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1 28 24 November December GOOD GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION COORDINATORS FROM GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE TRAINING IN AA/DCFTA ISSUES On November 14-16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova organized, with EUHLPAM support, the second training session From personal development to professional excellence for European integration coordinators within the central public administration. During the session, Daniels Pavluts, EU High-Level Adviser within the Ministry of Economy, delivered a presentation on Latvian experience of EU Policy Coordination from the institutional standpoint. Mr Pavluts presentation dwelt upon the challenges to EU RM Association Agreement/Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement implementation, as well as its coordination key principles. Participants to the seminar also got trained in key competencies needed for the implementation of AA/DCFTA. According to them, the training session was an excellent opportunity to interact with each other, exchange ideas and best practices. Contact persons: Iana PUSTOVAIA, iana.pustovaia@euhlpam.org or Jordi RODRIGUEZ RUIZ, Jordi.RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ@eeas.europa.eu EU-MOLDOVA PROJECT GROUP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR CUSTOMS COOPERATION HELD A MEETING A two-day meeting of the EU-Moldova Project Group on the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Customs Cooperation was held in Iasi, Romania on November. The Project Group includes representatives from the European Commission, Moldova, Romania, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Poland and Germany. Representatives from OLAF (European Anti-Fraud office) and EUBAM (European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine) also attended the meeting. The EU High Level Adviser to the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova, Mr Frank Ferguson, was among speakers at the reunion. The Adviser made two interventions on the promotion of integrity and the development of risk management. The meeting was followed by a short study visit to view Customs operations at the Border crossing points in Albita, Romania and Leuseni, Moldova. The agenda included, inter alia, reports on recent improvements in Moldovan Customs; safe and fluid trade lanes; risk management and the fight against fraud; investment in customs modernization; the roadmap and the online platform for the European Customs Community. Agreements were reached on processes to be adopted to improve systems and procedures relating to Authorized Economic Operators, exchanges of information and to hold a joint operational exercise to combat cigarette smuggling. Contact persons: Iana PUSTOVAIA, iana.pustovaia@euhlpam.org or Jordi RODRIGUEZ RUIZ, Jordi.RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ@eeas.europa.eu THE EUROPEAN UNION PROVIDES A FURTHER SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA On 17 November 2014, the EU has launched three new projects for providing assistance to the Justice Sector Reform in the Republic of Moldova. The European Union is offering additional financial support in the sum of 10 million EUR, through on-going four technical assistance projects. The EU assistance projects for the field of Justice Sector Reform aim at supporting the Moldovan judiciary, prosecution and pre-trial investigation institutions, and enforcement, penitentiary and probation systems in their reform process. Another objective is a better coordinated effort of various justice sector institutions to implement the Justice Sector Reform Strategy and Action Plan. On the occasion of the launch event, Ambassador Pirkka Tapiola, the Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, mentioned: A better functioning justice sector is fundamental for investor confidence. We expect that the newly launched EU funded Technical Assistance projects will give additional impetus to the implementation of the justice sector reform. A more accountable, transparent and independent justice system will positively impact on the daily life of all Moldovans. It is time to implement major structural reforms in the justice sector. Contact person: Svanidze Eric: erik.svanidze@justice.gov.md

2 ROUND TABLE ON FOSTERING INTER - AGENCY COOPERATION FOR PROTECTION OF MIGRANT S HUMAN RIGHTS The one day Round Table, held on 6 November 2014 in Chisinau, aimed at fostering the inter-agency cooperation in Moldova towards better perception and respect for human rights protection for migrants. The event gathered representatives of the most relevant agencies dealing with migration related cases in order to discuss challenges and possible solutions for existing issues in this area. The participants were legal experts as well as practitioners (i.e. judges, prosecutors, lawyers, policy makers (Bureau for Migration and Asylum)) and NGOs professionals dealing with legal counseling of migrants. Considering the participants diverse background, the discussions proved to be very comprehensive and interactive. Moreover, the national legal cases were compared with European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) jurisprudence and best practices presented by the international experts attending the event. It is worth mentioning