Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul" presents the Anthology of best practices of local authorities in Moldova, 2017 edition. Anthology is produced within the Best Practices Programme for Local Authorities 2015 – 2016 and aims to describe success stories of local authorities from Moldova.

"The anthology is designed for local authorities who, despite their difficulties, are genuinely trying to change things at the local level, are determined to learn and want, together with citizens, to get involved in a creative way in the process of Europeanization of the community. We strongly believe that the pages of the anthology to represent an incentive to develop and implement projects that will add value to the community development process", says Liubomir Chiriac, Vicedirector of IDIS “Viitorul”.

The publication was made possible thanks to efforts of IDIS „Viitorul” experts and of local government representatives who have shown their constant interest.

This Anthology includes the following sections: 1. Transparency of local governance - a prerequisite for increasing citizens' trust in the administration; 2. Local development through community involvement; 3. Cultural – historical heritage, the resource for the revitalization of the community, and 4. Public quality services in support of citizens. In total, in those four sections, 60 best practices from 41 local public authorities in the country are presented.

The Anthology of best practices of local authorities in Moldova, 2017 edition (available only in Romanian) can be downloaded here: http://viitorul.org/files/library/Antologie%202017_site.pdf

The Best Practices Programme of Local Authorities in Moldova is implemented by the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul", with the financial support of the Council of Europe. The Programme aims at identifying, promoting and disseminating good practices among local public authorities in the Republic of Moldova, thus contributing to the efficiency of local governance.

For more details, contact Program Coordinator Ana - Maria Veverita at 0 22 221844 or ana.veverita@viitorul.org.

The best practices implemented by Moldovan local authorities in 2015 and 2016 were awarded on December 19 at a national ceremony. The event was organized by IDIS "Viitorul", within the Best Practices Programme, which is implemented with the financial support of the Council of Europe.

The National Award Ceremony, which gathered more than 120 guests, was a perfect opportunity for all local public authorities to communicate their successful achievements to the public and to ensure the sustainability of their initiatives through the exchange of knowledge, skills and experiences.

"It's been 12 years since our institute started this tradition of identifying and promoting the best signs of local progress. We are glad to have been able to advance with the support of the Council of Europe, but also of the mayors and community leaders who have demonstrated that they have a strong motivation to serve the public interest. Mayors have the highest trust in all public institutions according to surveys, and this means that there are still sustainable institutions in Moldova to which citizens have high expectations", said the Executive Director of IDIS “Viitorul ", Igor Munteanu in the opening of the National Ceremony of Best Practices.

In turn, Eva Gutjahr, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Moldova stated: "The Council of Europe gives special importance to local democracy and I am very pleased that our organization is actively contributing to the identification, appreciation, promotion and dissemination of best practices to improve the efficiency of local government. Implementing innovative practices is a demanding task, but it is a task that brings a lot of satisfaction. And as the European Charter of Local Self-Government says, public responsibilities will be exercised, preferably by those authorities that are closest to the citizens. So it is already up to the local elected to exercise authority in the most sustainable way to meet the needs of the citizens they are responsible for".

Valentin Guznac, Deputy Secretary General of the Government stressed the role played by local authorities: "Through their actions, results, projects and good practices, mayors demonstrate that they are leaders in their communities and have the skills together with their local teams to make beautiful things for the villages and towns of the country. It is complicated to create an idea and to come up with an initiative and if the local team succeeds in identifying opportunities for this idea to become real, local public authorities have a great chance of realizing the projects and programs presented to the electorate".

"The Best Practices Programme is a great platform that encourages local public authorities, and through this platform, we can learn from each other, find solutions to many issues, and apply colleagues' initiatives in our communities. We have ingenious and powerful mayors in the country who come up with beautiful initiatives and solve the problems of our communities involving families and relatives to meet the demands of citizens. And these good practices deserve to be appreciated at a higher level. I want to encourage you and be united to bring about as much change, but for that, we need democratic reforms, decentralization and the strengthening of local autonomy. Representatives of local authorities in Moldova need adequate remuneration, respect from citizens and central authorities", believes CALM President, Tatiana Badan.

And in this edition of the Best Practices Programme, four contest categories were announced, namely 1. Transparency of local governance - a prerequisite for increasing citizens' trust in the administration; 2. Local development through community involvement; 3. Cultural - historical heritage, the resource for the revitalization of the community, and 4. Public quality services in support of citizens. The aim of the Best Practices Programme is to identify and disseminate the original initiatives of the local public administration in the Republic of Moldova, as well as to make known the experience and outstanding results of the local public authorities and institutions in the country.

