremely large, rich and diverse waterfowl – many of them are protected species. Part of FLAG`s territory matches with Via Pontica bird migration route – Europe’s second largest bird migration route, through the western part of the Black Sea Biogeographic Region. The migrating birds use the coastal lakes, marshes and lagoons behind the shoreline, and some spend the winter in these wetlands.