Janis Mazeiks about the "Moldova is Europe - Support for EU Integration" Project: Enormous work
Thirteen high-level advisors from the EU, along with international and local experts, will provide long-term consultancy to key public administrations in the Republic of Moldova over a three-year period. The beneficiaries of this technical assistance include the State Chancellery, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Anti-Corruption Centre. This project, which is funded by the EU, aims to enhance the administrative and institutional capacity necessary to achieve the priorities outlined in the Growth Plan of the Republic of Moldova.
The project beneficiaries claim that the European Union's experience will contribute to the faster implementation of reforms.
"We have chapter 27, which is very complex and vast. For example, waste management, air quality, water quality, biodiversity, and climate change, and these experts come and show us how other countries have gone through this transposition process, they teach us not to make certain mistakes that they have made", says the Minister of the Environment, Sergiu Lazarencu.
"We have a very important task, to be ready for the accession process, to prepare the IT system and try to automate all interaction processes with the business environment", says the Minister of Finance, Victoria Belous.
The project will focus on several strategic areas, including governance, rule of law, economic development, safe and resilient infrastructure, education oriented towards the needs of society, and environmental sustainability.
"It's not just expertise, but also expertise on EU legislation. There are 160 thousand pages of legislation. It's an enormous thing. These institutions were selected in the dialogue with the Government of the Republic of Moldova, which indicated areas in which it wants support", explains the Ambassador of the EU to Chisinau, Janis Mazeiks.
"The program is a continuation of another program organized by the European Commission to support the Republic of Moldova in its accession to the EU", said Prime Minister Dorin Recean.
The project "Moldova is Europe - Support for EU Integration," in addition to the actual expertise, involves a budget of 18 million euros for three years.
