Activity report for 1997(PDF) - Soros Foundation Moldova

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Soros Foundation Moldova 

1997

Soros Foundation Moldova 

Activity Report 1997 

Photography 

© Serghei KARTASOV, Series of Photos “Pãmînt rãnit” (Wounded land) 

Editor 

Steliana HANGANU 

Design 

Corina COTOROBAI 

Produced by 

Open World House 

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Soros Foundation Moldova

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 

Foreword 4 

Modernization of Education 6 

HESP 25 

Invisible College of Moldova 32 

Scholarships 38 

Educational Advising Center 44 

Debate 47 

High School Exchange 48 

Health Education 49 

English Language Programs 50 

Youth Program 53 

Travel in Educational Programs 55 

Step by Step 57 

East-East 61 

Library Program 67 

ComSoros 71 

Internet and E-mail 73 

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Civil Society 76 

Public Administration 89 

Economic Reform 92 

Law 95 

Medical Programs 98 

Mass-media 104 

Arts and Culture 114 

SCCA 122 

Publishing 128 

The Boards 132 

Soros Foundation Moldova Staff 134 

List of Abbreviations 136 

Activity Report 1997

The publication you have opened is the Soros Foundation Moldova Report for 1997. 

This was the year when the Foundation celebrated five years of activity. The way the 

Foundation has evolved in these years reflects the evolution of Moldovan society. 

Some of the milestones of this evolution are a clarified mission of the Foundation, a 

synthesis of problems we confront, growth of the team’s experience and their 

professional skills. 

No one of us is perfect and is in possession of the ultimate truth. And it is very 

important that we have succeeded in elaborating mechanisms which provide a larger 

and more transparent discussion of problems and decision making. I would like to 

bring special thanks to all the expert committees, boards, and to the national board 

of the foundation for their contribution to this. 

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Matching the stronger commitment of Moldovan society for reforms, the impact of 

the Soros Foundation Programs will increase; they will focus on major problems of 

our society such as creating a strong civil society, constituting independent massmedia, 

forming an open and high-quality education system, sustaining economic 

reforms (especially in agriculture), and supporting law and public administration 

reforms. All these programs aim to establish an open society, where nobody is in the 

possession of the ultimate truth and the existing problems can be debated and 

solved, based on sound judgment. 

Victor Ursu 

Executive Director 


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M O E, H E S P, I n v i s i b l e C o l l e g e, S c h o l a r s h i p s, 

E A C, D e b a t e, H i g h S c h o o l E x c h a n g e, 

H e a l t h E d u c a t i o n, Y o u t h P r o g r a m, 

T r a v e l i n E d u c a t i o n a l P r o g r a m s, 

S t e p b y S t e p, E a s t - E a s t, L i b r a r y, 

C o m S o r o s, I n t e r n e t 


Modernization of Education Program 

expenses: $960,525.00 

commitments: $232,687.00 

By the end of 1996, due to the tremendous contribution of the Soros Foundation 

Moldova Education Board and through consulting a significant number of specialists in 

the field of education, a comprehensive situation analysis was conducted by the MOE 

program staff. The results confirmed the same priority work areas of pre-university 

education identified and targeted since 1995, for program elaboration. These areas 

with corresponding needs and program objectives are listed as follows: 

I. Facilitation of Access to Information Sources in the Field of Educational 

Sciences 

Goals: 

- to connect educational institutions to Internet 

- to purchase and donate relevant foreign educational materials to schools 

- to translate and disseminate relevant materials concerning modern research 

achievements in education 

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II. Curriculum Development 

Objectives: 

- to support better preparation of specialists in educational material development, 

who are hampered by limited access to information on new curricula development 

and implementation in other countries 

- to promote new alternatives in teaching approaches and methods, course content, 

and evaluation practices to demonstrate the results of the teaching process 

- to support extra-curricular activities as a means of promoting students’ creativity and 

in providing alternatives in the education process 

III. Educational Management 

Objectives: 

- to improve the qualification level of school administrators in the area of 

institutional management 

- to promote modern strategies, mechanisms and tools for planning, decision making 

and evaluation in the educational institution 

- to promote and support parental involvement in the educational process 

IV. Teacher Training and Re-training 

Strategies for problem areas: 

- to better prepare local teacher trainers. Unfortunately, those who have the power 

and responsibility for training and re-training of teachers at all levels, do not always 

have enough knowledge and experience regarding contemporary teaching techniques. 

- to underline the importance of teaching as an academic discipline. Most of the time, 

our teacher trainers might have a great deal of knowledge in the discipline they teach 

(e.g., geography, philosophy, etc.), but they lack efficient presentation skills and teaching 

techniques. This, of course, leads to a poor fulfillment of the goals and objectives of 


the teaching-learning process. 

- To eliminate conservatism, inflexibility and intolerance among teachers from all levels. 

The great majority of teachers do not have any experience in interactive, learner-centered 

teaching methodology. They do not apply group work or team work techniques, nor any 

problem solving strategies. Experiential learning and critical thinking are not features of 

our current educational process, either. Besides classroom tools, teachers’ lack of 

experience for working in teams or peers considerably reduces the efficiency of the 

teaching/learning process. 

Considering the above findings, the Modernization of Education Program activity in 

1997 was centered on: 

1) Facilitation of Access to Information on Recent International Research Achievements in 

Educational Sciences, through: 

- acquisition of relevant teaching and reference materials for Pro Didactica Information 

Center 

- acquisition and donation of relevant teaching and reference materials to school 

libraries, pedagogical libraries, Regional Inspectorates, and to Resource Centers created 

in the schools that collaborate with the program 

- subscription to national and international educational publications for the mentioned 

Resource Centers 

2) Promotion of Educational Alternatives in the Area of Pre-university Curriculum Reform, 

through: 

- organization of competitions for supplementary materials development (special 

courses, tests, creative lesson plans, etc.) 

- support for initiatives for exchange of experience 

- training and professional development programs for curriculum developers, with 

participation of foreign experts 

- training in curriculum development and evaluation, for specialists from various levels, 

in order to create appropriate working groups 

- scholarships for short term programs abroad in the area of curriculum development 

and evaluation 

- selection, translation and publishing of relevant educational materials 

- support of creative extracurricular activities involving teachers and students 

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3) Promotion of Modern Educational Management Principles, through: 

- experience sharing and training programs for school administrators 

- experience sharing and training programs in evaluation (of staff, system, curriculum, 

school performance, etc.) for specialists from various levels 

- training in proposal writing and managing projects in educational areas for Resource 

Center representatives 

4) Support for the Teacher Training and Re-training Process, through: 

- establishment, through competition, of new Resource Centres in schools and 

lyceums 

- support of summer schools for teachers and students 


- support of new, creative initiatives from the field, coming from individuals or groups 

of teachers 

- support of experience sharing initiatives 

- organization of complex training programs abroad, for school teams 

- support of professional development training abroad for university level teachers who 

are involved in teacher training 

SECTION I. “PRO DIDACTICA” Information Center 

expenses: $96,145.23 

The “Pro Didactica” Information and Documentation Center (IDC) currently offers 

information and documentation services in modern teaching methodologies. The 

Center’s functions comprise many major features of the MOE Program. The objectives 

of the Center include: 

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- completing and developing the book collection 

- compiling and organizing an informational data base on pedagogical literature 

- completing of the periodicals collection 

- providing bibliographical information services 

- providing training and assistance to school librarians 

- completing book collections in school Resource Centers involved in the Program 

- organizing and distributing book donations 

Objective 1. Completion and Development of the Book Collection 

IDC offers access to about 2500 books and periodicals in Romanian, English, French, 

German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. The major areas of interest are pedagogy, 

psychology, sociology, philosophy, art, history, geography, and language teaching. 

During 1997, besides books in the Humanities, IDC also purchased teaching 

materials for math and sciences. The change occurred due to beneficiaries’ requests 

(primarily from teachers). 

Some of the most valuable book series offered by IDC have to be specially mentioned: 

- collections: “Pedagogy of the XXth Century”, “Contemporary Pedagogical Ideas”, “Psychology. 

Educational Sciences”, “Sociology. Political Sciences”. 

- referential materials in other languages: “AXIS: Dictionnaire encyclopedique” (1993), “The 

Encyclopedia Americana” (1996), “The New Book of Knowledge” (1995), “World Book 

Encyclopedia” (1995), “Funk and Wagnalls New Enyclopedia” (1993), “The International 

Encyclopedia of Education” (1994), “The International Encyclopedia of Curriculum” (1991), “The 

International Encyclopedia of Education Evaluation” (1992), “The Encyclopedia of Higher 

Education” (1992), “The Book of Art” (1994), “The World Book Medical Encyclopedia” (1994), 

“L‘ histoire du monde” (1994), “Grand Atlas Historique” (1995), “History of a Free Nation” 

(1992), “Childcraft” (1995), “Welcome to Reading” (1997), “Young Scientist” (1992). 

Objective 2. Service of Beneficiaries 


Primary beneficiaries of the IDC are teachers and students. Based on some statistics, 

the number of visitors for 1997 was about 4065 people, which is quite a significant 

number for a reading room with only 20 seats and 4 working days. About 60 % of 

them are students, and the rest consists of teachers. Free access to the shelves helps the 

efficiency of the process. The fund can be consulted only in the library. In exceptional 

cases, books can be borrowed by teachers from the regions, with the purpose of 

organizing seminars or other training activities. But most of the time they get 

information on book collections that can be found in the School Resource Centers 

(there are 35 of them now). This helps to increase circulation of donated book funds. 

The Center offers a high quality and wide range of research services to its users or 

“customers”. It is possible to get reference information, or bibliographical lists upon 

request. The TINLIB automation system can locate items through a variety of search 

tools, such as name of author, title, publishing house, key-words, and book card 

(ISBD). Besides books, TINLIB incorporates relevant articles from periodicals. The 

Center can also offer access to the data base of The Romanian National Library, 

which includes information on its book collection between 1993-1996 (about 50000 

items). All services mentioned above are available upon request, directly or by phone. 

There were several book presentations organized, on new acquisitions of the Center for 

several categories of beneficiaries (teachers of Romanian, primary school teachers, 

school librarians, library managers, etc.). 

A special category of customers consists of people involved in activities developed by 

the Program including teacher trainers in the Humanities and Educational 

management, teachers and librarians from participating Resource Centers / schools, 

curriculum development groups, teaching material authors, etc. 

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Objective 3. Assistance for Resource Centers from the Schools Involved in the MOE 

Program 

Book funds completion 

The schools involved in the Program benefited from substantial book donations, which 

are currently used during local training seminars, workshops and in the daily teaching 

process. During 1997, the first 18 Resource Centers (RC-1) received a donation of 

about 27 743 copies of books. Each school received the same titles, the difference being 

only in the number of copies, taking into consideration the number of teachers and 

students from each school. In comparison to 1996, this year the schools received 

literature not only in the Humanities, but also some titles in Math and Sciences. 

Completion of periodicals collections 

For 1997, the above mentioned 18 Resource Centers received the following list of 

periodicals: 

- Faclia (The Torch, a general pedagogical magazine) 

- Limba Romana (Romanian Language) 

- Literatura si arta (Literature and Arts) 

- Limba si Literatura Romana (Romanian Language and Literature) 


- Magazin istoric (Historical magazine) 

- Tribuna Invatamintului (The Tribune of Education) 

- Invatamintul Primar (Primary Education) 

- Sud - Est (South-East (a magazine of culture and civilisation) 

- BBC English Magazine (January-June) 

- (School Director) 

- (September 1st) 

- (Teachers’ magazine) 

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Training and professional assistance to school librarians 

The IDC staff offers professional assistance to librarians during school visits, by phone 

or at the Center. To avoid isolated experiences, in October 1997 the librarians and 

Resource Centers assistants from the 18 schools were invited to a 2-day seminar in 

Chisinau with the motto “Books and Information for Education”. The issues covered 

by the seminar concerned the role of the school library in school life, the value of 

reading and its importance for students, use of international standards in library 

activity, document classification, as well as use of TINLIB system. The participants 

lacking appropriate background benefited from individual consultation on library 

proceedings and technology. All participants received a donation of library tools 

including inventories, registers for fund moving, library log, book cards and labels, 

etc. The seminars for Resource Centres managers will continue in 1998, involving 

participants from the other 17 schools (RC-2). 

Objective 4. Book Donations and Subscription to Periodicals for Other Categories 

of Beneficiaries 

Book donations for other schools 

According to the Educational Board recommendations, several titles were purchased 

for donation to all schools (7225 copies). The donation was organised with the help 

of Regional Inspectorates. They included: 

1. F. Braunstein, Ghid de cultura generala, Bucuresti, 1996 

2. Ion Bulei, Scurta istorie o romanilor, Bucuresti, 1996 

3. Mihai Cimpoi, O istorie deschisa a literaturii romane din Basarabia, Chisinau, 1997 

4. Ioan Dumitru, Cultivarea limbii romane, Bucuresti, 1996 

5. Octavian Mandrut, Geografia continentelor, Bucuresti, 1996 

6. Brigitte Richter, Ghid de biblioteconomie, Chisinau, 1997 

Book donations for Regional Inspectorates 

Besides the mentioned above list, offered to all schools, Regional Inspectorates enriched 

their collections with the following titles: 

Nathaniel Branden, Cei sase stilpi ai respectului de sine, Bucuresti, 1996 

Gheorghe Craciun, Istoria didactica a literaturii romane, Chisinau, 1996 

Eugenia Gondiu, Didactica, Chisinau, 1997 

Eugenia Gondiu, Pedagogie generala, Chisinau, 1997 

Alexandru Crisan, Limba romana: Manual pentru clasa V, Bucuresti, 1997 


Proiecte Didactice. Vol. I, II, III . - Chisinau, 1997 

Gheorghe Tanasa, Metodica predarii-invatarii istoriei in scoala. - Iasi, 1996 

Harta geografica a Romaniei. 

