Moldova to use expertise of civil society in decentralization efforts
Moldovan government relies on academic circles', civil society's expertise in de-centralization reform
Prime Minister Vlad Filat today participated in a consultative meeting with representatives of academic circles and civil society focused on the de-centralization reform, the government's press service has said.
The prime minister said that the government committed to implement the de-centralization reform in order to ensure local autonomy.
"This is the third stage of consultations which we have started in order to meet this objective. We had a string of public consultations with first- and second-level local authorities. The government relies much on the expertise and contribution of the academic circles and civil society to implement the de-centralization reform," Vlad Filat specified.
The prime minister stressed the importance to elaborate a strategy and action plan of implementing the de-centralization reform within a common exercise of the central authorities, local authorities, academic circles, civil society and development partners.
Filat also said that, presently, the priority problem is to give the final touches to a draft law of local public money. He spoke in favour of active involvement of local public authoritie, academic circles and non-governmental organizations in this process and gave assurances that their suggestions and proposals will be considered very attentively.
"The government commits to ensure a participatory and open process of communication and consultations with all the actors interested in the de-centralization reform. The reform's institutional mechanism which we will discuss today should provide this participatory framework of consultations and elaboration of the de-centralization strategy," Vlad Filat said.
State Minister Victor Bodiu unveiled the vision of the State Chancellery on the organization of the de-centralization process. He said that, to secure a platform of efficient dialogue between the partners, three principal stages are necessary: institutionalization of the process, elaboration of a strategy and action plan and the fulfillment of the objective, i.e. sectoral de-centralization.
To implement the first stage, the state minister offered to create a parity commission led by the prime minister, which will be made up of 14 members: seven governmental representatives, including the state minister, finance minister, economics minister, labour, social protection and family minister, constructions and regional development minister, education minister and seven government's representatives. The commission's main powers will be elaboration of de-centralization lines and priorities, monitoring and coordination of the de-centralization process with other state reforms and policies. Also, an important role will be played by the working groups which will formulate proposals on de-centralization, based on sectoral assessments and impact analyses, and will work out reports on de-centralization.
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