This report analyzes development cooperation and official development assistance provided to Moldova in 2013. It finds that:
- The volume of official development assistance contracted in 2013 was Euro 623.9 million for 193 projects, three times higher than 2012. The EU and EBRD/EIB provided the most funding.
- The amount of assistance disbursed in 2013 was around Euro 300 million, a 35% decrease from 2012 due to an absence of IMF funding.
- Assistance in 2013 accounted for 5% of GDP and 13.3% of government revenue, lower than 2012 levels.
- Moldova made progress on some global partnership indicators for development cooperation effectiveness but needs to further align assistance with national priorities and
2. This report is the product of the analysis of data and information provided by development
partners and national public authorities.
Authors - Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the General Division for Policy Coor-
dination, Foreign Aid and Central Public Administration Reform within the State Chan-
cellery, manaaged by Division Head Ms. Lucreția Ciurea and team members: Mr. Adrian
Ermurachi, Mr. Valentin Croitoru, Mr. Dumitru Molceanu, and Ms. Daniela Solomca.
3. The official development assistance granted to the Republic of Moldova by its development
partners is a valuable source with strong catalytic role for economic growth, but at the same time,
it is limited as regards the coverage of all development and poverty reduction needs. Speeding the
transition from more effective assistance to development cooperation in practice – for instance,
placing inclusive partnership and joint liabilities in the centre of efforts – requires political coher-
ence, more efficient integration of the planning, budgeting, resource mobilization process, as well
as partnership actions and adequate national development planning mechanisms.
A stronger and a more coherent institutional framework and a more substantial implication of
central authorities is needed to implement the Busan1
commitments.
The Busan Partnership Agreement highlights the importance of joint responsibility in enhancing
progress partnership within and beyond the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, this
refers to the commitment of development partners to assume joint liability to achieve progress in
commitments and actions agreed upon in Busan and those set forth in Paris Declaration (2005) on
Aid Effectiveness (2005) and Accra Agenda for Action (2008). To implement these commitments,
the developing countries have been invited to take over and lead the establishment of national
monitoring framework to follow the progress and promote joint responsibility.
In this sense, 2013 was a prodigious year both in the evolution of strategic development projects as
well as in setting forth monitoring mechanisms and their joint evaluation. Signing 29 agreements
with development partners and initiating 193 projects in different sectors of the national economy
calls for dedicated resources management with maximum prudence to achieve the expected results.
To optimize the modernization processes, as well as to ensure increased transparency in external
development aid management, the Informational External Aid Management Platform has been
developed (hereinafter AMP) (www.AMP.gov.md).
Official development assistance granted to the Republic of Moldova in the reporting period, which
is estimated to about 5% of GDP and 13.3% of NPB, shall not be seen as a separate element from
national resources directed to the development agenda implementation. The countries with eco-
nomic development aspirations tend to decrease the external development aid and to mobilize
other components of the development resource framework.
The financial and technical support of the development partners contributes to the process of tran-
sition to democracy and formation of important expertise and know-how capital. We are extreme-
ly thankful to the European partners for their expertise, especially to those from the neighbouring
countries of the Republic of Moldova, which had similar experience as our country.
The State Chancellery would like to take this opportunity to express its gratitude to the bilateral
and multilateral development partners, as well as to the central public authorities for providing the
information necessary to draft this Report.
1 Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (2011), agreed at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Republic of Korea, 29 November
– 1 December 2011; http://effectivecooperation.org/about.
FOREWORD
Victor Bodiu,
Secretary General of Government
Chișinău, August 2014
4. 4 2014 Annual Report on external assistance
provided to the Republic of Moldova
ExecutiveSummary.....................................................................................................................................
1. Development Cooperation.........................................................................................................................
1.1. Ownership and focus on results in development cooperation.....................................................
1.2. Inclusive development partnership.............................................................................................
1.3. Transparency and joint responsibility for development results....................................................
2. Official development assistance (ODA) granted to the RM in 2013, trends and dynamics.........................
2.1 Graphic illustration of ODA by development partners and sectors..............................................
2.2 Graphic illustration of ODA by the form and type of applied instruments..................................
3. Major results of ODA by its share in the sectors of intervention.................................................................
Acronyms............................................................................................................................................
Annexes...............................................................................................................................................
A. List of external assistance projects launched in 2013..................................................................................
B. List of external assistance signed in 2013....................................................................................................
C. The Development partners take on GP indicators on Effective Development Cooperation..........................
D. Disbursed amounts by development partners by sectors, 2013....................................................................
E. List of Twinning Projects............................................................................................................................
F. Information Generated by AMP..................................................................................................................
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
The annual report on external assistance (2013) granted to the Republic of Moldova by the devel-
opment partners has been developed within the context of the bilateral commitments to improve
development cooperation and of the joint responsibility for the achievement of development
objectives, as well as transparency increase.
The report has been developed based on information provided by development partners, pub-
lic authorities, as well as authorities registered in the AMP. Central public authorities provided
information about assistance management in a certain sector in terms of the results achieved in
2013. 34 questionnaires were sent to development partners, but only 21 provided answers.
This is the Fifth National Report which analyses the external assistance provided to the Republic
of Moldova for economic growth and poverty reduction purposes. It was developed by General
Division for Policy Coordination, External assistance and Central Public Administration Reform
of the State Chancellery as a component part of the actions taken during the Government capacity
building process in coordinating external assistance and enhancing its efficiency.
The volume of official development assistance contracted in 2013 is three times higher than in
2012, and accounts for Euro 623.9 million for 193 projects (Euro 212.8 million for 117 projects
in 2012, respectively).
The biggest contribution in 2013 was offered by EBRD and EIB by signing two financial agree-
ments with a budget of Euro 300 million, which was entirely allocated for road rehabilitation. The
European Union remains to be a leading development partner based on the volume of assistance
in the form of grants – over Euro 135 million, annual financial allocation, being the biggest in the
Eastern Partnership countries.
The amount of implemented/disbursed assistance in the reporting year is of about Euro 300
million, having decreased by almost 35 per cent compared to 2012, given the absence of IMF
instalments in 2013.
The share of 2013 official development assistance in GDP was 5 per cent (by 3.26 per cent less
than in 2012) and about 13.3 per cent in the current NPB revenues (by 8.4 per cent less than in
2012).
The Informational External Aid Management Platform (AMP) has been developed in 2013, which
allowed for the first time, the use of an available online instrument for all players, interested in the
monitoring of external assistance implementation; the information being accessible to the wide
public.
The report provides a description of results achieved at national level and in the context of agree-
ments on efficient development cooperation assumed on a global level, as well as achieving de-
velopment results on a country level following the implementation of external assistance projects.
Furthermore, the Annexes to the report present data and geospatial presentation on external assis-
tance, generated by the informational platform. Data quality and use of available information are
key technical and institutional elements, which optimization is under continuous development.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
In 2011 international development community met in Busan, Republic of Korea to take account
of the progress in the improved process of granting assistance. The participants agreed broadly that
global economy and development picture have seen fundamental changes from defining efficiency
principles of Paris Declaration in 2005 and their revision in Accra Agenda for Action in 2008.
To enhance the development cooperation efficacy as a catalyst for poverty reduction, the global
structures have been requested to make a fundamental change, which consists in highlighting the
approaches with priority interests of the country in all agreements in the development partner-
ship, importance and their different roles. Thus, the Busan Partnership Agreement2
(hereinafter
Global Partnership) has formulated this change in four principles of reaching joint development
goals: i) development countries set forth their own development policy, ii) focus on results, iii) inclusive
development partnership, iv) transparency and joint liability.
It should be mentioned that the Government of the Republic of Moldova has assumed these
principles, and their application at national level was included in the agenda for more efficient
development assistance. The Republic of Moldova was one of the 46 countries that participated
in the Global Partnership performance evaluation, which results were examined and discussed in
the first Global Partnership High-Level Meeting for effective development cooperation in Mexico
(April 2014).
The goal of this report is to illustrate the results of the Study on reaching the Global Partnership
objectives at country level in 2012 (the study was conducted in 2013); the results included in
the global report as well as the 2013 results provided by the development partners based on the
questionnaire used globally in the development/ commitments achievement monitoring study.
In order to monitor the achieved commitments assumed in the context of principles of efficient
development assistance, ten performance indicators have been developed with a two-year
monitoring periodicity.
The results of the performance indicator study at country level are presented in table 1.
Indi-
cator
Indicator Description
At coun-
try level
2012 Results
2013 Re-
sults
2015 Targets/
Objectives
1
Development cooperation is focused
on results aligned to the priorities of
country development
X
Piloted in 10 countries, in-
cluding in the Republic of
Moldova
All develop-
ment partners
use country
outcome frame
2
Civil society functions in an en-
vironment that maximize its impli-
cation and contribution to develo-
pment
CIVICUS, participation faci-
litation indicator
Evolution
Sustainabi-
lity
Ongoing pro-
gress
3
Implication and contribution of
private sector to development
UNDP-OCDE evaluation
jointly with WB institutions
Ongoing pro-
gress
4
Transparency: information about
development cooperation is provi-
ded to the public
OCDE evaluation
Applying com-
mon standards
2 Global Partnership is an inclusive political forum, which comprise a number of countries and organisations worldwide that have committed to make the
development cooperation more effective. It is based on an agreement signed by 160 countries, regions and organisations during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid
Effectiveness, which took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, in 2011.
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
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5a+b
Predictable development cooperati-
on (a – annual; m – medium-term)
X
5a – 65%
5b – 40%
5a – 73,0 %
5b– 50 %
5a – 90%
5b– 70%
6
Assistance is a component part of
the budget subject to Parliamentary
examination
X 55% 84,5 % 94%
7
Joint liability of development coo-
peration actors is enhanced through
inclusive evaluations
X NO YES
8
Gender equality and women em-
powerment
NO YES
9a
The quality of PFM systems in the
country
41
4.5
9b
Use of PFM systems and national
procurement
X 30% 24 % 95%
10 Assistance is unconditional 84%
Table 1. Performance indicators of Global Partnership (monitoring results)
Source: Calculations of the Monitoring and Evaluation Division of State Chancellery.
