Programme

15th meeting of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform

(Chisinau time)

9.30 | Opening session

Welcome address by Liliana Palihovici and Dumitru Fornea, co-chairs of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform

  • Cristina Gerasimov, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration
  • Doina Gherman, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, co-chair of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee
  • Julien Bourtembourg, Deputy Head of Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus Division, European External Action Service
  • Allan Jones, Head of Moldova Unit, DG ENEST, European Commission

Debate

10.15 | Environmental liability a new framework for Moldova: prevention, remedy, and financial mechanism for environmental damage

  • Grigore Stratulat, Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment
  • Ion Gumene, Secretary of State, Ministry of Finances
  • Iordanca-Rodica Iordanov, PhD, EcoContact NGO
  • Irina Punga, EcoContact NGO
  • Dorel Noroc, Moldovan Banks Association

Debate

11.15 | Coffee Break

11.30 | Progress towards opening negotiations on the Cluster 1 Fundamentals. Exchange of Positions: Screening and Progress 

  • Ghenadie Marian, Head of the Bureau for European Integration (tbc)
  • Iulian Groza, Executive Director, Institute for European Policies and Reforms
  • Ilie Chirtoaca, Executive Director, Legal Resources Center from Moldova
  • Nicolae Panfil, Program Director, Promo-LEX Association 

Debate

12.30 | Lunch break

13.30 | Moldova’s Economic Growth Plan on its path to the EU and Reform Agenda

  • Doina Nistor, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization

  • Adrian Lupusor, Executive-Director, Independent Think-Tank „Expert-Grup”

  • Mariana Rufa, Executive Director, European Business Association (online participation)

  • Elena Culighin, Environmental Researcher and Executive Director of the National Environmental Center

  • Julda Kielyte, Delegation of the European Union to Moldova, Team Leader for Competitive and Inclusive Growth

Debate

14.30 | Necessary steps for transposing and implementing EU Directive 20222/2041 on adequate minimum wages in Moldova

  • Sergiu Sainciuc, Vice-president, National Confederation of Trade Unions in Moldova
  • Vladislav Caminschi, Executive Director, the National Confederation of Employers 

15.30 | Adoption of the joint declaration