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EU Co-operation News #38

The next issue of the newsletter on EU Assitance to Moldova is publushed on the EU Delegation's webpage.

EU Co-operation News #37

We publish a new issue of the EU Co-operation News, newsletter on EU assitance of the EU Delegation to Moldova.
Among the stories covered by the newsletter is the intensive training session provided by the Association for Development and Co-operation within Publika TV headquarter with the support of the EU-funded Support to Confidence Building Measures (SCBM) Programme. During this training 20 journalists, including 10 from the left bank of the Nistru River, learned how to produce news for TV channels, radio stations and websites.

The SCBM Programme contributes to confidence building between both banks of the Nistru River by involving local authorities, civil society organisations, business community and other stakeholders, as well as through ensuring economic and social development of local communities.
For more EU-funded project news and announcements: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/press_corner/all_news/news/2012/20121009_1_en.pdf

Sistem Electronic de Achiziţii Publice

Începând cu 1 octombrie, în Republica Moldova, va funcţiona sistemul electronic de achiziţii publice. 34 de ministere şi agenţii subordonate Guvernului, precum şi şase spitale, finanţate din bugetul de stat, vor fi obligate să posteze pe suport electronic anunţurile privind achiziţiile de produse, lucrări şi servicii.

http://www.tender.gov.md/

În acest context, pe parcursul luni septembrie, concomitent cu activităţile de testare a sistemului, în cadrul unui proiect Twinning au avut loc instruiri avansate cu participarea specialiştilor din România, notează Info-Prim Neo.
Expertul Gabriel Dumitru a specificat că acum zece ani, când România a început implementarea sistemului electronic de achiziţii, condiţiile au fost mai puţin favorabile, tehnologiile informaţionale nu erau atât de avansate. Un plus pentru R. Moldova este şi faptul că cei mai mulţi agenţi economici, potenţiali participanţi la licitaţii, au cunoştinţele necesare şi utilizează pe larg calculatorul.
Roxana Popescu, expert din România, a menţionat că implementarea sistemului electronic de achiziţii publice va permite monitorizarea modului în care sunt cheltuiţi banii publici.
Text adaptat şi preluat de pe pagina http://itmoldova.com

EU Press Club Meeting

Our project is organising today an EU Press Club Meeting entitled "Twinning Projects: EU Assistance for Public Administration Reform in Moldova".
The speakers of the event are:
• Mr. Kaido Sirel - Head of Operation Section, Delegation of the European Union to Moldova
• Dr. Janos Zakonyi- Team leader of the EU project „Support to the State Chancellery”
• Ms. Viorica Carare - President of the Competition Council
• Mr. Matthew Brown -  Resident Twining Adviser, Twinning project "Support to Moldova in the field of norms and standards in food safety for plant origin products"
The journalists are invited to Tucano Coffee (http://www.tucano.md/), 91A, Alexandru cel Bun Street at 15:00.

Twinning is an institutional building tool designed by the European Commission to help beneficiary countries in the development of modern and efficient administrations and organisations at central, regional and local level, with the structures, human resources and management skills needed to implement the acquis communautaire to the same standards as the EU Member States.
Twinning provides the framework for administrations in the beneficiary countries to work with their counterparts from the EU Member States. Together they develop and implement Twinning projects that target the transfer, enforcement and implementation of a specific part of the acquis communautaire.
The main distinct feature of the Twinning project is direct exchange of specific national experience in EU legislation implementation.
Twinning has been made accessible to Moldova since 2006. At present ten Twinning projects of almost €11 million are in the process of implementation or are finished in Moldova.
More information on Twinning: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/overview/twinning_en.htm

EU Ambassadors launch a new project in the area of labour market migration

The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador Dirk Schuebel, as well as the Ambassador of Sweden Ingrid Tersman and Ambassador of Italy Stefano De Leo launched on 21 September a new EU-funded project in the area of labour market migration.