In the framework of the national award ceremony, 22 certificates of participation, 14 mentions, ten third degree awards, ten second-degree awards and five first-degree awards and seven special awards for the best practices implemented by local governments during 2015-2016 were offered. The winning authorities chose trophies and diplomas, and the rest of the participants with certificates.

Thus, the following awards were awarded:

Section: Transparency of local governance - a prerequisite for increasing citizens' trust in the administration
First prize - Bravicea (Calarasi rayon) for publishing the newspaper "Curierul de Bravicea"
2nd Prize – Rusestii Noi Village Hall (Ialoveni rayon) for the study of English with the help of the Peace Corps volunteer Deborah Sasek
3rd Prize - Vinogradovca Village Hall (Taraclia rayon) for organizing the Diaspora Day in 2016\

Section: Local development through community involvement 
Special prizes: Taraclia Village Hall (Causeni rayon) for mobilizing the community to transform the garbage into a young forest with 2 000 trees
First prize - Selemet (Cimislia rayon) for the involvement of migrants in the local development and the Sipoteni commune (Calarasi rayon) for the volunteer fire-fighters and rescuers service
The second prize – Balti Town Hall (the civic budget project), the Edinet Town Hall for the social laundry and Telenesti for the development of modern services at the "Vasile Alecsandri" library
3rd Prize - Calfa Village Hall (Anenii Noi rayon), Calarasi Town Hall, Gura Galbenei from Cimislia rayon for the inter-municipal enterprise and Lozova commune (Straseni rayon)

Section: Cultural-historical heritage, the resource for the revitalization of the community 
Special prize: Zaim commune (Causeni rayon) for the unique festival dedicated to fruit trees "Copacel"
1st Prize - Chisinau Town Hall for the national literary contest for students "Letter to the mother"
Second Prize - Mayoralties of the following localities: Chiscareni (Singerei rayon), Hasnasenii Mari (Drochia rayon) and Visniovca (Cantemir District)
Third prize - Carahasani village from the Stefan Voda rayon for the promotion of the national port and the Village Hall of Slobozia Mare (Cahul rayon) for the male carols ensemble

Section: Public quality services in support of citizens
Special prizes: Baxani village (Soroca rayon) for social bread offered to elderly people, Chisinau Town Hall for the assembly of trolleybuses, Cioresti commune (Nisporeni rayon) and Selemet for organizing the summer camp dedicated to children from the diaspora
First prize - Carpineni commune in Hancesti rayon for the project for composting biodegradable waste
2nd prize - the village of Budesti for the social barber services, Chisinau Town Hall for the food project for schools: "Swedish Buffet" and Costesti village in Ialoveni rayon for the "Speranta" community center
3rd Prize – Copceac Village Hall (UTAG), Vulcanesti Town Hall and Zagarancea Village Hall from Ungheni rayon
Also, during the award ceremony, a special prize was given to the TRM journalist Tatiana Balan, who actively promoted best practices in radio broadcasts.

In the 2015-2016 edition of the Best Practices Programme, 104 good practices from 64 local public authorities participated in the competition. Regarding the regions, good practices have been submitted from 25 rayons of the country and three municipalities: Chisinau, Balti and Comrat. Thus, 45 best practices from 24 communities were submitted from the Center region; 33 best practices have been submitted from the South region and 26 good practices from 19 localities have been implemented in the North region of the country.

The Best Practices Programme of Local Authorities in Moldova is implemented by the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul", with the financial support of the Council of Europe. The Programme aims at identifying, promoting and disseminating good practices among local public authorities in the Republic of Moldova, thus contributing to the efficiency of local governance.

For more details, contact Program Coordinator Ana - Maria Veverita at 0 22 221844 or ana.veverita@viitorul.org.

Best practices of local authorities in Moldova have been appointed on 16 November at the meeting of the Steering Group of the Best Practices Programee. During the meeting, members of the Steering Committee gave a note of best practices known in the documentation visits and have decided the winning practices.

Thus, 40 municipalities from 20 rayons were visited in July – September 2017 by the project implementation team. To be noted that for the current edition of the Best Practices Program 104 practices from 64 localities of the country were submitted. Sections to which local public authorities submitted their initiatives are: 1. Transparency of local governance - a prerequisite for increasing citizens' trust in the administration; 2. Local development through community involvement; 3. Cultural – historical heritage, the resource for the revitalization of the community, and 4. Public quality services in support of citizens. 

