EU4Environment Green Economy: the Inter-ministerial Working Group on the promotion of Sustainable Development and Green Economy – 7 years of activity

Within EU4Environment Green Economy the Meeting of the Inter-ministerial Working Group on the promotion of Sustainable Development and Green Economy – EU4Environment Green Economy National Implementation Committee in the Republic of Moldova, which marked this year 7 years of its activity since foundation, took place to review the performances of the green economy promotion in Moldova.

Meetings of Moldova’s Inter-ministerial Working Group on the promotion of Sustainable Development and Green Economy (also acting as the National Implementation Committee (NIC) for the EU4Environment programme) aim to review progress in greening the national economy and discuss the necessary activities by all relevant stakeholder to accelerate this process.   

These meetings are supported by the EU-funded EU4Environment programme, as part of its component Output 1.1 on “Green economy ownership, policy coherence and cross-sectorial coordination”, which is implemented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Thanks to the EU’s and UNEP’s support, the Inter-ministerial Working Group has recently marked 7 years of activity (2015-2022). 

The previous Meetings of the WG/NIC took place on 9 September 2021 and 18 February 2022. The meetings were in a virtual format and attended by the EC, EUD, all EU4Environment Implementing Partners, EU4Environment NFPs and NIC/WG members and NGOs from Moldova. The implementation of the EU4Environment programme in Moldova in 2021 and presentation of detailed plans/activities under EU4Environment sub-components for September-December 2021 and general plans for 2022, including regional EU4Environment events were discussed and approved. At the meeting on 18 February 2022 the GGIs report and Web Platform on GGIs was launched and the workplans for 2022 presented and discussed.  

Meeting objectives:

• progress of EU4Environment in Moldova so far (all EU4Environment Green Economy IPs),
• preparations for the EU4Environment Regional Assembly (OECD),
• national BIG-E objectives (Nicosia EfE Ministerial Conference) (MoEnv),
• process of drafting of the Program on the promotion of Green Economy for 2023-2027 (UNEP),
• process of drafting of the Law on payments for pollution and taxes for natural resources (OECD),
• World Cleanup Day 2022 in Moldova (national campaign – 01-17.09.2022 and Cleanup Day, September 17) (all partners), and
• synergies with other projects.