Moldova’s Soviet-legacy economy is the poorest in Europe. (Photo: Moldova Steel Works, Wikimapia.org)
When the public and private sectors work together to implement necessary economic reforms, entrepreneurs, businesses and citizens benefit from a more prosperous and vibrant democracy. Businesses possess the know-how and detailed knowledge of economic conditions, obstacles, and opportunities for growth, while governments have the means to pass business-friendly legislation. Public-private dialog helps these two groups work together to arrive at effective policy solution.
Moldova’s National Business Agenda Network (NBA), comprised of more than 30 business associations and chambers of commerce from across the country, positioned itself as a key stakeholder in policymaking. With CIPE’s support, the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDSI) institutionalized a culture of public-private dialog where it did not exist before and encouraged greater transparency and inclusiveness in setting reform priorities in the areas of tax and customs law.
Find out how the Moldovan business community successfully built an advocacy coalition to work with the government on reform priorities in the recently-released case study “Public-Private Dialogue in Moldova”, part of a forthcoming case collection Strategies for Policy Reform.
Teodora Mihaylova is a Research Assistant at CIPE.