Are we able to achieve the 2015 objectives?
1.1. Ownership and focus on results in development cooperation
Global Partnership Agreement considers important the role of partner country in identifying its
development priorities as one of the four key principles of efficient development. The priority
identification, in turn, is closely connected to another principle, and namely, focus on results. The
development partners have engaged to align to priorities and policies set forth in partner countries
ensuring, thus, that the investment and efforts have an ongoing impact on poverty and social
inequality reduction, sustainable development and capacity building of developing countries.
Indicator Targets/Obectives for 2015 Implementation status at international level
Indicator 1. Development
cooperation is focused on re-
sults aligned to development
priorities of the country
All development partners apply natio-
nal result monitoring frame
It is too early to evaluate the progress – the
indicator was piloted in 8 countries
Preliminary results suggest a higher variation
between partners, but a coherent behaviour of
partners from different countries
Indicator 6. The assistance is
a component part of budget
subject to preliminary exami-
nation
Halving the gap – halving the coopera-
tion assistance inflows, which are not re-
flected in the national budget. By 2015–
85% is reflected in the national budget
There is some progress – 64% of planned fi-
nance is reported in national budgets. Only 7
countries have reached the level of 85%
Indicator 9. National systems
are consolidated and applied
Half of the developing countries ad-
vanced by at least one measurement
unit (i.e. 0.5 points) on performance
evaluation scale PFM /CPIA
Reduced gap with regard to application
of financial and public procurement ma-
nagement system (by two thirds in the
CPIA score ≥ 5; or one third in the score
3.5 - 4.5). By 2015: 57% of funds apply
national systems
Previous achievements have been maintain-
ed, but more progress is required
There are no changes in the quality of public
finance management systems in partner coun-
tries.
There are no changes in applying national sys-
tems: application of financial and public pro-
curement management systems have stayed at
the level of 2010 (about 49%)
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Indicator 10. Assistance is
unconditional
Ongoing progress in time
There is some progress – 79% of development
assistance is unconditional (compared to 77%
in 2010)
Table 2. Indicators 2,6,9 and 10 of Global Partnership
Source: Calculations of the Monitoring and Evaluation Division of State Chancellery.
Indicator 1. Extending the application of national indicator systems, statistics, monitoring and
evaluation improves the outcome framework of countries and enhances the membership and joint
responsibility
This indicator was piloted in 8 countries, including in the Republic of Moldova, and has the
objective to identify the application level/method of the national systems of results and national
statistical data monitoring. Fig. 1 represents a correlation between information on coopera-
tion assistance through measures closer to the outcome framework of the country (Axis y) and
Government’s understanding towards the ability of the partners to apply and contribute to the
improvement of country outcomes framework (Axis x). Data of 4 development partners (UN,
WB, EU, the USA) were considered. It should be mentioned that WB, EU and the USA are closer
to the application of the national outcomes framework, while the UN is lagging behind in this
sense. On the other hand, the perception of the Government regarding the application of national
outcomes framework by the development partners is at the level of 0.3 out of 1.0. This situation
is determined by the fact that national outcomes frameworks are partly applied, while the result
indicators are not much applied. Practically, all programmes/projects have other indicators devel-
oped differently from the national ones or additional to the national, which decreases the role or
capacity of national statistics. If the support from partners is granted via small technical assistance
projects to consolidate statistical capacities, the large projects/programmes impose additional
indicators or data that require additional efforts and costs for their monitoring.
Fig. 1. Correlation between the information on cooperation assistance granted via methods that are closer to the outcomes frame-
work of the country and Government perception with regard to the ability of the partner to apply and contribute to the improve-
ment of country outcomes framework
Source: 2014 Global Partnership Report
0,00
0,20
0,40
0,60
0,80
1,00
0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1
World Bank European Union United States United Nations
%CRF
Stakeholder Perceptions
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Indicator 6. Inserting the development funds
in the national budget will align the national
priorities, will allow for a more accurate and
comprehensive budgeting and joint responsibility
in development cooperation
Compared to 2010, this indicator registers a
worsening at country level in 2012. Fifty five per
cent of the development assistance planned for
government sector is reflected in the 2012 Public
Budget Law (88% in 2010). 2013 provides for
an improved situation since about 84.5% of the
development assistance volume planned for gover-
nment sector has been already mentioned in the
Annual Budget Law approved by the Parliament
of the Republic of Moldova.
The evaluation of these results will be made
with special prudence, taking into account the
existing discrepancy reflected in its budget by
the Government and what is presented by the
development partners in their disbursement
forecasts. For instance, about USD 397 million
were planned in 2013 by development partners
for government sector, but the 2013 Budget
Law indicates the amount USD 336 million,
by about USD 61 million less.
Fig.2. Planned and disbursed amounts in 2013 (Fig. A) and forecast for the following years (Fig. B), millions Euro
Source: Information presented by development partners and Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Moldova (in millions of Euro).
About 73% of the amounts planned for disbursement to the government sector in 2013 by foreign
partners have been disbursed, a fact that shows a high level of the best use of external means (high
absorption capacity).
Indicator 9. Use of institutions and national systems will strengthen these institutions and systems
and will reduce the transaction costs and will ensure higher responsibility at country level towards
the citizens and the Parliament.
Quality of public finance management3
in 2012 has not changed compared to previous evaluation
in 2010 and scores 4.0 on the 1.0 to 6.0 (the highest) scale. Besides, out of 33 evaluated countries,
the Republic of Moldova ranks in the group of 6 countries with ‘strong’ financial management
systems.
At the same time, only 30 per cent of the assistance granted to government sector uses the national
financial management system and procurement system, which represents a considerable decrease
compared to 2010, when this share was 70%. According to 2013 data, this chapter registers a
regression trend, the share being 24%. The Diagrams in fig. 3 illustrates the use of the national
systems in the implementation of technical assistance projects.
3 This indicator is based on institutional and policy evaluation made by the World Bank (CPIA); http://www.worldbank.org/ida/IRAI-2012.html
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
2014 2015 2016 2017
Development Partners Ministry of Finance
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
320
Disbursed Planned
Development Partners Ministry of Finance
Fig. A
Fig. B
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Fig. 3. Use of national systems in 2013: national audit and public procurement systems.
Source: Calculations of Monitoring and Evaluation Division.
Indicator 10. Development cooperation, which is not conditioned by specific geographic source
for goods and service procurement, allows for a more efficient alignment to the national priorities
and systems and ensures better value of cost-benefit balance
The commitment of development partners is to ensure a better unconditional official development
assistance. In 2012, this value for Moldova constituted 84 per cent of assistance volume, which
represented a growth compared to 82 per cent in 2010. In 2013, resources from development
partners were contracted by ‘tying’ the resources in the volume of about 74 million Euro or about
12 per cent of the total resources contracted annually.
1.2. Inclusive development partnership
In the context of the Busan Partnership Agreement, the inclusion means bigger recognition and
implication of non-state actors, including private sector and civil society. The total commitment
of these actors, as well as recognition of their contribution, will require more time and effort
in designing development cooperation. On the other hand, the inclusion also means that the
development results benefit equally all, men and women.
National Budget
procedure
33%
National
financial
reporting system
22%
National
audit
system use
21%
National
acquisitions
system use
19%
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Indicators Targets/Objectives for 2015 Status of implementation internationally
Indicator 2. Civil society func-
tions in an environment that
maximizes its implication and
contribution to
Ongoing progress in time
It is too early to assess the progress – additional
analyses are needed because of limited data. Mixed
image with proof of positive examples of govern-
ment’s efforts to facilitate the activity of civil socie-
ty organisations, however, the challenges prevail in
many countries
Indicator 3. Involvement and
contribution of private sector to
development
Ongoing progress in time
It is too early to assess the progress – the indicator
is piloted. Other sources of proof confirm the impor-
tance of public-private dialogue quality.
Indicator 8. Gender equality and
women empowerment
All developing countries
have systems that trace and
allocate public resources for
gender equality and women
empowerment
There is a good beginning – one third of partner
countries have a more systematic national gender
allocation tracing systems
Table 4. Indicators 2,3 and 8 of Global Partnership
Source: 2014 Global Partnership Report
Indicator2.Byallowingcivilsocietyorganizationstoexercisetheirroleofindependentdevelopment
actors will maximize their development contribution
In the global report, this indicator describes the states’ efforts to facilitate the NGO participation
in the policy dialogue by adjusting legal or institutional framework. At this chapter, there are
significant challenges, including in the Republic of Moldova. According to data of evaluation
reports on NGO sustainability in Moldova4
, the RM ranks as ‘sustainability in development.
Indicator 3. Promotion of more active participation of private sector in policy development and
implementation and dialogue regarding reforms that have an impact on business environment will
maximize the contribution of private sector to development
This indicator was piloted and setting a clear evaluation indicator of the commitment of private
sector in development and enhancing a more specific methodology in this complicated sector has
represented a challenge. Existing evidence suggests that the initiatives to promote public-private
dialogue have paid a higher attention on organizational efficiency and focus on results.
It should be mentioned that in the Republic of Moldova this dialogue was institutionalised by
establishing the Economic Council led by the Prime Minister, aiming at enhancing and facilitating
a more efficient implication of private sector in the implementation of development agenda.
Indicator 8. Record and publication of disaggregated budget allocation per gender allow the use
of these data to inform the decision-making factors and directing the investments and allocations,
so they can benefit all – men and women.
