Bureau of European Integration staff strengthen their skills with the support of ‘Moldova is Europe’ experts

Efficient coordination of EU affairs is vital not only before accession, but also after the country becomes a member state: this was the motto of the training delivered by ‘Moldova is Europe – Support for EU integration’ expert Andrej Engelman to about 40 representatives of the Bureau for European Integration.

The discussion focused on coordinating the participation of Moldovan administration representatives in the work of comitology committees in the period leading up to Moldova’s accession to the EU.

The second part was dedicated to the coordination of EU affairs in the context of membership, where the country primarily focuses on its activities within the Council. The reasons for setting up a new coordination system were presented, along with the essential characteristics and decisions regarding the role of individual institutions that the country must adopt.

The “Slovenian model” for coordinating EU affairs was also presented, along with the future needs regarding experts who will work in the central unit for coordinating EU affairs and the future Moldovan Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels following accession.

Participants were also familiarized with potential challenges facing candidate countries in the period between the conclusion of negotiations and the signing of the accession treaty on the one hand, and actual accession to the EU, on the other.

The delivery of the training was supported by EU- and Denmark- funded project ”Moldova is Europe – Support for EU Integration”