Public Administration

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Authors: Lilia DRAGOMIR

The health system of the Republic of Moldova is organized according to the principles of universal access to basic medical services, equity and solidarity in financing medical services both by the state and by citizens through AOAM mechanisms. Compulsory health care means that every person can benefit from quality medical services in order to prevent disease, treatment itself, but also rehabilitation and palliative care. The year 2019 continued to be a challenge for the compulsory health insurance system, both in order to increase access to health services and to improve their quality, having as benchmarks demographic trends, expectations of society and the rapid development of information technologies.

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Authors: Andrian PALADII, Carolina CATAN

The authorized administrator, regardless of the way he is appointed, fulfills the function of representative of justice, because he represents and defends not only the interests of the debtor and creditors, but, together with the insolvency court, offers the guarantee of compliance with legal provisions and coordinates, supervises and acts in in order to carry out the procedure.

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Authors: Anastasia ȘTEFANIȚA

Being a signatory to the European Charter of Local Self-Government since its ratification in 1997, the Republic of Moldova has the duty to correctly apply and implement the provisions of this document. Until now the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the European Charter of Local Self-Government issued 6 reports on local and regional democracy in Moldova, and several Recommendations. The goal of the article is to analyse the level of compliance with the Charter’s provisions by the Republic of Moldova.

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Authors: Stela SPÎNU

The process of globalization, which initially dominated only the economic sphere, subsequently led to profound socio-political and cultural transformations, influencing interethnic and inter-confessional relations in multicultural and multilingual environments. In the context of the new socio-political and cultural realities, the need to raise awareness of the importance of intercultural communication is evident. Intercultural communication contributes to overcoming the negative aspects of individualism and collectivism, changes the human perception of traditional values, causes changes in the way people think and behave.

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Authors: Nicolae ŢÂU, Natalia ANTOCI

Economic sanctions are defined in the dictionary of economics, in general, as ,,prohibitive economic measures applied by the international community on the export and/ or import of material goods, services, resources, etc. to or from a particular country”. The types of sanctions range from personal restrictions to almost total bans on international trade with one or more countries, which can be extended even to restrictions on legal rights such as trademark protection and other intellectual property. Sometimes sanctions can be included as part of protectionist measures representing behaviors designed to increase wealth without creating wealth, the most famous cases being attempts to force a country's authorities into desirable political action. Usually, these attempts target political and economic leaders, businesses and assets that are considered vulnerable to external pressures. Although some doubt the effectiveness of sanctions, the prevailing opinion is slightly in their favor.

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Authors: Liliana PALIHOVICI

CSOs are a key component of an open and democratic society as they play a key role in the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law, their dialogue with the public authorities being a precondition for this. By analyzing the development of dialogue between Moldovan CSOs and Central and Local Public authorities (CPA / LPA), I found that PA are not yet fully aware of the value of the dialogue, which is sporadic and guided by certain interests, that do not always coincide with the public interest. The key objective pursued by this research was to review the environment underlying activity and collaboration of the civil society from the standpoint of influence exerted by the internal and external factors that determine the core essence of the social environment, while paving and setting conditions for carrying out activities and collaboration between the civil society and public authorities. The paper aims to prove that more communication and collaboration between public authorities and civil society organizations, will likely result in a more inclusive, qualitative and focused act of governance. The author analyses and presents the existing decision-making systems and its consultation mechanisms with the civil society organizations in the Republic of Moldova, the existing opportunities for CSO’s involvement in the public policy making process and the actual practices. A number of research methods were used in the study, aimed at highlighting the particularities of the dialogue and cooperation between the public authorities (PA) and the CSOs, as part of the act of governance, studying the development over time and the influence of various social, economic and political factors on these processes. Thus, the historical analysis method to research the origin and evolution of the legal framework that regulates the dialogue and cooperation between PA and the CSOs was applied. It included analysis of the relevant laws, regulations and policies, together with existing reports and studies on the subject of research, in the Republic of Moldova. I found that public authorities are not yet fully aware of the value of the dialogue and the political factor is also of great influence, as in recent years there has been an increasing pressure on the civil society. The paper reflects the current situation in Moldova, which can be summarized as follows: a) there are no permanent mechanisms or platforms for cooperation and consultation, open to all. Civil society participation is limited to a small number of CSOs, and there are no incentives for the growth of CSOs. b) LPAs, compared to CPAs, enjoy a much higher level of ,,trust” from the society/community, but they rarely have the resources and skills to conduct a constructive dialogue with CSOs; c) there is a proven reluctance of the LPA/CPA to deepen the dialogue and cooperation with the civil society; d) The culture of participation is very weak as there is no perception that participation is an instrument of change. A number of recommendations in order to address the identified problems are listed.