On this indicator, the Republic of Moldova has reported the existence of political and institutional
commitment regarding the record of budgetary data disaggregated by gender and unfortunately, the
systematic record and data dissemination is missing. In this respect, certain compliance measures
shall be undertaken to align the data record system disaggregated by gender.
4 2012 Sustainability indicator of NGO, the 16th edition – June 2013, USAID.
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1.3. Transparency and joint responsibility for development results
Transparency, as a phenomenon, has started to yield results in the Republic of Moldova, but it has
to be directed more towards the country’s needs. Increased volume of available information is not
transformed yet into a systemic support for strategic planning process of the developing countries.
Indicators Targets/Objectives for 2015 Status of implementation internationally
Indicator 4. Transparency: infor-
mation on development cooperati-
on is public
Implementation of open common
standard for electronic publication
of information regarding resources
offered via development cooperati-
on
A good beginning has been ascertained but
more progress is necessary. On average, the
data provider publishes them once a year. The
data is 6-9 month old and offer information
for 50% of common standard data fields. The
future information transparency is a challenge:
25% of providers do not publish any antici-
pating information through common standard
systems
Indicator 5a. Annual forecast:
ratio of development cooperation
funds disbursed in the same fiscal
year as planned by development
partners
Halving the gap – halving the
non-disbursed funds during the fis-
cal year for which they were plan-
ned.
By 2015, 90% of finances will be
disbursed according to the plan.
Some progress was registered– 84% of plan-
ned disbursements were honoured according to
the plan (compared to 79% in 2010)
Indicator 5b. Medium term pre-
dictability: the ratio of funds cove-
red by medium term plans granted
to partner country.
Halving the gap – halving the size
of cooperation funds not covered
by future plans.
By 2015: plans cover 92% of es-
timated funds for 2016, 85% for
2017 and 79% for 2018
A good beginning has been registered but
more progress is needed. Expenditure plans
cover 83% of total finance estimated for 2014,
of 70% for 2015 and 57% for 2016
Indicator 7. Joint accountability
of cooperation actors is enhanced
through inclusive evaluation
All developing countries apply
common result-based evaluation
instruments
Some progress is registered – 59% of countries
have common evaluation exercises. Common
efforts to trace the progress are encouraged, but
there is a need to have a more inclusive and
transparent process.
Table 5. Indicators 4,5 and 7 of Global Partnership
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Indicator 4. Implementation of open common standards regarding transparency will improve
the availability and public access to information of development cooperation and will provide a
stronger basis for joint responsibility enhancement.
This indicators was globally evaluated by OCED which acknowledged the need to increase common
commitment and effort of development partners, if they want to achieve the 2015 targets/ob-
jectives. Publishing the information on development resources – timely, comprehensive and in
medium term – is the main prerogative in achieving the commitment regarding the transparency.
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At country level at this chapter, following the Busan Declaration on Transparency, a database
aiming at increasing the access to information on development assistance was developed. In 2013,
with the UNDP support and Development Gateway, the State Chancellery worked to identify a
way to present in a more accessible and interactive manner the external assistance information.
Thus, in January 2014, the new data base was launched publicly and can be accessed by anyone
at www.AMP.gov.md. The platform offers the possibility of a graphic and geographic vision of
information on many projects implemented with the support of external resources granted by
development partners. It is a useful instrument for central and local public authorities to plan and
monitor more efficiently the available resources. It is a useful platform for civil society, mass media,
and the Parliament to apply their right to supervise the use of public funds.
The ArcGIS platform to visualize the projects on the geographic map of the country provides
wide possibilities for application in other fields or with other purposes. Its potential is much
higher. It can be used by central public authorities in the decision-making process related to
public policies, as well as to present the institution’s activity results. For local public authorities,
server’s possibility can be used to manage the development and to maintain the localities; efficient
planning of existing resources; population data record and analysis; utility networks management
and maintenance, such as water pipelines, sewage, gas pipe; development conditions for small
and medium-sized enterprises; management of real estate, etc. In this regard, many authorities
(Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, mayoralty of Orhei etc.) have already started the
digital publication process via the information platform installed in the institution.
Fig. 5. Projects on the geographical map of the country via ArcGIS platform.
Indicator 5. Accurate information about estimated future expenditure development plans
allows to plan and allocate better the resources between and among sectors and a more efficient
implementation of medium term national development strategies.
According to the results of 2012 study, about 65% of the amount planned by the development
partners for government sector were disbursed in the same year. 2013 indicates a positive trend;
73 per cent being disbursed from the planned amount.
As for the medium term predictability, the situation is difficult and there is only 50% coverage of
information about medium term resources (2014-2016).
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Thus, the medium term predictability is still a challenge. The development partners have to
undertake necessary actions to design their policies and procedures, so the cooperation plans can
be adjusted and communicated to partner countries, and other states that are interested in relevant
terms of the planning process of medium expenditure framework.
Indicator7.Acomprehensiveandinclusiverevisionofprogressservesasbasisforjointresponsibility
for all partners at country level.
This indicator will identify if a joint progress monitoring mechanism has been establish at country
level, if the objectives to monitor the efficiency of development assistance have been set forth, and
if this monitoring takes place in a participatory manner and if their results are made public.
It should be noted that in the Republic of Moldova these mechanisms are institutionalised via
sector committees and Joint Partnership Council and via annual evaluations of support portfolios
of development partners. It should be decided to what extent these are functional to enhance their
importance. At the level of investment projects and budgetary support programme, joint monitor-
ing is ensured by Supervision Councils established to trace successful implementation of projects.
Besides, once in two years, Moldova participates in global evaluation of the Global Partnership
commitments to make the cooperation more efficient. At country level, the evaluation will be
done annually, using the same global indicators.
The analysis of external assistance volume in the context of some macroeconomic indicators shows
how the volume of external resources is offered compared to foreign direct investments or remit-
tances, as well as the share of these resources in GDP and NPB revenues. It is ascertained that the
received remittances are five times bigger as volume than the external assistance, while the foreign
direct investments are twice smaller than external assistance.
Fig. 5. Major financial flows for the Republic of Moldova (million Euro)
Source: Balance of payments, BNM, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Moldova and development partners
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(ODA) GRANTED TO THE RM IN 2013,
TRENDS AND DYNAMICS
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Foreign direct investmetns
Official Development Assistance
Remittances
2013
2012
2010
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The share of official development assistance in GDP was 5% in 2013 (by 3.26% less than in 2012)
and by 13.3% in current NPB revenues (by 8.4% less compared to 2012), see the table below.
Fig. 6. ODA share in GDP and NPB (in %)
Source: Calculations of Monitoring and Evaluation Direction
The volume of cooperation assistance granted to the Republic of Moldova is growing continuously
every year. The decrease of amounts in 2013 compared to 2012 is explained by lack of instalments
paid by the IMF.
Fig. 7. Official Development Assistance disbursed in 2005-2013 (million Euro)
Source: Information submitted by the development partners and Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Moldova.
Fig. 8 represents the partner group of the Republic of Moldova. It can be said that the EU jointly
with other EU countries remains the biggest/ most important partner according to the volume of
disbursements, followed by WB, the USA Government and the UN. The category others includes
Swiss Confederation, Japan, People’s Republic of China, the Global Fund to Fight Tuberculosis
and AIDS.
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20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
EU+EBRD/EIB UN World Bank USA Other
2012 2013
20,14% 13,33%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2010 2012 2013
ODA GDP
2010 2012 2013
7,81% 5,01%0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2010 2012 2013
ODA NPB
112
161
339
469
299,9
72
114
295
400
223
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
2005 2007 2010 2012 2013
ODA Total ODA for government sector
* The loans were not reflected until 2010.
Fig. 8. Disbursements for government sector (million Euro)
Source: Development partners and 2012 Global Partnership Report.
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0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
EU USA UN World Bank EIB EBRD Global Fund Other
Development partners Ministry of Finance AMP
Fig. 9. The disbursed amounts in 2013 from three sources of information (million Euro)
Source: Development Partners, Ministry of Finance and AMP (amp.gov.md)
*Other: Romania; Federal Republic of Germany, Swiss Confederation; People’s Republic of China, Kingdom of Sweden; Republic of Austria;
Japan; Czech Republic; Republic of Poland; Republic of Estonia; Hungary; Republic of Finland; Slovak Republic; Republic of Lithuania,
Republic of Leetonia; CEB; Global Environment Facility, Global Fund for Education, Kingdom of Denmark, Principality of Liechtenstein;
Republic of Turkey; OSCE; international NGOs.
Note: AMP Information was reflected as disbursed for projects that were closed/suspended before 2013, which determined the increase of figures
effectively disbursed in 2013. Since the platform was recently launched, we have requested the contribution of partners and CPA to complete
the financial data according to the projects implemented every year. Once the data is revised within the AMP platform, the amounts on dis-
bursement should be close to the amounts in the reports of donors.
2. 1. Graphic illustration of ODA by development partners and sectors.
Cooperation with development partners continued in 2013, as well as the negotiations to launch
new important projects in the national economy. Thus, the volume of new contracts in the
current year accounts for about Euro 624 million and 193 projects. The launched projects will be
implemented in such fields as road rehabilitation, building a state based on the rule of law and
development of health system.
Fig. 10. Volume of projects under implementation in 2013 (million Euro)
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
* Other: Federal Republic of Germany; Kingdom of Sweden; Swiss Confederation; Romania; Republic of Turkey; Republic of Estonia; Republic
of Italy; Kingdom of Norway; Principality of Liechtenstein; Slovak Republic; Hungary; Ireland; the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Republic of
Finland; Kingdom of Belgium; Bulgaria; Council of Europe; international NGOs.
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
EBRD EIB EU Japan CEB World
Bank
Republic
of Austria
People's
Republic
of China
UN Kingdom
of
Denmark
Czech
Republic
USA Other
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Fig. 11. Number of projects initiated in 2013 (by sectors, million Euro)
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
Other: Water and sewage; industry; mineral resources and mining; forestry; trade policy and laws and trade-related adjustment; population
reproduction health policies and programmes; humanitarian aid.