The €2 millionproject“Consolidation of migration management capacities in the Republic of Moldova” will be implemented by the Swedish Public Employment Service and will have as primary objective to facilitate legal, circular migration between Moldova and the EU.
„The European Union offers financial and technical support in the implementation of reforms in the Republic of Moldova, including in migration policies. This issue can be confirmed by the European project launched today, which objective is to facilitate and promote circular migration. We are very much convinced that the ambitious activities that the project plans to implement will bring advantages to everybody: country of origin, country of destination and obviously the Moldovan citizens”, stated Ambassador Schuebel.
For further information: http://legal-in.eu/

Interviu cu Comisarul Georgieva

Interviu cu Comisarul European pentru Cooperare Internațională, Ajutor Umanitar și Gestionarea Crizelor, Kristalina Georgieva in programul Vector European din 20 septembrie 2012 de la Moldova 1:

EU Co-operation News #34

Over 30 journalists and bloggers attended a two-day workshop entitled “External Assistance: Usage and Management of Resources”. The Head of EU Delegation presented to journalists and bloggers the basic questions related to EU assistance, amount of resources received by Moldova and priority areas of support.

More on this and other events organisaed during May by EU-funded projects in the last issue of the EU Co-operation News:

http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/documents/press_corner/34_eucooperationnews_en.pdf

http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/documents/press_corner/34_eucooperationnews_mo.pdf

Traning on communication for EU-funded projects

The expersts of the ENPI Info Centre with the support of our project held on 30-31 May a traning session on communication for EU-funded projects. The training was based on the Communication and Visibility Manual for EU External Actions.

It sets out requirements and guidelines for briefings, written material, press conferences, presentations, invitations, signs, commemorative plaques and all other tools used to highlight EU participation. In addition, it offers tools designed to enable the development of a dynamic communication strategy that will highlight the achievements of EU support.

New EU Information Centre

The EU Delegation has opened in Soroca a new EU Information Centre (EUi). It will provide the local public with information and literature covering a wide range of areas, inter alia on EU programmes and instruments for Moldova, EU legislation, business rules and, not least, culture.

The EUis network in Moldova receives materials and specialised literature from the Publications Office of the European Union, based in Luxemburg. A cooperation agreement in this respect was signed with every host education institution. 

The contact details of the EUis on the webpage of the Delegation: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/more_info/eu_information_centers/index_en.htm

We published the April edition of the EU Co-operation News!

The newsletter covers the closing event of the €1 million Twinning project on Support to the Implementation and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Moldova; planning conference to help local public authorities in forest management of their localities; training session for 50 Ministry of Interior officers on EU regulations and standards regarding readmission policies and their impact on migration management; workshops for 50 representatives of Moldovan agribusiness, wine producers and public institutions on geographical indications and their benefits.

You will find in the newsletter the announcement of the new Open Call for Proposals within the Thematic Programme “Non-State Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (LA) in Development” and Neighbourhood Civil Society Facility. The overall budget of this Call is €1.05 million. The grant available are between €150,000 and €300,000. The deadline for the submission of applications is 2 July 2012

All grants under the Grants section of the Delegation’s webpage: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/funding_opportunities/grants/index_en.htm

And the events planned by EU-funded projects for May are:

14-17 May, York, London, United Kingdom

Study visit on agriculture statistics for experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food industry

14-15 May, Chisinau

Workshop on Transposition of EU legislation on Credit Agreements for Consumers

14-17 May, Bucharest, Romania

Study Visit on strengthening the institutional capacities in the context of the visa liberalization process

15 May-21 June, Soroca, Rezina, Orhei, Hincesti, Cahul, Comrat, Causeni, Chisinau

Seminars on “Improving the institutional capacity of Public Procurement System” within the Twinning project “Support to the Public System in the Republic of Moldova”

19 May, Comrat

Partners visit to Community Centre and Kindergarten from Carbalia village (Comrat), heated with biomass based energy, Moldova Energy and Biomass Project  

28-30 May, Chisinau

Workshop on border management for officials from Border Guard Service, Custom Service and Ministry of Internal affairs

29-30 May, Chisinau

Workshop on the establishment and functioning of Asset Recovery Offices

EU and Moldova officials first present start of negotiations on DCFTA to business community

The Delegation of the European Union to Moldova held yesterday a conference on present and future EU-Moldova trade and economic relations. More than 120 participants representing business community from all regions including Transnistria, as well as public authorities, civil society and mass media attended the event. The conference organised in partnership with the European Business Association was officially opened by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Vlad Filat and the Head of EU Delegation Ambassador Dirk Schuebel.

