Projects
Tulip Business Incubator 3.0 - a support program for young entrepreneurs from the Republic of Moldova (3rd edition)
Monday, 02 March 2026
The purpose of the project is to strengthen the role of young entrepreneurs in the Republic of Moldova as drivers of private sector development, job creation, and social progress.
Strengthening the resilience capacity of local public authorities
Friday, 21 November 2025
The overall objective of this project is to develop the resilience capacity of local public authorities (LPAs) by enhancing their ability to access and manage funding for local development projects.
Increased local employment opportunities and access to nurseries for vulnerable parents
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
The project goal is to engag local civil society organizations as actors in developing inclusive communities for vulnerable parents in Moldova.
Assistance for labor market reform
Sunday, 19 January 2025
The project goal is to provide assistance for labor market reform in the Republic of Moldova—including aspects related to European integration—by strengthening the institutional capacities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the State Labor Inspectorate, and the National Employment Agency.
Consolidation of the consumer protection framework in the Republic of Moldova
Thursday, 18 January 2024
In January 2024, with the financial support of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, a consortium consisting of the local think-tank Expert-Grup, IPRE, and FSM, launched a new project that envisages to consolidate the consumer protection framework in the Republic of Moldova.
Tulip Business Incubator 2.0 - support program for young entrepreneurs from the Republic of Moldova
Sunday, 19 January 2025
The goal of the project is to help foster a new generation of young entrepreneurs who will contribute to the economic development of the Republic of Moldova.
Program for supporting 4 LPAs in Launching Municipal Bonds
Thursday, 16 May 2024
The project scope is to empower LPAs to raise funds for local infrastructure projects through issuance of local municipal bonds, as a means to foster the financial local autonomy on the one hand and contribute to capital market development on the other hand.
Tulip Business Incubator – Support program for young entrepreneurs in the Republic of Moldova
Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Over the last years, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) accounted for about 98% of total number of enterprises. At the same time, they represent only 59% of total employment in the business sector and 38% from total turnover. According to the OECD Policy Index 2024 score, one of the most problematic aspects of SME development is related to poor access to financing (3.49 points out of 5 points maximum), being ranked lower compared to the average from EaP countries. Limited access to financing, w
Supporting the SOE reform by improving the legal framework, reorganization of PPA and enforcing good governance
Tuesday, 05 December 2023
The project scope is to support the Government to advance the SOE reform in line with EU conditionalities related to Moldova’s candidacy status.
Building Strategic Communication to Counter Russian Disinformation in Moldova
Friday, 24 November 2023
The Expert-Grup in collaboration with Eastern Europe Studies Centre is implementing a project with the primary objective of establishing strategic communication mechanisms to combat Russian disinformation in Moldova.
Financial literacy campaign
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Fnancial literacy ensures that the population make well informed financial decisions, which prevents crises and paves the ground for a robust and sustainable economic growth. The crucial importance to raise financial literacy of the population in Moldova is driven both by (i) specific constraints the country is facing are related to the mix between low living standards / low incomes coupled with low level of financial knowledge (as evidenced by the most recent OECD study on financial literacy, a
Monitoring the pilot phase of the population census
Monday, 17 July 2023
Overall objective: To contribute developing a robust methodology for the population census of 2024
Analysis and legal support for reform of the current environmental tax and expenditure system in the Republic of Moldova
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Environmentally related taxes are an important instrument for governments to shape relative prices of goods and services so that they factor in environmental damage, i.e. negative externalities. Environmental taxation is one way of encouraging a shift towards more sustainable choices. Employed in combination with other instruments such as regulation, it can help bring about the adjustments required to tackle the environmental and climate challenges facing societies today.
Resilient CSOs + Responsible Budgeting = Accelerated AA implementation
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Project's goal: to contribute to increased capacity of CSOs to support the implementation of the conditionalities attached to Moldova’s EU candidate status and the Association Agenda, at national and local level.
Boost effiency of SOE’s sector- phase 4
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Project Goal: Advancing state-owned enterprise governance reforms
Increasing the economic resilience of Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova
Sunday, 01 January 2023
Context: The project takes place against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s increasingly assertive regional policy—factors that will continue to impact the economic situation of the three countries analyzed through various channels, such as trade in goods and services, migrant worker remittances, financial flows, energy dependence (all three countries are net energy importers), and perceptions of security risk.
Technical assistance to the Government and Parliament to promote just recovery and economic justice policies
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
The overall goal: To consolidate the capacity of the Moldovan Government and Parliament to promote proper social and labour policies that would help better overcome the economic crisis.
”Early movers” - Technical assistance for increasing energy efficiency and security in Moldova
Friday, 12 August 2022
Project objective: Contributing to the consolidation of energy security in Moldova by increasing energy efficiency and stimulating the development of renewable sources through key international projects. Also, the Energy Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Energy will also advise and consult on other energy topics beyond the scope of Technical Assistance.
