The project „Access to success: partnerships for self-sustainable community development” aims at developing local communities in both banks of the Nistru river, based on Asset-Based Community Development model (ABCD approach), through identifying local resources and needs as well as through co-financing local development projects, in domains such as: culture and sport, ecology, tourism, social sphere and youth.
The project consists of two main phases: capacity building and exchange of experience and implementation of local development projects under the small grants scheme for communities (with each project budget making up to 25 000 EUR).
The small grants scheme aims to strengthen the established cross-river partnerships and consolidate local development, what might become an effective instrument for building confidence between communities from both banks.

- To unite people from both sides of Nistru.
- To help people in the area to improve the wellbeing of the communities they live in.
- To identify and create promotion opportunities regarding the cooperation among communities, institutions and organisations from both sides of Nistru river.
- To create strategic partnerships between people on both sides of Nistru river.

- 42 local organisations and community initiative groups from both banks to be involved and to provide confidence building through community development.
- The local partners to be supported in the process of the identification of local resources and their potential, by applying the „Asset-based community development” method (ABCD).
- The partners to be trained on organizational and strategic development, exchanges at both national and international levels.
- To organise study visits, and other actions designed to recognize local development as a concrete efficient instrument for strengthening confidence building.
- To establish 21 cross-river development partnerships. (Following the process of evaluation, 15 of these partnerships were consolidated through small grants scheme, which supports local development projects and contributes at strengthening the mutual trust among these communities).
- The development and improving the conditions for 28 infrastructure projects, 35 organized tenders, purchase of various equipment, around 100 working meetings, 30 local events, 35 common events, involving local and regional authorities, local deputies on the left bank, entrepreneurs, diaspora, volunteers, local citizens etc.