In case of ongoing projects and those launched in the reporting year, the transport and storage,
governance and civil society sectors receive the highest volumes of external resources used to
implement reforms and investment in the sector; Euro 300 million were contracted from EBRD
and EIB to rehabilitate the roads. As for the rule of law, EU has launched a budgetary support
program in the amount of Euro 60 million for justice sector reform. Besides, to ensure the
observance of human rights, the construction of a new penitentiary has started, which costs about
Euro 45 million. Institutional capacity building is ensured significantly by the European Union by
offering 30 million euro for Twinning and technical assistance projects.
As opposed to ongoing projects for which the EU has offered the biggest volume of assistance
in 2013, the European banks are those who have started projects with a budget bigger than EU
resources.
Fig. 12. Ongoing projects in 2013 (by sectors, million Euro)
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
Other: tourism; industry; policy and trade laws and trade-related adjustment; mineral resources and mining, forestry; population reproductive
health policies and programmes, communications, humanitarian aid, refugees in financing countries.
308
153
60
38
17 10 8 8 5 4 7
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Transport and storage
Governance and civil society
Health
Education
Multi-sector
Energy generation and supply
Agriculture
Other social infrastructures and services
Business and other services
Tourism
Other
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From the sector point of view, for the second consecutive year, the transport and storage sector is
leading according to the budget of ongoing projects, with substantial resources used to rehabilitate
the roads. Governance and civil society sector ranks second with resources attracted to implement
public administration reform, institutional capacity building and rule of law.
The graphic in fig. 13 illustrates the disbursed amounts in 2013 at sector level according to infor-
mation presented by the development partners and AMP. As in the case of amounts reflected in
fig. 13 the discrepancy is obvious, because AMP does not offer yet a qualitative information about
external assistance flows.
Fig. 13. The disbursed amounts in 2013 at sector level from two sources of information (million Euro)
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
Other: Social infrastructure and services, trade policy and laws and trade-related adjustment; forestry, communications, financial and banking
services, constructions.
2.2. Graphic illustration of ODA by the form and type of applied instruments
Fig. 14. Ongoing projects and projects started in 2013 by financing instrument
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Development partners AMP
Credit
44%
Grant
56%
Credit
70%
Grant
30%
Launched in 2013Ongoing in 2013
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In 2013, lending resources were contracted to implement investment projects to rehabilitate the
roads and social infrastructure. The share of loans in the total external resources accounted for
70% of total commitments. The entire portfolio of ongoing external assistance has the ratio of
44/56 credits/grants, respectively.
As for economic classification of projects, a new element appeared in reports on external assis-
tance, i.e. current expenditure compared to capital expenditure accounts for 38% of total ongoing
portfolio and about 29% of amounts committed during the reporting year. In absolute amounts,
capital investment accounts for about 1.4 billion Euro from the ongoing portfolio.
At the same time, although the share of capital investments from external sources accounts for
about 70%, it only accounts for about 45% of total capital investments of the Government, the
rest being covered from national revenues.
Fig. 15. Ongoing and contracted projects in 2013 by economic classification
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
Accra Agenda for Action specifies the need and commitment of partners to reduce the fragmen-
tation of development assistance by improving complementary efforts of donors, as well as labour
division between donors via improved allocation of resources and partner countries.
Labour division has several dimensions, two of which are discussed internationally: labour division
between countries focused on the procedure to distribute the assistance between and in- countries,
distribution between donors of portfolios at the partner country level.
The main objective of labour division efforts is a more rational allocation, allocation of develop-
ment assistance which translates into a higher complementarity, better alignment and significant
reduction of transaction costs.
With all efforts made under this aspect and at country level, the issue of fragmentation is acute and
cannot contribute to the achievement of the development objective.
Small steps have been made to reduce the overcrowding and fragmentation. Thus, in 2009, one
donor was present in 16 sectors, and in 2013 one donator was present in 11 sectors. A rate of
about 90% of assistance volume implemented in the Republic of Moldova (as of 31 December
2013) is reported by 8 development partners and 10 per cent is reported by 30 partners. Sectors
most populated by donor’s presence are: governance and civil society, education, other social
infrastructure and services, business and other services and health with a coverage from 15 to 8 in
the respective sectors.
The number of projects under the average public procurement threshold (≤ 249 thousand Euro,
according to EU thresholds) accounts for about 52% (102) of total number of projects launched
in 2013 and reports to only 1.5% of ongoing assistance value.
Capital
71%
Current
29%
Capital
62%
Current
38%
Launched in 2013Ongoing in 2013
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From what has been mentioned above, it can be concluded that to reach better results in imple-
menting sector reforms, which would lead to an obvious economic growth and improvement of
standards of living, it is important for the allocated resources, which are limited, to be directed
towards priority sectors. This concept forms the foundation of National Development Strategy
Moldova 2020, which has identified several sectors that need higher medium- and long-term
support and attention.
Fig. 16. Share of external assistance in sectors by ongoing projects
Source: AMP (amp.gov.md)
* Other development partners: People’s Republic of China, Kingdom of Denmark, Swiss Confederation; Global Fund to Fighting AIDS, Tuber-
culosis and Malaria; Principality of Liechtenstein; Global Education Fund; Czech Republic; OSCE; Kingdom of Norway; Republic of Turkey;
Holland; Republic of Italy; Slovak Republic; Republic of Finland; Republic of Estonia; Republic of Poland; Ireland; the Grand Duchy of Lux-
embourg; the Kingdom of Belgium; Bulgaria; Hungary; Council of Europe, international NGOs.
* Other sectors: Tourism; industry; trade policy and laws; mineral resources and mining; forestry; population reproduction health policies and
programmes, communications, humanitarian aid; refugees in financing countries.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
EU EIB USA EBRD World
Bank
Romania UN Japan CEB Kingdom
of Sweden
Federal
Republic
of
Germany
Republic
of Austria
Other
Other
Multi-sector
Education
Water and sanitation
Energy generation and supply
Health
Agriculture
Other social infrastrucutres and services
Business and other services
Governance and civil society
Transport and storage
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European Union (EU)
The European Union continues to be the biggest development partner of the Republic of Moldova;
financing being granted from National Indicative Programme 2011-2013 with an annual financial
envelope of about Euro 135 million (including amounts granted from the Eastern Partnership
Integration and Cooperation (EaPIC).
MAJOR RESULTS OF ODA BY ITS SHARE
IN THE SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
Eastern Partnership Integration and Cooperation (EaPIC) offers additional financial assistance to Eastern
Partnership countries (EaP) to implement reforms in real democracy and observance of human rights fields.
This mechanism is in accordance with joint responsibility and differentiation principles introduced in 2011
when the European Neighbouring Policy “The enhanced EU support to its neighbours is conditioned. This
will depend on progresses in democracy building and enhancing and observance of rule of law. The quicker a
country progresses in its internal reforms, the bigger is the support of the EU”.
EaPIC Programme financing is received from European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. This
is the main financial and cooperation instrument for Eastern and Southern neighbourhood countries and
Russia in 2007-2013.
Total EaPIC financing (2012-2013) accounts for 152 million Euro.
In 2012, the Republic of Moldova benefited from additional funds for reforms in justice sector, access to
health services, as well as economic stimulation in rural areas (28 million Euro).
To increase the economic opportunities in rural areas, to promote reforms in energy sector (including access
to renewable energy), and to increase the cooperation with the Council of Europe, the Republic of Moldova
has benefited from 35 mln Euro in 2013.
The Republic of Moldova benefited from about 63% of Programme amounts compared to other countries of
the Eastern Partnership, followed by Georgia (49%) and Armenia (40%).
50
66
78.6
122.2
135.4
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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REGIONAL PROJECTS OF EUROPEAN UNION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (2013)
Support of Confidence Building Measures
Energy and Biomass in Moldova
Rehabilitation of Water Supply
Strengthening the Socio-Economic Situation of Teens in Moldova
Sustainable Development in the Technology Sector of
Renewable Energy Production
Public-Private Partnership for the Sustainable Development of
services administered locally
Informing about Social Acts with regard to the Rights and Measures
of Protection and Prevention of Senior Citizen Abuse
Fixed and mobile communications network for
Border Control Service of the Republic of Moldova
Water Utilities Development Program
Projects for Road Rehabilitation
European Union Assistance in Border Control
Enforcement of Forest Legislation, ENPI FLEG Program
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Budgetary support from EU
The sector budget support programmes (more than 50% from the 2013 envelope) represents a
considerable share in annual EU action plans. In the reporting period, 5 sector programmes have
been implemented.
