The local public authorities in our country are struggling to spend tens of thousands of lei annually on piles of papers that are rotting in mayoralties or district councils. Money is chopped up on all sorts of feasibility studies, architectural projects, or energy audit reports that remain untenable. Many times, local elected representatives find no funding for these projects, or change their minds on the way, with public money being simply wasted on unnecessary documents.

Find out in the May issue of the Newsletter "Budgets without secrets" which District Councils and Town Halls have invested hundreds of thousands of lei for studies that have remained on paper and have not led to any concrete projects.

Also in this issue you will find the following interesting topics:

INTERESTS: Moldovan garbage from European projects
BALANCE: Few Moldovan authorities publish their activity reports
IRREGULARITIES: Land unregistration in Chisinau costs over 3.7 billion lei
UKRAINE EXPERIENCE: Open budget and public procurement - the basis for the transparency of local budgets
OPINION: Moldova should be transformed into a "free economic zone”

More information you can find in the Newsletter (available only in Romanian)

The publication aims to make transparent the activity of local public authorities in Moldova by promoting transparency and financial accountability.

The Newsletter is produced within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.