Launch Event (Sept. 2021): To engage stakeholders and to generate interest, the formal project Launch Event was held on September 30, 2021. Due to Covid restrictions, it was conducted virtually. The event was attended by 134 individuals from close to 100 external organizations, and contributions were made by 17 panelists.

• Final Report (Chapter I.B and I.C)
• Launch Event: Agenda (EN)
• Training: Sessions and Participants

Additional Documents

• Launch Event
• Training

Monitoring Public Procurement was the core of the project, with the aim of fostering responsible and effective moni­to­ring activities, producing results that lead to change. The approach applied consisted of four components:

1. Grants Program: Put the training to use in monitoring, supported by continued capacity building through mentoring and peer learning. Implemented by competitively awarded grants to CSOs and investigative journalists to engage in monitoring specific procurements and provide them with technical support.
2. Coalition Building – Civil Society: Fostered cooperation of like-minded CSOs in defining and promoting reform proposals based on problems jointly identified through monitoring. Implemented by engaging a community of active CSOs monitors to cooperate and to jointly advocate for reforms with “one voice” (Coalition of Monitors).
3. Coalition Building – Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Fostered constructive dialogue among key stakeholders from different sectors to increase chances of advocacy efforts leading to reform. Implemented by convening key stakeholders from all sectors in a joint forum (National Platform on Public Procurement).
4. Resources: Produced and provided research, material and tools to support those engaged in monitoring to identify issues and formulate findings and recommendations. Implemented by developing and operating a public repository of research, resources, and tools (Digital Platform PulsAchizitii).

Key Documents

• Final Report (Chapter I.D)
• Grants Program – Supplement to Final Report
• Coalition Building – Supplement to Final Report
• Monitoring Guide
• Key Documents Produced by the Project

Additional Information

• Grantee Completion Reports (Round 1, Round 2)
• Final Reports (Round 1, Round 2)

The following goal setting defines the project:

The project has made significant achievements, including:

1. Legal Framework: Provided input to strengthen draft laws – including its center-piece, the draft law on public procurement
2. Strategic Framework: Supported the national reform of Public Procurement by contributing deliverables directly.
3. Stakeholders: Strengthened the role of Civil Society as watchdog and partner in policy reform by developing and institutionalizing an “ecosystem” of CSO monitoring that fosters the process of findings leading to change.
4. Public awareness: Generated momentum and support for reform by highlining challenges by widely disseminating information to draw attention to the topic.
5. Active monitoring: strengthened the capacity of CSOs and investigative journalists. Under the project, these monitors have

• • applied scrutiny on 166 Contracting Agencies in Moldova, the project has put safeguarding the public spending of MDL2.67bn (USD156m).
  • identified and submitted to concerned stakeholders 219 issues substantiated by evidence: 23 case-based findings (submitted for corrective action) and 196 recommendations (systemic shortcomings submitted with request to improve the system) – 21 of which have already been implemented.

Key documents

• Final Report (Chapter II)
• M&E Framework
• Results Tracker