Strengthening the Monitoring Capacity of Civil Society in Moldova
Monday, 16 May 2022
Project Objective: To support civil society to effectively monitor government performance.
Support program for farmers in implementing digital business solutions
Thursday, 12 May 2022
The project activities will contribute to the following organizational objective: SO1 "Contributing to the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition"
Technical assistance to the SOEs’ governance reform
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
The overall goal: To consolidate the capacity of the Moldovan Government to enforce the good governance principles in SOEs.
Strengthened Gender Action in Cahul and Ungheni districts
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Overall project purpose: is to promote gender equality, women's empowerment through strengthened implementation of gender mainstreaming in local policies and combating gender-based and domestic violence affecting women and children in two focal regions: Ungheni and Cahul.
Strengthening the competitiveness of state-owned enterprises by bolstering corporate governance
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Promoting good governance within state-owned enterprises in the Republic of Moldova through institutional reforms and the development of the capabilities of the state and the enterprises concerned.
Development, organization and deployment of a Training of Trainers for 2030 Agenda implementation
Monday, 13 September 2021
The Republic of Moldova committed to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes its integration in the national strategic planning system, initiated by drafting the National Development Strategy „Moldova 2030” (NDS) and approval of a new regulation on public policy documents (Government Decision 356/2020). To facilitate understanding and implementation of al above-mentioned documents by a detailed how-to, a Methodological guideline for the integration of the National Development Strategy “Moldova 2030” provisions in planning documents, public policies and normative documents at the national level was developed in the first half of 2021.
Curbing corruption by building sustainable integrity in the Republic of Moldova
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
The main objective: providing support to the National Anticorruption Center (NAC) in developing an assessment of the impact of the sectoral plan for anti-corruption actions in the field of environmental protection
Study on the informal activity of firms and individuals and informal employment
Friday, 15 January 2021
The objective of the project is to conduct a comprehensive exploratory study on the informal economic activity of firms and individuals and informal employment in the Republic of Moldova and formulate policy recommendations for properly addressing this issue, given the complexities it entails.
Integration of the “Moldova 2030” National Development Strategy into national policies and legislation and preparation of the National Development Plan
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
About the project: The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH implements on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) the project “Support to the Moldovan Government in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda”. The objective is to improve the capacities and processes for implementing the 2030 Agenda. In order to achieve the objective, the GIZ Project is implemented through a series of cross-cutting outputs, one of them aiming to improve the capacities and processes for integrating the National Development Strategy “Moldova 2030” in selected sectors at the national and regional level.
Anticorruption Certification Academic Course in Moldova
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
The project scope is to increase the level of information, awareness and capacities of young professionals and decision makers about the phenomenon of corruption and measures to diminish corruption risks and consequences in all economic sectors, by means of an academic certification course integrated into the curriculum of the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova and open to young professionals from the public sector, financial sector and board members of the state-owned enterprises.
Local Government Bonds – as a measure to foster the local autonomy
Tuesday, 01 September 2020
About project: Through this project we propose to offer support to LPAs in using Local Government Bonds as a mean to increase their capacity to collect financial resources for development projects and offer support for an efficient management of this resources.
Fostering the corporate governance in the state owned enterprises
Thursday, 02 April 2020
The project will support the efforts of the Public Property Agency to increase the transparency and corporate governance in the state owned enterprises sector in Moldova by providing support to develop the Institutional Development Strategy, build the capacities of board representatives from a group of SOEs selected for this project, strengthening the corporate governance and increase the transparency level in the above-mentioned SOEs.
Drafting the legislation regarding the guarantee fund for the savings deposits in the savings and loan associations
Wednesday, 05 February 2020
In order to ensure an objectively argued analysis, current existing data on the deposits and economic indicators for the Savings and Loan Associations were collected, with the purpose to draft the economic model that implies the analysis of several scenarios in the process of legislation drafting, thus, ensuring a coherent evaluation of the socio-economic impact both on the SLAs, the depositors, the sustainability and resilience of the Guarantee Fund, the timeline for accumulating the targeted f
Donor Mapping and Assessment and Migration Study/Desk Review
Wednesday, 05 February 2020
The donors’ mapping exercise will provide a holistic overview of the activities/actions carried out by the International Donor Community in Moldova, the ones that are part of the on-going donor programs and agreements (unilateral, bilateral and multilateral ones). Also, under this work stream the team will analyze the correlation between the donor programs on the one hand and country’s development challenges and policy priorities on the other hand. It will be done in order to understand the specific competitive advantages of each donor, identify areas of overlap and potential gaps and, in this way, identify opportunities of intervention.
Labour Market of the Republic of Moldova: A Comprehensive Analysis
Wednesday, 05 February 2020
The project general objective is to prepare a Study on labour market for the Republic of Moldova, which will serve as a basis for the development of new employment policies and measures, including for vulnerable groups, by concluding on the current status of the labour market of the Republic of Moldova and draft a study that will reflect evidence-based findings.
