15 Local Partner CSOs on Study Visit to Brussels: Dialogue with EU Institutions and Recommendations for Speeding Up Reforms

At Moldova's Mission to the EU, the delegation spoke with Minister-Counsellor Angelica Munteanu and Zinaida Negara about the Growth Plan and the Reform Agenda, with emphasis on civil society's role in implementation and in keeping EU fund allocation transparent. At the European Economic and Social Committee, they met its president Seamus Boland and Janine Borg, head of the unit coordinating national economic and social councils, on the Committee's mandate and the prospect of creating such a council in Moldova. At the European Parliament, they met Janina Sitaru, chief of staff to Vice-President Victor Negrescu, on support and EU funding opportunities for civil society.

At the Platform meeting, with co-chairs Cristian Pirvulescu and Liliana Palihovici and MEP Siegfried Muresan, a joint declaration with reform recommendations was adopted. Participants said they would apply the lessons at home to strengthen advocacy, cooperation with authorities and services for citizens. The project is EU-funded, co-funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Moldova and implemented with IPRE and Institutum Virtutes Civilis.