The law requires it. kazva.bg delivers.
Every public administration must survey citizen satisfaction. Annually. With a report due April 1.
Mandatory Requirement
Administrative Services Ordinance, Art. 24 mandates that all administrative bodies must systematically collect citizen feedback and measure satisfaction.
- Para. 1: Administrative bodies MUST create opportunities for feedback and periodically research satisfaction
- Para. 2: Five mandatory methods: (1) surveys, (2) staff consultations, (3) mystery shopper, (4) complaint analysis, (5) media monitoring
- Para. 3: All five methods are MANDATORY - not optional
- Para. 8: Annual report by April 1 - published on the institution's website
Art. 25: Must follow an approved methodology for measuring and managing satisfaction.
Administrative Services Ordinance, adopted by Council of Ministers Decree No. 246/2006, last amended SG No. 9/2020
Why Municipal Citizen Feedback Is Mandatory Across the EU
Public administrations across Europe face growing pressure to measure citizen satisfaction systematically. In Bulgaria, 265 municipalities are each classified as administrative bodies under the Administrative Services Ordinance, making satisfaction measurement a legal obligation — not a voluntary exercise. Government inspectorates can flag the absence of documented surveys as a regulatory violation. The same principles apply across the EU through various national transpositions of good governance directives and the Common Assessment Framework (CAF).
In practice, most municipalities historically rely on paper surveys or free online tools like Google Forms, which produce response rates below 2%, lack standardization, and prevent meaningful comparison across periods. kazva.bg solves this with QR codes at every service counter — citizens scan and respond in 30 seconds, generating timestamped, structured data.
Quality Standards for Public Administration
ISO 18091:2019 is the only international standard adapted specifically for local government. Combined with CAF 2020 (Common Assessment Framework), it requires continuous — not one-time — citizen satisfaction monitoring. Over 94 Bulgarian administrations have already implemented CAF, and the trend is expanding across EU member states. kazva.bg provides the data for CAF Criterion 6 (Citizen/Customer-oriented Results) automatically. The mandatory annual report must be published on the administration's website by April 1 each year. With kazva.bg, report generation takes minutes instead of weeks — the platform calculates NPS, categorizes comments, and exports a ready-made report.
What the law requires
Surveys
kazva.bg: Covered
Staff consultations
kazva.bg: Not covered
Mystery shopper assessments
kazva.bg: Covered
Complaint analysis
kazva.bg: Covered
Media monitoring
kazva.bg: Not covered
Annual report by April 1
kazva.bg: Covered
Approved satisfaction measurement methodology
kazva.bg: Covered
Applicable standards
| Standard | Description | Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| EN ISO 9001:2015 | Quality management systems §9.1.2 Customer satisfaction | kazva.bg IS the systematic customer satisfaction measurement that ISO 9001 auditors require as evidence. |
| ISO 10004:2018 | Customer satisfaction - Monitoring and measuring §7 Operation | THE customer satisfaction standard - kazva.bg's NPS + open text + MC model aligns perfectly. |
| ISO 18091:2019 | Quality management systems - Guidelines for ISO 9001 in local government Annex A diagnostic, Annex B processes | Municipal-specific adaptation of ISO 9001 - kazva.bg provides the citizen feedback data the standard requires. |
CAF 2020 - 94+ Municipalities in Bulgaria
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF 2020) is the EU quality framework for public administration. Criterion 6 (Citizen/Customer-oriented Results) requires systematic citizen satisfaction measurement.
- Subcriterion 6.1: Perception measurements - what citizens think. NPS maps directly here.
- Subcriterion 6.2: Performance measurements - internal indicators vs targets.
94+ Bulgarian administrations have implemented CAF (2019-2022 ОПДУ/EU project, source: EU Funds Bulgaria), with 1,435 officials trained in organizational self-assessment. National CAF Resource Center at IPA (Institute of Public Administration).
Industry benchmarks
| Level | NPS |
|---|---|
| Good | 30+ |
| Average | 15–29 |
| Poor | <15 |
ACSI Federal Government 2025: 70.4/100
No European municipal NPS benchmark exists. Bulgaria has no native customer satisfaction measurement standard - kazva.bg fills this gap.