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Foreign Affairs on April 4–17, 2005
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e-journal #49 |
European Strategy of the Republic of Moldova
The Institute of Public Policies (IPP) unveiled on April 13 the European Strategy of the Republic of Moldova (ESRM). More than 30 national experts participated in drafting this document, while IPP and the Foreign Ministry of Moldova coordinated their activity.
According to IPP, the drafting of this document had started before the European Commission launched the consultations on the E.U. Action Plan for Moldova, and after elaboration of the concept on Moldova’s integration in the E.U. It is worth to note in the context that the latter appeared in August 2003, after the National Commission for European Integration (NCEI) in charge with drafting and unveiling the strategy on European integration of Moldova to the parliament, as well as with drafting and approving the action plan for this strategy[1], was created on November 13, 2002 through a presidential decree. Under the activity plan of the government for the first quarter of 2003, the strategy should be finished by March 14, 2003. Surprisingly, as the presidential decree required the drafting of strategy, we had been witnesses of a serendipity phenomenon — the concept on integration of Moldova in the E.U., not the strategy appeared after activity of NCEI in 2003. Thus, the IPP draft European Strategy comes to eliminate an older arrear of Moldovan authorities.
According to IPP, the structure of ESRM was drafted on basis of experience of many countries, as well as of the E.U. regulations on enlargement process. The ESRM was adjusted to the plan after consultations on the Action Plan.The European Strategy comprises the following basic fields for every sector of activity: analysis of legislative framework of Moldova; analysis of institutional framework; formulation of existing problems; formulation of short- and medium-term priorities.
ESRM will be periodically reviewed according as implementation of the E.U. Action Plan for Moldova, and this would allow its use as tool for monitoring of the process of implementation of this plan. The IPP estimated that Moldova would hold the right to seek the progress of contract bases with the E.U. in 2008, when the term of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) runs off, if it respects the three-year deadline for implementation of the Action Plan. Under these conditions, if Brussels has enough political will, it could advance the status of dialogue with Moldova by signing a new qualitative document — an agreement (on association or neighbourhood), a new action plan or a strategy. According to IPP, the new document should be based on an analysis of situation in all areas of cooperation — legislative framework and institutional framework on cooperation, problems and priorities of future cooperation, regardless of the E.U. further stance. The European Strategy plays this role. The draft ESRM was published on the website of IPP, so that the interested people enjoy the opportunity to study it.
The Republic of Moldova — NATO
Jean Fournet, deputy secretary-general of NATO for public diplomacy, was on an official visit to Chisinau on April 5. He had meetings with President Vladimir Voronin and Defence Minister Valeriu Plesca. The meetings focussed on the following issues: reformation of the national security system; Moldova’s presence in the Partnership for Peace Programme; opening of a regional anti-trafficking centre in Chisinau to coordinate the efforts aimed to reduce the sizes of trafficking in human beings; introduction of an international monitoring on the Transnistrian segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, as well as enhanced cooperation aimed to ensure regional and international security.
In the context of talks on Moldova’s participation in the Partnership for Peace Programme, President Voronin expressed the readiness of the Moldovan authorities to upgrade Chisinau’s participation in this programme, while the defence minister informed the NATO high ranking official about training of a team of bomb experts, military observers, and a company for participation in a peacekeeping mission. The NATO deputy secretary-general said in the context of NATO enlargement to the Proute that the adoption of an Individual Action Plan of NATO for Moldova is opportune for optimization of cooperation with Moldova.
Meeting of the GUUAM Committee of National Coordinators
Chisinau hosted a special meeting of the GUUAM Committee of National Coordinators early this month. Taking part in the meeting were representatives of all member states of this regional project, as well as of the U.S. Department of State. Also, representatives of the U.S., Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and Polish Embassies attended the meeting as observers.
According to the press service of the Moldovan Foreign Ministry, the meeting examined issues related to organisation of the April 22-scheduled GUUAM summit, implementation of projects within this dialogue frame, including the trade and transportation facilitation project.
- ↑ Monitorul oficial, # 151–153/1196, November 14, 2002
