Following a request of the Moldovan Parliament and Government, the European Union organizes an assessment exercise of several Moldovan rule of law institutions. In a press release of the EU Delegation to Moldova, it is said that the goal of this exercise is for European experts from peer institutions to provide an assessment, followed by recommendations, of the Moldovan institutions they will visit, IPN reports.
Among the institutions that will be assessed are the National Anticorruption Centre, National Integrity Commission, Constitutional Court, Prosecutor General’s Office, National Institute of Justice, Superior Council of Magistracy, Supreme Court of Justice, Ombudsman and Ministry of Justice.
The first missions will start on November 30. An indicative total number of 15 experts shall be engaged in this assessment. As part of this exercise, one of the experts visiting the Moldovan institutions will be Laura Codruța Kövesi, Chief Prosecutor of the Romanian National Anticorruption Department. She will be coming for the specific mission assessing National Anticorruption Centre and National Integrity Commission.
The end goal of this exercise is to provide advice and recommendations on the structure and activities of key rule of law institutions in the Republic of Moldova in three different areas: reform process of the justice sector, anti-money laundering system and anticorruption system. The indicative completion date of this exercise is end of March 2016, with key recommendations to be discussed in the framework of public round tables.
This exercise is organized in the framework of the EU TAIEX instrument, in cooperation with the Moldovan authorities. TAIEX is the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission. TAIEX supports public administrations with regard to the approximation, application and enforcement of EU legislation as well as facilitating the sharing of EU best practices.
