Programme

9.30 Opening session

Welcome address by Ms Liliana Palihovici and Mr Stefan Padure, co-chairs of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform

Assessment of the state of play in the implementation of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement

  • Mr Eugen Revenco, General Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration 
  • Mr Marcel Spatari, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova 
  • Ms Diana Jablonska, Head of Unit - Georgia, Moldova, Economic and Investment Plan, DG NEAR, European Commission
  • Ms Dorota Dlouchy-Suliga, Deputy Head of Eastern Partnership Bilateral Division, EEASDebate

10.45 Is the minimum wage mechanism adapted to the needs of Moldovan workers and enterprises? How should the minimum wage increase be implemented?

Discussion with Mr Marcel Spatari, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova

  • Ms Ana Mihailov, FES Moldova
  • Mr Stefan Guga, Sindex Romania
  • Mr Sergiu Sainciuc, Trade Unions of Moldova

12.00 Lunch break

13.00 Social dialogue in the Republic of Moldova and prospects for the future

Discussion with Mr Bogdan Simion, President of the Economic and Social Council of Romania

  • Mr Sergiu Siancuc, National Trade Union Confederation of Moldova 
  • Mr Leonid Cerescu, National Confederation of Employers

14.00 Challenges of Moldova's integration into the European Common Transport Area

  • Discussions with Leonid Cerescu and Vladislav Caminschi, Employers’ Union of Moldova

15.00 Coffee break

15.15 Adoption of the joint declaration