the active role and incentives for cooperation by the ombudsman s office in Moldova in the discussions. The recommendations of the Round Table were the following: the responsible state authorities should ensure more efficient mechanisms for human rights protection and integration of aliens, as well as to raise awareness on security issues in the field of migration; to promote tolerance and better integration of foreigners into society. Contact persons: Diana Hincu, Diana.Hincu@icmpd-md.org or Andrei Vrabie, Andrei.VRABIE@eeas.europa.eu IMPROVED LEVEL OF MIGRATION DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND INTER-INSTITUTIONAL SHARING Since 2006 IOM Moldova has worked closely with the Moldavian Government on establishing and developing an Informational Integrated Automatic System Migration and Asylum (SIIAMA) aimed to improve data collection, analysis, and inter-institutional sharing. Within Migration Management and Cooperation on Readmission in Eastern Europe (MIGRECO) an important contribution was made to develop Integration Automatic System CONSUL, part of the SIIAMA, operated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova (MFAIE). After the positive proceeding of the Travel document module at the end of 2013, six new developed software modules: service passport issuing, diplomatic passport issuing, identity card issuing, monitoring of the trafficking in persons consular supra-legalisation, and support module automatic archiving have been successfully integrated within IAS CONSUL in October Due to these seven modules the MFAEI will be able to highly improve the quality and to decrease the time for delivering important services to the Moldovan citizens abroad. On the other hand, various migration management stakeholders will benefit from this facility. Also, the consular staff was trained accordingly and the company which developed the software will assure guarantee, technical support and post-warranty maintenance services for a period of thirty-six months. Contact persons: Simion Terzioglo, sterzioglo@iom.int or Andrei Vrabie, Andrei.VRABIE@eeas.europa.eu CITIZENS INFORMATION CENTRE - A YEAR OF ACTIVITY Citizens Information Centre (CIC), created within the Project Enlarged Sustainable Partnership for the Decentralization Reform funded by the European Union by the Programme EuropeAid/132706/L/ACT/MD, implemented by Ungheni City Hall in partnership with Orhei City Hall and Regional Centre of Sustainable Development, recently celebrated a year of activity. In order to inform the general public on the results of CIC activity and modalities of involving citizens in the community life, there were organized on November 21st, 2014 the Open Door Day, the Conference Informing citizens an important instrument for public participation in decision-making and local sustainable development and the Round Table Citizens Information Centre a year of activity, where 93 representatives of public and private institutions, NGOs, Civic Initiative Groups, public servants, local councillors and massmedia participated. Guest of honour was Mr. Minister Councillor Petru Litiu, Romanian Consul to Ungheni. Contact person: Svetlana CIOBANU, crdd_ungheni@yahoo.com

3 SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGN WITHIN SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ROAD TRAFFIC PROJECT In the period of July November 2014, there was organized the II Phase of the Information and Awareness Campaign Let s be responsible in road traffic! in Ungheni town for the secondary and high school pupils, their parents and general public. At this stage, there have been organized and conducted activities for testing the knowledge and informing the secondary and high school pupils from Ungheni town about the behavior in road traffic. Ungheni City Hall started on December 24, 2013 the implementation of the project Safety Information Systems in Road Traffic (MIS ETC: 1719) in partnership with Dorohoi Municipality, from Romania, Chernivtsi City Council and Bukovinian Agency for Regional Development from Ukraine.The project is funded by the European Commision through Joint Operational Programme Romania- Ukraine Republic of Moldova and has a duration of 18 months. Contact person: Olga MUNTEANU, cvasniuc@gmail.com GUIDANCE ON THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT LAW, ENSURED WITH EUHLPAM SUPPORT Chisinau, 1st December A Workshop on Guidance on Implementation of the new Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (No 86 of May 29, 2014) was held in Chisinau on the 28th November, 2014, hosted by the Ministry of Environment. The new Law transposes the provisions of the Directive No 2011/92/EU set out in the Association Agreement and will enter into force on January 4th The aim of the EIA Directive is to ensure that projects likely to have a significant effect on the environment, are adequately assessed before they are approved. The purpose of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is to provide information for decision-makers and the public on the environmental consequences of proposed actions and to promote environmentally sound development through the identification of appropriate enhancement and mitigation measures. Consultation of the public is inherent in the EIA Directive and has been reinforced by the amendments to the EIA Directive. For more than 25 years in