Position Paper: Prospects for Local Public Administration Reform
Automatically translated summary. The full text is available in Romanian.
A new position paper by Adrian Ermurachi, co-executive director of IPRE, examines the reform of local public administration in the Republic of Moldova. It was produced under the project “Civil Society for European Integration”, implemented by the Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” with partners.
The paper stresses that local public administration reform remains essential for modernising Moldova. With almost 900 mayoralties for a population of under 2.5 million, the country is one of the most administratively fragmented in Europe.
It analyses the key directions of the reform, Law No. 225/2023 on the voluntary amalgamation of administrative-territorial units, and the accompanying methodology. The latter sets out the criteria, conditions and financial mechanisms for stimulating local budgets, as well as the institutional capacity of local authorities and the efficiency of local public services. The document provides context, the legislative framework and clear prospects for implementation. The project is funded by the European Union and co-funded by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Moldova, in partnership with IPRE, Institutum Virtutes Civilis and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
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