Several valuable titles, published within the MOE Program - “Proiecte didactice” 

(Lesson Plans), vol. 4 - 2950 copies, vol. 5 - 2950 copies, “Ethics for My Son” - 5000 

copies, “Politics for My Son” - 5000 copies, “The Courage to Educate” - 5000 copies (all 

three by Fernando Savater) - were distributed to Regional Inspectorates and to all 

schools partially by IDC, but mainly with the help of the Book Foundation. 

Book donations for participants to training organized within the Program 

Participants to many activities organized by the Program - winners of competitions, 

organizers and participants in training, trainers - also received book donations. There 

were also several other institutions, besides schools, that benefited from donations 

including the Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Research, Chair of Pedagogy 

from the SPU “I. Creanga”, National Institute for Re-training of Teachers). These 

donations consisted of about 2094 copies of various titles. 

Subscription to periodicals for schools 

1600 educational institutions were granted subscriptions for 1997 and 1998 to the local 

pedagogical magazine “Faclia”. 

SECTION II. Curriculum Development 

expenses: $303,081.36 

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Objective 1. Support for Publishing Teaching and Reference Materials 

The “Proiecte didactice” series (Creative Lesson Plans) 

The competition for creative lesson plans for the Humanities teachers was announced 

on June 15, 1996. During a year and a half (the last phase was finished on December 

15, 1997), there were about 150 participants, teachers of the Humanities and primary 

school teachers. Experts recommended for publication the works of 43 teachers. The 

works that were selected had a considerable doze of creativity, innovation, originality 

and effectiveness. In 1997, the first 5 volumes were published at the “ARC” 

Publishing House, in print runs of 2950 copies each. Due to a considerable effort of 

the Book Foundation, these new teaching resources were donated to school libraries 

all over the country. They already gained popularity among teachers. 

The names of the winners are: 

Volume I: 

Eugenia GONDIU, Pedagogical School, Orhei 

Pavel CERBUSCA, Theoretical Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

Angela DRADUTANU, Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences, Chisinau 

Ion IACHIM, Republican Lyceum “Vasile Alecsandri”, Chisinau 

Vasile BAJUREANU, Theoretical Lyceum “L. Damian”, Riscani 

Lidia BACALIM, General School #2, Edinet 

Valentina PRIDA, Theoretical Lyceum, Lapusna, Hincesti 


Natalia BUCATEL, Ministry of Education 

Volume II 

Daria CIUHRII, General School #3, Orhei 

Tatiana CARTALEANU, Olga COSOVAN, SPU “Ion Creanga” 

Lilia PRUNICI, General School #3, Temeleuti, Calarasi 

Eugenia NOVAC, TSU 

Natalia COJOCARU, General School #2, Edinet 

Larisa SOLOMON, Romanian-Italian Lyceum “Dante Alighieri”, Chisinau 

Svetlana FETCO, School - gymnasium #2, Edinet 

Elena BRUSALINSCHI, General School #3, Cimislia 

Agafia TEIBAS, General School Slobozia, stefan Voda 

Liubovi KOLESNIK, SPU “Ion Creanga”, Chisina 

Galina COREIBA, General School #60, Chisinau 

Sofia CAROL-GUGIUMAN, General School Bacioi, Ialoveni 

Gheorghe SALARU, General School #3, Cimislia. 

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Volume III 

Lidia POSTARENCU, Pedagogical Lyceum, Tighina 

Iulia IORDACHESCU, Gymnasium #7, Chisinau 

Maria VEVERITA, General School, Biesti, Orhei 

Pavel CERBUSCA, Theoretical Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

Sergiu GUTU, General School, Vasilcau, Soroca 

Aliona GRIBINCEA, Theoretical Lyceum, Lapusna, Hincesti 

Iulia CONOPLINA, Natalia TIMPOVA, Linguistic Lyceum, Balti. 

Volume IV 

Eugenia GONDIU, Pedagogical School, Orhei 

Gheorghe GIRNET, Tatiana GIRNET, Ana FLOREAN, General School #3, Cimislia 

Valentina MORARU, Pelaghia BADEA, General School, Carpineni, Hincesti 


Nina AVAKUMOV, Theoretical Lyceum “D.Cantemir”, Chisinau 

Liubovi KOLESNIK, SPU “Ion Creanga”. 

Volumul V 

Maria NANU, General School #13, Chisinau 

Sergiu GUTU, General School, Vasilcau, Soroca 


Ludmila GAMUREAC, General School, Cojusna, Straseni 

Mihai CATAN, General School, Molesti, Ialoveni 

Ludmila BARBUS, Theoretical Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

Larisa STOG, BSU “Al. Russo”, Balti. 

The sixth set of “Proiecte didactice” will be published in 1998. 

The competition for creative lesson plans has successfully completed its objectives to 

animate the atmosphere in school communities, motivate teachers from a moral and 


material side, promote and endorse modern terminology and new ways of organizing 

the teaching/learning process. 

Publishing of local and foreign reference materials 

There were several books published during 1997 with the entire financial support of 

the MOE Program. The most significant of them (announced in 1996 report as “in 

progress”) are: 

Fernando Savater, “Ethics for My Son”, “Politics for My Son”, and “The Courage to Educate” 

(translation into Romanian from Spanish), by “Arc” 

Valeriu Russu (Paris), “Romanian - Language, Culture and Civilisation”, “Romanian - Words 

and Pictures” (translation into Russian from French), “Grai si Suflet” 

Several local materials were also entirely supported by the Program in 1997: 

Eugenia Gondiu, “General Pedagogy in Charts”, "Cartier" 

Eugenia Gondiu, “Didactic in Charts”, same author, "Arc" 

group of authors, “Curriculum for Romanian Language and Literature (grades 5-9)”, 

"Stiinta" 

Partial financial support was granted for several other works: 

Florin Marcu, “Dictionary of Neologisms”, "Stiinta" 

Brigitte Richter, “Library Guide”, "Arc" 

Mihai Cimpoi, “An Open History of Romanian Literature from Basarabia”, second edition, 

"Arc" 

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The Publishing House "Stiinta" is still working on another book, “Dictionary of Specific 

Expressions and Locutions of Romanian Language”, which is to be printed next year and is 

also partially financed by the Program. 

Competition for supplementary teaching materials 

This part of the Program - the competition for developing and publishing of 

supplementary materials, which can serve as additional tools for pre-university 

Humanities students and teachers, was conceived to facilitate efficient implementation 

of curricula in use, stimulate creative approaches, and challenge authors and editors. 

The competition evolved through two phases: 

At the first stage, the one of material development, 25 authors proposed their works. 

Applicants were school teachers as well as university professors. The selection was 

completed with the help of experts from Moldova and Romania. 16 manuscripts were 

recommended for publishing with the great majority under the condition that certain 

and significant improvements be made. 

At the second phase, the publishing houses were invited to bid. Several manuscripts 

selected in the first phase, were offered for publication with Foundation’s partial 

support, meaning that the publishing houses came with their contribution and risk. Two 

books were offered for translation and publication by full financial support. There 


was also a set of lesson plans for Teaching English as a Second Language, compiled 

by American Peace Corps Volunteers in Moldova. 

At this point, these are the publishing projects in progress: 

D. Hopkins, “School Improvement in an Era of Change”, "Prut International" 

M. Fryer, “Creative Teaching and Learning”, Publishing House of the Writers’ Union. 

“Try It With Us”, a set of lesson plans for Teaching English as a Second Language, 

promoting problem solving, group work activities, critical thinking and environmental 

education (group of Peace Corps Volunteers), "Prut International" 

Aurelian Silvestru, “We and the History of Mankind”, Muzeum 

Objective 2. Supporting the Process of School Curriculum Reform 

During the year, due to efficient communication with the Ministry of Education, 

Youth and Sports (MEYS) representatives and with the World Bank Mission in 

Moldova, the area of work for curriculum development for secondary school, grades 

10-12 was defined. The World Bank Education Project in Moldova is targeting 

textbook and curriculum development for grades 1-9. 

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Initially, the program objectives included only supporting the curricular reform in the 

Humanities. Based on the Educational Board recommendations, a Mutual Agreement 

was signed by the Soros Foundation Moldova and MEYS, concerning the Foundation 

and Ministry’s common efforts and collaboration on the development of school core 

curricula for grades 10-12 for the Humanities, Math and Sciences. 

Anticipating the above mentioned Agreement and the present work period on curricula, 

the Program provided computer courses for about 100 people - Ministry specialists, 

members of curriculum development groups within the World Bank Project, and 

potential members of the working groups for grades 10-12 in May 1997. 

An important factor to emphasize is that working groups consist of specialists from 

various levels such as school teachers, university professors, scientific researchers, 

Ministry specialists, and specialists from Regional Inspectorates. This can ensure 

optimal results in curricula content. The coherence between primary, gymnasium and 

lyceum levels can also be ensured by the fact that some specialists from each group 

are involved in both the World Bank and the Foundation’s projects. 

The MOE Program provided several training sessions of significant importance in 

order to improve the professional skills of curriculum developers: 

The “Guiding Principles and Strategies for Curriculum Development at the Lyceum Level” seminar 

took place on March 20-22,1997. Senior specialists from MEYS and well known experts 

from the Institute of Educational Sciences, Bucharest, Romania contributed to the high 

quality of this training course. 66 participants represented the curriculum development 

groups for Romanian Language and Literature, Romanian as a Second Language, 

History, Geography, Foreign Languages, Psychology, Philosophy and Logic. 

The objectives of the seminar included: 

- understanding the curricular concept of the school cycle 


- understanding the main aspects of curriculum development 

- acknowledging the differences between national curriculum and local curriculum 

between recommended (ideal) curriculum and taught (real) curriculum 

- understanding managerial and strategic aspects of curriculum development for 

lyceums 

- understanding and practical application of curriculum development methodology 

The “Evaluation of School Performance” summer school was organized in June. Under the 

guidance of Senior Specialists from MEYS and a group of experts from the Institute 

of Educational Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, about 70 participants successfully 

accomplished the following objectives: 

- understanding the general issues of evaluating school results (goals, functions, 

implications, methods, objectives, evaluation tools and their development, screening, 

analysis and the announcement of results) 

- identifying the peculiarities of evaluation in lyceum education, based on case studies 

and practical activities 

- developing various evaluation tools 

The Socio-Humanistic Education Euro-2000 Association received a grant for a series 

of seminars with the generic “New Curriculum and New Technologies in Teaching/Learning 

History”, provided by a group of specialists and conducted by the scientific researcher 

Valentina Haheu. 

Objective 3. Book Acquisition and Donation 

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During 1997, the Program purchased and donated a large number of books, printed 

locally and abroad including teaching materials for the Humanities, Math and 

Sciences, literature to match the curricula, reference materials, etc. The donation 

projects were described earlier in the first section of this report (“Pro Didactica” 

Information Center). 

SECTION III. Teacher Training 

expenses: $353,577.72 

The Teacher Training section in 1997 prioritized activities which would facilitate 

familiarization with new teaching methods, techniques and psycho-pedagogical concepts 

successfully implemented in other countries, as well as sustaining experience sharing 

among local teachers who develop and apply new, creative ideas. 

Objective 1. Development of School Resource Centers 

The first group of Resource Centers waz selected in 1996 after a competition in 

which 40 schools participated. The final selection resulted in 18 schools being 

awarded Resource Centres, equipped with modern equipment and teaching 

methodology books. During 1997 they became real teaching laboratories, covering 

teachers’ activity from a broad geographical area. 


The school initiative teams carry function in conformity with the work plans 

developed from the strategies of the Resource Center Status - promotion of 

education for an open society principles, facilitation of education reform, 

implementation of new educational contents, participation in modernization of the 

school evaluation process, and implementation of research in the field of school 

evaluation process analysis and monitoring. 

In April 1997 the second competition for secondary schools and lyceums was 

announced. 34 school submitted projects. After their examination and subsequent 

school visits, 17 institutions had been selected by October 1997. They will be 

supported by the Program through book acquisition and donation of equipment, in 

order to establish new Resource Centers. For team members from the new Centers 

(school administrators, teachers of the Humanities and primary school teachers) 

training, seminars, summer schools and other didactic activities orientated at their 

professional improvement will also be organized. 

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The schools of 1997 are as follows: 

Al.Mateevici Secondary School, Cainari 

Theoretical Lyceum, Calarasi 

Ion Creanga Romanian-English Lyceum, Chisinau 

Romanian Secondary School, Dubasari 

D.Cantemir Russian Theoretical Lyceum, Edinet 

Theoretical Lyceum Giurgiulesti, Vulcanesti 

Secondary School #2, Leova 

Secondary School #1, Lozova, Straseni 

Onisifor Ghibu Theoretical Lyceum, Orhei 

Secondary School Recea, Riscani 

Secondary School Talmaz, Stefan Voda 

Theoeretical Lyceum, Telenesti 

Secondary School #19, Tighina 

Secondary School #1, Sanatauca, Camenca 

Secondary School #2, Soldanesti 

V.Alecsandri Theoretical Lyceum, Ungheni 

At present the Innovative School Network includes 35 schools in which Resource 

Centers were created. The first 18 schools (RC-1) succeeded in carrying on a broad 

scope of activity in the respective geographical area. For the new school teams (RC-2) 

there will be training organized in 1998 at International Language Center Iasi (Romania), 

local seminars and summer schools as well as training abroad. 