"Every community has its own best practices and it is essential to learn from the experience of others and to share information in order to come up with creative and innovative solutions", declared Ana - Maria Veverita, Programme Coordinator.

As a result of the competition, the best practice models of local public administration in Moldova were identified and disseminated, promoting the remarkable results of the communities that deserve to be known at national and international level.

In this respect, we can mention the community newspaper from Bravicea village (Calarasi rayon district), the social laundry in Edinet, the men’s carol group from Slobozia Mare included in the UNESCO patrimony or the new purification station in Vulcanesti. "Every time we take into account innovative ideas, local ideas that can be replicated by other communities. Those public authorities that have managed to mobilize the community, and through joint efforts to achieve beautiful things and contribute to local development are worthy of appreciation", said Tatiana Badan, president of CALM.

In his turn, Eduard Ungureanu, Head of relations with regional development institutions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment supported the importance of communities in appreciating best practices: "We need to highlight those good practices that support citizens' involvement in the development of their localities, but also those public services implemented at the local initiative, which really bring benefits to ordinary people".

At the same time, the member of the Parliament Stefan Vlas, who is also a member of the Steering Group, came with the following appreciation: "The Best Practices Programme is a welcome project because it encourages local authorities to promote initiatives implemented in communities and disseminate the best examples".

Best practices will be awarded at the National Award Ceremony, to be held on 19 December.

 The Best Practices Programme of Local Authorities in Moldova is implemented by the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul", with the financial support of the Council of Europe. The Programme aims at identifying, promoting and disseminating good practices among local public authorities in the Republic of Moldova, thus contributing to the efficiency of local governance.

For more details, contact Program Coordinator Ana - Maria Veverita at 0 22 221844 or ana.veverita@viitorul.org

Practically, civil society representatives may be part of the procurement workgroup within a public authority with the same rights and obligations as the other members of the group, except for the right to vote. In reality, however, public authorities avoid involving civil society representatives in public procurement working groups, thus violating the law. And this again proves to us that the use of public money for the procurement of goods, services and works for the needs of the communities is an opaque activity in Moldova.

Find out from the October edition of the Newsletter "Budgets without secrets" the authorities avoid civic monitoring of public procurement, but also which rayons organize. transparent public procurements.

Also, in this issue you will find the following interesting topics:

TOP: Top of the most Transparent in Moldova: Straseni, Falesti and Soroca
OPINIONS: Democracy in the country depends on the level of transparency
INTERESTS: Businesses of millions of lei, secreted by the Rezina Rayon Council
LOCAL BUDGETS: Authorities do not have levers to set local taxes for 2018
GOOD PRACTICES: Transparency lessons, learned by rayon councils from the Slovak experience

More information you can find in the Newsletter (available only in Romanian)

The publication aims to make transparent the activity of local public authorities in Moldova by promoting transparency and financial accountability.

The Newsletter is produced within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.

The “George Munteanu” public library from Bravicea village, Calarasi rayon, opened its doors on 25 October for visitors of all ages, sharing for several hours the secrets of publishing the local newspaper – “Curierul de Bravicea”. The event was attended by representatives of the Best Practices Programme, mayors from the rayon, representatives of the Women's Club within the village and other active citizens

The Village Hall activity, community life, opinions, success stories, sports, etc. Every inhabitant of the village of Bravicea finds in this publication all the information about the village life. Surprisingly, the articles are written by students, teachers, and even local counselors. And all this work is made voluntarily, rewarded with the thanks of the readers. As a result of civic involvement, the dialogue between citizens and local administration is strengthened, the Village Hall's activity becomes more transparent, and people are more motivated to find solutions to community problems.

"Someone from the village said that our newspaper broke the fence after which local budgets were not seen. For our village it is a pride to have a local newspaper. It maintains dialogue between local government and community, discovers new talents and promotes the village's personalities. The newspaper informs and implies”, believes Angela Zatic, director of the “George Munteanu” public library in Bravicea village and the editor-in-chief of the publication.

The newspaper "Curierul de Bravicea" is one of the best examples of transparency, appreciated in the Best Practices Programme, 2017 edition. And one of the programme's activities are open-door days, organized in the best communities practices, including the Bravicea village, from 25 October to 17 November. The event in the village of Bravicea is the first event of the Open Days agenda.

