Expert-Grup Awarded by the European Union for Implementing the Project “Inform, Empower and Act! Civil Society for Better Budget Governance in Moldova” (My Budget)
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On 7 June 2023, at the fourth Civil Society Gala 2022, organised by the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” received the “Stronger Governance” Award for its “My Budget” project, co-financed by the European Union and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
The project ran from December 2018 to January 2022. Expert-Grup was the lead partner in a consortium with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. (KAS, Germany), the Centre for East European Studies (Lithuania) and the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE). It aimed to increase local civil society involvement and make budget preparation and execution more transparent, efficient and effective through public participation and monitoring.
Executive director Adrian Lupușor said the award belongs to the whole team, partners and funders, including five local partners that created 25 local coalitions. He said Expert-Grup will keep promoting participatory budgeting. Results: 135 participatory budgeting projects in 25 localities, 25 local coalitions with over 750 active members, 50 Citizens’ Budgets, over MDL 12 million invested and about 50 public hearings.
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