Five schools from the first generation obtained grants for modernization of their 

Resource Centres. There were funds allocated for the purchase of equipment and 

connection to e-mail in all 35 schools enabling them to develop an efficient 

communication network. 

Objective 2. Teacher Training. Local Trainers Training. 


Local seminars and summer schools 

In 1997, besides the complex training at ILC, Iasi, for team members of the 18 

Resource Centers (principals, vice principals, teachers of 7 humanities subjects and 

teachers from the primary level) there were additional teaching programs organized, 

attended by special groups of Program trainers, including main specialists of the 

Ministry of Education, university teachers, school inspectors et al., who had 

developed and implemented teacher training programs on a national level. 

In 1997 the following seminars and summer schools were organized: 

Elaboration of School Development Program, Project Development, Aspects of School Psychology, 

February 19-22, 1997, Chisinau, $3,496.00 

(The seminars were organized using the experience of participants to similar twoweek 

training session in Moscow at the Personality Development Centre (PDC) in 

December 1996, as well as the experience gained in the republic). 90 participants 

Taught Curriculum. Educational Terminology. Evaluation (with experts from the Institute of 

Educational Sciences from Bucharest, Romania, and local trainers) 17-19.03.97, Chisinau, March 

17-19, 1997, $8,173.00 

90 participants 

Primary Education: Diversity of Traditions and Innovation Summer School (methodical approach to 

different traditional and innovative experiences in primary education), June 16-21, 1997 (Vadul lui 

Voda), $562.00 

54 primary school teachers 

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The Trainer and Continuous Self/Improvement Summer School(stimulation of teacher motivation for 

self-improvement), July 14-17, 1997 (Vadul lui Voda), $12,389.00 

98 participants 

Training abroad 

Teachers from the Resource Centers and Program Trainers, as well as specialists from 

other educational fields who participated in competitions, participated in the following 

seminars and trainings abroad: 

“Managing the School in Development”, April 21-26, 1997, Moscow, PDC, $1,193.00 

Ludmila PUSCAS, Pedagogical College, Chisinau 

Roman COPACEANU, Lyceum Carpineni, Hincesti 

“Mathematics in Primary School”, March 26 - April 4, 1997, Moscow, PDC, $3,039.00 

Tatiana GIRNET, Secondary School #3, Cimislia 

Zinaida DIDENCO, Regional Inspectorate, Stefan Voda 

“Eidetic Memory Development”, May 15 - 30, 1997, Moscow, “Eidos” School, “M. Lomonosov” 

State University , $3,800.00 

Alvina GROSU, Secondary School #32, Chisinau 

Tatiana CUZMINA, Lyceum #2 Gaudeamus, Chisinau 


Svetlana COTRUTA, Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences 

Aurelia MATEI, Republican Sports Lyceum 

“Managing the Change. Co-operative Learning (I)”, May 12 - 17, 1997, Hungary, Balaton 

Village, Open Society Institute, $2,272.00 

Valentina CHICU, Secondary School Horodiste, Calarasi 

Gheorghe SALARU, Secondary School #3, Cimislia 

Svetlana BELEAEV, Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

“Educational System Evaluation”, May 26 - June 6, 1997, France, Paris, International Centre of 

Pedagogical Sciences, $8,326.00 

Carolina PLATON, State University, Psychology Department 

Vladimir GUTU, Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences 

“Rhetoric for children” (in primary school), June 2 - 7, 1997, Moscow, PDC, $1,083.00 

Tamara MOLDOVEANU, Secondary School #36, Chisinau 

Liubovi SAULEAC, Secondary School #2, Criuleni 

“Class Management. Teaching Techniques Optimisation”, August 19 - 22, 1997, Canada, 

Montreal, McGill University, $3,826.00 

Tatiana TURCHINA, MSU, Psychology Department 

Victoria SICORSCHI, BSU 

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“History and Social Sciences in the Context of Basic Problems of Secondary Education”, November 

2 - 6, 1997, Moscow, Improvement Centre in the Culture Lyceum, $738.00 

Ludmila BARBUS, Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

“Managing the Change (II)”, October 30 - November 4, 1997, Riga, Latvia, $4,007.00 

Valentina CHICU, Secondary School Horodiste, Calarasi 

Gheorghe SALARU, Secondary School #3, Cimislia 

Svetlana BELEAEV, Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

“Supplementary Paid Services in State Educational Institutions”, November 17 - 22, 1997, 

Moscow , PDC, $931.00 

Iurie MALAI, SPU, Chisinau 

Felicia STAHI, Inspectorate Botanica, Chisinau 

Psycho-correction of Emotional Failures in Children”, December 9 - 14, 1997, St. Petersburg, 

Centre “Imaton”, $1,335.00 

Larisa STOG, BSU 

Lucia SAVCA, “Armonie” Center, Chisinau 

“Organization and Implementation of a Creative Thinking Development Course”, December 20 - 

24, 1997, St-Petersburg, Center “Imaton”, $5,548.00 

Sergiu BACIU, National Institute of Continuous Education 

Training at International Language Center, Iasi, Romania 

The Training Program at ILC initiated in 1996 continued in 1997. These courses were 


attended by the first teams members from those 18 School Resource Centers and 

Program trainers (201 person in all). 

The objectives of the Training Program included: 

- stimulating the participants sensitivity to the necessity of continuous education 

- offering some fundamental modern theoretical bases in treating professional 

information 

- becoming familiar with new tendencies in modern teaching 

- becoming familiar with new techniques and strategies of using modern teaching 

resources and materials. 

The topics, among more than 250 themes, included different issues of the current 

teaching process 

calibrating school curriculum to the international standards; psycho-pedagogy from the 

perspective of the new educational tendencies; problems of teaching activities and 

different approaches to them, etc. 

The trainings were carried on in two modules and in the following terms: 

Module 1 

20-26.01 Teaching Romanian Language (23 persons) 

27.01-3.02 Teaching History (23 persons) 

10-17.02 Teaching Geography (27 persons) 

17-24.02 Romanian as a Foreign Language (14 persons) 

17-24.02 Teaching English Language (13 persons) 

10-17.03 Teaching French Language (29 persons) 

17-24.03 Teaching Subjects in Primary School (29 persons) 

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Module 2 

12-17.05 Teaching Romanian Language (25 persons) 

18-24.05 Teaching Geography (28 persons) 

26-31.05 Romanian as a Foreign Language (14 persons) 

26-31.05 Teaching English Language (13 persons) 

3-9.07 Teaching History (23 persons) 

23-29.09 Educational Management (19 persons) 

28.09-4.10 Educational Management (21 persons) 

6-12.10 Teaching French Language (27 persons) 

13-19.10 Teaching Subjects in Primary School (30 persons) 

“The organizers from the Romanian part consider that this Program, initiated by the 

Soros Foundation-Moldova, offers dynamism to the modernization of the humanities 

process on both banks of the river Prut. The resulted achievements, different 

professional experiences and exchange of opinions are beneficial for both sides” 

(from the evaluation report of ILC Program Director,1997) 

Objective 3. Supporting Professional Development Projects (Seminars, Training 

Activities) 


Programs initiated by Resource Centers teachers and school administrators 

teams 

By the end of the school year 1996-1997 the team members from the 18 Resource 

Centers went beyond just informing their school teachers and neighboring teachers. 

Beginning with September these teams started to carry out programs on a high 

professional level by organizing seminars, training, conferences and other didactic 

activities for school principals and teachers of the Humanities in their districts, and 

others. In the framework of these activities the team members were able to apply all 

the knowledge, abilities and experience accumulated in the training and seminars 

organized by the Program during the whole year. During this period, the teachers 

from these Resources Centers organized 32 seminars which were supported through 

Program grants on a project basis. 

Programs initiated by local trainers teams 

In the first half of the school year 1997-1998 the groups of trainers in the 

Humanities, primary education and educational management began to implement 

their projects. In the period from October-December 1997, working programs and 

programs of seminars were devised, which will be implemented in the second half of 

the school year. The first seminars were carried out by the History group of trainers 

and they took place in December in Cimislia. 

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Among others there may be mentioned: 

Trainer Training for working with adults, $381.46 

Cycle of seminars: “The Specific Features of Teaching Adults”, “Class Management”, “Using 

Active Teaching Methods”. 

Inspectorate Stefan Voda, Project Director Victor SINCHETRU 

“Educational Management - Organization and Management of the Process of Teaching/Learning 

in an Educational Institution”. “Didactic Strategies of the Evaluative-stimulating Type”. 

“(Formative) Evaluation in History and Geography classes”, $1,227.67 

Theoretical Lyceum Lapusna, Hincesti, Project Director Lidia BEZNITCHI 

Cycle of seminars (“Co-ordination of Student Research Activity in History”, “Managerial Issues 

in a Secondary Education Institution”, “Student Creativity Development during Physics Classes”, 

“Teaching/Learning Issues in Foreign Languages”), $1,595.44 

Lyceum “Onisifor Ghibu”, Orhei, Project Director Eugenia BULAT 

SECTION IV. OPEN PROJECTS 

expenses: $73,507.03 

Objective I. Supporting Summer Schools in the Humanities for Students 

Summer schools for students represent a program to support educational initiatives of 

some teacher teams, or individual teachers in humanities from the pre-university 

education. 

This program was implemented through a competition where teachers submitted 

projects with detailed working programs, including the objectives and the modes of 


completion. After a close examination of these projects the Foundation Educational 

Board selected only eight among the best, on the basis of which, during the summer 

1997, were implemented the following educational activities: 

The “Young Talents” summer school of creativity in Romanian language and literature, organized 

in the “Alexandru Donici” Writers’ Union House, Orhei, $3.836.90 

Cofinancing: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports - organization of the 

instructional activities by the project; Writers’ Union - book donation to participants; 

Cultural Society “Limba noastra cea romana” - prizes for participants and book 

donation. 

The seminar had 70 participants, winners of republican competitions, from 15 

localities of the republic. The activity was carried out in the framework of three 

creative laboratories guided by four co-ordinators (2 teachers, a poet and a journalist), 

where the children had as guests members of the Creative Unions, writers and 

journalists from the republic. 

The medieval town Orheiul Vechi summer school in history and archaeology, archaeological 

reservation near the village of Butuceni, $2,786.13 

45 children and 4 teachers from the nearby schools participated in the archaeological 

excavations and other related activities. The project of this summer school for 

students was developed by a team of scientific researchers (7 members) from the 

Center of Archaeological Research of the Republic of Moldova who wished in this 

way to prepare some future specialists in the field. 

Cofinancing: The Ministry of Culture (by putting at the participants disposal the 

Museum Complex “The medieval town Orheiul Vechi”, and IIUM (transport & 

research expenses). 

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Summer school in archaeology and local history, Giurgiulesti, $1,394.18 

A team of students guided by three scientific researchers from the “Social- 

Humanities Education EURO 2000” Association took part in the summer school. 

For this summer school named “Clio-Eco” the participants (20 children) were 

selected from classes specialized in the Humanities studies from different schools in 

Moldova. This summer school represented a component part of a bigger project to 

organize an archaeological expedition under the aegis of the Institute of Archaeology 

of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic Moldova. Cofinancing: the Romanian 

Institute of Trakology - $3,980.00. Association “Social-Humanities Education EURO 

2000”, $1,520.00 

The summer school in French language following the method “Le Nouveau sans Frontiers”, health 

center “Codru”, Calarasi district, $2,028.65 

The school was organized by a team of three teachers from different schools from 

the district. The participants (20 children) were selected among the winners of 

regional and district competitions and among those children who studied in classes 

with profound study of French. Besides the educational activities the children 

followed a course of medical treatment offered by the sanatorium. 


The summer school “Temerarii” for intensive study of French and English languages gathered 200 

children in the summer camp “Poenita vesela” in Danceni, Ialoveni district, $1,913.04 

The teaching activities were implemented by a team of 12 members, teachers and 

students from the Philological Department of the State Pedagogical University “Ion 

Creanga” from Chisinau. 

Cofinancing: Inspectorate Botanica, Chisinau 

Another summer school in the Humanities (Romanian as a Foreign Language, English, History 

and Geography) “Andries”, Ivancea, Orhei, $2,199.03 

was organized by a team of 9 teachers from the Linguistic Gymnasium-Lyceum from 

Balti in the summer camp. During this summer school the computer class of the 

lyceum successfully used. 

A summer school in French and English languages, summer camp “Planeta verde”, Rusca, district 

of Hincesti. $2,094.29 

150 children of different age benefited in three shifts by an instructive program of 

intensive language study. The project was implemented by a team of 4 teachers from 

the Theoretical Lyceum, Lapusna. 

Cofinancing SA “Lapusna” and by the CAI Hincesti Trade Union District Committee. 

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Another activity was a historical-ecological expedition to the Nistru river, $1,097.40 

in which 30 children and a team of 3 teachers participated, all of them from the 

Theoretical Lyceum #2 of Chisinau. Their activity, which became already a tradition, 

is known and encouraged by the General Education Direction from Chisinau which 

solicited the Foundation support for the project. 

Besides the study of historical monuments situated on the banks of the river Nistru 

the expedition sought to take care and improve the sanitary conditions of the 

environment, thus introducing the children to the values of ecological culture. 

A summer school in English, Straseni, $3,026.41 

for 120 senior grade students was organized by the English Camp Foundation. The 

working team included 30 people: 15 university students and 16 Peace Corps 

volunteers. The major part of costs were covered by the USA Peace Corps in Moldova. 

