Iulia Sirghi-Zolotco

Iulia Sirghi-Zolotco

Chișinău, 16th September 2016 The Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT, the Analytical Centre "Expert-Grup" and the Legal Resources Centre from Moldova (LRCM) produced a final monitoring report on the Priority Reform Action Roadmap. The experts have concluded that only half of the committed activities have been achieved without deficiencies (55%), 28% were achieved with deficiencies and approximately 17% were not achieved. The main arrears remain the NAC reform, adoption of a new Audiovisual Code, the slow progress of the investigation regarding the frauds detected in the banking system in 2014, the slow reformation process of the NBM and failure to negotiate the best price for electricity supply.

According to the Roadmap, in order to overcome the crisis, the efforts of the governing structures had to be channelled towards two major objectives: establishing good governance and the rule of law, ensuring economic development and a functioning market economy. A total of 69 activities were monitored, which were to be implemented by the governing structures (Government, Parliament and a number of other public institutions) over 5 months (1st of March to 31st of July 2016). The experts took into account also the measures undertaken in August 2016. On both dimensions, the competent institutions implemented without deficiencies 55% of activities (a total of 38 activities), with deficiencies 28% of activities (a total of 19 activities), whereas approximately 17% of activities (a total of 12 activities) were not implemented at all.

When estimating the implementation of the Priority Reform Action Roadmap, the main emphasis was put on the quality of the adopted acts/undertaken activities, rather than on meeting the established deadlines, because they were often very tight. Qualifying the implementation of an activity as “implemented with deficiencies” means that during its implementation there have been identified problematic issues related to: respecting the legal provisions regarding the legislative procedure and the transparency in the decision making process, the content of the adopted act or the undertaken activities do not comply with the spirit or the goal of the respective activity or are not in line with international commitments.

Among the main achievements can be mentioned: the promulgation of the law on the prosecution office, on the reorganization of the court system and of the package of laws on integrity, the optimization of state controls for enterprises, the adoption of the Strategy for attracting investments and promoting exports for 2016-2020, the initiation of the reformation process in the banking sector by aligning to the principles of Basel 3, "unfreezing" the negotiation process regarding a potential IMF program, the initiation of the public administration reform, and, last but not least – the relatively transparent and inclusive selection process of the Governor and members of the Supervisory Board of the NBM.

The majority of activities included in the Roadmap are of a legislative nature or provide for adoption of certain strategies / plans. Such activities are the easiest to implement. However, even at the legislative level, important outstanding matters/ arrears remain. These include the lack of initiatives to reform the National Anticorruption Centre, failure to adipt a new Audiovisual Code (one of the major outstanding matter of all governments since 2011 to the present), slow progress of the investigation regarding the frauds detected in the banking system in 2014, the slow reformation process of the NBM oriented towards increasing its independence and competences, as well as the slow implementation of the Association Agenda. In the energy sector, due to the lack of transparency in renewing the contract with the supplier from the Transnistria region and the rejection of the offer of the Ukrainian provider, the price negotiated was not the most advantageous.. There were some problematic laws or amendments adopted, which leave space for abuse if not implemented in good faith, such as the Law on institutional integrity evaluation and the limitation of judges’ discretion in civil procedure, which could lead to violations of the principle of publicity of court hearings.

It is also important to note that, in its own evaluation of the Roadmap, the Government used the number of 82 activities, instead of the 69 included in the document. The 12 additional activities resulted from the disaggregation of activities 1.2, 1.3 and 10.1 and the separate evaluation of the sub‐activities, which influenced the final result reported by the Government. It is not clear what was the criterion applied by the Government for selecting the activities to be disaggregated and evaluated separately, since the Roadmap contains several complex activities.

Besides assessing the level of implementation of the Roadmap, the monitoring effort sought to assess the context in which the Roadmap was implemented, to signal the problems related to implementation of the committed activities and to formulate recommendations that would boost reforms and ensure their sustainability. In this regard, the competent institutions are encouraged to consider and implement the recommendations, thus demonstrating genuine openness towards the civil society and political willingness to continue the committed reforms. The report includes a series of priority reforms, to be implemented by the authorities by the end of 2016, as well as some medium term recommendations.

The monitoring results regarding the implementation of the Roadmap can be viewed online via an interactive application available here: www.expert-grup.org, available in Romanian, Russian and English. The final monitoring report is available on the websites of each of the monitoring organizations (www.e-democracy.md; www.crjm.org și www.expert-grup.org).

The monitoring exercise was possible by the generous support of the American people through the US. Agency for International Development (USAID). The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of USAID.

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The Independent Think-Tank Expert-Grup has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the ”Empowered Citizens Enhancing Accountability of the Education Reform and Quality of Education in Moldova”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The strategic goal of this initiative is to empower Moldovan citizens to engage local, regional and national authorities in evidence-based policy and budget dialogue regarding educational reform, quality of services, and development priorities of primary, secondary general and upper secondary schools and to enable an environment in which social accountability initiatives thrive and develop.
Within this framework EXPERT-GRUP is seeking the services of a Consultant who will be responsible for designing and implementing an evaluation study to assess changes following the implementation of GPSA Grant Year I activities towards the development objectives to: (i) engage local, regional and national authorities in evidence-based policy and budget dialogue in the Member Country’s education sector; and (ii) to promote an enabling environment for social accountability.
This Call for Expression of Interest will lead to the preparation of a Short List of consultants. For evaluation of the expressions of interest the following criteria will be applied:

  • Professional experience in academic research, analysis, forecasts (30 points);
  • Knowledge and expertise in use of various evaluation instruments (30 points);
  • Knowledge and expertise in conducting interviews, development of monitoring indicators (20 points);
  • Proven experience in conducting similar studies, financed by international financial institutions (20 points).

A consultant will be selected as an Individual Consultant in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, published on January 2011.

The assignment will be implemented in the period of 1.5 months and will be approximately 9 man-days as estimated workload.

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit relevant outputs of similar nature and/or references from customers for whom they have completed similar assignments. Interested candidates should include their CVs and provide references from customers for whom they have completed similar assignments.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09:00 to18:00 hours (Chisinau time).

Expressions of interest must be submitted to the address below in person, or by mail, or fax, or e-mail by 20 March, 2015, 19.00 hours (Chisinau time)


Independent ThinkTank Expert-Grup
Attn: Iulia Sirghi-Zolotco, Director of the Administrative, Financial and Communication Department
45 B, Puskin str., 4th floor
MD-2005, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Tel: + 373 22 92 99 94
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EXPERT-GRUP is pleased to announce the launch event of the study and infographic „What countries can replace the Russia’s market for Moldovan products?”

The study takes into account several robust parameters in assessing the perspectives of alternative export markets for Moldovan products that were restricted in Russian Federation, in order contribute to the optimization of Moldova’s export geography and to reduce the medium term risks. The event will be attended by representatives of exporters, relevant state institutions, business associations, international organizations, diplomatic missions, civil society and the media. The event’s working languages will be Romanian and English. Simultaneous translation/interpretation will be provided.

 

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