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Key results of the project Civil Society for European Integration: lessons learned, priorities, impact at local and central level

Friday, 12 December 20251628 views
Key results of the project Civil Society for European Integration: lessons learned, priorities, impact at local and central level

Automatically translated summary. The full article is available in Romanian.

The project "Civil Society for European Integration", implemented by the Independent Think Tank Expert-Grup with EU funding, held a closing event presenting its results after three years of work. It aimed to build an active, informed civil society supporting Moldova's EU integration agenda, and the event featured panels on lessons learned and on a future Economic and Social Committee.

The first objective was to strengthen NGOs' ability to monitor public budgets: 15 civil society organisations from the 5 development regions received EUR 20,000 grants each, plus training and mentoring. This produced an online practical guide, 30 budget monitoring reports, 30 round tables, over 30 advocacy meetings and 50 recommendations implemented. The second objective was to support three civil society platforms (the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform, the DAG Platform and the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum national platform). Outputs included 15 position papers, 2 independent monitoring reports, 10 round tables, 2 national conferences, 6 Platform meetings, 3 DAG meetings and about 15 information sessions.

Local partners described impact on school textbook procurement, road infrastructure funding and accessibility of publicly funded buildings. In the second panel, participants discussed creating a Moldovan Economic and Social Committee as a mechanism for consensus positions and more rigorous public consultation. Results are available at Euromonitor.md. The project ran from 1 January 2023 to 30 December 2025, co-funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

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