Month: May 2023

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Vice President of Skat Consulting visits Moldova to assess Skat Moldova’s progress in strengthening local governance and improving rural communities

Vice President of Skat Consulting visits Moldova to assess Skat Moldova's progress in strengthening local governance and improving rural communities.

During her visit to the Republic of Moldova from May 22-25, 2023, Mrs. Claudia Zimmermann, Vice-President of Skat Consulting Ltd., gained valuable insights into the activities of Skat Consulting’s office in Moldova. She met with the teams working on three ongoing projects, each contributing to the improvement of local communities:

  • Mă Implic – Proiect de implicare civică în guvernarea locală, a project on civic engagement in local governance (financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC): This project aims at ensuring that the rural population of Moldova has equitable access to quality communal services.
  • The ASIST sanitation solutions implementation assistance project (financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC): This initiative supports individuals affected by conflicts in Ukraine and Moldova by repairing destroyed homes and water supply systems, thereby improving their living conditions.
  • Water and Sanitation Project in Moldovan Villages (ApaSan+) (financed by the Austrian Development Agency, Austrian Development Cooperation funds): This project aims to provide safe water supply and sanitation services to rural populations.

“I had a fantastic time with our consulting team from Chisinau this week. The days were packed with insightful meetings and conversations with customers, partners, colleagues and representatives of the local public administrations. Thank you to the entire team who made this great huge success and to our partners in rural communities who shared their unique and inspiring insights,” Claudia Zimmermann, Vice President of Skat Consulting Ltd.

The visits to various locations offered Mrs. Zimmermann the opportunity to engage with the representatives of the Municipalities and citizens, who are the ultimate beneficiaries of the local interventions. In the village of Vărăncău, she interacted with families who benefited from the installation of ecological sanitation systems (septic tanks), witnessing first-hand the positive impact of the ApaSan+ project on their living conditions.

In Domulgeni village, Mrs. Zimmermann observed the local waste evacuation process, supported by the MĂ IMPLIC Project. Here the project assists the Municipality and the service provider in improving and organizing the communal solid waste evacuation service. The Mayor, alongside the Community Initiative Team, presented the progress made thus far and outlined the planned activities within the inter-community waste management project involving Domulgeni, Cașunca, Ștefănești, and Prodănești.

Skat Consulting is mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to implement the “MĂ IMPLIC” project on civic engagement in local governance, which ensures that the rural population of the Republic of Moldova has fair access to quality communal services. Thus, in the period 2021-2023, thirty localities/groups of localities implement projects aimed at improving the delivery of communal household services.

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Communal services in 12 rural communities are launched with the support of the MĂ IMPLIC project

Communal services in 12 rural communities are launched with the support of the MĂ IMPLIC project

All 30 town halls / groups of town halls, partners of the MĂ IMPLIC project, are making steady progress in implementing the Service Improvement Plans (PISC), developed, and approved within the project. This document is part of the Grant agreement, signed by the Partner Municipalities with the MĂ IMPLIC project.

According to this document, Municipalities carry out numerous activities aimed at improving communal services. Communities go through this process at a different pace, each with its own distinctive characteristics, so the progress is different from one partner to another. To date, most partners have succeeded in:

🗹 ensuring the legal regulation for creation and delegating the communal service

🗹 completing two stages of procurement for equipment and services

🗹 securing additional funding for project realization

🗹 ensuring legal regulations regarding service financing and tariff policies

🗹 conducting citizen satisfaction surveys for communal services

🗹 engaging citizens in informational, educational, and mobilization activities to organize and maintain the communal service.

🗹 signing contracts with citizens and successfully launching the communal service

As of May 1, 2023, the following partner communities have made notable progress with the support of the MĂ IMPLIC project:

  • Twelve communities have launched new/improved solid waste management services: Andrușul de Jos, Borogani, Chircăiestii Noi, Dezghingea, Domulgeni, Feștelita, Fundurii Vechi, Gura Galbenei, Pelivan, Risipeni, Sudarca and Valea Perjei
  • Căplani, Nișcani, Selemet have initiated new/improved public street lighting services
  • Other seven communities have completed capital investments and constructions for municipal water supply services Bădiceni, Biesti, Capaclia, Ciuciuleni, Dîngeni, Satul Nou, Vorniceni. In these communities, the Municipality and the Communal Services Operator will carry out the proposed activities according to the SIP and identify additional funding to complete the water supply project in the locality and ensure 100% of the residents have access to drinking water.
  • Ongoing technical works are being carried out in Ciorești, Copceac, Leușeni, Sculeni, these four are improving the Communal sewerage service.

The MĂ IMPLIC project team is closely monitoring the implementation of PISC in the 30 local intervention projects, and the results of the most recent monitoring are included in this infographic. It aims to inform the partners about the current situation in all local intervention projects, so that each partner can see what its progress is and where it is necessary to speed up actions.

The Project is with the Partner Municipalities at every stage of the PISC implementation, offering technical advice to communal service operators and Municipalities. More the project helps the Municipalities not only to improve the local infrastructure, but also to develop sustainable approaches and models to maintain this infrastructure and ensure the sustainability of the services provided in the community.

Skat Consulting is mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to implement the “MĂ IMPLIC” project on civic engagement in local governance, which ensures that the rural population of the Republic of Moldova has fair access to quality communal services. Thus, in the period 2021-2023, thirty localities/groups of localities implement projects aimed at improving the delivery of communal household services.

#maImplic #skatConsulting #sanitation #civicengagement #solidwastemanagement #watersupply #streetlighting #communalservice