The use of natural resources: improving the tracking process and transparency
Thursday, 08 August 2019
The project purpose is to contribute in an efficient manner to the tracking mechanisms and measures implemented by the public authorities to obtain trustworthy and transparent tracking records on the extraction of widely used mineral resources.
Development of the Civil Society at the local level in the Republic of Moldova
Tuesday, 04 June 2019
The general objective: Development of the Civil Society at the local level in the Republic of Moldova which promotes and monitors the transparency and accountability of public institutions, including the implementation of the Moldova-EU Association Agreement.
”Anti-corruption and Good Governance” academic course
Thursday, 18 April 2019
The project scope is to increase the level of information, awareness and capacities of university students, journalists and opinion leaders about the phenomenon of corruption and measures to diminish corruption risks and consequences in all economic sectors, by means of an academic interdisciplinary course integrated into the curriculum of the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova and open to students from all universities from Moldova, as well as other relevant interested stakeholders (journalists, bloggers, opinion leaders etc.).
Inform, Empower, Act! Civil Society for good budgetary governance in Moldova
Thursday, 28 February 2019
The general objective of the project is to enhance civil society contribution to higher transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of budgetary formation and execution at the local level through participation and oversight.
Comprehensive Education Sector Analysis, Republic of Moldova
Monday, 17 December 2018
Scope of the project: to provide a detailed description of all levels of the education system, non-formal education and lifelong learning, which would present achievements, shortcomings and challenges faced by the sector and would provide recommendations regarding further development of the sector.
Reconnect Moldova: Bringing Gas on the Iasi-Ungheni Pipeline
Friday, 07 December 2018
Project goal: Monitoring the progress on the pipeline and energy sector reforms in Moldova; developing an advocacy campaign targeting both authorities in Chisinau and the general public, and the stakeholders in Brussels; and, thereby speeding up the interconnection.
Turning Europeanisation in Moldova from inspirational to operational through closer interactions between independent policy research actors in Moldova and European Union
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Project purpose: Increase the speed, effectiveness and inclusiveness of Europeanization processes in Moldova and, implicitly, stimulate the level of information, understanding and interest of the population in this process, by means of higher quality and reliability of policy research.
Transparent budgets and active citizens for sustainable development
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Goal: To increase the level of understanding, awareness and control of budgeting, among the population and civil society at the local level, about the budgetary cycles and budget documents, and empower local citizens to take a more active role in consultations and oversight of the local budgets.
Institutional Support for Organization Development
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Scope of the project: Building capacities of Expert-Grup in implementation of its mission to promote the public interest and to develop efficient and innovative solutions for the development of the Republic of Moldova, with an emphasis on mainstreaming gender, environment and conflict resolution dimensions in its core activities.
Combating Clientelism in Local Investments and Financial Transfers
Friday, 16 March 2018
Donor: Open Society FoundationsDuration: October 2017 – September 2019 (24 months)The main scope of the project is to build capacity for monitoring financial transfers from the central government to local communities (funds from national sources or foreign partners) in order to prevent current widespread political clientelism, by creating tools, best practices and by empowering local civic watchdogs.Description of the project: The project is implemented by a consortium of 3 partners, led by EFOR
Tracking of Government of Moldova's Priority Reform Action Roadmap
Monday, 06 November 2017
The Independent Think-Tank ”Expert-Grup”, the Association for Participatory Democracy ”ADEPT”, and the Justice Resource Centre in Moldova, with the support of the USAID, have initiated the monitoring process of the Priority Reform Action Roadmap implementation in the second semester.
Bringing Energy Reforms to Moldovan Citizens
Monday, 23 October 2017
Project scope: The project aims at monitoring Moldova’s energy sector, raising the public awareness regarding energy-related reforms and increasing the understanding of the evolution in the sector within the donor community and among the European decision makers.
Development of the national long-term strategic planning framework of the Republic of Moldova up to 2030
Wednesday, 05 July 2017
Project scope: Development of the main strategic planning document of the country – National Development Strategy “Moldova 2030”, following the evaluation and lessons from the NDS “Moldova 2020”, of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Association Agreement with the European Union.
Understanding the EU’s Association Agreements, and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
Thursday, 02 March 2017
Donor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida
Budget Process in Moldova: Monitoring Transparency and Promoting Public Control
Friday, 24 February 2017
Project title: Budget Process in Moldova: Monitoring Transparency and Promoting Public Control;
Increasing the level of information and awareness regarding the need for structural economic reforms in banking, energy and state-owned enterprises sectors
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Donor: DFID, Good Governance Fund (GGF) – Strategic Support Fund (SSF) 2016-17
Technical assistance to support Republic of Moldova's further growth and stability
Sunday, 19 February 2017
Project scope: To provide technical assistance to support Moldova to become more resilient to external and internal shocks, both political and economic, and support further growth and stability.