The first part of the event was devoted to the current status of negotiations between the EU and Moldova on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). Welcoming the first round of negotiations held on 16-23 March, 2012 on DCFTA, Ambassador Schuebel said: “We believe that this is an historical moment in EU-Moldova trade relations. We are entering a new phase that will bring our relations to a new level of depth and ambition”.

The Head of Political and Economic Section of the EU Delegation Wolfgang Behrendt presented the main fields and current status of negotiations on DCFTA after the first round held in March. Three further rounds are foreseen also in June, September and November 2012 and other 2-3 rounds in 2013. The EU and Moldova plan to finalise the negotiations and sign the agreement on DCFTA by end of 2013.

“The EU market will not open automatically when DCFTA negotiations are concluded and the Association Agreement enters into force”, said Mr. Behrendt. Moldova have to implement reforms, e.g. in the fields of technical regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property rights protection and competition rules. The Moldovan chief negotiator on DCFTA, Deputy Minister of Economy Octavian Calmic presented the opportunities for business community but also the challenges of the DCFTA.

The Moldovan business now benefits from Autonomous Trade Preferences (ATP) that the EU has extended to Moldova. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Bumacov spoke about the ATP and EU assistance to the agricultural sector, and the Head of AGEPI International Cooperation and European Integration Office Liliana Vieru outlined the EU assistance in the field of Intellectual property rights.

In the third part of the conference top manages from Moldovan and foreign companies presented some case studies of exports to the EU and doing business in Moldova.

NOTE

In the framework of the Eastern Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy, the EU is negotiating a future Association Agreement with Moldova since 2011. The DCFTA, officially launched by the European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht in Chisinau in January 2012, will be part of this Agreement, which aims to closely associate Moldova to the EU both in economic and political terms, in line with the Eastern Partnership objectives. The future trade relations will therefore expand significantly beyond the scope of current cooperation.

Substantial reforms are required by the DCFTA agreement notably in the fields of technical regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property rights protection and competition rules. The EU assists Moldova in this process, including by means of technical assistance in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument and the Comprehensive Institution Building programme, since 2009, as well as with the EU Member States' support.

EU Co-operation News #32

Strategy paper for better observance of the competition law, analysis of illegal logging in Moldova and digital maps of Moldovan forests were developed with EU assistance. These are among the news from the new issue of our newsletter.

A study on the scale of illegal logging in Moldova revealed that possibly 

around 500,000 m3 of harvested wood went unrecorded in recent 

official documents by governmental authorities.

The full newsletter on the EU Delegation's webpage: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/documents/press_corner/32_eucooperationnews_en.pdf

EU Press Club Meeting

We will organise on 13 March an EU Press Club meeting dedicated to the Support to Confidence Building Measures Programme. The event will be attended by the Ambassador Dirk Schuebel and the representatives of the Moldovan Government and UNDP Moldova, responsible for the implementation of the programme.
The Support to Confidence Building Measures Programme aims to address the needs of Transnistrian communities including the security zone by increasing their access to basic social and economic services, as well as to objective and diversified sources of information.
The project promotes action at the local level through a community-based approach bringing together organizations from the Transnistrian region and the rest of Moldova to work on development opportunities of common interest. The establishment of cross-river partnerships will be supported, creating parallel opportunities for stakeholders from both sides to interact, thereby promoting economic cooperation and contributing towards confidence building among the actors and the population at large. The project will support activities in the following areas: Business Development, Communities Empowerment and Civil Society Organizations.
All the journalists are invited to Crème de la Crème (98 A Alexandru cel Bun St.), 12:00. For additional information and accreditation: media@bdr.md, tel. 21-41-56 / 85-46-05

Madison Cake from the Crème de la Crème

EU Co-operation News #31

Moldovan law-enforcement officers discuss with Ukrainian colleagues the emerging threats in organised crime; sustainable tourism strategy for the city of Ungheni formulated with EU assistance; launching of a new website on Moldovan labour market and a photo exhibition on migration of labour force and its consequences on the labour market are among the news from EU-funded project to Moldova published in the new issue of the EU Co-operation News.