the EU Member States, the EIA Directive has helped ensure that environmental considerations are integrated into decision-making for projects. This has improved the sustainability of countless projects, while also empowering citizens and ensuring that they are informed and consulted before decisions are made. Contact persons: Iana PUSTOVAIA, iana.pustovaia@euhlpam.org or Jordi RODRIGUEZ RUIZ, Jordi.RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ@eeas.europa.eu SOCIAL AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NEXUS AIMS TO BRIDGE COMMUNICATION GAPS BETWEEN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND MOLDOVAN CITIZENS The general objective of the fourth NEXUS workshop with national and local focal points dealing with migration was to enhance the ability of public authorities (PAs) to efficiently and clearly communicate with citizens when responding to written petitions or calls. Starting with a NEXUS Service Centers analysis on outreach activities and client profiles to date, along with statistics on the kinds of information and service requests received from Moldovan citizens in all stages of migration, NEXUS team developed an algorithm of comprehensible answers that clients need. During the exercise, focal points had the chance to rephrase and reformulate a sample law into clear and pragmatic language that every citizen can understand. The workshop led to desired results: PAs acknowledged their use of closed language in their communication to citizens and of the necessity to adjust it to the needs of the client; PAs understood the Human Approach in professional communication and the increased effectiveness when Government takes a more citizen-centered approach; PAs enhanced their abilities to translate professional government language into the language clients/citizens speak and understand. One of the future capacity building needs identified during the workshop is to build further upon communications and inter-institutional cooperation skills. Contact persons: Slavian Gutu, slavian.gutu@iasci.info or Andrei Vrabie: Andrei.vrabie@eeas.europa.eu

4 DECENT WORK FOR YOUTH - IMPROVING THE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE YOUNG PEO- PLE IN MOLDOVA BY EMPOWERING THE YOUTH AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY - A SUSTAINABLE PROJECT The Decent Work for YOUth project has proved the particularly vulnerable situation of Moldovan youth on the labour market and the need to continue to contribute to their inclusive participation in the society through Decent Work. Within the project, several viable tools were created, ensuring its sustainability: 1. ROST - the Network of Organizations for promoting and respecting the socioeconomic rights of the youth from the Republic of Moldova - will promote the socio-economic inclusion of the youngsters and will facilitate the social dialogue through the Action Plan ROST has created the Social- Economic Agenda for YOUth, a set of measurements and recommendations designed to insure the socio-economic wellbeing of the youth. 2. Mobile Team - will continue promoting the socio-economic rights of the youth. The Action Guide for YOUth was created, presenting the methodologies to use for promoting the socio-economic rights of the youth (the guide is published on the official web page: and any interested individual can request a hard copy of it from Faclia Association). 3. Youth Advocates, lawyers of 24 to 30 years old, instructed within the Socio-economic rights of the youth in practice, react in cases of socio-economic rights violation at employment or at the work place. Contact person: Karen Bouwsma, k.bouwsma@cnv.nl ENSURING RATIONAL USE OF MEDICINES IN REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA TO IMPROVE NCD OUTCOMES A training seminar about promoting rational use of medicines was held on 4 5 November 2014 in Chisinau, as part of ongoing WHO Regional Office for Europe support to the Republic of Moldova on managing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The lessons learnt will contribute to development of guidance for selection of medicines on the reimbursement list for the Republic of Moldova. The two-day seminar was attended by around 35 people representing the Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Company, National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University Nicolae Testemitanu and specialty commissions. The training focused on: concept and basics of rational use of medicines; tools for rational use of medicines; pharmacovigilance; promotion of medicines; role of pharmacoeconomics and cost-effectiveness; incentives to promote rational use. The training is part of the biennial collaborative agreement (BCA) between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova and WHO Regional Office for Europe. It is related to the European Union and WHO joint initiative to support policy dialogue and universal health coverage. For further information: whomda@euro.who.int Contact person: Rodica Munteanu, MunteanuR@euro.who.int REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA PARTICIPATES IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE HEALTH NETWORK WORK- SHOP ON CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH A delegation from the Republic of Moldova participated in the Southeastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) workshop