LEVCENCO Maria, autor la Institutul pentru Inițiative Strategice

#reforMD – Resilient against Disinformation in the Republic of Moldova

#reforMD aims to strengthen resilience against disinformation through dialogue measures between civil society and political actors as well as capacity building at the local level. Media products such as videos, podcasts and TV debates, will be used to respond to disinformation campaigns concerning the policies of the EU and its member states. Civil society exchange on the issue with Germany and other member states will be promoted.

Project implementation period: 01 July 2022 – 31 December 2022

MONITORUL ASISTENȚEI EXTERNE NR. 3

Începând cu luna mai 2022 a crescut semnificativ volumul asistenței externe primite de sectorul public al Republicii Moldova, comparativ cu primul trimestru al anului. Conform statisticii publicate de BNM, în trimestrul I 2022 sectorul public (Guvernul, BNM, administrația publică locală, corporațiile publice) a primit debursări de împrumuturi externe în valoare de 25 mil. USD, efectuând totodată rambursări (39 mil. USD) ce au depășit suma creditelor noi obținute. Statul a mai primit în trimestrul I 2022 granturi și asistență tehnică externă în valoare de 30 mil. USD. Conform estimărilor Expert-Grup efectuate în baza comunicatelor BNM, Ministerului Finanțelor și ale Delegației UE în Republica Moldova, în perioada aprilie – mijlocul lunii august 2022, sectorul publica primit debursări de împrumuturi și granturi externe în sumă totală de circa 327 mil. USD[1] (împrumuturi de la FMI – 144 mil. USD, grantul de la UE pentru suport bugetar – 76 mil. USD, împrumutul de la UE în cadrul asistenței macro-financiare – 36 mil. USD, împrumutul de la Guvernul Poloniei – 20 mil. USD, împrumuturi de la AID – 9 mil. USD, grantul în cadrul asistenței macro-financiare – 15 mil. USD, alte credite și granturi pentru proiecte investiționale – 27 mil. USD) (Figura 1). Astfel, către mijlocul lunii august 2022 datoria externă publică a ajuns estimativ la 2 855 mil. USD, situându-se aproximativ la 20-21% din PIB, departe de limita critică de 55%. Pentru mai multe informații detaliate accesați monitorul integral: Monitorul Asistentei Externe_editia 3 Publicația a fost realizată de către Centrul Analitic Independent „Expert-Grup” și […]

„Republic of Moldova needs substantial financial support to address rising poverty risks”. Public appeal to the international community ahead of the donors’ conference in Bucharest

The Republic of Moldova is facing a perfect storm composed of rising energy and food prices, high inflationary expectations ahead of the winter season when gas prices reach maximum highs, war at the border that skyrocketed logistic costs, disrupted value-chains and induced huge uncertainty among firms, households and the government, along with draught and stagnation or even recession for this year. On the background of this difficult environment, the country received a clear European perspective in the form of EU candidate status as a sign of support and credit of trust from the European Union for a series of important reform commitments of the government that are yet to be delivered in such areas as justice, fight against corruption, public administration, state-owned enterprises, and macro-financial stability. Moldova also received important financial assistance from the IMF, EU, and other development partners and, as a result, the massive deficit of about 1 billion EUR planned for 2022 will be financed exclusively from external financial support.

Speakers of the “Transnistrian Dialogues” shared their views on the settlement process

(Русский) Институт стратегических инициатив, при поддержке Программы развития ООН в Молдове, провел в период с 17-19 декабря четвертый модуль «Приднестровских диалогов». В рамках встречи участники программы обсудили роль международного сообщества в разрешении конфликта, важность неформальной дипломатии, а также завершили работу по созданию совместных проектов.

Olga Melniciuc on the five stages of projects managment

Olga Melniciuc, an expert in the field of access to financial resources, completed the first edition of the “Transnistrian Dialogues: women’s edition” program. During the webinar on project management, Olga spoke in detail about the stages of project implementation.

Webinar: The importance of women’s participation in decision-making

The participants of the program “Transnistrian Dialogues: wemen’s edition” told us abour their impressions after the webinar “The importance of women’s participation in decision-making”, which was held by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on GendeLiliana Palihovich.

Opinion: The disinformation market is growing faster than the media market

National and international media experts exchanged views on disinformation strategies at the Networking Lab. In addition, IEP, IPIS and IPRE teams presented the results of an analytical study and advocacy strategies to increase resistance to disinformation.

Arina Borodina: Never be ashamed of not knowing something

Russian journalist Arina Borodina met with participants of the program “Transnistrian Dialogues: Wemen’s edition” and presented a webinar “Rules of effective communication with journalists”. During the online meeting, the expert talked about how to prepare for a meeting with the media and how to react in crisis situations.

The third module of the Transnistrian Dialogues was focused on civil society

Young journalists, entrepreneurs and students from both banks of the Dniester River met again in the framework of the IPIS Transnistrian Dialogues program. This time the program of the seminar, which took place from November 27 to 28 in the village of Costesti, Ialoveni district, focused on the role of civil society in the modern world.

Results of the project to monitor funds provided by international financial institutions in connection with the COVID-19 crisis

According to data obtained by IPIS, in the first year of the pandemic, the Republic of Moldova managed to negotiate and ratify five loan agreements with international financial institutions. However, the authorities did not ensure sufficient transparency in the negotiation process, and did not have a strategic approach to communicating and informing the public about the conditions of assistance, and the destination of funds.