Decent Work Country Programme recognised as matching Moldova’s most important strategies and polices

The Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for 2006-2007 was unanimously recognised as appropriate for strengthening the communication between the signatory parties and harmonised with the most important strategies and polices of Moldova. This is one of the general findings of the Programme assessment made known on January 29, Info-Prim Neo reports. Experts say that most of the programme objectives have been achieved, including the approval of the Employment Strategy for 2007-2015, ratification of the Labour Administration Convention, consolidation of Labour Inspectorate’s capacity of enforcing the labour legislation and labour protection norms and others. Among the obstacles that hindered the implementation of the Programme were: the lack of a methodology for analysing and forecasting the trends on the labour market drafted while formulating policies, the non-attractive salaries that do not motivate the young people to work and replace the ageing personnel, especially in state institutions, the absence of local employers’ agencies etc. Ala Lipciu, national coordinator of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said that the implementation of the Decent Work Country Programme was a new experience both for the ILO and for Moldova because it was designed as a strategic intervention framework with well-defined priorities and coherent activities. Its key aim was to try to avoid the ad-hoc assistance coming from the ILO, sometimes fragmented, and to increase the responsibility for achieving the objectives of those that took part in the formulation or implementation of the Programme. Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Sergiu Sainciuc said that the DWCP strengthened the bilateral relations between employers and trade unions and the trilateral relations between the Government, employers and trade unions. Anne Knowles, representative of the ILO Subregional Office for South Eastern Europe, said that the goals stipulated in the Decent Work Country Programme correspond to the stipulations of the Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and of the EU-Moldova Plan of Action. The Decent Work Country Programme had been implemented during 2006-2007 with the ILO’s support.