A multifunctional community centre in Sireți (Moldova) for the residents of villages

The inhabitants of the villages of Sireti, Negresti and Scoreni, benefit from a multifunctional Community Centre, which was opened with the aim of strengthening the capacities of civil society, facilitating and encouraging community meetings, providing access to information and services to residents, while serving as a meeting and activity space for young people.

The opening of this Centre is the result of the work of the NGO «Siretenii de Pretutindeni«, the involvement of the ten initiative groups created and the support of the City Hall of Sireti, within the framework of the «EU4Accountability» Project.

During the inauguration event, ALDA emphasised the need and usefulness of the Centre for over ten thousand citizens

Present at the inauguration event of the Centre, ALDA representatives, together with the mayors of the three localities, young people and active citizens, emphasised the need and usefulness of the Centre for over ten thousand citizens. At the same time, the representatives of the LPAs mentioned that the projects aimed at developing the responsibility and involvement of citizens in the process of local governance are more than necessary, because they directly contribute to the understanding of administrative processes, and the result is oriented towards finding efficient solutions for the community.

Within this Centre, an Advocacy Strategy will be developed and it will aim at regulating activities to influence local public policies, monitor budgets and procurement procedures relevant to certain projects for the local community and accumulate project proposals oriented towards the development of the localities.

Moreover, the inhabitants of the three neighbouring villages of Sireti, Negresti and Scoreni, including representatives of the LPAs, showed interest in learning from each other’s good practices on transparent processes in local public institutions, participatory budgeting and civic involvement and in developing their communities through joint efforts.

The project «EU4Accountability» (Empowered Civil Society for Greater Social Accountability in Moldova) runs from 2022-2024, and is funded by the European Union, implemented by ALDA, European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) and People in Need Moldova. It is implemented in 10 districts (Cahul, Comrat, Cimislia, Falesti, Floresti, Glodeni, Riscani, Straseni, Stefan Voda, Telenesti) and has a total budget of 1.6 million EUR.

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