Activity of the Government on November 1–15, 2006

Rules. Reshuffles

The Government has appointed Ion Stavila as deputy minister of reintegration, Victor Cuhal as deputy director of the Standardisation and Metrology Service and Vadim Smintina as deputy director of the Sports Agency.

Deputy Premier Valerian Cristea was appointed Moldovan ambassador to the Czech Republic.

Decisions

Decision on measures of implementation of objectives on creation of 300,000 new jobs and rise of medium monthly salary on economy up to the equivalent of 300 dollars. The decision establishes annual tasks of ministries and other central administrative authorities for creation of new jobs in subordinated branches and recommends the regional administration authorities (of the Autonomous Territorial Unit Gagauzia), district councils and the Chisinau and Balti City Halls to work out and implement actions plans on creation of the indicated jobs.

Decision approving the framework regulation on organisation and functioning of centres of assistance and protection of victims of trafficking in human beings. Centres may be created at community level and they will protect and temporarily host victims of trafficking in persons, helping them join their families and community later.

Decision on adjustment of Moldovan legislation to community legislation. The governmental decision obliges the Justice Ministry to propose the creation of a centre for the adjustment of Moldovan legislation to the European Union’s legislation. The new structure will have to work out a plan on gradual adjustment of national legislation to the community legislation. The Government has also approved a regulation on mechanism of adjustment of Moldovan legislation to community laws, which explains modalities of surveying and editing draft acts by respecting the terminology of European legislation.

Decision approving the action plan on facilitation of visa regime with the E.U. The plan establishes actions that will be undertaken in 2007–2008 to start negotiations on readmission and repatriation, consolidation of border and migration management.

Decision on analysis of findings of controls held by the Chamber of Auditors on management of public financial resources in the 2005 budgetary exercise. The Government indicates a better financial management and a series of essential drawbacks in management of public patrimony and finances. It establishes a series of measures to improve the situation: warning heads of central authorities; enhancing responsibility of budget executors; consolidating strategic planning capacities; optimising tax management; assessing and recording public patrimony; optimising the control on legality of actions, etc.

The Government has approved a draft law on regional development and a draft law on modification of the law on tobacco and tobacco products (stricter conditions for sale of products near pre-university institutions).

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Gradual modernisation of roads

A working sitting chaired by prime minister has focussed on modernisation of roads in Moldova, which will be a priority task of the Government in 2007. Some important sources in the field will be allocated from foreign donors and state budget. Priority will be granted to building works at the Chisinau-Leuseni road, reconstruction of the Chisinau-Comrat snd Orhei-Rezina routes, with an action plan on modernisation of motorways in Moldova being worked in parallel. Vasile Tarlev has told the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to work out an action plan on gradual modernisation of roads coordinated with leadership of all districts and to open contests by end of 2006 to select entrepreneurs.

Construction of strategic gas pipe

The prime minister has convoked a sitting on construction of the main gas pipe Tocuz-Cainari-Mereni, which will be built about 16.5 kilometres at the first stage and assembling of a gas distribution station by the end of 2006. Vasile Tarlev revealed the importance of the project that ensures the energy security of Moldova.

Combating illicit passenger transportation

Decision-making officials in the field of transportation, licensing and interior affairs have reported on execution of the programme combating the illicit passenger carriage at a sitting convoked by Premier Vasile Tarlev. Although the situation has improved (this fact is confirmed by higher incomes, fewer administrative contraventions and traffic accidents with grave consequences), there are big reserves in the process of combat of this phenomenon. The programme combating the illicit passenger carriage was approved through the Governmental Decision # 1054 from 05.08.2002 and contains a series of actions that should be taken in 2002, with a further permanent monitoring.

Strategy on employment policies

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has tabled a draft national strategy on employment policies for 2007–2020. The document aims to be a basis for elaboration and implementation of annual action plans on employment, branch and territorial employment programmes for various categories of population. The implementation of this strategy must contribute to elimination of the deficit of jobs, growth of employment rate in economy, better motivation of employers to increase the number of jobs and to raise salaries.

Opening of university and lyceum of Academy of Sciences

The Government has approved a draft law on opening of the University of the Moldovan Academy of Sciences, which will annually admit about 1,000 students selected at a contest. At the same time, the executive has decided to create the Lyceum of the Moldovan Academy of Sciences (ASM), an ASM-controlled institution of exact and humanist sciences for talented children from Moldova. The new institution will be located in the building of a former research institute of ASM, which will include classrooms, libraries, sport and festivity halls, a canteen and hostel after reconstruction. The high school will admit about 200 students, by 15 persons in every class.

Establishing price of education

The cabinet of ministers has approved the nomenclature of works and services executed and granted for pay by educational institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Youth (in vocational schools, colleges and institutions of higher learning).

Export interdictions introduced and annulled

By sending a letter to the Customs Service and wineries, director-general of the Agro-Industrial Agency MoldovaVin has restricted the exports in bulk of wines made from 2006 crop. He invoked the need of improving the image of Moldovan wines on world market, reducing possibilities of counterfeiting wines. Representatives of companies and experts in the field have criticised this decision and described it as inopportune and abusive.

The MoldovaVin administration has withdrawn the interdictions a week later, saying that they could gravely affect vine growing and winemaking companies.

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