The European Union will offer Moldova €6.85 million for implementing seven more Twinning projects that form part of the Moldova – EU Plan of Action as of September. According to the Governments’ press service, another two Twinning projects are being designed, IPN reports.

One of the seven projects is aimed at assisting the National Standardization Institute in joining the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as a fully-fledged member. The other projects will promote the cultural heritage of Moldova by conserving and protecting it, will strengthen the capacities of the National Center for Personal Data Protection, the Parliament’s capacities in the process of adjusting the national legislation to the EU’s, the Customs Service’s capacities to implement the measures defined in the Association Agreement, Moldovan law enforcement agencies’ capacities to investigate acts of corruption.

The two Twinning projects under formulation will assist the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure to harmonize the national legislative and operational framework to the EU directives and regulations on maritime transport and inland waterways and to reform the police initial and continuous training center.

Twinning is a European Union instrument for institutional cooperation between public administrations of EU Member States and of beneficiary or partner countries. Twinning projects bring together public sector expertise from EU Member States and beneficiary countries with the aim of achieving concrete mandatory operational results through peer to peer activities.