Activity of the Government on October 16–31, 2007

Decisions

Decision awarding facilities to young doctors and pharmacists. Young doctors and pharmacists who will accept to work in rural areas of Moldova will enjoy facilities the first three years after graduation, in particular, a monthly rent compensation (up to 0.5 percent of the minimum official salary on country) or free housing from local public administration; doctors and pharmacists who graduate from higher education will get a single indemnity worth 30,000 lei (nurses will be paid 24,000 lei), paid proportionally after each year of work; a monthly compensation of the cost of 30 KW of electricity, one cubic metre of wood and one ton of coal.

Decision approving the action plan on execution of the Parliament Decision approving the report on execution of the 2006 state budget and public funds. These parliamentary decisions oblige the executive to take organisational, legal, methodological and disciplinary measures in order to improve the quality of financial management and to target the budgetary-fiscal policy at implementing the state social-economic policies; to consolidate efforts of all budget executors in order to ensure a good management of budgetary funds; to ensure the institutionalisation of control on volumes and quality of budget-funded works; to regulate relations between budgets of administrative territorial units of first and second levels and to extend the participation of public authorities in implementing budgetary policies. Also, the Government must ensure the execution of recommendations by the Chamber of Auditors; optimise the expenses and ensure the integrity of public patrimony; efficiently manage the public debt and orient the budgetary-fiscal policy to the economic development objective.

Decisions approving certain draft laws:

Concerning the ratification of the facilitated visa issuance agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Community and the agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Community concerning readmission of illegal migrants. At the same time, it was decided to start negotiations concerning draft intergovernmental agreements on readmission of illegal migrants with 28 states, including the Russian Federation and nine CIS members, Turkey, the United Kingdom and North Ireland, etc. So far, Moldova has signed bilateral agreements on readmission of illegal migrants with the Swiss Federal Council, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Romania;
Concerning modification and completion of certain legal acts (on implementation of the POS AT system for payments via credit cards);
Concerning National Insurance Guarantee Fund;
Concerning measures for social protection of population in connection with dearer electricity;
Concerning protection of inventions.

Decisions on allocation of funds. Following amounts will be allocated from the reserve fund of the Government:

2 million lei to the Interior Ministry “to demolish buildings in the 17 Decebal Boulevard of the Chisinau municipality”;
350,000 lei to the Government Apparatus to renovate a building in the 200 Stefan Cel Sfant Avenue of the Chisinau municipality, and 311,300 lei to work out project and estimate documentation regarding arrangement of afferent plots of a building in the 154 Stefan Cel Sfant Avenue of the Chisinau municipality;
83,300 lei to the Construction and Territorial Development Agency to organise and hold a sitting of the interstate building cooperation council of CIS member states;
639,000 lei to organise the Madame Butterfly competition;
720,000 lei to finish the reorganisation of the State Enterprise Chisinau Circus;
101,100 lei to the Constitutional Court “to purchase furniture”.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Support for mortgage building

The Government has plans to continue assisting the National Housing Service in order to give an impulse to the mortgage social housing building. The prime minister appreciated the work of this service and of the Construction and Territorial Development Agency, at a broadened sitting with the participation of representatives of enterprises and managers acting on the mortgage market, but noted that the two institutions have to use reserves in order to develop this sector. The executive will take measures to give social residences to socially vulnerable people who lack purchase power and the National Housing Service was told to table an efficient action plan within one month, so that to give an impulse to the mortgage social housing building. At the same time, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce was instructed to elaborate a price formation mechanism for building materials, as “there are big problems in this area and prices of many building materials are artificially increased.”

A new social protection strategy

The Collegial Council of the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child has approved a draft national strategy on building an integrated social service system and the Government is due to study it. The document implies a complex concept of state policy on social protection of people in need, which will include the neediest population in social assistance programmes. The system is based on priority targeting of social services at the poorest people who will be chosen on basis of individual needs.

Elaboration of National Development Plan

The prime minister has chaired a sitting which heard a report on actions taken to work out the draft National Development Plan (NDP) strategy, as well as actions needed to finalise the NDP Action Plan. Officials in charge with this plan reported that 25 public debates with the participation of approximately 1,500 representatives of NGOs, civil society, academia, national and international experts, etc., have been organised to work out the draft NDP strategy. The draft strategy is being finished and published at www.pnd.md for the public and the NDP action plan is being finalised.

Meeting with Gagauz lawmakers

Vasile Tarlev has met a group of members of the People’s Assembly of the Administrative Territorial Unit Gagauzia and discussed future actions aimed to impel the social-economic development of the region. Representatives of the Administrative Territorial Unit Gagauzia sought financial assistance to implement new infrastructure projects, help children learn the Moldovan language, hold cultural actions. The prime minister promised that the Government will give green light to the call of lawmakers and will provide methodical and financial assistance, including for learning of Moldovan, Gagauz languages, and others. Observers note that the Gagauzia governor could easier and more operatively notify the prime minister regarding the problems of the region, as he is a member of the Government, but this functionary represents the opposition and central authorities prefer to marginalise him, discussing mainly with Gagauz supporters of the ruling party.

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