Head of state decreed to print a “Moldovan Encyclopaedia”

The Moldovan President, Vladimir Voronin, signed a decree to institute a commission for the preparation of the printing of the "Moldovan Encyclopaedia" on Monday (March 27). According to presidential press service, the issuance of this encyclopaedia is determined by the current development level of the society and by the importance of knowledge “in the formation of a multilaterally developed personality”. The Moldovan President considers that the goal of this project is to “ease the large public’s access to information from diverse fields, taking into account the importance of encyclopaedic knowledge for the formation of a multilaterally developed personality”. The commission, which will deal with the issuing of the “Moldovan Encyclopaedia”, is composed of representatives of the Academy of Science, rectors of State and Technical Universities, Gheorghe Rusnac and Ion Bostan, writer Ion Druta, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Artur Cozma, and Minister of Education and Youth, Victor Tvircun, communist MP Victor Stepaniuc etc. The commission must present, within three months, the Plan of actions for preparing the printing of encyclopaedia to the Government, while the Government is to analyse the project and consider the possibility to finance it.