Health workforce from challenges to solutions. Shaping the agenda for action in the Southeastern Europe Health Network countries held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, November The workshop was organized by the SEEHN Regional Health Development Centre on Human Resources for Health (SEEHN Health Workforce Observatory) in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe and with support from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia. During the workshop were presented activities and results of the EU-funded project Better managing the mobility of health professionals in the Republic of Moldova implemented by WHO Country Office in Republic of Moldova. The delegation from the Republic of Moldova also had a detailed presentation of the Moldovan experience of developing, shaping, gaining Government approval and then negotiating a bilateral agreement. Contact person: Rodica Munteanu, MunteanuR@euro.who.int

5 ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS - A USEFUL TOOL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT Civil Society. Dialogue for Progress conducted the 4th seminar within it s capacity development program for civil society organizations in Moldova. 20 participants from all over Moldova were trained on advocacy campaigns, stages of implementation and impact. The training was conducted by the Moldovan partner IDIS Viitorul. Participants highlited the importance of advocacy campaigns and identified topics and methods of campaigns in their own communities. I learned new tools which are of great help for our work with young people. This will definataly improve the quality of our services and lead to more successful advoacy campaigns in the future. I am happy to share this knowledge with my colleauges,, sayed Ana Postolache from Bobeica, Hincesti. The information provided to us is very useful for our works as well. I understood all aspects and stages of an advocacy campaign and we are going to use the tools for sure. The next step for us is to identify financial resources for the next campaign, said Rodica Jardan, Project Assistant at ANTEM. Contact person: Carolina Ungureanu, carolina.ungureanu@viitorul.org IDIS VIITORUL HELD A TRAINING SEMINAR FOR NGOS FROM THE COUNTRY THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR PROJECTS IN VARI- OUS FIELDS The seminar, which lasted two days, is part of a series of activities implemented within the project Civil Society. Dialogue for progress, funded by the European Commission. The training was conducted by the Moldovan partner IDIS Viitorul. Experts revealed aspects to be taken into account by NGO representatives in implementing projects, especially in reporting. Natasha Gospodjinacki, key expert KAS, explained to participants the aspects to be taken into account at every stage of project implementation. Elena Coroian, Department of Finance, Contracts and Audit of EU Delegation in Moldova answered questions related to financial reporting, auditing and financial management. Ungureanu Carolina, coordinator of the project Civil Society. Dialogue for progress noted that it is very important for civil society to strengthen capacities in accessing European funds, to be developed in Moldova. NGOs in the country must learn to write and rightly implement resources from donors to achieve the objectives and to improve the situation in the country. In turn, the participants were satisfied with the information provided at the seminar and stated that they learned new things while acknowledging the complexity of projects to be implemented by them, after carrying out simulation exercises. Contact person: Carolina Ungureanu, carolina.ungureanu@viitorul.org ENSURING THE QUALITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MOBILE TEAM On November 2014, Keystone Moldova Association, with European Union financial support, organized an ongoing training seminar in the field of ensuring the quality of services provided. The seminar was attended by Mobile Team specialists from the rayons of Anenii Noi, Dubasari, Falesti, Singerei and Ungheni. The seminar participants had the opportunity to share the experience gained in the process of Mobile Team social service accreditation. One should mention that in October-November 2014, Mobile Teams from the rayons of Singerei, Ungheni, Anenii Noi and Dubasari were accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Social Service Providers, attached to the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family of the Republic of Moldova. The accreditation of the Mobile Team social service is performed with the goal to determine, on the basis of quality standards, social service providers ability to provide quality social services to the population. Concurrently, by service accreditation, one obtains professional recognition and the functional, organizational and administrative capacity of providers to deliver social services, in accordance with legislation, is formally assessed. Thus, the Mobile Teams are among the first accredited social services in Moldova. The seminar was organized within the project Public-Private Partnership for the Sustainable Development of Locally Governed Disability Services: Supporting Decentralization Reform, implemented by Keystone Moldova Association with European Union support. Contact person: Lina Malcoci, limalcoci@keystonehumanservices.org

