Activity of the Government on June 1–15, 2008

Appointments. Dismissals

Natalia Solcan, head of the European Integration Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, was proposed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Moldova to the United Kingdom.

Nicolae Taran was nominated Deputy Director-general of the Industrial Agency Moldova-Vin.

Anatolie Turcan was relieved from the office of deputy director of the Building and Territorial Development Agency, as the institution was reorganised.

Victor Cuhal was relieved from the office of deputy Director of the Standardisation and Metrology Service on reorganisation reason.

Decisions

Decision on completion of the decision concerning state coordination and regulation of prices (tariffs). The list of goods for which the state regulates the commercial addition (approved under GD no. 547 from 04.08.1995) was completed with the following commodities: pastries, cruppers and rice. This decision is a reaction to the speculative rise of prices of some foodstuffs in retailing network. The Government has established a working group to consider possibilities of combating illegal price rises.

Decision on rise of salaries for employees of the sanitary-epidemiologic service. The salary will be increased by 15 percent per year of work under major risk for health, with the maximum rise reaching 100 percent of the salary for office. The personnel in charge with preventing and combating HIV/AIDS will be paid a 10-percent rise per year, but not more than 60 percent of the salary for office. About 2.7 million lei will be needed for this purpose in 2008.

Decision introducing the professional day of journalist. The Day of Journalist will be celebrated on June 12, on the birthday of late journalist Constantin Chirosco. This initiative came from a group of 28 Moldovan journalists who have sent a request in this regard to Moldovan president.

Decisions approving draft legislative acts:

On declaration of public utility of the works of national interest performed to build the Free International Airport Giurgiulesti;
Concerning modification and completion of the Law on Government, law on civil aviation and law on aeronautical security (establishing of the State Transport Administration by reorganising the Ministry of Transport and Road Industry and State Civil Aviation Administration);
Concerning modification and completion of the State Budget Law for 2008 (it raises revenues by 340.6 million lei and expenses by 124 million lei, with the budgetary deficit being thus reduced by 124 million lei, down to 99.7 million lei);
Concerning modification and completion of some legislative acts (budgetary-fiscal policy for 2009);
Draft parliamentary decision on completion of the state register of monuments (it covers monuments built in the Soviet times).

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Strategy on social inclusion of disabled people

The draft strategy calls for the harmonisation of the social protection system for disabled people in order to ensure their social inclusion and respect for their rights and fundamental freedoms. The number of disabled people is on the continuous rise in Moldova, counting for over 170,000 persons (by 28,000 people more than in 2007). Representatives of associations of invalids from Moldova have demanded the council to discuss at next sittings possibilities of removing obstacles to social integration of invalids, help them get employed, etc.

Meeting of donors

Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii has attended a meeting of donors which focussed on emergency assistance to remedy the drought-related crisis in Moldova. Greceanii said in an address that extreme weather effects from 2007 have demonstrated one more time that the agriculture is the weakest and riskiest sector of national economy. According to the premier, the negative weather last year has imposed more efficient and unordinary long-term actions aimed to permanently develop the agro-food sector and ensure the food security of the country.

Permanent cooperation with Foreign Investors Association (FIA)

A meeting between the prime minister and FIA members has discussed prospects of cooperation between business community and Government aimed to improve investment climate in Moldova. Investors said that the dialogue between central public administration and business community has advanced much in the past years and thus many problems have been resolved. Investors raised a set of recommendations aimed to reduce the inflation rate and maintain the macroeconomic stability. FIA representatives discussed the opportunity of developing the legal framework in order to boost Moldova’s attractiveness in implementing public-private partnership projects. The premier noted that the Ministry of Economy and Trade has conducted an in-depth assessment of recommendations and objectives from the “White Book” of investors and it will shortly propose its visions aimed at ensuring a new quality growth in the area. Foreign investors were encouraged to work out a new issue of the “White Book” in order to assess the economic condition and establish visions regarding cooperation opportunities.

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