"People are always keen on news and events, and when a newspaper, for example, provides actual information about community reality and local government activity, people are confidently informed and feel closer to the Village Hall. At Bravicea I found dedicated citizens who write with pleasure to people, from people. It would be wonderful and even encourage such good practices to exist in all communities in the country", stressed Ana - Maria Veverita, Coordinator of the Best Practices Programme.

200 copies of the newspaper are distributed by bike in every month, and the newspaper's website and the Facebook page of the online publication inform migrants living abroad about the life of the locality. From the year 2015 until now, 16 editions of the newspaper have been published.

The "Curierul de Bravicea" community newspaper can be found at http://curierulbrav.ucoz.ro/ and the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/curieruldebravicea/?ref=br_rs

The Best Practices Programme of Local Authorities in Moldova is implemented by the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul", with the financial support of the Council of Europe. The Programme aims at identifying, promoting and disseminating good practices among local public authorities in the Republic of Moldova, thus contributing to the efficiency of local governance.

For more details, contact Program Coordinator Ana - Maria Veverita at 0 22 221844 or ana.veverita@viitorul.org

Balti Cahul, Cimislia, Zaim, Costesti and Budesti were awarded by IDIS "Viitorul" for ensuring transparency in the activity of the local public administration. The award ceremony took place today, October 19, at a public conference.

"I hope these mayoralties and regional administrations will serve as inspiration for others to be more transparent and open to citizens", said Peter Tomášek, Diplomat for Development and Cooperation at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Chisinau.

According to the report "Transparency in local government: Between progress and involution" launched in June, the most open local public authorities in Moldova are Balti (83.5 out of 100), Cahul (56 points) and Cimislia (49 points). These mayoralties were in the top 10 most transparent municipalities in 2016. Thus, only the Town Hall of the Balti municipality published on the official website - http://balti.md/ the public procurement contracts held last year and is one of the three authorities (Chisinau and Orhei) who made public the Transparency Report last year. Also, only the Balti City Hall website presents the synthesis of recommendations from all public consultations.

Cahul Town Hall, which is the second most transparent authority in the country, is the only one which published the activity reports and annual financial analyzes of municipal enterprises in 2016. Similarly, the Town Hall is a model for the systematic publication of the procurement notices. On the website of Cahul, as well as those in Cimislia and Straseni, we find statements about the mayors' income. "We have to be on the brink of time and do our best to really feel that the citizen has the choice of the man or the team who will represent him and he will solve his problems without pulling the string", sais the deputy mayor of the municipality, Tatiana Romaniuc-Mititelu.

In turn, although they are small localities, they have been able to implement measures to increase transparency at the community level. These are the municipalities of Zaim (Causeni district), the village of Costesti (Ialoveni rayon) and the village of Budesti (Chisinau municipality). Consequently, for the first time in the village of Costesti (15th out of 60 localities), at the initiative of the inhabitants, all meetings of the Local Council can be watched live. Public broadcasting of public sessions is one of the activities of the project "Enhancing Transparency and Accountability of Local Governance and Public Participation in the Village of Costesti", implemented with the support of the Council of Europe. The project also includes training seminars for public servants to ensure decisional transparency and to modernize the website www.costesti.md.

"Transparency is a principle of democratic public administration. It is only achieved if the local authority leader so desires", said the Mayor of Costesti village, Natalia Petrea.

Zaim Village Hall, which earned 42.7 points in 2016, is one of the best examples of transparency in the drafting and execution of the local budget. And Budesti Village Hall is the only authority, according to the IDIS "Viitorul" Transparency Report, which adopted and published the Regulation on the allocation of land for the construction of individual dwelling houses and made the list of people standing for assignment land.

"In our village, the transparency is a way of being the local public authority and civil servants. We communicate effectively, interactively and permanently", commented the mayor of the commune, Ion Veste. And, the mayor Nina Costiuc from Budesti underlined that the level of democracy depends on the level of transparency. "Good governance means citizen involvement and participation in decision-making and in community life. We need to be effective in ensuring transparency, as this means good governance and a high quality of life".

In addition to the municipalities in the six cities and villages, the rayon councils also received transparency awards. Thus, according to the latest ranking made by IDIS "Viitorul", the most open rayon authorities in Moldova are those from Straseni, Falesti and Soroca. "Thank you very much for your appreciation, and especially for your colleagues, thanks to which transparency is ensured within the Rayon Council. There is a word from the people saying that man sanctifies the place and it is our duty, the public servants, to sanctify the place in order to receive instead the appreciation of the citizen", urges the president of Straseni district, Mihail Popa.

