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Activity of the Government on December 1–15, 2010

Events of great importance

Moldova’s success within the Eastern Partnership

The second Eastern Partnership Ministerial meeting was held today in Brussels and was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the EU member countries and Eastern Partnership member states, it was co-chaired by the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission, Baroness Catherine Ashton and the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle, Moldova has been noted by the European officials as being at the forefront of the Eastern Partnership countries that have benefited from the opportunities provided by the Eastern Partnership, the significant progress achieved as regards the reforms being highly appreciated.

Administrative intervention in the editorial field

During a Government sitting, Prime Minister Vlad Filat made an intervention concerning the publication “Sex told to children”, which, according to Premier, would contain elements that contradict moral principles and norms of the Christian education of children. This book has been accepted for marketing in 2004, but in October 2010 the Agency for Morality Protection made a new decision: the book can be sold only to persons who have reached adulthood and only in the package that do not allow browsing and / or watching the production at the stand, and the minors may get acquainted with its content only through parents and educators. NGOs representatives have reacted to the disproportionate and ad-hoc interventions, called for a complex examination of the problem addressed and qualified the authorities’ interventions as manifestations of censorship, even an authoritarian behavior.

Appointments. Dismissals

Decisions

Decision on some measures to liquidate the consequences of the 2010 July floods. According to the document, the Ministry of Construction and Regional Development will provide free dwellings, which are under its management and are built from state budget resources, donations and funds accumulated on the special account to help the distressed people of Cotul Morii, Sarateni, Nemteni and Obileni villages, after their putting into service, in the property of the said administrative-territorial units, to be given free of charge to the individuals affected by 2010 summer floods, as required by the effective legislation. The engineering infrastructure and other built facilities also will be transferred to the property of the administrative-territorial units, after their putting into service, upon their consent.

Decision to change the destination of some agricultural lands. The Government decided to amend the destination category of 17.2 hectares of agricultural lands, which represent the private ownership of “GIGAMARKET” Ltd., of the outskirts of Bacioi village, Chisinau municipality, and transfer them to the category of lands for industry, transport, telecommunications and other special purposes in connection with the design and construction of a commercial complex. “GIGAMARKET” Ltd. must organise the topsoil scraping from the soil surface.

Decision on establishing a unit of the central public authorities for informing and communicating with media outlets. According to the document approved by the Executive, the unit for informing and communicating with the media is a structural subdivision established within the central body of each public authority, subject directly to the head of this authority.

Decision concerning the state order on professional development of public administration staff in 2011. The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Moldova is required to draft a Plan to fulfill the state order, to ensure the quality, novelty and practical nature of the training programs, according to some predetermined topics, and the relevant public authorities will delegate to training the concerned officials and will ensure the participation of leaders and experts in developing training programs and their performance as trainers. A total number of 1015 public servants is planned to be trained in 2011.

Decision on public-private partnership for rendering health services. The Government proposed the radiology and imagery diagnostic services for public-private partnership, including rooms designed for their rendering within the Republican Hospital of Chisinau municipality. During the public-private partnership the National Health Insurance Company will negotiate and conclude annual contracts for rendering medical services under mandatory health insurance with the winning private partner. The following objectives are determined for the project: to modernize the institution by attracting private investments; to align hospital care to European requirements; to ensure the functioning of a modern and effective institution in terms of cost; to endow appropriately the institution with advanced medical devices; to cover the need of population for highly advanced medical imaging services; to improve the quality and to increase the access to advanced imaging diagnostic; to reduce the general costs for the modernization of the Republican Clinical Hospital from the state budget. The special objective is to renovate and / or build, equip, finance and operate the radiology and imaging diagnostic service.

Decisions to approve some regulations:

Decisions to approve strategies, plans:

Sittings. Decisions

Preparing for the cold season

Prime Minister chaired several meetings where there was considered country’s readiness for the cold season 2010–2011, in terms of energy security and ensuring normal operation of all enterprises and social institutions. According to the Ministry of Economy, apart from the problem of some debts unpaid by Chisinau Municipality for heat supply, energy sector is fully prepared for the cold season, being assured the operation of all systems and networks for electricity and heat supply. Material Reserves Agency is ready for the cold season, and the distressed persons from Hincesti district were provided with wood and coal for heating their houses.

At a public meeting, attended by central and local authorities and energy companies, there were analyzed energy security issues, especially concerning the payment of the heat supplied. Prime Minister noted the importance of ensuring transparency in the activity of the concerned institutions by presenting cogent arguments and explanations to the population in order to prevent the irrelevant interpretations and insinuations. The Premier asked all responsible persons, involved in energy security of the country, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the situation, to identify solutions to streamline the management of this field, including as regards strategic development, and to develop proposals for rescheduling the payments for heat.

Advanced servers for important institutions

The Government decided to send six advanced servers, required to run the Web sites of the following institutions: public TV channel Moldova 1, Central Electoral Commission, Directorate General for the administration of Government buildings, the State Enterprise “Centre of Special Telecommunications” and the National Bureau of Statistics. The equipment comes from the Chinese assistance Moldova has benefited of, and the decision was taken by the Executive in order to implement the Government Activity Programme as regards the establishment of the institutional framework for information society development.

Post-election phone calls

During the first days after early parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Vlad Filat had several telephone conversations with high foreign officials upon their initiative. Among the interlocutors who have congratulated Moldovan authorities with the way they conducted the elections are:

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