Objective 2. Support for Young Teachers from the Pre-university Educational Level 

The “Young Teacher” competition permitted young school teachers to demonstrate their creativity and 

professional preparation by submitting projects to the Program of innovative teaching materials and 

approaches in the respective subject. On the eve of September 1 the winners were awarded Diplomas 

of Honour at Pro Didactica. They also received book donations and merit scholarships which 

constituted 500 lei (first place) and 400 lei (second place), $1.073.00 

The winners were: 

Sergiu OREHOVSCHI, teacher of Romanian, general school Nimereuca, Camenca 

Lolita ONEA, teacher of Italian, “Dante Aligheri” Lyceum, Chisinau 

Ana SLIVCIUC, teacher of History of Art, “M.Eminescu” Lyceum, Balti 

Alexandru CERGA, teacher of Geography, general school #19, Chisinau 


Silvia STRELCIUC, psychologist, ‘Ioan Voda” Theoretical Lyceum, Cahul 

Angela GRAMA, teacher of Romanian, “M.Eminescu” Lyceum, Chisinau 

Ghenadie BUCICOV, teacher of History, Theoretical Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

Constantin COJOCARU, teacher of Romanian, general school #2, Edinet 

Objective 3. Local Initiative Support 

This last objective dealt with initiatives coming from teachers and teacher teams and 

which were worth being supported, even though their focus not always coincided 

with Program objectives. It was decided to offer a chance to original projects which 

would have a big impact on certain education fields support limited to one or several 

schools. 

The following projects were supported: 

“Computer in Teaching” (modernisation of teacher training process), $21,028.50 

National Institute of Continuous Education, Project director Vasile COJOCARU 

“The Necessity of Change and Continual Teachers Development” seminar, $632.89 

General school Horodiste, Calarasi, Project director Valentina CHICU 

“New Forms and Methods of Organising the Educational Process. School Results Evaluation” 

cycle of seminars, $632.46 

General school Satul Nou, Cimislia, Project director Iacob CIOBANU 

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“Heritage” - a Republican competition in Romanian language and literature and history for senior 

grade students, $1.447.92 

Project director Gheorghe BOLOGAN 

“Modes of Teaching Romanian as a Foreign Language” cycle of seminars, Gymnasium-Lyceum 

#16, Balti, $1,522.22 

Project director Valentin BIRSAN 

“Active Methods of Teaching and Learning. Evaluation Forms”. “Managing the Change”. 

“Professional Communities” cycle of seminars. General school Horodiste, Calarasi, $466.06 

Project director Valentina CHICU 

Financial support for participation to an educational program in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, for a group of 

40 students from the Bulgarian School of Chisinau, $1,516.96 

Project director Vasile STOIANOV 

Experience Exchange Program initiated by a team of teachers from the Prometeu Lyceum, 

Chisinau - Didactic House, Piatra Neamt, Romania, $3,501.55 

Project director Aurelian SILVESTRU 

Financial support for a Cultural Program in Bucharest for 40 children from Transnistria, 

$1,086.00 


Project director Ecaterina BOLOCAN 

Seminar in Applied Economy for school teachers, $3,537.23 

The “Junior Achievement Moldova - Moldova Youth Achievements” Public 

Association, Project director Adela SCUTARU 

“Waldorf Pedagogy at the fifth anniversary in Moldova: implementation in the practice of the free 

pedagogy concept”, $2,010.66 

Project director Liviu DASCAL 

“New Technologies in Teaching and Learning History”, $282.27 

“Social-Humanities Education Euro Clio 2000” Association, Project director Valentina 

HAHEU 

“New Technologies in Teaching History”, $193.83 

Inspectorate Ialoveni, Project director Maria CALDARE 

Competition between lyceums in school subjects “Codru - 97”, $568.57 

Theoretical Lyceum Calarasi, Project director Gheorghe SAPOVAL 

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“Behavioural Problem Correction in Children”, $802.24 

Rehabilitation Centre “Armonie”, Project Director Lucia SAVCA 

“Evaluation in Primary School”, $160.37 

Inspectorate Soldanesti, Project director Svetlana TURCANU 

Seminars (“Team Building and Team Activity”, “School Result Evaluation”, “Strategies for 

Efficient Communication with Parents”), $478.54 

Inspectorate Stefan Voda, Project director Victor SINCHETRU 

Permanent Seminar for Lyceum Teachers of Mathematics”, $883.01 

A group of lyceum teachers from Chisinau, Project Director Ion GRATII 

operational expenses: $134,213.66 


Higher Education Support Program (HESP) 

expenses: $137,455.00 


The mission of HESP is to promote and facilitate the advancement and restructuring 

process of academia in the field of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the 

Republic of Moldova. By investing in scholarly and educational activities HESP 

hopes to assist the institutions to fulfill their potential and to integrate into the 

international academic community. 

University Textbook Publishing Program 

expenses: $12,300.00 


Inherent to the task of developing the Humanities and Social Sciences study 

programs is the augmentation of textbooks and original works in the Romanian 

language, including new titles. To this aim, the program financially supports the 

publication of textbooks by Moldovan authors, and these titles then enrich university 

libraries. The titles were selected on a competitive basis, resulting in publishing 

support provided for the following: 

Valeriu CAPCELEA, “Introduction in Philosophy”, $4,800.00 

Violina GALAICU, “The Ethnic Size of the Musical Creation”, $3,400.00 

Mariana SLAPAC, “Architecture of Cetatea Alba Medieval Fortification”, $6,800.00 

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Another opportunity to encourage and support course development was a textbook 

authorship contest. The goal promt the develpoment of curriculum materials now 

lacking in priority areas and to support textbook authors during this difficult economic 

transition. The authors had to submit a concept of the manual and write the first 

chapter of the book. The following projects received a grant of $600.00 for the 

completion of proposed textbooks within 6 months: 

N. VICOL, Phonetics and Phonology 

A. EVDOSENCO, Introduction in Semiotics 

I. BORS, International Financial Relations 

P. FRUNTAS, Contemporary Political Systems 

A. ESANU, V. ESANU, Culture of Romanian Civilization 

C. POPOVICI, European Pre-philosophy 

I. CHIRTOAGA, Romanian History. Medieval Epoch 

C. MARIN, Institutional Communication 

L. STOG, Responsibility - Personality Dimension 

Transformation of University Curriculum 

expenses: $870.00 


The aim of this program was to support faculty members who are willing to introduce 

new courses in the curriculum or to restructure the existing ones in accordance with 


international standards. Grants of $250.00 for each project of analytical program in 

the area of the Humanities and social sciences were offered to the following authors: 

Valentin ARAPU, A Study of Historical Source 

Eduard BAIDAUS, The History of Medieval Epoch 

Valentina COZMA, Valeriu COZMA, Historical Research 

Mihail BURUIANA, International Economic Law 

Informational Support: Subscriptions for Universities of Moldova 

expenses: $9,900.00 


This program had the objective to cover the lack of journals and newspapers from 

different areas, which are extremely needed in the universities but missing due to the 

lack of funds. The selection of journals and newspapers was made through the 

faculties’ proposals in the most representative areas, presented by each university. The 

following universities and institutions received subscriptions: AESM, IIUM, SPU, 

MAM, BSU, APA, Center for Market Problems, AUM, International Institute of 

Management, and TUM. 

Higher Education in Moldova: Problems and Perspectives 

expenses: $15,000.00 

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In 1997 the Soros Foundation Moldova and the Council of Rectors of Moldova 

initiated a cycle of seminars and roundtable discussions under the topic 

“Transformation of Higher Education in Moldova: Problems of Implementation.” 

“The Problems of the University Autonomy in the Republic of Moldova”, April 21-22, 1997 

Experts participating: 

Oleg Kouptsov, CEPES Office of Bucharest, Ewa Chmielecka, Director, Program of 

Modernization of the Higher Education of Poland, Institute for Public Politics in 

Warsaw, Cloude Daudel, Advisor of the Ministry of Education of France, Robert de 

Groof, Director of the Moldova branch, Newport University, USA, Voldemar Tomusk, 

HESP International, OSI-Budapest 

All parties including rectors and the administrative body representatives from the most 

important higher education institutions of Moldova, representatives of the Ministry of 

Education and other organizations and interested institutions participated in group 

discussions concerning various issues on the agenda such as the concept of university 

autonomy, presentation of the situation in different countries and perspectives; types of 

university autonomy and its components: didactic, scientific, administrative and financial 

autonomy; university autonomy in state and private area; teacher training and board 

selection in the conditions of university autonomy, etc. 

“Principles and Methods of the Quality Assessment in Higher Education”, November 27-28, 

AESM 

Experts: 

Don F. Westerheijden, Quality Department, Center for Political Studies in the field of 


Higher Education, University of Twente, Holland, Hugh Glanville, Assistance Center 

in Quality Assessment of the Open University, London, Oleg Kouptsov, CEPES 

Office of Bucharest, Robert de Groof, Newport University, USA, Renee Ribier, the 

National Evaluation Commission from France, Gheorghe Popa, the National Council 

for Academic Evaluation and Accreditation from Romania, Iasi University, Oleksandr 

Shtokvych, CEP Director of Ukraine and Moldova 

The topics presented at this seminar were: principles of assessment in higher education; 

assessment of curricula and educational standards; assessment of teaching and learning; 

quality of educational process organization; methods of knowledge assessment; 

teaching staff assessment; strategies for quality evaluation in higher education and 

research; experience of European countries in the field of quality evaluation of higher 

education, comparative analysis of the quality evaluation of higher education in 

Moldova, Great Britain, USA and Europe, etc. 

Grants for Postgraduate Students 

expenses: $16,100.00 


The project aimed to provide grants to postgraduate students in the Humanities and 

social sciences in order to facilitate their creative work on theses and to stop the 

“brain drain”. The grant was offered for research study work within university, 

archive or educational center abroad, supporting accommodations and meals, and 

providing some funds for copy services, textbook purchases, teaching materials, etc., 

which might help them with their research. The criteria for selection were: the 

relevance of the topic, its originality, way of objective implementation and the social 

impact of the research. The program was announced twice - in spring and fall. There 

were three grant categories: level I - $800.00, level II - $500.00, level III - $300.00. 

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Level I 

V. BUBULICI - History, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

S. MUSTEATA - History, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

G. DELINSCHI - English Philology, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

E. GROSU - Romanian Philology, Bucharest University 

A. CARPOV - Architecture, Ion Mincu Architecture Institute, Bucharest 

E. BOJOGA - Linguistics, Cluj University 

D. DUMITRU - World History, SPU I. Creanga 

S. VALCU - Pedagogics, Cluj University 

T. MACARI- History of Art, Cluj University 

Level II 

I. GUMENAI - History, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

G. DUHLICHER - Economics, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

M. ABRAMCIUC - Romanian Literature, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

L. BOLOCAN - Social Psychology, Bucharest University 

L. BALAN - History of Pedagogics, SPU 

V. ARAPU - History of Romania, MSUM 


Level III 

V. CRETU - History, MSU 

L. ANTONOV - History, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

S. CIUMAC - Economics, National Economics Research Institute, Bucharest 

A. BARCA - Labor Economics, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

C. SPAC - Special Psychology, Bucharest University 

E. ZIDU-HAHEU - General Pedagogy, SPU 

S. JANTUAN - Experimental Psycho-esthetics, Bucharest University 

N. SLABU - Philosophy, Cluj-Napoca University 

V. OLARESCU - Pedagogy, Pedagogical and Psychological Institute of Moldova 

I. ILASCU - General Pedagogy, SPU 

L. HANDRABURA - Philology, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi 

V. BABARA - Law, Bucharest University 

V. BORS - Political Sciences, MSU 

V. POPA - Philosophy Department, MSU 

I. MIRONOV - Geography, Geographical Institute, ASM 

M. ZAGAIEVSCHI - Pedagogics, SPU 

M HACHI - Economics, AESM 

A. STEFARTA - Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Science Institute 

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Competition for Young Faculty Members 


commitments: $870.00 

The process of transformation of university curricula could be assisted by selecting 

the best students and creating for them conditions to be engaged as faculty lecturers 

while facilitating their continuation of postgraduate studies. This project aimed to 

support young faculty members by providing them with supplementary grants to their 

university salary, and encouraging them to stay employed at universities. On a 

competitive basis 40 grants of $250.00 were given to young faculty members, at 12 

universities of Moldova: 

AESM 

E. HIRBU, A. TCACENCO 

AIM 

S. GUTANU, E. MORARU, A. TURCANU, A. CASTRAVET, N. COZARU 

CCU 

M. JALENCU 

IIUM 

V. BIRLADEANU, V. CELAC 

HUM 

I. RUSU, N. ROSU 

SPU 

I. CIOCAN, V. MELINTE, A. MOLDOVEANU 

BSU 

A. GARABAGIU, V. OLARI, R. PRODAN, V. SOCHICHIU 

MSU 


D. CHEIANU, I. CIALENCO, V. CUMPATA, A. GROSU, R, STAVARACHE, V. 

UMANET, J. ANICHIN, V. HINCU, R. MELNICIUC, P. NEGURA 

SMU 

R. PASCAL, V. BALTAG, R. BALTAG 

TSU 

V. BORDAN, A. BRAICOV, S. CODREANU, I. MELNIC 

TUM 

V. BESCHIERU, E. SIRBU, V. TENTIUC 

AUM 

N. GAVRILAS 

Internship Program for University Lecturers 

expenses: $26,300.00 


This program aimed to support the internships of Moldovan lecturers and professors, 

research work on new course development, participation at various seminars, 

conferences, symposiums, workshops and training abroad for the purpose of curricula 

development, learning up-to-date teaching technologies, restructuring of teaching 

courses, etc. Within this program travel expenses, meals and accommodation up to 2 

months were supported. 

