Moldovan PM says local public administration's reform must be for comfort of citizens

Chisinau, 27 July /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Pavel Filip and a group of experts of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), which provides support for the process of modernization of public services in Moldova, discussed the carrying out of preparations for starting the local public administration’s (APL) reform at the government today. Attending the event was the EU High Adviser for the APL reform, Victor Giosan, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.  

In the beginning of the meeting, the PM stressed that the optimization of the public structures was one of the basic goals of this governance. “We started from the reform of the central public administration, through which we strengthened the ministries’ capacities. The next stage is that we implement also the local public administration’s reform, which will be a quite complex process, but which will yield fruits,” Pavel Filip said.   

The goal of the APL reform is to improve the quality of the public services and to strengthen the local democracy. “The most important thing is that the citizens feel that the reform is meant for their comfort, so that they benefit from quality services in health, education, as well as in infrastructure,” the prime minister said.

The GIZ experts informed about the stage of the project of the assistance provided in preparing the reform. They said the activities were carried out according to a schedule approved, that no obstacles were found out, that there was an efficient communication and cooperation between the concerned authorities.

In this respect, the PM stressed that it was important to consider all criteria for elaborating an efficient concept, which will stay at the basis of the administrative and territorial reform. “The reform must be very well prepared and communicated. To make progress, it is necessary to starts from a clear-cut concept.”   

Pavel Filip also said that it was necessary to establish a joint platform between the central and local authorities, which is to ensure an efficient dialogue, in order to give final touches to the reform’s concept, taking into account Moldova’s realities.    

At present, Moldova’s administrative and territorial structure comprises 898 first-level local public authorities 35 second-level ones.