Intermunicipal Cooperation in Moldova

Case Study Category: IMCCase Study Tags: Cooperation, Moldova, and Municpialities

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  • Since 2010, seventeen IMC pilot projects have been started in the Republic of Moldova, some of them providing good results. These pilot projects have occurred with the active support and involvement of the international organisations and donors (UNDP and GIZ) and cover typically (12 out of 17) the provision of a single service (water and sewerage, waste management, energy efficiency). Multi‐functional IMC projects are few (5), and they are as well limited to communal services (water and sewage, waste management, public lighting, public roads maintenance).

    Each of these projects has received heavy donor support, ranging from 100,000 USD (UNDP) to 2.3 mil EUR (GIZ/EU). It has taken 2‐3 years for an average IMC project to become functional and sustainable, while some initiatives are still struggling. IMC objectives are:

    • Reinforcement of the urban planning and management of green areas.
    • Improvement of the waste management.
    • Construction and management of public lightning and local road.
    • Improvement of the local public transport.
    • Development and management of thermal energy networks.
    • Lack of renovation and resources.
    • Legal and normative obstacles.
    • Poor accessibility of services.
    • Financial obstacles.
    • Fragmentation of the public opinion about IMC.

  • IMC has strong potential not only for local services. There is plenty of potential for services, which are centrally managed and are available only at the rayon level. As part of the decentralisation process, IMC may be used to services such as documentation of population, issuance of authorisations, certificates and other certification type services. Combined with the use of ICTs, some of them could be transferred at the local level, where potential exists, to limit the distances and decrease the general cost for population when accessing the service.

  • Mapping the obstacles to Intermunicipal Cooperation in Moldova

  • -Public lightning/energy efficiency project (UNDP) in Ermoclia, Popeasca, Festelita (Stefan Voda rayon)Efficient Public lightning in Tatarauca Veche commune, Soroca rayon.
    -Increased energy efficiency of the Orhei regional hospital.
    -National energy policies oriented on LPAs.