Internship at the University Complutense, Madrid, Spain, $820.00 

Raisa MIHAI, IIUM 

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Internship at the Academy of Music, Katowice, Poland, $1,340.00 

Liuba BURAVTEV, lecturer, AIM 

Internship at the Theater Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, $1,200.00 

Petru BALAN, lecturer, AIM 

Internship on Diploma Project Development at the University Henci Poinrace, Nancy, France, 

$3,900.00 

Vitalie TAPU, Silviu AFTENI, students, TUM 

Internship at the Medical University, Bucharest, Romania, $2,355.00 

Silvia CHEIANU, lecturer, MSU 

Internship at the State University, Moscow, Russia, $900.00 

Nicolae ESANU, lecturer, MSU, Law Department 

Internship in Romania, $885.00 

Simion ZAMSA, lecturer, AIM 

Summer Course “Orheiul Vechi” by the History Department, SPU, $2,300.00 

Students in History from the MSU, IIUM and SPU 


Internship at the National Polytechnical Institute, Toulouse, France, $390.00 

Petru TOMITA, AUM 

Internship at the Stendhal University, Grenoble and University Center of French Studies, Paris, 

$700.00 

Ana BONDARENCO, IIUM 

Internship at the Agrarian High School, Toulouse, $1,360.00 

Svetlana LISNIC, AUM 

Internship at the High School of Visual Arts, Dresden, $1,360.00 

Ion CAVARNALI, SPU 

Internship at the State Pedagogical University, Moscow, $1,700.00 

Nicolae TUDOREANU, SPU 

Internship at the High School of Economics, Arts & Communication, Paris, $2,050.00 

Alexandru SCHIOPU, AIM 

Visiting Professor Program 

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Visiting Program of Professors from Romania, invited for the “Constantin Noica” 

conferences, organized during March-October 1997 at the MSU 

Project director - Gheorghe BOBANA, researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Sociology 

and Law, ASM 

Visiting Program of Teachers from Romania and Russia to the “Nicolae Milescu- 

Spataru Readings” scientific conference 

Project director - Stefan LUPAN, Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, ASM, 

MSU 

Invitation of professor Ernest John Ashby, University from Wales, UK 

Project director - Grigore JUNGHIETU, IIUM, SMU 

Open Programs 

expenses: $15,105.00 


Modernization of the Teaching/Learning process in Archeology and History of Romanians, 

$6,500.00 

Project director - V.GONTA, Chair of Romania History, Pedagogical State University 

“Ion Creanga” 

Scientific Student Conference in History, MSU, $330.00 

Project director - V.CROITORU 

Scientific Student Conference in History, SPU, $330.00 

Project director - Sergiu MUSTEATA, Department of History, SPU 


Development of the psycho-pedagogical curriculum in higher education, $15,000.00 

Project director - Ludmila PAPUC, Chair of General Pedagogy, SPU 

Laboratory of Rhetoric at the MSU, $5,000.00 

Project director - Irina CONDREA, Faculty of Romanian language, MSU 

Students Conference CEP in Lviv, December 4-6, 1997, $2,945.00 

Project director - Justin CONNOR, CEP lecturer, AESM 

Grants for original projects started in 1996: 

Modernization of the teaching Process in Cultorology, $11,500.00 

Project director - Emil DRAGNEV, Chair of History of the Arts department, MSU 

Introduction of the Clinical Psychology Course into the MSU Curriculum, $21,500.00 

Project director - carolina PLATON, Chair of the Psychology Department, MSU 

Restructuring of the Linguistic Study at the MSU, $16,400.00 

Project director - Anatolie CIOBANU, Romanian Filology Chair, MSU 

A Course in Distance Learning, organized in Bucharest by the Open University, $3,070.00 

Project director - Simion CAISIN, Director of the Information Center, MSU 

The First Sceintific Conference of Moldovan and Roumanian Universities, $6,210.00 

Project director - Stefan CARTOFEANU, Head of the International Relations 

Department, TUM 

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Basarabian Community Data Base, hitorical sceintific project, $6,400.00 

Project director - Vitalie VARATIC, Institute of History, AS 


Invisible College of Moldova 

International HESP - Falanga Program 

expenses: $152,045.41 


This program was started in February 1996 in partnership with the Open Society 

Institute and three universities in Chisinau as a special International HESP pilotprogram 

under the title “ Development of Social Sciences in the Higher Education 

of Moldova”. 

The Invisible College of Moldova is oriented to the amplification of the teaching and 

research processes in the field of Social Sciences. The College focuses on four 

disciplines: Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy. 

The main goal of the Program is to contribute to the preparation of a core group of academics in 

Social Sciences and a new generation of leaders in Moldova’s growing democracy. 

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The Invisible College activity involves about 100 people, including 60 students from 

the different local universities and about 40 professors. The principal target of the 

Invisible College of Moldova’ programs are the most outstanding students in Social 

Sciences. They are selected by way of publicly advertised competitive exams. The 

teaching staff is recruited from the best professors of the higher education 

establishments and research institutes of Moldova. Additionally, visiting professors 

from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the European Community and 

the USA are involved in laboratory activities. They are an important aspect of the 

program as they bring new ideas, research and teaching practices otherwise 

unavailable in Moldova. 

At present the academic training and research work of the students occurs in the 

existing framework of specialized laboratories organized in the buildings of the 

following universities: 

Philosophy: MSU, #32 Gh. Casu str. room 210, Chisinau MD 2025 

Sociology: MSU, #32 Gh. Casu str., room 201 A, Chisinau MD 2009 

Political Science: IIUM, #52 Vlaicu Pircalab str., room 216, Chisinau MD 2012 

Psychology: SPU, #1 Ion Creanga str., room 60, Chisinau MD 2039. 

The Program consists of several components, identified to address the stated objectives: 

Tutorial programs 


The main form of the academic program work are regular meetings between students 

and their professors-tutors. Every professor in the program is a scientific adviser for 

not more than 2 students. The student at the beginning of the semester selects the 

topic of the research project. The topics are discussed and approved of at the 

meeting of the Senate of the College. 


Visiting Lecturers 


Laboratory Coordinators and Academic Advisors plan and organise visits for 

outstanding lecturers from Central and Western Europe, the USA etc. who may 

specifically work with the Invisible College of Moldova students, but could also give a 

lecture/course at any Moldovan University where the four disciplines are taught. 

During 1997 year the Invisible College was visited by: 

Robert de GROOF, Newport University, USA: “The Human Psychosexology” 

Dr. BENCHETRIT, Toulouse University, France: “Breathing Personality” 

Ovidiu LUNGU, A.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania: “Computer Utilization in 

Psychological Research” 

Ilie PARVU, Bucharest University, Romania: “Metaphysics 1997” 

Ion IANOSI, Bucharest University, Romania: “The History of Romanian Philosophy: 

Alternatives, Confrontations and Perspectives” 

Gheorghe BRATESCU, Bucharest University, Romania: “Medical Utopia” 

Andrei MARGA, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania: “Relativism and its 

Consequences” 

Nicolae RAMBU, Iasi University, Romania “Classical German Philosophy” 

Cezar RADU, Bucharest University, Romania 

Neagu DJUVARA, Bucharest University, Romania “Some Modern Theories of 

Speculative Philosophy of History” 

Alexandru SURDU, Bucharest University, Romania “Importance of Constantin 

Noica thought in Roumanian Philosophy” 

Victor STOICHITA, Freiburg University, Switzerland “On shadow” 

Stefan AFLOROAEI, Iasi University, Romania “Hermeneuthical Returning of the 

Philosophy” 

Sorin VIERU, Bucharest University, Romania “The Socrate Process and its Echos in 

Modernity” 

Mircea FLONTA Bucharest University, Romania “ Styles of Phylosophising and 

Philosophical Traditions” 

Alexandru BOBOC, member of Romanian Academy, professor at Bucharest 

University, Romania 

Aurel CODOBAN, Cluj University, Head of Philosophy Department, Romania 

Bruno STEFAN, Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania: “Elections Polls” 

Giovanna GIANTURCO, Roma University, Italy: “ Sociology of Communication” 

Ferdinand von KINSKY, member of Bavaria Academy, director of the International 

Center of european education of European community: “Federalism in the Philosophy 

of Politics” 

Alexandr ISCANDAREAN, director of the Institute of Caucasian Studies, Moscow: 

“Ethno-psychological Mutations - Consequences of the Modern Caucasian Political 

Science” 

Stephen ROOPERT, Professor of New-York University,USA: “Comparative Political 

System USA-Moldova” 

Alesandro FIGUS, Genova University, Italy: “Comparative Political Systems of 

European Community Countries” 

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Cristian DAUDEL, Paris V University, France: “ Geo-strategical Analysis Method” 

Claude NIGOUL, director of the Institute of International Relations, Nice, France: 

“The System of International Relationships in the Mediterranean Region” 

Dr. Yu. LEANCA, Representative of the Foreign Ministry of Republic of Moldova 

N.CHIRTOACA, Director of the Euro-Atlantic Center in Moldova 

Modern Languages Training 


The Invisible College students & professors are offered compulsory English language 

training at the Open World House in Chisinau and optional courses in French or 

German languages. The courses organized at the Open World House are carried out 

mainly with native speaking teachers. 

Computer Skills Development 

The Invisible College students have a compulsory computer training on using various 

software programs, e-mail and Internet. In the framework of the Invisible College 

two computer classrooms are organized: 

Computer Classroom-1: MSU, Mateevici str., 60, Chisinau MD 2009 

Computer classroom-2: SPU, Ion Creanga str., 1, Chisinau MD 2039. 

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Training, seminars, conferences and summer schools 

Students participate in trainings, seminars, conferences and summer schools in order to 

share acquired knowledge, gain organizational experience, develop the capacity to make 

presentations to a large audience. These events are open for a broader audience, 

involving also other students and professors from various universities in the country, 

who are not members of the Invisible College. 

First Summer University of Social Sciences in Moldova, July 13 - August 2, 1997, $40,376.12 

(The Invisible College in collaboration with the National HESP Program) 

In this forum about 40 students and 12 professors from Moldova participated. 19 

invited foreign professors presented their courses at the Summer University: 

Vlad SUZAN, psychotherapist, Experimental Clinics “ Fernand Vidal”, Paris, France 

Ferdinand von KINSKY, member of Bavaria Academy, director of the International 

Center of european education of the European community 

Alexandr LIDERS, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology of Lomonosov 

University, Moscow 

Alexandr ISCANDAREAN, director of the Institute of Caucasian Studies, Moscow 

Galina CINARIHINA, Center of social and political studies “Epitzentr”, Moscow 

Alexandru BOBOC, member of Romanian Academy, professor at Bucharest 

University, Romania 

Aurel CODOBAN, Cluj University, Head of Philosophy Department 

Mircea MICLE, Cluj University, Head of Psychology Department 

Ion MARGINEAN, Head of Sociology Chair, National School of Administration, 

Bucharest, Romania 

Bruno STEFAN, lecturer at the Bucharest University, Romania 

Elisabeta STACIULESCU, lecturer, Iasi University, Romania 


Nicolae RAMBU, assistant professor, Iasi University, Romania 

Robert de GROOF, Newport University, USA “The human Psycho-sexology” 

Cristian BOCANCEA, Iasi University, Romania 

Gvozden FLEGO, Zagreb University, Croatia 

Mauro PALUMBO, Genova University, Italy 

Franco PRAUSELLO, Genova University, Italy 

Giovanna GIANTURCO, Roma University, Italy 

Alesandro FIGUS, Genova University, Italy 

Study visits of professors and students 

A. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania 

Bucharest University, Romania 

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania 

Central European University, Budapest 

Participation in Conferences and Seminars 

expenses: $14,807.98 

Conference “Tudor Vianu -100th Birthday” 

“Constantin Noica” International Conference 

Moldo-German International Seminar, Chisinau, November, 1997 

“Society in Transition” International Conference, Cluj Napoca, Romania, November 13- 

17, 1997 

International Workshop, October1997, Iasi, Romania 

“European Integration through Regional Integration” International Conference, 

Chisinau, December 11-12,1997 

“Refugees: current situation and perspectives for problem solving” International 

Conference 

Scientific conferences and summer schools in Holland and Slovakia 

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Publications 

The Invisible College members also share their knowledge in the academic community 

of Moldova through the published academic papers which they write as result of their 

participation in the framework of the Invisible College. The main published materials 

are: 

- Newsletter of the Invisible College: one issue every two months 

- articles by students and professors, written and published in mass-media 

- students’ presentations at the conferences and summer schools 

- the innovative courses developed by the Invisible College professors 

Acquisition of teaching materials 


Each laboratory has a specialized library including textbooks, dictionaries, books, 

journals, other teaching materials in the fields of social sciences, periodical journals, 

which is open to all the university students. For 1998 52 subscriptions of American 

and English periodical scientific journals in social sciences have been bought for the 


laboratory libraries through The East & Central Europe Journal Donation Project 

(New School for Social Research, New York), half of the $6368 sum being covered 

by the mentioned project. In 1997 about 1400 titles of different teaching materials for 

the Invisible College libraries were purchased. The libraries also purchased 

subscriptions of periodical journals from Moldova, Romania, Russia amounting to 

$333.50 worth in 1998. 

Scholarships for selected students 

expenses: $22,685.50 

Financial support for the best students in Social Sciences makes feasible their 

aspiration to devote extra time to studies. The scholarships are aimed to reward 

students for their academic activity and ensure that they will not have to work during 

their studies in order to earn a living. 