6 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY NEGOTIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS WITHIN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FRAMEWORK An official delegation from the Republic of Moldova consists of the State Secretary of Health, two other representatives from the Ministry of Health, and the Deputy Director of the National College of Medicine Raisa Pacalo, together with a member of the WHO Country Office in a consultative role, had a working visit in Germany, on November. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the technical details of the collaborative project proposals regarding circular migration of health professionals. The delegation attended meetings at the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Health in Germany, and also held teleconferences with representatives of the World Bank and the Global Learning and Skills Partnership programme. The visit also entailed visits to Leipzig University Hospital and to Helios Hospital Aue, where Moldovan migrant nurses could potentially be trained and work under the proposed circular migration project. The ongoing process of strengthening the capacity of the Republic of Moldova to manage the migration of Moldovan health professionals is related to the EU-funded project Better Managing the Mobility of the Health Professionals in the Republic of Moldova. For further information: whomda@euro.who.int Contact person: Rodica Munteanu, MunteanuR@euro.who.int STUDY VISIT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPLANT COORDINATORS TO BARCELONA On November 2014, a study visit to Barcelona, Spain was organized for Moldovan current and future transplant coordinators working in the local authorized medical institutions. The study visit is part of the Twinning project implemented at the Moldovan Transplant Agency by a French-Spanish Consortium. The members of the study visit consisted of the Heads of Intensive Care Units from the Emergency Hospital and Municipal Clinical Hospital Holy Trinity and three more representatives of ICUs. During the study visit the participants had the opportunity to visit the Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT). The participants had also visited two hospitals with organ, tissues and cells donation and transplant programs and they had the experience of assessing and maintaining a potential brain death donor. Presentations addressed a number of issues: Organ Interchange Coordination Unit, Catalonian Donation and Transplantation Model, the role of the transplant coordinator and how to approach the family to request organ and tissue donation, assessment and maintenance of brain death donor, etc. Contact persons: Patricia Sánchez Rico, psrico@live.com or Jordi Rodriguez Ruiz, Jordi.RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ@eeas.europa.eu TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MOLDOVAN BUSINESSMEN PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY TOUR IN POLAND 26 November 2014 A Business Mission from Moldova, comprising 12 biomass producers and equipment suppliers, takes part in a study tour conducted in Poland during November. The entrepreneurs learned from the experience of Polish biomass producers, visited a series of biomass production companies and established contacts for future Moldovan-Polish Partnerships. The opening event was attended by such companies as Thermostal, Wektor, CRB Energia and Ternamotor, which are leaders in their field of activity. The Moldovan producers proved to be highly receptive and asked many questions regarding the boilers efficiency, the optimal humidity for the production of briquettes, the pellet manufacturing process based on agricultural waste, etc. Bilateral discussions were held at the end of the event where the producers talked individually with the company representatives. Overall, the Moldovan businessmen visitet eight companies which produce biomass boilers and briquette/pellet manufacturing equipment. Contact person: Ina Prisăcaru-Zglavuţă, ina.zglavuta@undp.org

7 EBRD AND EU PUT MOLDOVAN RAILWAY ON TRACK FOR CHANGE The loan, signed by Moldova s Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and EBRD Director for Transport, Sue Barrett, in Chișinău on 14 November 2014, will be used to co-finance the acquisition of around 10 new multi-purpose locomotives and the rehabilitation of rail infrastructure. The European Union is co-financing the purchase of the locomotives with a 5 million investment grant through its Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF). Further grant financing worth 1.75 million will be provided by the EBRD s own funds, the Central European Initiative and the Czech government. The funds will be used to improve the company s management in specific areas and to strengthen its corporate governance. The EBRD finance will also support a broader reform of the railway sector to improve safety and efficiency. Action plans to restructure the railway sector and to strengthen the institutional capacities in the key areas of environment, procurement and corporate governance will be developed with the EBRD. The Bank will also support improvements of the company s energy management to cut consumption and costs. In a major step towards the modernisation of Moldova s railways the EBRD is providing 52.5 million to