No. NAP Sector
BSP Component
Additional
BS Alloca-
tion
Disbursed in
previous years
(reporting year)
Statute
Disbursed in 2013
Planned
disburse-
ments by
2014
Euro million
Original
amount of
allocation
Budgetary
Support
(BS)
TA and
other
actions
Planned
De
facto
1. 2007 Social 21 20 1 0 20 Completed - - -
2. 2008 Health 46,6 43,45 3,15 6 38,97 Ongoing 6 0 6
3. 2009 Water and Sewage 45 37 3* 5 32,03 Ongoing 13 0 13
4. 2010
Economic sti-
mulation in rural
areas
45 42 3 27 29 Ongoing 13 13 14
5. 2011 Energy 42,6 40 2,6 10 13 Ongoing 13 11,61 14,5
6. 2012 Justice Reform 52 50,2 1,8 8 0 Ongoing 15 15 15
7. 2013
Vocational
Education
25 - - - -
Under
preparation
- - 0
8. 2013 Viza free regime 20 - 1 - -
Under
preparation
- - 6*
Total 297,2 232,65 15,6 56 133 60 39,61 68,5*
Mil. euro, as of 31 December 2013
Source: State Chancellery
* Under the conditions of anticipated disbursement of first instalment based on Visa Free Regime Programme
All five budget support programmes have registered significant results at sector level, both in public
policy field and capital investment field. Thus, the following has been achieved with the support
of Economic Stimulation of Rural Areas Programme (ESRA): building a business incubator in
Ceadar-Lunga town and enhancing the grant fund of National Programme for Economic Empower-
ment of Youth, Credit Guarantee Fund, PARE 1+1 Programme of the Agency for Interventions and
Payments in Agriculture with MDL 150 million, which awarded over one thousand grants. Besides,
ESRA has offered support to improve the institutional capacities in the field of business develop-
ment. Budget support in health field has contributed to the procurement of modern equipment for
Medical University Simulation Centre of Moldova, as well as to develop/approve the Curriculum
and academic programmes for subjects taught at this Centre. At the same time, state-of-art public
health laboratories have been created at local level and throughout the Republic and equipment
was procured, in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation. With
the assistance of budget support programme in the field of water and sewage, in 2013, about 35
thousand people were connected to water pipelines, over 20 thousands to sewage systems and the
sewage systems were rehabilitated in 14 schools. Furthermore, during the reporting year, Water
Supply and Sanitation Strategy for 2014-2018 has been developed. The Strategy was approved and
published at the beginning of 2014. Due to budgetary support in justice sector, the budget of the
Ministry of Justice has increased by 60% in 2013 compared to 2012, a fact that led to successful
implementation of policies foreseen in the Justice Sector Reform Strategy and transfer of juveniles
into a modern penitentiary institution, salary increase in justice sector, etc. The budgetary support
in the energy sector has made possible the development and improvement of primary and secondary
legislation, as well as investments in energy efficiency and energy recovery from renewable source
actions. Thanks to this support, 360 European and international standards in energy field have been
adopted in 2013. Moreover, the capital for energy efficiency fund has increased by about MDL 200
million in 2013 and over MDL 170 million in 2014. From these funds, the first 84 projects in the
field of energy efficiency and renewable energy have been approved.
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At the same time, from the 2013 annual financial envelope, two more budget support programmes
have been negotiated and approved, such as visa free regime (21 Euro million) and vocational
education (25 Euro million). The first programme has the purpose to consolidate the institution-
al capacities responsible for successful implementation of European Union visa free regime. The
support to vocational education will redesign reforms in vocational education, having the purpose
to support the enhancement of vocational education efficiency to create a competitive and qualified
labour force, in accordance with actual and future market requirements.
The efforts that led to successful achievement of policy commitments of budget support programmes
were generously appreciated, and respectively, additional funds from the EU in the amount of Euro
35 million euro have been allocated (based on the ”more for more” principle). ESRA Programme
(13 mln Euro), energy (10 Euro million), energy and biomass (9.46 Euro million), Action Plan
of the Republic of Moldova – Council of Europe (2.54 Euro million) will contribute to the
implementation of sector reforms.
Six Twinning projects were ongoing in 2013. One has been finalised, and the other one has started
this year. The most significant results of these projects were to develop a database to monitor the
pesticides, building capacity of financial management, approval of Regional Strategy for 2013-
2015, reorganisation and making Consumer Protection Agency more efficient, etc.
Fig. 19. Use of EU TAIEX instrument
Source: European Commission
The public institutions of the Republic of Moldova organised 119 TAIEX events, attended by
2382 public servants. Out of 16 neighbouring states of the European Union, the Republic of
Moldova is the most active, which is being confirmed by numerous TAIEX applications, which is
over 25% of total number of applications.
Twinning is an instrument for cooperation between a public institution in a beneficiary
country and peer institution in an EU member state in a certain field. This has the purpose
to improve/modernize the institution in the beneficiary country, as well as to develop new
normative acts in accordance with EU acquis.
TAIEX is a technical assistance and information exchange instrument managed by the Euro-
pean Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement. TAIEX grants support to partner
countries to transpose, apply and enforce EU legislation. This is determined by the demand
that facilitates adequate individual experience to meet the short turn needs.
Missions of
experts; 32
Workshops;
33
Study tours;
52
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Neighbourhood Investment Facility, Confidence building measures and others.
Besides the programmes mentioned above within the annual envelopes, in 2013 the Confidence
Building Project (CBP part I) was implemented aiming at settling the Transnistrian conflict. With
the support of CBP Project, the rehabilitation of about 40 social institutions have been conducted
in the security zone; more than 40 events and training were organised; i) the SMEs capacities to
participate in specialised international fairs and exhibitions have been consolidated; ii) enhancing
the cooperation between the states on both banks of the River Nistru; iii) improving the capacities
of the mass media, etc. At the same time, 28 million Euro were negotiated during the report-
ing year and directed to the Second Confidence Building Project. Administrative Territorial Unit
Gagauzia will benefit from this Programme (5 Euro million), too.
The Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF) of the European Union, meant to cover the
investment needs of neighbouring region (in transport, energy, environment and social issues),
has contributed to the rehabilitation of 22 km of national road on the Balti-Sarateni section;
procurement of 23 trolleybuses for Balti municipality. Besides, 8 million Euro were offered to
rehabilitate the electricity transportation grids.
Apart from budget support in energy sector, the Energy and Biomass Project in Moldova contributes
to the implementation of energetic efficiency strategies. In the reporting period, with financial
and technical support of the project, the installation of 50 biomass boilers has begun and 37
quality standards for biomass fuel have been approved. At the same time, training and seminars
on the subject with different partners were organised, attended by over 100 thousand people. To
ensure the energy independence by diversifying the sources, the construction of gas pipeline Iasi–
Ungheni has started in 2013 and was financed by EU Romania–Ukraine–Republic of Moldova
Cross-Border Programme.
European Banks
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD) and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEDB) are European financial insti-
tutions represented in the Republic of Moldova with financial support for implementing major
infrastructure projects. The activity fields of these three institutions in 2013 are: road infrastructure,
water and sewage and buildings for social purposes.
EBRD and EIB are the biggest partners that contribute to the improvement/rehabilitation of
road infrastructure. With the support of these two banks, 65 km of national road was rehabilitat-
ed integrally on M2 Chisinau–Soroca section and about 8 km of road on R3 Chisinau–Hancesti
section in 2013. At the same time, the technical procedures to implement the rehabilitation project
of six main streets in the Chisinau mun. have started in the reporting period, financed by EBRD,
EIB and EU. The project has to be implemented in 2014-2015. Also, to continue the implemen-
tation of the Water and Wastewater Treatment Programme in Chisinau mun., a new Agreement
between JSC Apa-Canal Chisinau and EBRD, EIB and EU in the amount of Euro 60 million was
signed for the rehabilitation of about 190 km of pipeline. In the water sector, with the support of
these development partners, the implementation of Water Companies Development Programme
has continued by rehabilitating more than 300 km of pipeline, about 36 km of sanitation and 11
artesian wells. Another joint EBRD, EIB and EU project has started in 2013 (financial agreements
were signed in 2012), which refers to the rehabilitation of State-owned Company Moldelectrica.
With the project assistance, the regional interconnection would be consolidated, so the Republic of
Moldova is integrated in the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
(ENTSO-E).
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To modernize the public transport in Balti mun., all technical procedures were carried out in
2013 to procure 23 new trolleybuses from the EBRD and EU funds. The procurement took place
in 2014. To develop the wine sector, the EIB and EU finance the Reform of the Wine Sector
Restructuring Programme, which financed 11 investment projects with a budget over 11 million
Euro.
With the support of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEDB), a public housing
construction project has started in 12 towns for social vulnerable strata in 2013. The construction of
the first 115 apartments started in Calarasi, Briceni and Sangerei. Besides, CEBD signed an agree-
ment with the Republic of Moldova to implement the biggest investment project in the Republic
of Moldova, and namely, the construction of a penitentiary institution for 1536 detainees, which
will contribute to the observance of human rights of detainees, as well as decrease of the number
of detainees’ complaints of the Republic of Moldova in the European Court of Human Rights
World Bank (WB)
The Country Partnership Strategy for 2014-2017 was signed in 2013 with a budget of over 570
million, which foresees support to economic growth and poverty reduction in the Republic of
Moldova. The strategy is based on three pillars: (i) enhanced competitiveness; (ii) strengthen
human capital and minimization of social risks, and (iii) promoting an ecological/green, clean and
resistant Moldova.
Active portfolio of ongoing WB projects in 2013 accounted for 19 per cent with a budget of
about USD 200 million and a more significant contribution in education, social and information
technologies sectors. Five more projects have been negotiated and launched in 2013 with a budget
of about USD 55 million for reforms in education, agriculture and external audit.
Similarly, 4 WB projects were completed in 2013 in the following fields:
I. National Water Supply and Sanitation Programme with a budget of USD 14 million concluded
with the rehabilitation of about 100 km of pipeline, 2.4 km of sewage, 9 artesian wells, which
benefited 20 thousand citizens;
II. Competitiveness Enhancement Project, which contributed to the enhancement of business
environment by adjusting the legal framework in line with EU acquis, consultations with and
loans to business environment. In total, 96 sub-projects have been approved for financing in
agriculture and light industry sector;
III. Central Public Administration Reform Project was funded from WB Trust Fund. In the year
of reference, the modernisation process of public services has started, carrying out a comprehen-
sive analysis of public services and developing the Concept of public service upgrade. At the same
time, the Automatic Information System Register of public function and public servants has been
finalised;
IV. Quality Education in Rural Areas Project, which assisted in procuring and distributing teaching
materials, as well as to implement the upgraded curriculum.
The competitive agriculture is a desideratum for the Republic of Moldova. In this context, a
project financed by the WB has been launched, which in the year of reference has completed all
technical procedures to enforce the signature of financial agreement. The investment and rural
services project has continued its activity in the reporting year, and signed 8 mini-projects in fruit
and vegetable farming, as well as livestock farming. Over 2000 farmers benefited from support for
wheat and corn loss compensation as a result of 2012 drought.
