Moldova and SIGMA

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Status: EU candidate
Capital City: Chisinau
Population: 3.5 million
Currency: Moldavan leu (MDL)

Moldova has been an active member of the European Eastern Partnership since its launch in 2009. An Association Agreement with the EU was signed on 27 June 2014 and ratified by Moldova on 2 July 2014.

On 3 March 2022, Moldova officially applied for EU membership and on 16 June 2022 the European Council recommended that Moldova is granted candidate status and given the perspective to become a member of the European Union on the understanding that the country takes a number of reform steps.

Since 2010, SIGMA has been providing assistance to various areas of public administration reform. In 2015, a detailed Baseline Measurement Report was published, presenting a comprehensive overview of public administration in Moldova.

SIGMA is currently focusing on supporting reforms of public financial management in Moldova, in particular on external audit and public procurement, working with:

The State Chancellery on developing a new Public Administration Reform Strategy.

The Ministry of Finance, the Public Procurement Agency and the National Agency for Complaints Settlement on the implementation of the public procurement reform, capacity building of the central procurement institutions and professionalisation/certification programme for procurement officers.

The Ministry of Finance on developing and drafting the Public Financial Management Reform Strategy and Action Plan.

The Court of Accounts (CoA) on the revision and implementation of the CoA's legal framework.

Publications	Related links	Events	Country co-ordination

Baseline Measurement report 2015 I In Romanian The Principles of Public Administration for European Neighbourhood Policy countries Publications in Romanian More publications	EU relations with Moldova EU Delegation to Moldova Programme Administration Office News on Moldova EU Neighbours East More countries	Events calendar	Ferdinand Pot Country manager ferdinand.pot@oecd.org Tel: +33 1 45 24 76 29
		Events calendar	Raija Talus Project Co-ordinator raija.talus@oecd.org Tel: +33 1 45 24 94 92