Student-members of the Program: 

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Philosophy Laboratory 

First Year 

Tatiana BULANCEA, MSU 

Larisa CIORNEI, MSU 

Tudor CLAPCO, TUM 

Liviu GHIDIRIM, MSU 

Lilia GLIJIN, MSU 

Angela POPA, MSU 

Eugen MITROFAN, MSU 

Second Year 

Eugenia BOGATU, MSU 

Marin DOLINTA, MSU 

Lucia FARMACHI, MSU 

Vlad PARASCHIV, MSU 

Galina URECHEANU, MSU 

Sociology Laboratory 

First Year 

Mariana BUCIUCIANU, MSU 

Corina CAIREAC, MSU 

Elena CARCEA, MSU 

Cornelia DONI, MSU 

Adelina LABIC, MSU 

Aliona SECARA, MSU 

Natalia SARAGOV, MSU 

Second Year 

Eugenia BIRIUC, MSU 

Natalia CHIRILOV, MSU 

Dumitru GUTULEAC, AESM 

Natalia LUCHIAN, MSU 

Marina MASCAUTAN, MSU 

Artur MUNTEANU, AESM 

Evelina STRATAN, MSU 

Psychology Laboratory 

First Year 

Nicolae BESLIU, PSU 

Iulia BUZENCO, MSU 

Angela CARAMAN, PSU 

Stela DIMITRASCO, MSU 

Olga MOROZAN, PSU 

Lilia NACU, PSU 

Diana POSTU, MSU 

Diana ROSCA, MSU 

Second Year 

Inga CALIN, PSU 

Ala CIORICI, MSU 

Zoia COJUHARI, PSU 

Mariana EPUREANU, PSU 

Vitalie POPESCU, PSU 

Daniela SIMBOTEANU, PSU 

Diana SPULBER, MSU 

Daniela TERZI, MSU 

Political Science Laboratory 

First Year 

Viorel ALBU, MSU 

Elvira ANGHEL, MSU 

Otilia BOLOGAN, MSU 

Vasile CHITII, MSU 


Alexandru GAMART, MSU 

Octavian MAMALIGA, MSU 

Dorin PEREU, MSU 

Alexandru SIMIONOV, MSU 

Second Year 

Igor BOTAN, MSU 

Pavel CABACENCO, MSU 

Eugenia CERBA, MSU 

Andrei COVAL, IIUM 

Vadim GUZUN, MSU 

Alexandru OPRUNENCO, MSU 

Silvia SOLOMON, MSU 

Professor-tutors involved in the 

Program 

expenses: $22,445.79 

Political Science Laboratory 

Mihai CERNENCO 

Dr. in History, Head of Social Sciences 

Department, IIUM 

Ala BELOSTECINIC 

Dr. in Political Science, Assistant Professor, 

Political Science Department, MSU 

Nicolae CHIRTOACA 

Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences Department, 

IIUM, Director of Euroatlantic Strategic 

Studies. 

Sociology Laboratory 

Valentin TURCAN 

Dr. in Sociology, Senior Lecturer, Sociology and 

Philosophy History Department, MSU, Head 

of “The Sociology of Politics” scientific 

laboratory 

Gheorghe CÃLCAI 

Dr. in Philosophy, Chief of Sociology 

Department, Institute of Philosophy, Law and 

Sociology, ASM 

Ludmila MALCOCI 

Dr. in Sociology, Scientific Researcher, Institute 

of Philosophy, Law and Sociology, ASM, 

Assistant-professor of Mass-media and 

Communication Department, MSU 

Ana PASCARU 

Dr. in Philosophy, Senior Scientific Researcher, 

Institute of Philosophy, Law and Sociology, ASM 

Psychology Laboratory 

Ion NEGURÃ 

Dr. in Psychology, Head of General Psychology 

Department, SPU 

Lilian NEGURÃ 

MA in Psychology, Lecturer, General 

Psychology Department, SPU 

Grigore TAPU 

Dr. in Psychology, Assistant Professor of 

Psychology, MSU 

IGOR RACU 

Dr. in Psychology, Dean of Psychology Faculty, 

SPU 

Philosophy Laboratory 

Gheorghe BOBANÃ 

Dr. habilitate in Philosophy, Head of Esthetics 

and History of Philosophy, Institute of 

Philosophy, Law and Sociology, ASM 

Ion SARBU 

Dr. habilitate in Philosophy, Professor, Social 

Sciences Department, IIUM 

Eudochia SAHARNEANU 

Dr. in Philosophy, Vice-Dean of Philosophy 

and Psychology Department, MSU 

Grigore VASILESCU 

Dr. habilitate in Philosophy, Head of 

Philosophy Department, AUM 

Informatica-1 Laboratory 

Eugen CAISIN 

Lecturer of Computer Science Department, MSU 

Informatica-2 Laboratory 

Iurie GUZUN 

Dr. in Technical Sciences, Assistant professor, 

Computer Science Department, PSU 

Tutorial Assistants 

Political Science 

Ala COJOCARU 

lecturer, APAM 

Philosophy 

Vitalie POPA 

post-graduate student, MSU 

Angela STAFII 

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post-graduate student, lecturer, MSU 

Psychology 

Tatiana TURCHINA 


Ina MORARU 


Sociology 

Diana CHEIANU 


Eduard MIHAILOV 

Center of analysis and investigations in 

Sociology, Political Science and Psychology, 

director 

Sholarships 

expenses: $166,313.00 


The regional and national scholarship programs addressed the professional training 

needs of the local specialists in different fields. Total or partial financial support was 

provided for studies abroad; supplementary merit scholarships were given to students 

from Moldovan universities. 

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Regional Scholarship Programs 

expenses: $18,636.00 

American University in Bulgaria, $933,75 

Lucia LAVRIC 

Georgeta GAVRILIUC 

Iurie LAIU 

Marin CEBOTARI 

Eugen HALZANOV 

“Virtual University“ Undergraduate Exchange 

Program, $1,178.00 

Elena ANESTE 

Elena BOCANCIA 

University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 

$788.00 

Dorin DUMBRAVEANU 

Iulia CONOPLINA 

Central European University, Hungary, 

$5,798.00 

Igor MARDARI 

Veaceslav CANTEA 

Ludmila VASILOV 

Victor TODORIUC 

National Scholarships Programs 

Supplementary scholarship grants 

expenses: $123,165.00 


International Management Center, Hungary 

Cristian STRATAN 

Dan VULPE 

Les Ecoles Normales Superieures, France 

Andrei BUZDUGAN 

Angela DEMIAN 

Valeriu RAZLOG 

Natalia DOBINDA 

College of Europe, Natolin, Poland 

Open Society Institute, Budapest 

Viorel URSU 

Cristina CHEPTEA 

College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium 

European Union 

Victor BURAC 

Natalia BALTA 


Postgraduate studies 

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 

Spain 

Ana GUCA 

University III Stendhal, Grenoble, France 

Mihaela MANOLE 

Ecole Politechnique de Montreal, Canada 

Liliana SURUGIU-BAJUREA 

Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead 

Management School, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 

Georgeta SOLOMITCAIA 

Texas A&M University, USA 

Radu DASCALIUC 

John F. Kennedy School of Government, 

Harvard, Massachusetts, USA 

Lidia SPATARU 

The University of Iowa, USA 

Viorel BOSTAN 

“Pierre Mendes France“ University, Grenoble, 

France 

Neonila VILCU 

University of Denver, Colorado, USA 

Victor CULIUC 

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, USA 

Petru ZAMISNII 

Gestalt Institute, Sanct-Petersburg, Russia 

Nadejda KRASNOPOLSKI 

Institute d’ Etudes Europeenes, Universite Libre 

de Bruxelles 

Eugen REVENCO 

“P.I. Ceaikovschi“ State Conservatorium, 

Moscow, Russia 

Iulia GUBAIDULIN 

Solvay Business School, Universite Libre de 

Bruxelles, Belgium 

Ovidiu COTELEA 

Universite Franche-Comte, Besancon, France 

Eugen REVENCO 

University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France 

Tatiana ESANU 

Sports Academy, Moscow, Russia 

Victor PANUS 

Institut fur Genetik, Forschungszentrum 

Karlstuhe, Germany 

Vladimir CHIRCHIN 

Natalia NOVAC 

University Pantheon-Sorbonne, France 

Dumitirita DUMBRAVEANU 

University Paris XII Val-de-Marne, France 

Ileana-Tudora SAINCIUC 

Laboratoire de Bagneux, Paris, France 

Alexandru MEREUTA 

International Executive Development Center, 

Kranju, Slovenia 

Adrian BASOC 

Aurel CASIAN 

Veaceslav CODREANU 

Marian CUZMICI 

Emil GUTU 

Graduate studies 

Centenary College, Hackettstown, New-York, 

USA 

Eugeniu Bidcenco 

University of Oxford, United Kingdom 

Tatiana-Maria COMERZAN 

University of Maryland, USA 

Eugen FILIP 

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James Madison University, Virginia, USA 

Florin NEDELCIUC 

Instituto Professionale Internazionale per 

L’Artigianato Liutario e del Legno, Cremona, 

Italia 

Dmitrii CECODA 

Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 

Gleb BAHMUTOV 

Jacksonville University, USA 

Irina GAINUTDINOVA 

Western Kentucky University, USA 

Veronica KHADJI 

Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 

Silvia LUPASCO 

Capital University of Economics and Business, 

Beijing, China 

Tatiana GAUGAS 

Fudan University, Shanghai, China 

Elena TURCANU 

Politechnical Institute Hua Dong, Nanjing, 

China 

Adrian HASNAS 

Capital University of Economics and Business, 

Beijing, China 

Corneliu EFTODI 

Instituts Nationaux des Sciences Appliquees, 

Lyon, France 

Natalia NACU 

Oxana CHELE 

Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet, Bonn, 

Germany 

Vitalie ROTARU 

James Madison University, Virginia, USA 

Elena GREBINCEA 

Universitaet Konstanz, Germany 

Veaceslav ODOBESCO 

State Academy of Choreography, Moscow, 

Russia 

Ion CUROSU 

Ruprecht-Karl Universitaet, Heidelberg, 

Germany 

Carolina BEJENARU 

University of Perugia, Italy 

Liviu LUCA 

University of Athens, Greece 

Tudor VASILICA 

George Washington University, USA 

Radu PANTIRU 

Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont, USA 

Natalia VOROBIOVA 

“Ovidius“ University, Constanta, Romania 

Ecaterina PLATON 

“O.C. Taslautanu“ Theoretical College, Toplita, 

Romania 

Mihaela PLATON 

Internships, Summer Schools, Other 

Events 

Ecole Tematique et Linguistique pour Jeunes 

Chercheurs en Sciences de l’Homme et de la 

Societe des Pays d’Europe Centrale et Orientale, 

Sevres, France 

Igor KLIPII 

Victor JUC 

University Carmen de Las Guevas, Granada, 

Spain, summer courses 

Lilia TAP 

Technische Universitaet Ilmenau, Germany, 

conference 

Mariana BUZU 


Institute International d’ Administration 

Publique, Paris, France 

Elena TURCOVA 

James Madison University, Virginia, USA, 

Students Exchange Program 

Vladlena LISENCO 

Institute de Droit, Universite de Nice, France, 

internship 

Igor KLIPII 

Universite Pierre Mendes, Nice, France 

Oleg CURBATOV 

HSBC, Investment Bank LTD, Paris, France 

Cristina MOROSAN 

Comitato della Dante Alighieri, Roma, Italy 

Liliana BURDUJA 

Violeta BOTNARU 

Tatiana SIRBU 

American European Summer Academy, 

Vienna, Austria 

Elvira LEAHU 

Sts. Cytil and Methodius University, Skopje, 

Macedonia 

Tudor CLAPCO 

Tudor STRATEVICI 

American Institute of Political and Economic 

Systems, Prague, Czech Republic 

Alexandru CULIUC 

Charles University, Demography and 

Geodemography Department, Prague, Czech 

Republic 

Silvia FUSU 

Nicolae SALI 

International Summer School in Political Science 

and International Relations, Warsaw, Poland 

Corina ROMAN 

University of Athens, Department of 

International Relations, Greece 

Aliona SEVERIN 

Foundation for Freedom, University of Oxford, 

United Kingdom 

Natalia CERNOV 

Denis PILEAVSCHI 

Tel Aviv University, Israel 

Anatol CHIRILOV 

University of Nottingam, United Kingdom 

Procop BURUIANA 

Groupement pour le Development de la 

Teledection Aerospatiale, Ramonville, France 

Aureliu OVERCENCO 

Groupe EAC- Ecole Superieure d’ Economie, 

d’Art et de la Comunication, Paris, France 

Natalia RIBALCO 

Merit Scholarship 

expenses: $24,512.00 

The Soros Foundation Moldova 

organized the second annual Merit 

Scholarship Program for students from 

Moldovan universities in 1997. The 

competition for this program was meritbased. 

In order to be considered for the 

competition students had to have a GPA 

measured by the Moldovan grading 

system of no less than 9.0 and should 

have completed at least two years of 

studies. A special committee including 

faculty members and researchers did a 

rigorous analysis of students’ applications. 

The students’ extracurricular activities 

such as publications, reports, participation 

in conferences and symposiums, 

membership in science organizations, 

NGOs, etc. were decisive in the final 

decision process. One hundred and fifteen 

students from thirteen institutions 

participated in the competition. Seventy 

eight students were awarded scholarships. 