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The United Nations (UN)
The cooperation with the United Nations takes place in accordance with the fields foreseen in
the UN Partnership Framework - Republic of Moldova 2013-2017 (signed in December 2012)
with the following key pillars: (i) democratic governance, justice, equality and human rights; (ii)
human capital development and social inclusion; (iii) environment, climate change and disaster
risk management. Even in the first year of implementing the Partnership Framework, the UN
kept its focus on marginalised/disadvantaged population (??), as well as promotion of reforms. The
UN is the main development partner in the field of technical cooperation and political dialogue
facilitation.
In order to create a democratic governance and build a state based on the rule of law, 16 sector
strategies and action plans, as well as more than 20 normative acts were developed. The Parlia-
ment, Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Anticorruption Centre were among the most
important public authorities that benefited from assistance in applying the Strategies to enhance
the performance of public servants, and fighting crime phenomenon. The UNHCR carried out
two specialised trainings for Centru Court and Chisinau Court of Appeal regarding asylum and
statelessness; to establish/train/create/found/build a legal practice for interested lawyers, public
servants and students, which serves as formation centre in the field of asylum and statelessness, and
20 training courses and workshops were organised by the end of 2013. A very intense collaboration
took place between the UN institutions and National Institute of Justice in the Republic of
Moldova in the field of human rights, and more than 200 judges and prosecutors were trained in
the anti-discrimination field.
To increase the transparency of subjects responsible for coordination of external assistance, the
UNDP has offered support for the development and implementation of the external assistance
management platform.
For the implementation of the second pillar – human capital development and social inclusion,
the UN offered support in developing the national program to prevent school dropout. As for
violence prevention, 115 local trainers and over 1200 people have been trained (tutor teacher,
educators, civil servants in raion education divisions). To modernize the quality evaluation system
in general education, UNICEF has offered support in the development of education quality
standards, which were tested in 15 schools from 3 raions. Support was offered in the field of edu-
cation to develop Child friendly schools concept, applied in 15 schools, where 396 teachers were
trained to apply result-based standards. With the UNDP support, the Career Development Centre
SYSLAB has been developed, which in the reporting period offered 5040 individual counselling
sessions, 96 group training courses and 210 on-site visits to companies, as a result of which, 62
people found work. Significant support is offered by the UNDP within the Confidence Building
Measures Programme funded by the EU, which will implement over 80 projects in the social field.
A substantial support was offered by the UN agencies to government institutions in developing
and implementing normative acts and sector strategies in the field of public health, vocational
and general education, decentralization. The UNDP has offered all the necessary support to the
National Bureau of Statistics to prepare the 2014 Population and Housing Census.
With the support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), only in the
reporting year, 1152 loans were awarded to 1186 beneficiaries (SMEs, farmers in the rural area,
young entrepreneurs) to develop rural areas. 40% of the financial support awarded to young
entrepreneurs was in the form of grants. 1270 new jobs were created with the assistance of these
loans. Also, 4.38 km of road and 5.71 km of pipeline were rehabilitated. Also, in order to ensure
Program sustainability, about 93 rural entrepreneurs benefited from assistance in developing
business plans financed within projects, over 1200 agricultural producers benefited from training
in agriculture.
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With the UNIDO support, the Republic of Moldova has registered progresses in enhancing the
productivity of resources and decreasing the pollution level, by offering modern technical systems
to 25 companies to reduce pollution. The post-implementation monitoring at 7 enterprises has
discovered 720.000 kWh energy savings, 6300 m3 water and more than 7000 tons of materials.
Moreover, the interventions led to a reduction by 6300 tons of waste waters and 450 tons of
greenhouse gas emissions, which constitute USD 240 thousand savings.
Bilateral Partners
The Government of the United States of America (the USA) is the main bilateral development
partner, to great extent, due to Compact Program, which has plans to contribute to population’s
income increase by eliminating or reducing some critical constraints which refer to the unsat-
isfactory state of road infrastructure, and easy transit to a developed agriculture, especially to
renovate the irrigation systems. Thus, by the end of 2013, 60 km of road out of 93 km planned for
rehabilitation have been rehabilitated on Sarateni–Soroca section. Also, the rehabilitation works of
14 bridges on the section have started, as well as rehabilitation of Soroca town centre. To improve
the agricultural sector, the irrigation systems rehabilitation works have started in 2013 in Criuleni
and Lopatna, which were the first two out of 11 irrigation systems planned for rehabilitation.
Besides the two key elements of Compact Programme mentioned previously, it offered support in
other fields, such as improving the legal framework in water sector and granting loans to farmers.
The business environment is an important field where the USA offers assistance. Thus, over 260
enterprises benefited from technical support to improve/optimize business process and manage-
ment. Eloquent results of this support are: the biggest furniture shop, which hosts more than
15 local furniture producers; promotion of local products outside the country; supporting local
farmers to participate in the most important exhibition of fresh products in Europe, as a result of
which, more than 150 contracts between local and foreign producers have been signed.
To consolidate the capacities of local public authorities, the assistance from the USA Govern-
ment is directed to improve the provision of local public services, to enhance local revenues and
improve financial management, as well as the assistance in developing and implementing local
plans with the support of energy efficiency projects in towns. Thus, 21 training sessions were
conducted, which were attended by about 400 people and civil servants in the module Excellence
in Local Management. Besides, 4 additional training sessions were organised in the field of local
public finance system and budgetary preparation for about 200 selected persons and civil servants
in 100 localities. 32 raion residential towns benefited from assistance in strategic planning to
ensure an enhanced transparency in decision-making process at local level and to improve the
communication between interested parties; the Communication Guide for LPA was developed
with the support of the USAID, which laid the foundation for the development and approval of
the mayoralty regulations on communication.
The rule of law is the third pillar which is supported by the USA. In this sense, the National Justice
Institute has benefited from training to consolidate the capacities of 50 heads of secretaries of
courts, as well as training courses in the following fields: performance-based budgets, centralised
public procurement and internal audit in courts.
The Ministry of Justice was supported in the revision and adjustment process of the Module from
the integrated file management programme, which addresses the evaluation of cause complex-
ity in the programme, random case distribution (who and to whom?) and access to databases,
programme integration with digital audio recording system Femida etc. To reduce the subjective
factors in courts, the USAID has assisted in the procurement of 38 sets of audio recording devices/
equipment for sessions and 226 recorders. Most people, who use these technologies (officers of the
court, assistants, judges, etc.), were trained.
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Romania ranks among bilateral partners with the highest amounts of external assistance allocated
to ongoing projects in 2013. This fact is due to the commitment in the form of grant amounting
to Euro 100 mln., which is implemented for infrastructure projects. Thus, in the reporting period,
this project has allocated over Euro 5 million to co-finance the construction project of the gas
pipeline Iasi–Ungheni. Besides, the Additional Protocol was signed, according to which, Euro 15
mln. have to be provided to projects in the field of environment protection and climate change
projects, after the Protocol enters into force.
Japan is in the top three development partners. In 2013, a 45 million Euro project has been
launched to improve medical services by providing medical equipment to hospitals of the Republic
of Moldova. Five hospitals (Republican Clinical Hospital, Scientific Research Institute of Mother
and Child Health Protection, National Scientific Practical Centre for Emergency Medicine,
Institute of Oncology, Municipal Clinic Hospital Sfânta Treime) and 11 Public Health Centres
(National Centre in Chisinau, Municipal Centre of Chisinau, Edinet, Balti, Soroca, Ungheni,
Orhei, Hancesti, Causeni, Cahul, Gagauzia) will benefit from this project and will be equipped
with modern medical devices. At the same time, Japan remains a loyal partner in agriculture,
especially in offering assistance to disfavoured farmers. 305 agricultural devices and equipment
were procured in 2013, which has contributed to the creation of 385 new jobs. Rural development
and energy efficiency is another priority of Japan. In 2013, Japan offered about Euro 9 mln. to
implement projects in the field of efficient use of biomass solid fuel.
The Kingdom of Sweden, Federal Republic of Germany and Republic of Austria rank in the top
10 biggest development partners in the Republic of Moldova, providing an essential support in
regional development, human rights, energy etc.
With the support of the Kingdom of Sweden, a number of institutional measures were achieved in
the field of investment climate reform, succeeding the decrease of number of authorities that have
the right to audit from 64 to 33, and the control process has become clearer and more efficient
with clear terms and appeal procedures. Besides, it assisted in the development of Control Register
Regulation and adoption of National Action Plan in Energy Efficiency field for 2013-2015.
The Federal Republic of Germany is a development partner in achieving structural reforms and im-
provement of local infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova. German partners provide assistance
especially to regional development agencies, as well as Ministry of Regional Development and
Construction. The representatives of the Ministry were trained in efficient communication and
implementation of Programmes and financing instruments of EU and others. At regional level, via
regional development agencies, 5 projects were implemented, with a budget of over Euro 3 million.
At the same time, sector regional planning process has been initiated in the following fields: (i)
solid waste management, (ii) water and sanitation, (iii) energy efficiency of public buildings, and
(iv) road infrastructure.
The Republic of Austria offers support in the implementation of social development policies.
In the education, with the support offered by the Austrian Government, the modern modular
Curriculum for information technologies and communications specialisation has been devel-
oped, the initial training project of professional centre for promotion in construction sector in the
Republic of Moldova had been initiated. The cooperation with UniCredit Bank has continued and
more financial resources have been attracted to implement phase II of equipping the Republican
Clinical Hospital with medical devices. At the same time, with the support of Austrian partners,
the construction project of pipeline in Nisporeni has started.