the state-owned railway company, Calea Ferată din Moldova. In addition to the EBRD s 52.5 million loan, the European Investment Bank is expected to provide a parallel loan of a similar size to support this programme. Contact person: Octavian Costas, Octavian.costas@ebrd.com HEAD OF EU DELEGATION TO MOLDOVA PARTICIPATES IN THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NISPORENI BUSINESS INCUBATOR The official opening event was organised by the Moldovan Organisation for the Development of SMEs (ODIMM) and included official opening statements by, amongst others, HE Adrian Candu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Moldova and HE Pirkka Tapiola, Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova. In this context, Ambassador Pirkka Tapiola, Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova, outlined the role Business Incubators play in the creation of new businesses and jobs, and their relevance to rural economic activity in the Republic of Moldova: The Nisporeni Business Incubator, which we open today is the seventh Business Incubator built and opened under the Economic Stimulation in Rural Area Budget Support Programme and it is anticipated that an additional rural Business Incubator will be opened in Cimislia late this or early next year. Currently, over 125 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and individual entrepreneurs are hosted by the 7 operational Business Incubators, in the process creating over 500 jobs, of which more than 150 female. Contact persons: Philip Santens, philip.santens@gfa-esra.md or Speranta Olaru, Speranta.OLARU@eeas.europe.eu THE EU S SUSTAINABLE USE DIRECTIVE AND NATIONAL ACTION PLANNING Between 24 and 28 November 2014 the Twinning Project Support to Moldova in the field of norms and standards in food safety for plant origin products together with staff from the National Food Safety Agency (NFSA) worked together on the provisions of Directive (EC) 128/2009. During the mission two workshops were held to raise awareness of and develop the framework for a National Action Plan (NAP) for the sustainable use of pesticides. One workshop was delivered to 55 specialists from key stakeholder institutions (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Ministry of Environment). NFSA inspectors from regional subdivisions responsible for the control of plant protection products (PPPs) also participated, as they will be responsible for the implementation of the NAP. The main proposals of the draft NAP are to promote the training and certification of farmers who will use PPPs of high toxicity, in line with recent changes in Government Decision No.1045 of On approval of the Regulation on import, storage, sale and use of plant protection products and fertilisers. The purpose of the workshops was to introduce the draft of the NAP, to gather feedback, to promote a shared understanding of the sustainable use of pesticides amongst stakeholders and secure their buy-in to the development and implementation of the plan. Contact person: Matthew Brown, Matthew.Brown@sac.co.uk

8 OTHER EVENTS DECEMBER, POLAND Study Visit on Counter Trafficking for the Moldovan law enforcement officials, within Strengthening Committee Meeting of the Migration Management and Cooperation on Readmission in Eastern Europe (MIGRECO) Project Contact persons: Andrei Lutenco, Simion Terzioglo, 4-8 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, R. MOLDOVA e-job fair, Contact person: Cristina Cozma, 9-11 DECEMBER, UNGHENI CITY HALL & GALATI, ROMANIA Workshop and study visit Experiences and best practices on waste management and environmental protection Contact person: Svetlana CIOBANU, 11 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, R. MOLDOVA Final Conference of the project Consolidation of migration management capacities in the Republic of Moldova Contact person: Cristina Cozma, 1-12 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, UNGHENI, R. MOLDOVA Final Conference of the project Consolidation of migration management capacities in the Republic of Moldova Contact person: Simion Terzioglo, 17 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, R. MOLDOVA ESRA TA Project s Project Steering Committee Meeting Contact persons: Speranta Olaru, Speranta.OLARU@eeas.europa.eu or Philip Santens, Philip.Santens@gfa-esra.md 17 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, R. MOLDOVA Support Programme s Programme Steering Committee Meeting Contact persons: Speranta Olaru, Speranta.OLARU@eeas.europa.eu or Philip Santens, Philip.Santens@gfa-esra.md 18 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, R. MOLDOVA National AIPA Consultation Meeting with Moldovan Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Contact persons: Speranta Olaru, Speranta.OLARU@eeas.europa.eu or Philip Santens, Philip.Santens@gfa-esra.md 22 DECEMBER, CHISINAU, R. MOLDOVA Launch of the research on Migration Management Gaps Analysis at the Border Police department for relevant state authorities and international counterparts. The action in partnership with NGO Europe without barriers Contact person: Simion Terzioglo, sterzioglo@iom.int This newsletter is produced in the framework of the project Communication and Visibility 2014 in Moldova. The project is funded by the European Union and implemented by PARC Communications. Team Leader: Natalia Efros, nefros@parc.md