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First Grade Merit Scholarship 

(2500 Lei) 

MSU 

Gheorghe KARASENI 

Liliana COROBCA 

Daniela TERZI 

Angela MUNTEANU 

SPU 

Daniela SIMBOTEANU 

Second Grade Merit Scholarship 

(1200 Lei) 

MSU 

Corneliu CIRIMPEI 

Sergiu MATVEEV 

Diana NANU 

Natalia NICORICI 

Rodica CIORANICA 

Alina BRASOVEANU 

Corina BARLADEANU 

Ala CIORICI 

Snejana DIMITROVA 

Olga CHIRILIUC 

Alexandru GAMART 

Oxana AGACHI 

Viorel ALBU 

Rodica GHERASIM 

SMU 

Aurelia GROSU 

Andrei MUSAJI 

Alina BATAR 

Calin STOICOV 

Eugen SCHITCO 

SPU 

Vitalie POPESCU 

Elena JOSAN 

TSU 

Elena FOTESCU 

TUM 

Maria COPACI 

Vladimir BESCHIERU 

Iurie TERNA 

Veaceslav VERDES 

Lucia BUZDUGAN 

HUM 

Sergiu CHIRIAC 

AES 

Ion AMARFII 

IIUM 

Florentina BODNARI 

Third Grade Merit Scholarship 

(500 Lei) 

MSU 

Alexandru TRIFAUTAN 

Cornelia BOLDUREANU 

Ecaterina BOCANCEA 

Ion CRETU 

Oleg OLEINICOV 

Olga IRIMCIUC 

Olga KISELIOV 

Rodica PAVELCIUC 

Rodica ROSCA 

Vasile CUMPATA 

Vitalie LUNGU 

Vitalie MEAGCOV 

Vladimir FONOBEROV 

SMU 

Irina APOSTOLOV 

Larisa CEBAN 

Elena IURI-APOSTOL 

Natalia SIPITCO 

Ana BOLOCAN 

Petru CEPOIDA 

Elena DASANU 

Tatiana BALECA 

Vlad NUTU 

Ruslan FLOREA 

Tatiana IAROVOI 

Veaceslav FULGA 

Semion CHIOSEA 

Sergiu RUSU 

Alexandra PLUGARU 

Elena VOVC 

Sergiu ZLOBIN 


SPU 

Nicolae BESLIU 

Angela CARAMAN 

Victoria PASCAN 

Ana NIVNEA 

Oleg GRAUR 

Angela PRODAN 

Ludmila BACUMENCO 

Natalia BULMAGA 

Angela TUDOSE 

Ludmila SCAREVNEA 

Lilian CULEA 

Mariana TATARU 

AESM 

Liliana CURTOVA 

Vilen SPINU 

Dumitru GUTULEAC 

Tatiana VELICOGLO 

Corina ROMAN 

Oxana SAVCIUC 

Valeriu RAZLOG 

Eduard GHERMAN 

Sergiu BUGAI 

Sergiu TOMESCU 

Vitalie SAJIN 

Dorina TRICOLICI 

Vladislav CHIRIAC 

Natalia ZBIRCIOG 

Mihai GORGOS 

Dorin PANTELEICIUC 

Dan GATCAN 

Anatol GRAUR 

Alexei KLADCOV 

AIM 

Steliana GRAMA 

Ludmila GAINA 

Veronica BUJOR 

Anatol PINZARU 

Gelu CAPROS 

Rodica SFECLA 

Florentin LEANCA 

Maia GROSU 

Felicia VISTERNICEANU 

TUM 

Dumitru CERNELIOV 

Igor ENE 

Sergiu LANGA 

Vitalie BESLIU 

Ruslan TARNA 

Olga CHIABURU 

TSU 

Irina ANDRIANOV 

Veronica GUTU 

Odetta GRAMA 

Vera VELICOJON 

Iulia COREAVSCHI 

Maria GALIT 

Mihai DEMCENCO 

Mariana IANACHEVICI 

Galina TENENBAUM 

Oxana LASIH 

Svetlana CONONENCO 

Gheorghe PARMACLI 

Ala BACALU 

Irina GRISCENCO 

AUM 

Igor DODON 

Gheorghe NICOLAESCU 

Iana NICULCEA 

Roman HARUTA 

Marcel BEJENARU 

Alexandru STRATAN 

Dragos CIMPOIES 

Aliona STRELICIUC 

Andrei BUSUIOC 

Ianos CHIPER 

Vladimir PASENCO 

BSU 

Natalia DOBINDA 

Georgeta CISLARU 

Nina MATERINCA 

Ludmila POPESCU 

Aliona COLIBABA 

IIUM 

Dragos CUCEREANU 

Irina PANIBOG 

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Iulia TROMBITCAIA 

HUM 

Gheorghe VLAS 

Iulia TIMOTIN 

PAM 

Alexandru ZOSIM 

Educational Advising Center 

expenses: $13,092.00 

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The Educational Advising Center in Moldova (EAC) is a partnership project of the 

Open World House, and the USIA financially by the Soros Foundation Moldova. The 

EAC appeared as a partnership between the United States Information Agency 

(USIA) and the Open World House. The major objective of the EAC is to provide all 

necessary information concerning the opportunities of degree and non-degree, 

college and post-graduate education in the United States by means of attending 

specialized courses and obtaining grants for everyone who is interested in education, 

research or training in the US. 

Since 1994, EAC has administrated two American Programs: Edmund S. Muskie and 

the Freedom Support Act. The Muskie/FSA Programs provide opportunities for 

graduates of NIS universities to come to the US for degree and non-degree Programs 

in several fields. These fields include Business Administration, Economics, Law, 

Educational Administration, Public Policy, Library and Journalism. EAC carries out 

recruitment activities including program publicity, testing, interviewing, and predeparture 

processing. 

Statistics 1997 

Number of visitors 2055 

Correspondence 860 

Telephone calls 5600 

Total 8515 

TOEFL 800 

GRE 300 

GMAT 200 

SAT 40 

Other types of information materials 700 

Total 2040 

Consultations 

High school students 460 

University students 1300 

Graduate students 250 

Post graduate students 45 

Total 2055 

Number of distributed bulletins for 

standard tests 

Visitors by field of study 

Total 2055 

American Studies 20 

Architecture 30 

Arts 120 

Banking 60 

Biology 20 

Business Administration 560 

Communications 120 


Computing 300 

Dentistry 5 

Design 30 

Economics 650 

Education Administration 60 

Engineering 30 

History 20 

English 500 

Finance 305 

French 23 

Law 40 

Library Science 30 

Linguistics 20 

Marketing 75 

Medicine 70 

Philosophy 6 

Photography 9 

Physics 26 

Political science 112 

Psychology 26 

Public Administration 69 

Sociology 25 

Tests Administered 

February 7, 1997, GRE, Ed.S.Muskie/FSA 

Program 

Economics, Journalism, Public Health 

administration - 15 

January17, 1997, GMAT 

Bussines Administration - 23 

February 8, 1997, TOEFL 

Economics, Journalism, Public Health 

Administration, Business Administration, 

Law, Public Policy, Public Administration 

- 40 

Interviews organized for the Edmund 

S. Muskie Program 

January 11-15, 1997 

Education, Administration, Business 

Administration, Law, Journalism, Public 

Health, Economics 

Ivanna M K REED & Ronald Nelson 

VAN FLEET II - director, ACCELS/ 

Kiev & professor from Louisiana State 

University 

Conferences and Seminars 

April 29 – May 4, 1997, East-West 

conference, between the EAC from CIS and 

Eastern Europe. 

Conference participants: Henry SCOTT 

(CSI REAC), Catherine ALDERTON 

(USIA-EASA), and many other EAC 

coordinators 

June 17-23, 1997, Conference for Scholarship 

Coordinators of OSI, Balaton Hungary 

September 20-26, 1997, Seminar for mid-level 

educational Advisors organized by the Moscow 

EAC (IREX). 

Seminar speakers: Ion GHILESCU (EAC 

– Chisinau), Dova WILSON (EAC – 

Moscow) & others. 

Interviews and testing for Soros 

Scholarship programs 

April 16, 1997 

TOEFL - 15 

May 13, 1997 

GMAT for the International Management 

Center in Budapest - 15 

April 30, 1997 

TOEFL (CEU) - 15 


Interviews (CEU) - 15 


Interviews (College of Europe) - 15 

June 6, 1997 

Interviews (Warwick University) - 15 

Lectures, presentation & videopresentations 

of the educational 

system of the US and different 

scholarship programs 

September 8, 1997, Presentation of the EAC 

for the Peace Corps Volunteers 

Julianne PAUNESCU, USIS Chisinau 

PAO 

Angela DRABENCO, Information 

Specialist 

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Ion GHILESCU, EAC coordinator 

April 19, 1997, Presentation of EAC to 

Peace Corps Volunteers 

Angela DRABENCO, Information 

specialist 

November 18, 1997, How to write a 

recommendation letter 


September 13, 1997, Edmund S. Muskie 

program presentation 


Sonia SKINDRUD, Coordinator of the 

Edmund S. Muskie program from OSI- 

NY 

Octombrie 13, 1997, Video Presentation of the 

AUBG program, Information about the 

Educational System in US, Colleges, 

Universities, Scholarships and Financial Aid 


Iulia CAPROS, Coordinator of the 

AUBG program 

November 7, 1997, Presentation of the EAC 


November 15, 1997, How to write a statement 

of purpose 


Programs Advertised 

Virtual University Undergraduate Exchange 

Program,1997-98 

The 1996-97 ACTR/ACCELS University 

Student Exchange Program 

The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International 

Peace Studies 

The Central European University Foundation: 

Post Graduate Scholarship, 1996-97 

The Fund for American Studies / American 

Institute on Political and Economic Systems 

(Summer University in Prague) 

Academia Istropolitana for the academic year 

1996/97: Public Administration, Applied 

Economics, Environmental Planning and 

Management, Architectural and Urban 

Heritage Conservation 

The 1997 Edmund S. Muskie & Freedom 

Support Act Graduate Fellowship Programs 

Soros Foundation Moldova High School 

Exchange Program 

Library of Congress - Soros Foundations 

Visiting Fellow Program 

Community Connections (USIS) 

The 1996 Curriculum Consultants Exchange 

Program (IREX) 

Regional Scholar Exchange Program and FSA 

in Contemporary Issues (IREX) 

Undergraduate Exchange Program 1997-98 

American University in Bulgaria 

The Stanford University New Democracy 

Fellowship Program: Fellowship for Doctoral 

(PhD) Study at Stanford University 

The Fulbright Program: Advanced Research and 

University Lecturing Awards in the US 

College of Europe Program (1997) 

Central European University Program (1997- 

1998, 1998-1999) 

The University of Warwick Graduate School 

International Management Center, Budapest, 

MBA Program 

CEU Summer University 

IMF Summer Intern Program 

CEP Eastern Scholar Program 

Books acquisitions 

Catalogs of US universities 30 

TOEFL 10 

GRE 5 

GMAT 5 

Total 50 

EAC - Moldova collaborated with the 

following foreign foundations and 

organizations: 

- Soros Foundation Moldova 

- USIA: United States Information 

Agency 

- ACTR/ACCELS: The American Council 

of Teachers of Russian / American 

Council for Collaboration in Education 


and Language Study 

- IREX: International Research and 

Exchanges Board 

- REAC: Institute of International 

Education 

- NAFSA: National Association for 

Foreign Student Affairs 

- Peace Corps - Moldova 

- CIEE: Council on International 

Educational Exchange 

Center for Social Innovations 

Moldova-Pensilvania 

Debate Program 

expenses: $113,035.00 

Debating as a challenging and competitive game complements present educational 

activities. It combines the elements of logic, thought and rhetoric, and demands 

tolerance, concentration, intelligence and cooperation between debaters - all essential 

qualities for the creation of a good social model. 

Debate changes the educational process. More than 300 of our country’s teachers say 

that debating improves traditional education by changing the teacher-student 

relationship towards cooperation and performance. 

Debate activities are facilitated through the efforts of the National Debate Center, 

University Centers, Regional (North, South) Centers and debate clubs. By the end of 

1997 the activity of 45 English, Romanian, Russian and Gagauz clubs had widened to 

involve 1300 students, for whom debate is considered the best course of solving 

controversies through the stormy seas of everyday life. The expansion of the program’s 

reach into Gagauz and Bulgarian speaking districts was anticipated in 18 seminars 

involving some 600 teachers, judges and students under the slogan “If a language can’t 

unite us, debate will!”. 

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Moldova also has the experience of hosting seminars with international experts; in 1997, 

two such seminars took place. The experts’ participation in an international conference 

setting quickly infuses new information which allows us to continually reassess the 

program and apply new formats, experiences and ideas. At present the program’s 

advanced participants are fielding new formats - high school students with Lincoln- 

Douglas and university students with Parliamentary Debates. 

During the past year 8 regional competitions were held, involving 900 student - 

followers, judges and teachers. A national team was selected from outstanding 

contestants of the 16 best teams in the National Competition, and the team proved 

competitive at the Summer Camp in Latvia. 

The following exchange experiences had a great impact on the clubs’ activities: 

- Moldo-Romanian Competition, May 1997 

- Faros Competition 1997, Ukraine 

- International Universities Competitions in Brasov, Athens and Budapest with 

additional meetings between clubs from Romania, Ukraine and Belarus. 


Where the University Debate Program is concerned, we would further point out 6 

“Introduction to Debate” seminars, 4 training seminars, 3 interuniversity competitions 

where 16 teams from 6 colleges participated, and also many public debates. 

Moldova State University Debate Center is planning to create an NGO that would 

ultimately evolve into a National Debate Association. This association would 

interconnect all existing debate centers, clubs and independent judges in order to 

promote and develop the program and, thereby, an open society. 

