Over 56% of the Moldovan families use stoves to heat dwellings

Over 56% of the Moldovan families use stoves to heat their dwellings in the cold season, and heat only part of the dwelling surface. Only 22% of the Moldovan people are connected to the centralized heat supply system and more than half of them do not have a water heating system.

Better integration and employment services for returning migrants

Unprecedentedly, officials in charge of migration at local and national level discusses the improvement of services for returning migrants seeking for job or other information and services

Institutionalization of integrity measures in private sector - important steps towards a prosperous economy

A Study "Integrity management in the private sector" was recently finalized, presenting an assessment report on the conformity of the Moldovan national integrity system in private sector to the main international anticorruption standards, including the provisions of the UN Convention against Corruption.

Taste makes the difference: Moldovan fresh fruit producers exhibit at INDAGRA FOOD Bucharest

Moldovan producers showcase their produce internationally, participating at the Romanian largest trade fair for the food industry – INDAGRA FOOD. More than 10 Moldovan producers and exporters of fresh fruits and agro processors exhibited their produce and established new business contacts.

With EU support, the Causeni district hospital is the first one in the Republic of Moldova to be heated with biomass energy

The Causeni District Hospital and the Directorate of Exceptional Situations were connected, with the support of European Union, to biomass heating and solar water heating systems. These are the first institutions of the respective fields in the Republic of Moldova to use this type of renewables.

Let’s Make Moldova Safer

“Let’s Make Moldova Safer” campaign was launched today, to assist Moldovan law enforcement authorities in raising awareness on registration of firearms, surrender of illegal firearms and to reduce the demand and misuse of weapons by citizens.

The European Union supports business development projects in Gagauzia and Taraclia

The European Union aims to develop local entrepreneurship, create new jobs and contribute to increasing incomes in ATU Gagauzia and Taraclia district.

Anticorruption Flash Mob in the Parliament Square

An anticorruption Flash Mob was organized today in the Parliament Square. Several social active young people from national youth organizations and local initiative groups, involved in in conducting anticorruption awareness campaigns for the past two years, came out with an original way of communicating the "Discourage the corruption by denouncing it" to citizens.

[PHOTO STORY] Breathing Spaces

Orhei National Park is Moldova’s first national park. Created in 2013, the park consists of large expanses of forested plateaus in central Moldova, populated with rare species which are of particular scientific interest.

[SUCCESS STORY] The Engine of Progress Rocking it at 66!

At 66 years old, Nicolai Constantinov from Comrat has seen his childhood dream come true. Last year he attended an intensive business training, won a grant and founded the first electric cars service centre in his home town.

[SUCCESS STORY] Moldovan youth brings green energy in their communities and families

Imagine a windmill that combines technologies used by humans since the Middle Ages with the most modern research which is efficient and doesn’t pollute the environment because it doesn’t produce CO2.

[BLOG] Labs as game-changers for governance?

The way the governance process takes place has changed dramatically in the last decade or so. The rise of new technologies, widening democratic space and rise of citizen expert together with our growing understanding of complexity of development challenges, mark the pronounced shift to distributed forms of governance, with governments-enablers and co-creation of solutions at the heart of a such system.

[BLOG] Civil service in Moldova: time to look at corruption through a gender lens?

It is largely acknowledged that corruption creates rampant inequalities, destroys opportunities and has a negative impact on people’s quality of life and the fulfillment of their human rights.

[BLOG] You want to engage your parliament in the fight against corruption? Here are 5 steps you can take

According to Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (2016), Moldova is ranked 103rd (out of 168 countries worldwide) making it one of the most corrupt countries in Europe.