Although, the People’s Republic of China does not rank in the first 10 development partners, its
support in 2013 has contributed to the finalization of road traffic monitoring report implemen-
tation, which even in the first months of implementation helped to register about 16450 traffic
violations, which were fined with over MDL 5 mln. The result of installing video surveillance
has been already expressed in the decrease of accidents in the monitored intersections by 40%
and of the death number by 60%. At the same time, two financial agreements were signed with
the People’s Republic of China in 2013, with a budget of over Euro 10 mln., and the projects are
planned to be launched in 2014.
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
AMP Informational External Aid Management Platform
CPA Central Public Authority
ODA Official Development Assistance
CEB Council of Europe Development Bank
EIB European Investment Bank
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
WB World Bank
NPB National public budget
ESRA Economic Stimulation of Rural Areas Programme
NIV Neighbourhood Investment Facility
MF Ministry of Finance
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
NGO Non-governmental organisation
UN United Nations
OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
GDP Gross Domestic Product
RM Republic of Moldova
SIDA Sweden Agency for International and Development Cooperation
SCBM Confidence building measures
USA United States of America
TAIEX Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument
UE European Union
UNHCR United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
ACRONYMS
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A N N E X E S
A. List of external assistance projects launched in 2013
Title
Beginning Financing
instruments
Development
partner
DAC / OECD
sectors
Budget (Euro)
End
Supporting the Republic of Moldova to
implement the EU-Moldova Action Plan on
Visa Liberalisation
01/01/2013
Grant
European Union Governance and
civil society
1 200 000
01/01/2015
Technical assistance to the Bureau for Rein-
tegration of the Republic of Moldova
18/03/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
769 288
15/09/2014
Enhancing the response capacity of the
Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscita-
tion and Extrication (SMURD), in case of
preparation and urgent intervention in the
common boundaries of Romania, Ukraine
and Republic of Moldova
07/03/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
1 000 700
07/03/2015
Re-equipment and maintenance of protocol
room of the Ministry of External Affairs
and European Integration of the Republic of
Moldova
25/04/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Governance and
civil society
219 800
23/06/2013
Financing Agreement between the Govern-
ment of the Republic of Moldova and Eu-
ropean Union on Framework Programme in
support of the current and new agreements
between the European Union and the Re-
public of Moldova
14/06/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
13 000 000
14/06/2018
Agreement between the Government of the
Republic of Moldova and Government of
People’s Republic of China on economic
and technical cooperation
10/07/2013
Grant China
Governance and
civil society
8 000 000
10/07/2018
Strengthening and development of the insti-
tutional capacity of the Bureau of Migration
and Asylum - strengthening legal and insti-
tutional framework for better governance of
migration and asylum system
01/10/2013
Grant Romania
Governance and
civil society
150 000
30/09/2014
Second Line of Defence Programme (SLD):
Battelle Memorial Institute Pacific North-
west Division
30/07/2013
Grant USA
Governance and
civil society
45 434
29/07/2014
Financial Agreement between the Republic
of Moldova and EBRD of Road Rehabilita-
tion Project IV
28/06/2013
Preferential
credit
EBRD
Transport and
storage
150 000 000
31/07/2017
Loan Agreement between EIB and RM on
Road Rehabilitation Project IV
25/06/2013 Preferential
credit
EIB
Transport and
storage
150 000 000
31/07/2017
Balti Trolleybus Company - twinning part-
nership in public transport
11/04/2013
Grant EBRD
Transport and
storage
93 900
09/10/2014
Grant Agreement between the Government
of the Republic of Moldova and Govern-
ment of Japan on implementation of the
Efficient Use of Biomass Solid Fuel Project
26/06/2013
Grant Japan
Generation and
supply of elec-
tricity
9 016 414
31/03/2017
Children with future – a future for children
01/10/2013
Grant Austria
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
84 296
30/09/2016
Support to development of Home Care
services in Moldova 2011-2013
01/04/2013
Grant Czech Republic
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
435 765
31/03/2016
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
Abuse of Older Adults Prevention Project in
the Republic of Moldova
01/01/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
179 922
01/01/2015
International Labour Organisation Project
– Jobs for Young People of the Republic of
Moldova in 2013
01/01/2013
Grant ONU
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
31 752
01/07/2013
University collaboration network at the
Black Sea
18/04/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 45 267
18/04/2015
Developing inter-university Regional Start-
up Centres
15/10/2013
Grant European Union Education 100 000
14/10/2015
Education reform project
01/07/2013 Preferential
credit
World Bank Education 31 007 600
29/11/2018
Prevention and treatment of Diabetes in
Chisinau
01/08/2013
Grant Czech Republic Health 170 768
31/12/2014
Development of Home Care services in the
North of the Republic
01/04/2013
Grant Czech Republic Health 425 612
30/12/2015
Financing Agreement between the Govern-
ment of the Republic of Moldova and the
Government of Japan to finance the En-
chaining of Medical Services Project
27/06/2013
Preferential
credit
Japan Health 46 521 742
27/06/2023
Credit Agreement between Unicredit Bank
Austria an RM on financing ”Improvement
of Medical Services in RCHM phase II”
project
09/07/2013
Preferential
credit
Austria Health 7 300 000
09/07/2014
Promotion of sustainable production and
implementation of the best practices in
cattle farms in the cross-border region Ro-
mania, Rep. Moldova and Ukraine
01/10/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 416 000
31/07/2015
Cross-Border Ecological Agriculture Net-
work, “EcoAgriNet 2”
01/10/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 165 206
31/03/2015
Transparent Convergence to EU Policies
in Sanitary Issues: the Case of Georgia and
Moldova
01/11/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 142 622
29/02/2016
Establishing a three lateral cross-border
network for development and trade in tradi-
tional agro food products in the cross-border
area of Lower Danube
08/11/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 554 590
08/08/2015
Promoting planning and participatory plan-
ning as efficient mechanism for enabling
community and sustainable local develop-
ment
18/01/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 386 347
18/07/2014
Use of water flows in putting down forest
fires with new technologies
02/04/2013
Grant European Union Forestry 113 233
02/04/2015
Development and management of integrat-
ed urban development plans
15/10/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 149 410
14/10/2014
Moldova towards regional and cross-bor-
der development of EU “REGDEV”
01/09/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 35 904
31/08/2016
Rehabilitation of polluted lands with pe-
troleum hydrocarbon resin in Lunga and
Marculesti
21/08/2013
Grant Czech Republic Multi-sector 507 270
30/11/2015
Production and installation of camps for
Executive Committee Building and Popular
Assembly of the ATU Gagauzia
01/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
1 930
31/10/2013
Involvement of citizens in setting prior-
ities, development and implementation of
local development policies (SolveNet)
10/06/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
448 861
10/12/2014
Danube – black sea connection of Europe-
an and Asian economy, a step for substantial
growth of the black sea area (DAB) -1
14/07/2013
Grant European Union
Transport and
storage
598 625
13/07/2014
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
SIDE BY SIDE Tri-nodal network for
tourism promotion and development in
Galati-Cahul-Reni cross-border region
15/08/2013
Grant European Union Tourism 652 187
14/02/2015
The Maritime Network of Education for
the Development of the Maritime Culture in
the Black Sea Basin
12/03/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
329 647
11/11/2015
Business environment – sustainable pro-
motion and development
30/08/2013
Grant European Union
Business and other
services
232 660
29/12/2014
Strengthening the Transplant Agency of the
Republic of Moldova and support for legal
approximation in quality and safety quality
of substances of human origin
01/12/2013
Grant European Union Health 1 178 464
01/12/2015
Grant Agreement between the Republic of
Moldova and International Association for
Development on ”Integration of children
with special needs in general schools” -
FISM
06/08/2013
Grant World Bank
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
2 156 050
05/08/2016
Development of the agricultural sector by
creating the border agricultural network
01/11/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 2 401 568
31/08/2015
Sustainable transport and tourism along
the Danube
05/09/2013
Grant European Union Tourism 85 969
31/12/2014
Clean Rivers - Clean Sea! NGOs actions
for environmental protection within Black
Sea area
01/02/2013
Grant European Union
Water and sani-
tation
462 603
01/02/2015
National Antiviolence Centre for women
and mothers with children, victims of do-
mestic violence
25/05/2013
Grant Republic of Italy
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
86 000
24/05/2015
Quality Certification System in Agrotour-
ism – CerTour Project
17/04/2013
Grant European Union Tourism 50 544
16/04/2015
Central Heating Program in Moldova –
Identification Study of the Project
06/05/2013
Grant EBRD
Generation and
supply of elec-
tricity
300 000
30/11/2013
Strategic Territorial Agendas for “Small
and Middle-Sized Towns” (STATUS)
02/12/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 92 187
30/11/2014
Reduction of pollution and soil erosion by
extending the capacity of waste water treat-
ment management
27/11/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 2 089 139
26/09/2015
Regional network of business incubators
27/03/2013
Grant European Union
Business and other
services
128 804
27/03/2015
Development of cross-border tourism by
promoting the Mansion of Manuc Bey,
Elena Ioan Cuza Mortuary Complex and the
Blesciunov Mansion
30/10/2013
Grant European Union Tourism 2 248 598
30/08/2015
Border infrastructure (communications
infrastructure between Romania and the
Republic of Moldova)
04/09/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
3 000 000
04/08/2015
Unity in diversity – Art Exchange and
Traditional Crafts for Youth
30/09/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
31 500
