Up to 200,000 Citizens Benefit from Improved Infrastructure in Water Supply and Energy Efficiency Fields, with the EU Support

The "The Construction of the Water Supply and Sewerage Infrastructure as well as Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings" project, funded by the European Union, is implemented in co-operation with the project "Modernization of the Local Public Services in the Republic of Moldova" MLPS.

The overall objective is building and commissioning 10 water and sewerage infrastructure projects and 8 energy efficiency in public buildings projects selected within the regional planning process. As a result of the implementation of these projects, up to 200,000 citizens from about 22 localities from the Republic of Moldova, will benefit from these measures.

The Energy efficiency measures to be implemented in schools, will provide optimal conditions for staff and students in several localities. Referring to water supply and sanitation measures, the main expected outcomes are to improve the infrastructure of water services and to increase the population connection rate. All these measures will eventually contribute to the elimination of rural as well as urban disparities.

The financial contribution of the European Union for the MLPS project started in 2013. Following the signed agreement between Germany and the EU for the implementation of this project, on February 15, the Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of measures in modernization of the local public services in the concerned sectors was signed.

The total budget of the project is about 43 million Euros, financed by the European Union, and it is expected to be implemented by the end of 2020.

The event was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment (MARDE), the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany  to the Republic of Moldova; the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the Republic of Moldova; the chairs of the Regional Development Councils (RDCs); the Directors of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs); the Local Public Authorities; The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Moldova; the Embassy of Romania to the Republic of Moldova, as well as the representatives of the MLPS project.

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This project is financed by EU in co-operation with "Modernization of Local Public Services in the Republic of Moldova" (MLPS) project, which is implemented by the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova and financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Sweden, the Government of Romania and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).