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Top of the most transparent local public authorities in Moldova can be found on the open data portal www.localtransparency.viitorul.org.

The event was held within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.

For details, contact Ana – Maria Veverita: ana.veverita@viitorul.org or at phone number (0 22) 221844

The Straseni, Falesti and Soroca rayon councils are the most transparent local public authorities of the second level in the Republic of Moldova. This is the conclusion of experts from the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul". The ranking of the most open regions was presented today, October 19, at a public conference.

“The more transparency there is within local authorities, the shorter is the road between the citizen and the decision-making mechanism, the more confidence and social capital becomes important for the country and the society. Therefore, local authorities need to invest in people and standards of good governance and transparency”, stated IDIS Director, Igor Munteanu.

In turn, Peter Tomášek, Development Cooperation Diplomat at Embassy of the Slovakia in Chisinau mentioned: “The project supported by SlovakAid has succeeded in sharing the Slovak experience in developing the capacities of self-government unites in better serve the public interest. Therefore, in 2017 and 2018 we will focus on the transparency of state-owned enterprises and the evaluation of their economic performance”.

„More transparency means a higher standard of living. Transparency protects the general public against the abuse of power of the narrow ruling elite. We came to Moldova to increase transparency and the fight against corruption at the local level”, underlined the INEKO director, Peter Golias.

Rayon Councils were evaluated and ranked in the following nine criteria of transparency: access to information, participation in decision-making, budgeting, public procurement, management of public property, professional ethics and conflict of interests, human resources, social services, investments, municipal companies and participation in companies. The maximum of the accrued points was 100 and the most transparent rayons in this respect are Straseni (59 points), Falesti (49.5 points) and Soroca (48.5 points).

"Implementation of the transparency actions within the Straseni Rayon Council started in 2009. All this time, we managed to designate a person in charge of the decision-making process, to create and modernize an official web page and to publish the announcements of the council meetings in press. Last year, we developed the Strategy for the development of the Straseni district for the years 2016 - 2020, which also has a chapter dedicated to the improvement of the transparency”, says the Straseni rayon president, Mihail Popa.

According to the Transparency ranking of regions, more than half of the rayon councils (19) have on their page headings dedicated to decisional transparency. However, four out of 19 authorities did not fill in these headings and did not include all the information required by law. The administration is not always open to the citizens: only nine rayon administrations announce the citizens about the public sessions. Also, in 2016, 10 rayon public authorities did not make the draft decisions known to the public. The best examples of access to information are the public authorities in Straseni, Stefan Vodă and Singerei, who have accumulated 15 points out of the 16 maximum possible.

In terms of participation in the decision-making process, things are the same. The analysis shows that out of 32 rayons, only the Straseni Rayon Council held public consultations on all draft decisions, announcing this on the web page. Unfortunately, however, most regional public authorities (28) did not elaborate and publish internal rules for information, consultation and participation in the decision-making process. In the same context, only eight rayon councils placed on the web the Transparency Report for 2016: Cahul, Cimislia, Edinet, Falesti, Rascani, Stefan Voda, Straseni and Telenesti.

"For us, transparency means making professional work more efficient and increasing public confidence in the administrative act, and this is only possible by strengthening the social partnership. The accessibility of the decision-making process is ensured by the participation of civil society in the adoption of normative acts of common interest", says Falesti president, Iraida Binzari.

With regard to public procurement, most authorities publish public procurement announcements, but not the procurement plans. Public procurement plans are only available on the web pages of Falesti Rayon council, the Ungheni Rayon council and the Orhei Rayon council. At the same time, although it is important for authorities to publish public procurement contracts on their websites and civil society to monitor them, this is not done. Only on the web pages of the districts of Orhei and Rezina we find monitoring reports on public procurement.

In terms of budgetary transparency, on the one hand, 23 local authorities have published the budget for 2017 on the web and 20 district councils have placed the budget execution reports for the year 2016 on the web. On the other hand, only the councils from Straseni rayons, Stefan Voda and Causeni used the web page to submit to public consultations and to inform citizens about the draft budget for the current year.

"Decisions prepared and adopted in a transparent and participatory manner enjoy the support of society and have a stronger chance of serving the public interest. Only by increasing transparency will the public money be used efficiently and the level of corruption will be diminished", believes the lawyer from IDIS "Viitorul "Viorel Pirvan.

