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Addressing priorities and identifying gaps: planning for facilitators

Addressing priorities and identifying gaps: a planning session for community facilitators

On May 25, 2023, the MĂ IMPLIC project team organized a planning session to evaluate the progress of the Community Service Improvement Plans and the Grant Agreement in the partner communities. The session brought together all eight community facilitators, who play a vital role in supporting the implementation of the project at the local level.

The meeting aimed to identify key gaps and priorities concerning the monitoring process, citizens’ perception of communal services, and citizen involvement in their maintenance and development of the service.

Tudor Golub, the project consultant specializing in the operation and maintenance of communal services, emphasized the importance of empowering communal service operators through their active participation in training sessions organized by the MĂ IMPLIC project. The meeting also covered technical and logistical aspects related to launching communal services and explored opportunities for additional funding to ensure their effective operation.

The meeting fostered an environment of active participation and dialogue, providing an excellent platform for community facilitators to share their experiences at the local level. Each partner locality in the MĂ IMPLIC project receives assistance from community facilitators throughout the intervention stages. Currently, all 30 partner localities are actively implementing the Communal Services Improvement Plans, which are crucial documents in the organization and strategic planning activities in the field of communal services.

In the period 2021-2023, a total of thirty localities/groups of localities are implementing projects aimed at improving the delivery of communal household services. These initiatives receive support from the “MĂ IMPLIC” project, which is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by SKAT Consulting. Full list of partner Local Public Authorities (LPAs) here.

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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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