EU-RM Platform

The EU-Moldova Association Agreement was signed on June 27, 2014 and fully entered into force on July 1, 2016.

The institutional, general and final provisions of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement (Article 442) provide for the establishment of a civil society platform, tasked with organizing regular meetings of civil society representatives from both sides, “with the aim of informing these representatives and gather their views on the implementation of this agreement”. Thus, the platform complements the existing political bodies under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement and allows civil society organizations of both parties to monitor the implementation of the process from a civil society perspective and develop recommendations for the relevant authorities.

The platform’s membership status is provided for in article 442: “It is composed of representatives of civil society from the EU, including members of the European Economic and Social Committee, and representatives of civil society from the Republic of Moldova”.

The EU-Moldova civil society platform was established on May 10, 2016 and includes members from each side. On the EU side, this includes members of the EESC and members of European civil society networks (BusinessEurope, European Services Forum, International Trade Union Confederation, European Federation of Public Service Trade Unions, Euro Coop, European Disability Forum and Society Forum civilians of the Eastern Partnership).

The platform can make recommendations to the Association Council (at the ministerial level); at the same time, the Association Council (at the level of senior officials) and the Parliamentary Committee of Association are obliged to organize periodic contacts with its representatives, in order to take note of their points of view regarding the fulfillment of the objectives of the Association Agreement (Article 443).