EU-funded photo exhibition near the Stefan cel Mare in Chisinau

The events to be organised by EU-funded projects during March:

5-6 MARCH, CHISINAU

TAIEX Workshop on Performance Management System in Customs for Heads of Subdivisions of the Moldovan Customs Service

12-16 MARCH, CHISINAU

TAIEX Expert mission on General Authorisation and Licensing of radio frequency usage, Market Supervision in a liberalised market and on Consumer protection in Moldova

12-16 MARCH, CHISINAU

TAIEX Expert Mission on protection and welfare of farm animals to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry

13-15 MARCH, CHISINAU

TAIEX Workshop on information management in combating crime for Moldovan police officers

14-17 MARCH, CHISINAU

Energy and Biomass Project participation at MOLDENERGY Exhibition

19-23 MARCH, CHISINAU

TAIEX Expert Mission on Developing a Strategy on Internationalization of Research and Innovation to the Academy of Science of Moldova

19 MARCH, CHISINAU

Round Table event to present the Report on “Discriminatory ill-treatment in Moldova” within the framework of the project “Strengthening Legal Protection from and Raising Awareness of Discriminatory Ill-Treatment in the Republic of Moldova, including Transnistria”

19-23 MARCH, EDINET, BALTI, UNGHENI

Seminars within the Twinning project "Support to the Public System in the Republic of Moldova"

EUBAM launches a joint operated border crossing point on MD-UA border

The EUBAM announces the launching of a joint operated border crossing point (JoBCP) at Briceni-Rossoshany on the Moldova-Ukraine border supported by the Mission. During the six months, entry and exit control at Briceni-Rossoshany will be conducted on the territory of Ukraine, at Rossoshany, and the procedures of the border guard and customs services of Moldova and Ukraine will be unified, simplified and optimized.

EU Co-operation News #30

We published the first issue of the EU Co-operation News in 2012!

Launching of a new EU project on contribution for implementation of Millennium

Development Goals in Moldova, improvement of the capacities of Moldovan enforcement bodies on internet investigations, establishment of the EU-funded Integrated Management Centre to Fight against Illegal Migration, new €170 million Erasmus Mundus Call for Proposals and other news are among main topics of the newsletter. 

Moldovan enforcement bodies improve their capacities

on internet investigations

And of course announcements of events organised during February by EU-funded projects in Moldova:
7-9 FEBRUARY, CHISINAU
TAIEX Expert Mission on European Credit Guarantee Fund to Moldovan Organisation for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector Development
More information at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/ 
20-22 FEBRUARY, CHISINAU
TAIEX Expert Mission on Quality Assurance in Higher Medical Education to the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Nicolae Testemitanu’
More information at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/
20-24 FEBRUARY, CHISINAU
TAIEX Expert Mission on protection and welfare of farm animals to Moldovan Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry
More information at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/
20-24 FEBRUARY, CHISINAU
TAIEX Expert Mission on training of transplant coordinators’ trainers to the Transplant Agency of Moldovan Ministry of Health
More information at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/
21-24 FEBRUARY, CHISINAU
TAIEX workshop on EU legal framework and best practices in the intelligence and investigative field for senior law enforcement officials from
Moldovan Border Guard Service
More information at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/
24 FEBRUARY, EU DELEGATION, CHISINAU
Deadline for submission of grant applications within the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Country-based
support scheme 2011 in the Republic of Moldova
For more information: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/

Please read the full version of the newsletter of the webpage of the EU Delegation: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/moldova/documents/press_corner/30_eucooperationnews_en.pdf

Communication and Visibility in Moldova Project

Welcome to the webpage of the Communication and Visibility in Moldova Project!

The overall objective of the project is to further increase the communication and visibility of EU assistance in Moldova. Our purpose is to raise awareness of targeted or general Moldovan audiences as regard the content, the results as well as the impact of EU previous, on-going and upcoming support.
The Project is funded by the European Union and implemented by KEY Communications in consortium with BDR Associates.

The Project will achieve the following results:
- Increase general awareness on EU and EU Delegation to Moldova work and achievements;
- Improve the visibility of EU-funded projects;
- Organise media events;
- Assist with the production of TV and Radio programmes related to EU assistance and co-operation;
- Develop means of communication and visibility targeting various groups of population;
- Increase general public awareness;
- Increase awareness both of EU Delegation and EU-funded project activities.