The Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD) launched a campaign called “Accessible Bulgaria”, which aims to provide a mass accessible environment for people with disabilities. The campaign launches on International Day of Persons with Disabilities and will remain open until the targets are reached. Support for “Accessible Bulgaria” has already been declared by the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva, President Rumen Radev, and media partners are TV BULGARIA ON ER, news agency FOKUS, news site OFNUZ, newspaper STROITEL, public figures Niki Kanchev and Vladislav Karamfilov and others. The campaign will be open and institutions and people sympathetic to the cause can join at any time. 

On 3 December 2017, the Commission for the Protection against Discrimination held a special press conference to launch the campaign. Present were Ana Dzhumalieva, Chairperson of the CPD, Baki Husseinov, Deputy Chairperson of the CPD, CPD members Zlatina Dukova, Petar Kichashki, Nasko Atanasov and Orlin Kolev. The guests were the campaign supporters Niki Kanchev and Vladislav Karamfilov. At a press conference in BTA the chairwoman of the CPD Anna Dzhumalieva said that not only the individual agencies should work on the problem of building an accessible environment, but a national consensus is needed so that everyone can raise the alarm about the existence of a problem. She explained that this will be a very positive campaign, the aim of which is not to blame ourselves as a society for why the environment is currently not accessible, but to work together to find solutions. 

Within the next year, public buildings, labour offices and social assistance directorates in the country, banks, offices of utility providers, private and many other sites will be surveyed for accessibility. She also said that the possibility of preparing certificates for employers who do not discriminate in the workplace, as well as stickers with the logo of the CPD on their buildings, which are accessible to people with disabilities, is being considered. \"While the Berlin Wall came down in \'89, it has not yet for people with disabilities,\" said Peter Kichaszki, a member of the CPD. Actor Vladimir Karamfilov, who together with journalist Niki Kanchev is the face of the campaign, for his part stressed that “while one cries for shoes, another cries for feet”. 

In Bulgaria, according to the National Statistical Institute, there are about 500 000 people with a recognized permanent reduced working capacity or with a degree of disability, of whom 10 000 are children. A significant part of the problems of these people are related to the inaccessible architectural environment. We believe that solving this problem is a national task. Yes, the Commission for Protection against Discrimination will be the “backbone” of this initiative, but it alone will not be able to solve everything. Therefore, through the media and with the support of institutions and public figures, we hope to bring the campaign to a successful conclusion.