30/09/2014
Virtual Platform for cross-border exchange
of students
02/10/2013
Grant European Union Education 84 536
01/10/2014
Rehabilitation of Royal Court of Lapusna
for tourism sightseeing
03/10/2013
Grant European Union Tourism 694 349
31/12/2014
Beyond Borders – Music and Identity
Among European Youth
19/11/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
26 389
18/11/2014
Cross-border interdisciplinary cooperation
for the prevention of natural disasters and
mitigation of environmental pollution in
Lower Danube
01/11/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 220 228
31/08/2015
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
Fanfares beyond borders
01/10/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
12 305
31/03/2015
Cultural exchange platform - CUL-
TUR-EXP
01/07/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
36 651
30/06/2015
Solidarity, Youth and Water in Moldova
01/07/2013
Grant
Swiss Confeder-
ation
Multi-sector 88 292
30/06/2014
Establishment and promotion of new ap-
proaches and instruments to enhance prima-
ry sector’s competitiveness and innovation
in the South East Europe (APP4INNO)
30/11/2013
Grant Hungary Industry 92 610
29/11/2014
Increasing the efficiency and transparency
of processes within the National Agency for
Employment – electronic data registration
system implementation
12/09/2013
Grant Czech Republic
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
126 381
31/12/2014
Artistic and cultural education in the con-
text of sustainable cross-border cooperation
14/09/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
146 898
14/03/2015
Intelligent cluster policies for South-East-
ern Europe
05/11/2013
Grant European Union
Business and other
services
96 841
31/12/2014
Support to the Republic of Moldova in the
process of creation of the Deep and Com-
prehensive Free Trade Zone
01/12/2013
Grant European Union
Business and other
services
1 927 000
30/11/2015
Pneumococcal vaccine assistance
01/07/2013
Grant
International
NGO
Health 1 027 413
01/07/2015
Grant Agreement between the Republic
of Moldova and International Development
Association on Enhancing capacities of
Court of Accounts of the Republic of Mol-
dova
14/08/2013
Grant World Bank
Governance and
civil society
754 034
30/11/2015
Preparing the conditions for the wine from
the Black Sea basin to enter on international
market: Black Sea WinExports /
24/05/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 220 273
23/05/2015
Technical assistance and support to the
National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear
and Radiological Activities of the Republic
of Moldova to implement measures to im-
prove radiological security in the Central
and Eastern Europe and Russia
03/04/2013
Grant
Kingdom of
Sweden
Generation and
supply of elec-
tricity
400 000
31/12/2014
Enhancing Digital Security capacity of Gov-
ernmental institutions of the RM
01/04/2013
Grant USA
Governance and
civil society
103 067
30/06/2014
DCA Loan Portfolio Guarantee Facility with
Prime Capital (second agreement)
30/09/2013
Grant USA
Business and other
services
145 529
29/12/2014
Support to Organic Agriculture in Moldova 30/04/2013 Grant USA
Business and other
services
117 879
Moldova Partnership for Sustainable Civil
Society (MPSCS)
13/12/2013
Grant USA
Governance and
civil society
1 433 536
12/12/2018
Procuring of conference table for Protocol
Rook of the Ministry of External Affairs and
European Integration of the RM
08/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Governance and
civil society
8 500
31/12/2013
Energy audit of Gymnasium “Iaroslav
Gasek” in. Huluboaia village, Cahul Raion
15/10/2013
Grant Czech Republic
Generation and
supply of elec-
tricity
2 032
15/12/2013
Procurement of audio equipment for Gen-
eral Culture and Tourism Direction of ATU
Gagauzia
01/11/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
15 630
31/12/2013
Procurement of computers for schools of
the Republic of Moldova
11/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 21 000
31/12/2013
Procurement of computers for the Library
M.K. ATATÜRK in Comrat mun.
01/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 6 830
01/12/2013
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
Re-equipment of the NATO Information
and Documentation Centre of ULIM Uni-
versity of the Republic of Moldova
01/11/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 9 550
31/12/2013
Support to National Strategy to support
children without parental care in Moldova
01/02/2013
Grant Czech Republic
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
99 067
31/12/2013
Support to public service modernisation
reform implementation
01/03/2013
Grant World Bank
Governance and
civil society
636 836
30/12/2013
Re-equipment and maintaining of Office of
Bashkan of ATU Gagauzia in Comrat mun.
28/04/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Governance and
civil society
11 000
29/05/2013
Sustainable broad partnership for decen-
tralisation reform
01/01/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
270 000
01/01/2015
Reconstruction of Fire fighters and Rescu-
ers Unit of Soroca, Republic of Moldova
23/08/2013
Grant USA
Governance and
civil society
497 453
30/09/2014
Professional training network for local
public administration
01/11/2013
Grant European Union
Governance and
civil society
149 997
02/02/2015
Enhancing the investment promotion of
MIEPO and support to investment promo-
tion in industrial parks in the Republic of
Moldova
01/10/2013
Grant UN
Business and other
services
- Trade and
trade-related poli-
cy and laws
1 000 000
31/10/2016
I do care, I will involve! – Cross-border
cooperation for social inclusion of vulnera-
ble youth
20/12/2013
Grant European Union
Other social in-
frastructure and
services
45 958
20/02/2015
Traffic Information systems regarding road
safety
24/12/2013
Grant European Union
Transport and
storage
602 316
24/06/2015
Pure water – for villages benefit
09/12/2013
Grant Romania
Water and sani-
tation
863 315
09/10/2015
Cross-border waste management tool for
rural localities, CBCRurWaste
11/12/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 349 252
11/10/2015
Eco-Cities – a common vision in cross-bor-
der area
17/12/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 2 075 891
17/10/2015
GHID- Care. Food. Integration. Develop-
ment
01/11/2013
Grant Austria Education 1 300 000
31/10/2016
Upgrading the heating system in boarding
school of Ceadir-Lunga, ATU Gagauzia
08/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 37 000
31/12/2013
Extension of a successful Inclusion Pre-
school Education Model in the Republic of
Moldova
01/08/2013
Grant Czech Republic Education 394 468
01/12/2014
Introduction of innovative waste manage-
ment practices in selected cities of Georgia,
Moldova and Armenia, GMA-WMP
09/08/2013
Grant European Union
Water and sani-
tation
269 916
08/08/2015
Providing social vulnerable patients with
hearing devices and tonometer
01/03/2013
Grant Czech Republic Health 7 852
29/08/2013
Reparation, re-equipment and maintenance
of library building M.K. Atatürk in Comrat
mun.
01/05/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 27 475
29/06/2013
Improving medical equipment in Raion
Ungheni Hospital
19/02/2013
Grant Japan Health 92 831
19/06/2013
Project to renew medical equipment in
Cimislia raion
26/02/2013
Grant Japan Health 42 539
27/05/2013
Equipment of IMSP Raion Comrat Hospi-
tal “Isaac Gufinchel” with artificial respira-
tory ventilator
02/08/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Health 10 000
02/09/2013
Green youth movement in cross-border area
16/11/2013
Grant European Union Multi-sector 71 772
15/10/2014
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provided to the Republic of Moldova
Modernization of public transport in Balti
mun.
10/07/2013 - Preferen-
tial credit
- Grant
- EBRD
- European
Union
Transport and
storage
4 600 000
10/07/2015
South East Neighbourhood Safe Routes
(SENSOR)
15/11/2013
Grant European Union
Transport and
storage
110 293
05/04/2015
Promotion of civic participation in Cahul
Raion
01/01/2013
Grant Czech Republic
Governance and
civil society
63 382
01/01/2014
Developing the expenditure framework
for design documents for IMSP Scientific
Research Institute for Maternal and Child
Health Care in Chisinau
03/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Health 36 500
31/01/2014
Border protection against wild animals
18/12/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 21 450
17/10/2015
Professional and ongoing training in elec-
tric engineering in Chisinau
01/11/2013
Grant
Federal Republic
of Germany
Education 422 536
31/07/2016
e-Fairs and trade networks (e-F+TN)
01/05/2013
Grant European Union
Business and other
services
555 432
01/05/2015
Changing the roof of boiler room in Raion
Hospital of Ceadir-Lunga, ATU Gagauzia
01/11/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Health 10 000
31/01/2014
Developing the expenditure framework for
design documents for Hostel of the Comrat
State University
03/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Education 34 500
31/01/2014
Developing the expenditure framework for
design documents for IMSP Raion Hospital
of Comrat ‘Isaac Gurfinchel’
03/10/2013
Grant
Republic of
Turkey
Health 35 000
31/01/2014
Support to Economic Council
30/11/2013
Grant EBRD
Business and other
services
299 665
01/11/2015
National consolidated systems for safety of
reproductive health products
01/01/2013
Grant UN
Health and popu-
lation reproduction
policies and pro-
grammes
115 453
31/12/2017
Development of control centres, crisis
management and solutions in the field of
information technologies and communica-
tions in Moldova
01/11/2013
Grant Estonia
Governance and
civil society
90 231
31/10/2015
Establishing a training system to manage
the traffic in emergency situation and de-
velopment of traffic control system in the
Republic of Moldova
01/11/2013
Grant Estonia
Governance and
civil society
95 258
31/10/2015
ECO-CARPATI - Eco-Business Develop-
ment in Border Carpathians as Chance for
Better Economic Competitiveness
20/11/2013
Grant European Union
Business and other
services
23 500
19/09/2015
Cooperation of scientific parks in
South-Eastern Europe (SEE) to promote
research results and technologies in small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
14/11/2013
Grant European Union Industry 110 948
31/12/2014
Increasing competitiveness through human
synergy in Transnistrian region
01/11/2013
Grant European Union Industry 170 000
31/10/2014
Joint Business Support Centre - Instrument
for fostering development of entrepreneur-
ship in Ro-Ua-Md cross-border area
11/09/2013
Grant European Union Industry 1 439 713
10/07/2015
Furnishing of operator block with medical
equipment of Paediatric Department of
Municipal Clinical Hospital of Balti
26/02/2013
Grant Japan Health 89 030
26/02/2014
Sustainable development of tourism in Low-
er Danube in Ukraine, Republic of Moldova
and Romania
25/12/2013
Grant European Union Tourism 481 861
25/11/2015
CROSS Border Centre – support for animal
husbandry development
16/09/2013
Grant European Union Agriculture 110 930
16/07/2015