1. Project progress and expansion: Transparent, financially healthy and competitive municipalities in Moldova
Peter Golias
INEKO Director
June 27-28, 2016
Seminar in Chisinau, Moldova

2. About the project
Title: Transparent, financially healthy and competitive municipalities in Moldova
Period: October 15th 2015 – March 15th 2017
Funded by: Slovak Aid
Implemented by: INEKO and IDIS “Viitorul“
Goal: To support regional development in Moldova through know-how transfer of three successful projects implemented in Slovakia

3. Projects to be transferred
Open local government – Transparency International Slovakia,
Portal on financial health of Slovak municipalities – INEKO,
Competitive regions 21 – Business Alliance of Slovakia,

4. Potential expansion
New donors: Emerging Donors Challenge Fund (EDCF) through the USAID + Slovak Aid
Time: July 2016 – October 2017 (probably will be delayed by 3-6 months)
Focus:
Implementation of transparency measures at municipalities
In depth analysis of financial and transparency data
Advocacy of results in public discourse

5. Transparent municipalities
Objective: Developing anti-corruption measures pack for self-governments in Moldova and monitoring of its implementation
Implemented activities:
Definition of anti-corruption priorities in Moldovan self-governments (November 2015)
Description of the best Slovak practices (January 2016)
Developing proposals of anti-corruption measures, survey among self-governments (March-May 2016)
Monitoring of anti-corruption pack implementation rate in 45 biggest Moldovan towns (May-June 2016)
Publishing the transparency rankings of the biggest municipalities (June 2016)

6. Transparent municipalities
To do list:
In depth analysis of data on transparency
Formulation of recommendations
Uploading data on the internet portal
Advocacy of results
Supporting municipalities in implementation of measures
Establishing local project subpage at IDIS

7. Transparent municipalities
Project expansion:
Computing transparency rating for regions
Establishing analytical and advocacy team with at least 5 experts (NGOs, journalists, local activists)
Monitoring and assisting at least 10 local Gvts in implementation of anti-corruption measures
Advocating key results in public discourse; monthly electronic newsletter
Evaluation of actually implemented measures
Update of transparency rating of municipalities and regions in 2017
Final conference: Awarding most transparent cities and regions
Educational trip to Slovakia

8. Financially healthy municipalities
Objective: Developing online portal on financial management of Moldovan municipalities
Implemented activities:
Publishing the analysis of local budgets of Moldovan municipalities (November 2015)
Creating and launching the portal: (January 2016)
To do list:
Updating the portal (July – November 2016)

9. Financially healthy municipalities
Project expansion:
Sankey diagrams: Collecting and uploading detailed data on revenues and expenditure
Establishing analytical and advocacy team with at least 5 experts (NGOs, journalists, local activists)
Analyzing financial data
Advocating key results in public discourse; monthly electronic newsletter
Update of the portal in 2017

10. Competitive municipalities
Objective: Introducing interactive model of Moldovan regional competitive advantages
Implemented activities:
Data identification and availability (November 2015 – February 2016)
Developing assessment procedure of region competitiveness (November 2015 – June 2016)
Survey among businessmen in regions to obtain soft data (February – May 2016)
Data collection (April – June 2016)

11. Competitive municipalities
To do list:
Data processing by mathematic model of region competitiveness (July 2016)
Writing a list of competitive advantages and disadvantages of MD regions (December 2016)
Uploading data to the internet portal
Publishing the results (February 2017)

12. Thank you for your attention!