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The Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova requests the withdrawal of the project to amend the Voluntary Amalgamation Methodology, arguing that the centralization of funds contradicts the Constitution and affects local autonomy. The organization asserts that the new project changes the rules for already amalgamated UATs, transfers the decision on resources to the central level, and creates risks of dependency and politicization, IPN reports.
According to CALM, the project envisages changing the way funds for infrastructure and support of local budgets are managed. The resources are expected to be allocated by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, through the Regional Development Agencies, based on submitted, evaluated, and approved projects. In one of the variants, the ADR would become the contracting authority instead of the administrative-territorial unit.
The organization argues that the change in rules affects the ATUs that have already decided on amalgamation based on the existing mechanism. Thus, CALM invokes the principle of non-retroactivity and maintains that local authorities had a legitimate expectation regarding the use of resources allocated to the amalgamation process.
In its opinion, CALM also draws attention to the criterion regarding relevant experience in project implementation. According to the organization, this condition could particularly disadvantage small and rural UATs. The organization also considers problematic the possibility for ADR to unilaterally terminate contracts and request the return of funds, in the absence of a clear dispute procedure.
In this context, CALM requests the State Chancellery and MIDR to withdraw the project in its current form and to reformulate it in accordance with the principles of the rule of law and local autonomy.
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Over 200 teaching staff from the Republic of Moldova participated this summer in Romanian language, literature, and civilization courses organized by eight universities in Romania. The programs aimed to train teachers, develop multilingual education, and expand model classes taught in Romanian, reports IPN.
The courses were attended by 207 teachers from Chisinau and Balti, as well as from the Taraclia, Briceni, Edinet, and Rascani districts, and also from Gagauzia. Among the participants were teachers of Romanian language and literature, as well as teaching staff who teach history, geography, mathematics, physical education, as well as representatives of technical vocational education and early education. The courses were organized by universities from Timișoara, Oradea, Galati, Brasov, Bucharest, Suceava, Cluj-Napoca, and Iasi.
In the same year, 60 children from UTA Gagauzia and Taraclia district participated, for the first time, in the ARC Camps, organized by the Department for Romanians Everywhere of the Romanian Government.
The results of the programs were presented during a summary meeting organized by the Ministry of Education and Research. “We want the methods, practices, and knowledge acquired to be applied in foreign language schools and in the communities where teachers are active. We will continue to support the study of the Romanian language through teacher training, the development of multilingual education, and the expansion of model classes taught in Romanian,” declared Valentina Olaru, State Secretary at the MEC.
In turn, Ovidiu Naftanaila, the chief collaborator of the Romanian Embassy in the Republic of Moldova, appreciated the cooperation between the two states in the field of education and specified that Romania will continue to support projects aimed at teachers and students in Moldova.