The study also highlights the fact that although 17 local authorities have made public on the website of the rayon president's CV, the declarations of assets and personal interests of the president, vice-presidents and public officials have not been published on a web page of the rayon councils.

The ranking of the most transparent districts also shows that 14 rayon public authorities did not make public the public job vacancies on the web page in 2016, and only one local public authority, namely the one in Singerei publicly communicated the number and names of all the candidates for the civil service.

Other chapters analyzed are "public services" and "investments". Thus, the rayon councils in Ungheni, Edinet and Causeni represent the best examples of accessibility for the population to information on social services. Also, only 11 rayon public authorities publish on the web the data, largely incomplete, on the programs and projects whose beneficiaries or executors are. Unfortunately, no list of municipal enterprises is also published on one of the rayon council webpages.

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Top of the most transparent local public authorities in Moldova can be found on the open data portal www.localtransparency.viitorul.org.

The event was held within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.

For details, contact Ana – Maria Veverita: ana.veverita@viitorul.org or at phone number (0 22) 221844

Mayors, deputy mayors and civil servants are required to submit at the National Integrity Authority the declaration of assets and personal interests. And although the document is a public act, unfortunately, not all declarations are published on the portal www.declaratii.cni.md, and the published ones are difficult to find on the web. At the same time, it is no longer mandatory for declaration of assets to be published on the local government page. As a result, citizens' right to find out the wealth and personal interests of local elected persons is limited.

Find out from the September edition of the Newsletter "Budgets without Secrets" which municipalities publish the mayor's wealth and interest declarations.

Also, in this issue you will find the following interesting topics:

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Kindergarten and gymnasium in the village of Petrunea, supplied with bread from the mayor's firm
STUDY: Moldova's district councils continue to "hide" public procurement
OPINION: It's time for a transparent administration in Moldova!
REFORM: Payroll in the budget sector: centralized or decentralized system?
CIVIL BUDGET: How will the Chisinau Town Hall spend one million lei

More information you can find in the Newsletter (available only in Romanian)

The publication aims to make transparent the activity of local public authorities in Moldova by promoting transparency and financial accountability.

The Newsletter is produced within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.
 

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In 2015, the revenues in the budget of Briceni Town Hall constituted 19.3 million lei, with a per capita income of 2,303 lei, increasing by 552 lei compared to the previous year, but by 686 lei below the average, according to the portal http://localbudgets.viitorul.org/. However, the Town Hall of Briceni does not account for property rights on its public goods, including real estate, land and buildings, which cause considerable revenue to be lost to the local budget.

Find out from the August edition of the Newsletter "Budgets without Secrets" how many real estate the Town Hall from Briceni did not register and what was their value two years ago.

Also in this issue you will find the following interesting topics:

INITIATIVE: Premiere in Costesti: Local Council sessions, broadcast LIVE on the Village Hall's website
DECLARATION: One stop shop, solution for diminishing corruption
ANALYSIS: Consolidation of decentralization through fiscal-customs policy
DIGITS: Local budgets from 2007 to 2015, public on an online portal
SLOVAK EXPERIENCE: Who are the mayors meeting with

More information you can find in the Newsletter (available only in Romanian)

The publication aims to make transparent the activity of local public authorities in Moldova by promoting transparency and financial accountability.

The Newsletter is produced within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.

The most transparent local authorities in the field of public procurement, according to the IDIS "Viitorul" Local Transparency Monitoring Report for 2016, are Balti with 9 points (75%), Falesti - 8 points (67%) and Calarasi with 6.3 points (52%) out of 12 possible. At the same time, more than half of the 60 monitored municipalities do not in any way ensure the transparency of tenders, with zero points.

Find out from the July edition of the Newsletter "Budgets without Secrets" which municipalities respect the legislation in the field of public procurement and what is the cost of corruption in the budget of a public procurement "paid" by the local authorities.

Also in this issue, you will find the following interesting topics:

TOP: Peter Golias: "The level of transparency has increased in many localities in the Republic of Moldova"
EXAMPLE: Slovak experience, a practical lesson for local authorities in Moldova
SURVEY: The law on access to information of public interest, partly respected by the mayoralties
STUDY: The money destined to the regional projects in Moldova, spent on local issues
MASS - MEDIA: The richest town in the country has reached the mercy of the Government and the creditors

More information you can find in the Newsletter (available only in Romanian)

The publication aims to make transparent the activity of local public authorities in Moldova by promoting transparency and financial accountability.

The Newsletter is produced within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.