International Conference „Access and use of European programs’ funds of cross-border cooperation: experience of local communities from the Republic of Moldova and Poland”

On December 19, 2014, Leogrand Hotel hosted an International Conference „Access and use of European programs’ funds of cross-border cooperation: experience of local communities from the Republic of Moldova and Poland”. The event was organized within the project „Training for the local communities in the Republic of Moldova for the efficient use of funds provided by the European programmes of cross-border cooperation". The project is financially supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland and is implemented by Business Consulting Institute (Republic of Moldova) in partnership with the Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation - PAUCI (Poland).

The purpose of the project is to increase the knowledge and skills of local public administration and civil society representatives from the Republic of Moldova in writing cross-border projects and to efficiently use the European funds. During the project implementation, 50 specialists from the Republic of Moldova have attended two training sessions in the field of Project Writing and Management. Afterwards, 24 specialists have participated to a study visit in Poland. The activities concluded with the development of eight cross-border cooperation projects.

The project results were presented at the Closing Conference. The Conference had three panels, focused on the following topics: (1) Cross-border cooperation programmes: Poland’s and Moldova’s experience; (2) Funds provided by the cross-border cooperation programmes; (3) CBC perspective for the Republic of Moldova in 2014-2020.