Ready for post-2015? A place to start in Moldova
Automatically translated summary. The full article is available in Romanian.
In a post originally published on UNDP's Voice for Eurasia blog, the authors present findings from a foresighting exercise in Moldova run with Futurescaper. They examine which public institutions should lead the adaptation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the main institutional challenges, and six areas of recommendations for reform.
The government and parliament emerge as the main actors to lead, because the issues are largely crosscutting. This requires coordination and communication within government, and leaders able to take risks and show political will. The survey identifies eight interconnected institutional weaknesses. Corruption is both a by-product and a trigger of others, and is linked to low transparency, low public trust, poor-quality laws and services, and weak coordination.
Respondents' recommendations fall into six areas: better, not more, public servants; more accountable institutions; better internal governance; greater transparency; curbing corruption by limiting officials' discretion; and boosting political independence. In 2013, 47 percent of policy topics discussed by ministries did not meet legal transparency requirements. The authors stress that the list is only a starting point, and that experimentation and innovation may help ready institutions for the future.
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