The communities cannot be developed without the active participation of the people, who can promote multiple innovative ideas, while the authorities of different levels cannot develop the capacities of communities if there is no social will, Minister of Regional Development and Construction Vasile Batca said in an interview for IPN. According to him, during the last three years, in the process of strategic planning, an integrated approach started to be adopted so that the objectives set in the national strategies are achieved through the analysis and implementation of local initiatives.

The minister noted that each country built the own models, resulting from the daily realities. Therefore, the Republic of Moldova can examine multiple external examples, analyzing the strong points and opportunities provided by particular models, and can avoid the problems met in the countries that implemented the given models.

According to Vasile Batca, the main elements that are to be taken into account when looking for an optimal model of government are: agrarian character of the state; territorial-administrative organization of the country; decentralization of the existing public services and innovative capacities. “It is also important for what we want to develop to be based on clear rules of game and, surely, on the implementation of modern technologies that are abundant in the current society,” he stated.

The minister also said that the transparency of actions and public consultation of the identified options are the most important aspects that should be applied. The Republic of Moldova has now a rather developed civil society, whose involvement can bring multiple benefits and an adoption process supported by the whole population.

Vasile Batca considers joint effort is also needed inside the political class. The parties should not adopt hostile and conflict positions when they should think up local development policies.

In connection with the 25th anniversary of Moldova’s independence, the minister expressed his confidence that the country has a European future. “I think our fate is irreversibly related to the fate of the large European family. I thus see Moldova in the European Union and consider that this development direction will play a decisive role in the country’s modernization,” he stated.