Rusenski Lom People’s Park Friends’ Club and the Rusenski Lom Nature Park Directorate are partners in a project of the Parks of Bulgaria Association, called „Development of a manual on activities planning in the lands and forest fund that come to NATURA 2000 protected areas and pilot testing in “Lomovete” and “Shumensko Plato”. The project’s goals are as follows: Creation of a detailed tools for the management of the planning in the forests that are included in state’s ecological network; Flying start of the preparatory process for management plans of the protected under NATURA 2000 sites; Inclusion of local communities as well as their civil organizations in the planning and management of NATURA 2000 network on the grounds of the economic and social benefits that bring the nearness of Special protection regime territories and the Special protected areas; Improvement of local NGOs knowledge on the specific issues about the management of the sites under NATURA 2000 and establishment of NGO platform as well as improvement of the cooperation between NGOs and the state organizations in the process of NATURA 2000 network management; Development of operating regulation frame that settles NGOs’ participation in the conservation activities execution in the state forests, which are included in NATURA 2000 network. Rusenski Lom Nature Park is a pilot area together with the Nature Park of Shumensko Plato. The activities started in the beginning of 2007 and are financed by Civil Society development Programme.