Intercultural High School Exchange Program 

(CCI Summer, CCI Semester, CCI Year, Syracuse Summer, Choate, West 

Chester, British Schools). 


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The program is available to 10th grade students from the lyceums of the republic, 

awarding scholarships to attend British and American high schools. English language 

improvement is sought alongside cultural awareness through classes, sports activities, 

excursions and different kinds of entertainment. This program promotes selfconfidence, 

develops linguistic potential and changes concepts and views towards 

promoting the development of a highly educated and democratic society centered on 

intellect and harmonious relations. 

In 1997, 18 high school students benefited from study in the USA and Great Britain. 

The effectiveness of the program can certainly be certified as pupils return with 

inspiring linguistic skills, new ideas and knowledge, and have released a flow of 

multilateral information which contributes to new insights and attitudes. 

Students provided with stipends in 1997: 

Andrei CERVONIASCY 

Alexandru BIRSA 

Dorin DUSCIAC 

Nicolae CIUMAC 

Carolina CEBAN 

Irina COSTROMITSCAIA 

Ana VETIUL 

Alexandru COSOVAN 

Ion STEFANUCA 

Victoria BRASOVSKI 

Ilinca JITARI 

Corina COMENTDANT 

Irina NICORICI 

Elena GAVRILITSA 

Angela AMOASII 

Vitalie EREMIA 


Marina URMASU 

Olesea BARBAROS 

Health Education 

expenses: $39,878.00 

One of the basic goals of the program was its expansion to the college level, a goal 

that was fulfilled through a special order of the Ministry of Education, Youth and 

Sports of the Republic of Moldova. In 1997, sixty-seven training seminars were 

completed to promote healthy lifestyles. These included 44 Health Education 

seminars, 11 seminars on Conflict and Communication, 5 thematic seminars and 7 

seminars concerning ecological problems. 

Following a February 1997 International Seminar in Budapest in which 3 of our 

instructors received training, the program on Conflict and Communication was 

started in Moldova for pre-university groups interested in the science of “conflict and 

communication”. In this way, the logical continuity from physical to social health was 

stressed. 

1860 adult participants received instruction at these activities who then transmitted 

the formative models of education in school programs. Guided activities were 

applied from the sections which constitute the “Health Education” teacher 

handbook. To date, the topics of Nutrition, Smoking Prevention, Alcohol, Drugs, 

Human Sexuality, AIDS, and ecology have been completed. A Russian Handbook on 

“Conflict and Communication” was published. 

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Calendars, posters and thematic illustrations were published from the works of 10 

winners of the Health Education Youth Poster Contest (May-June 1997). Health 

Days, AIDS actions and the art contest entitled “For a Healthy Lifestyle” were 

important social events that drew press attention. 

A variety of interested organizations contributed to the program’s expansion 

including the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; the Ministry of Health 

Protection; the General Board of Education; the Harmony Center for Diagnosis and 

Rehabilitation; the Association for Family Planning; the AIDS Center; the Republican 

Narcotics health unit; and the Peace Corps. 

The Pro Health Association provided multilateral support and cooperation during 

this year. This association, which has valuable experience in promoting healthy 

lifestyles, will help solve the most daunting problems. 


Soros English Language Program (SELP) 

expenses: $65,924.00 


With enough fanning, coals eventually give rise to flame, and in this the fifth year of 

the SELP program we have truly begun to see new energy take hold in the area of 

English Language Instruction. During the country’s difficult transitional phase toward 

wide-scale privatisation, our lone endeavours in combating, among many needs, the 

dirth of qualified teachers remaining in the public sphere has met recognition by 

other organizations, who have in turn set parallel goals. As a result, SELP has 

restructured major programs to exploit collaborative opportunities with the British 

Council, the ILC, Iasi, and others. 

Meanwhile, the priorities of the SELP program have turned towards furthering new 

initiatives including Resource Centres and the Regional SPELT initiatives in Teacher 

Training (especially ESP) and the promoting of teacher associations. We continue to 

support two programs with proven effectiveness—the publication TEAM Report and 

the Open World House Scholarships. 

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Teacher Training 

expenses: $41,997.00 

As a result of several years’ presence of American SPELT and Peace Corps teachers 

in Moldovan schools and universities, an awareness of the benefits of professional 

development has been cultivated and nurtured. The demand for language and 

methodology seminars and workshops has increased dramatically. Furthermore, great 

value is now attached to the training of highly knowledgeable and theoretically 

prepared specialists who will have an impact in the English for Specific Purposes 

areas of new technologies, business, and foreign relations. Another issue of vital 

importance was the training of the national team of trainers. This year’s activities, 

capitalizing on collaborative projects, have included: 

An 8 day Course in Translation Studies - a joint project between 2 institutions - the Soros 

Foundation Moldova and the International Language Center, Iasi. The course was 

intended for 15 members of the Departments of Translation and Interpretation at 

the State Universities in Chisinau and Balti who were initiated in theoretical and 

methodological approaches to translation as well as ways of organizing translation 

workshops with their own students. 

A two week training course - a group venture between the Foundation, National Institute 

for Professional Development of Teachers, Ministry of Education, International 

Language Center Iasi. 

Participants -35 teachers from different districts - were exposed to modern trends of 

ELT methodology with focus on practical issues that deal with teaching integrated 

skills in a learner- centered approach. 


Seminar on “Process Writing”, conducted by Aaron Stander, a professor from Oakland 

Community College, Michigan, USA. About 25 English teachers from high schools 

and universities in Chisinau attended the event. 

In-service Teacher Development Program for 80 English language teachers from Balti and 

surrounding regions. This project was practical in nature: each session providing 

teaching activities and materials that participants could use with their students in their 

own schools. The course focused on improving the participating teachers‘ own 

English language skills. The workshops held weekly at the English Language 

Resource Center Balti were conducted by two SPELT Fellows. 

Inset Program for 40 teachers from key high schools in Chisinau which comprises two 

directions: 

In-service ELT Methodology training for 20 Chisinau High School ELT teachers 

Trainer Training for a future team of Moldovan ELT Inset trainers 

Organizers: ILC Iasi/British Council, Soros Foundation Moldova 

“EFL Methodology -Communicative Classroom Activities” - a summer course for 35 young 

English teachers was held in Balti in June. The main aim of the course was to 

introduce the teachers to new methods of teaching, procedures and materials, to 

involve them in solving meaningful tasks and to help them enrich and share their 

teaching experience. 

English Summer School in Romania with 12 teachers from Moldova participating - a 

collaborative program between the British Council, Ministry of Education Romania 

and the Soros Foundation Moldova. 

British Council’s contribution: $4,800.00 

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Course of Simultaneous and Consecutive Translation organized in collaboration with the 

HESP Program for 15 professionals. Organizers: the Soros Foundation Moldova and 

ILC Iasi. 

Resource Centers 

expenses: $12,200.00 

This year the program focused mainly on setting up 2 English Language Resource 

Centers in Chisinau and Balti. Rather than disbursing materials to individual 

institutions in small parcels, Resource Centers not only provide more comprehensive 

collections and facilities, but serve as important meeting places for communitybuilding 

activities among teaching professionals. Centers serve as venues for 

instructional programs in didactics and methodology, and as an organizing center for 

cooperation between teachers leading towards teacher associations. Finally but very 

crucially, Resource Centers offer institutions practice in serving teaching professionals 

as valuable assets who deserve professional support and with whom relationships of 

trust must be built. Two centers have already been set up in universities, one at Balti 

State University and the other at the Academy of Economic Studies in Chisinau, and 

more are planned for the future. 


TEAM Report 


The Newsletter of the English Language Program is a source of authentic English 

material both for classroom use, as it contains practical lesson ideas and activities, and 

also as reference through articles on teaching methods. Produced by SPELT Fellows 

in Chisinau and containing contributions from local English teachers, the newsletter 

has also become the best means of reaching all English teachers in the country and 

for disseminating program Information. Publication run is 2000 copies. 

Scholarships at the English Language School 


The project of scholarships for the English Language School (at the Open World 

House) encourages and supports the most gifted students and pupils to study the 

English language intensively. The project also allows for the scholarship grants for 

lecturers who teach special courses in the English language in various subjects within 

the framework of university curriculum. Selection was made by the Education Board 

and the School through a contest. During 1997, 80 beneficiaries were selected from 300 

applicants. 

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SPELT Program 

expenses: $17,228.00 

SPELT is a regional program of collaboration with American teachers for the purpose 

of English language instruction in institutions of higher education. By means of this 

program the American teachers can be hired as full-time workers for the entire schoolyear. 

Besides teaching, the American fellows take part in a number of out-of-school 

activities, such as English Language Clubs and school newspapers. They also become 

promoters of some activities within the framework of the English Language Program, 

the editorship of the “Team Report” newspaper being one example. They also help 

organize the club of English language speakers and hold instructive workshops for 

Moldovan teachers. This academic year (1997-1998) Moldova is home to 5 American 

teachers: 

Hamilton BECK - “A. Puskin” Lyceum, Moldova State University 

Mary Beth YOUNG - ULIM 

Anne STANDER - AESM 

William HUGUELET - BSU “A. Russo” 

Kimberly VAUGHN - BSU “A. Russo” 

In 1997 SPELT program developed new initiatives, using SPELT fellows as teacher 

trainers, resource personnel to develop English Language Teacher Associations, and as 

teachers and teacher trainers for English for Specific Purposes 

SPELT Seminars 


This program aims to provide teachers from Moldova with new methods of teaching 

English. Instructors were SPELT fellows, local teachers and Peace Corps volunteers. 

During this year, 12 seminars were organized for about 160 participants. The 

participants also received books and handouts. 


Youth Program 

expenses: $30,369.00 


The goal of this program was to support extracurricular activities of pupils as an important part of 

the educational process. 

In 1997 the program was designed to cover the following directions: 

- Financial support for Creative Centers for Children 

- Support for school newspapers and magazines 

- Travel grants for groups of children to different cultural activities 

- Support for various projects initiated by boy-scouts 

- Support for various projects initiated by different groups of children 

Contest for Creative Centers for Children 

In May-June 1997, the Contest for Creative Centers for Children was organized. 

Based on materials presented to the contest, 6 centers received grants: 

-Creative Center for Children, Leova 

-Creative House for Children, Falesti 

-Creative Center for Pupils, Telenesti 

-Creative and Leisure Center for Children and Teenagers, Chiscareni, Singerei 

-Curcubeu Center for Extracurricular Activities, Riscani sector, Chisinau 

- Ghiocel Creative Center for Children, Ciocana sector, Chisinau 

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Contest for School Newspapers and Magazines 

In June 1997 the Contest for School Newspapers and Magazines was held. 15 

newspapers and magazines participated in it. The content and the structure of these 

newspapers (magazines) were assessed, and also the variety of the topics included, the 

social impact and the way all of the above contribute to the development of a new 

generation. The participants received prizes as follows : 

The Ist prize: 

PROMETEU magazine, the Prometeu Lyceum, Chisinau 

ARCA LUI NOE newspaper, teorethical Lyceum, Causeni 

NOUA GENERATIE newspaper, V. Alecsandri Lyceum, Ungheni 

THE CIMISLIA NEWS newspaper, M. Eminescu secondary school #3, Cimislia 

The 2nd prize: 

ALACRITAS newspaper, school #32, Chisinau 

LYCEUM newspaper, theoretical Lyceum, Orhei 

GAUDEAMUS newspaper, theoretical Lyceum #2, Chisinau 

ATENEU newspaper, school #2, Edinet 


Travel grants 

Several travel grants were given to groups of children to participate in different 

events. 

International children’s festival, Edirne, Turkey 

Izvoarele Dance group, gymnasium #4, Chisinau 

School theaters festival, Tirgu-Mures, Romania 

Masca School Theater, Mircea Eliade Lyceum, Chisinau 

International folklore festival, Voru, Estonia 

Lia Dance-group, Abaclia, Basarabeasca 

Creative camp, Bucsoaia, Suceava, Romania 

Igor Vieru Republican Boarding School of Arts, Chisinau 

Ritmurile secolului International festival, Moscow, Russia 

Ritmurile secolului Modern dance group, Cultural Center Orion, Chisinau 

Sanziana Camerata Experience exchange with the formation, Pitesti, Romania 

Doinita Chorus, Nicolae Iorga Lyceum, Chisinau 

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The program also supported projects for scout camps and many other initiatives 

of different groups of children such as dance groups, folklore groups, literary and 

English clubs, handicraft producers, etc. All the projects were designed to support the 

creativity and initiative among young people, to develop useful daily skills and to 

stimulate their active participation in an open society. 

In 1997 the Odyssey of the Mind program was initiated in Moldova and the first 

teams were founded. Following this event, Moldova became a member of the 

International OM Association. 


Travel in Education Programs 

expenses: $24,000.33 

The Soros Foundation Moldova supported the participation of academics and 

students from Moldova in different meetings, stages and workshops. 

Business trip, Heugelo, Netherlands, January 

17-31, 1997 

Mihail SAJIN, superior lecturer, TUM 

Business trip, Andre Malraux Lyceum, 

Remiremont, France, March 11-25, 1997 

Leonid AMOASII, director, M. 

Eminescu Lyceum, Balti 

Specialization trip, Charleroi, Belgium, March 

2- June 2, 1997 

Galina PAVALACHE, teacher of French, 

secondary school #2, Soldanesti 

Annual Conference for Teachers of English as a 

Foreign Language, Harkiv, Ukraine, April 


Natalia ALHAZOV, Ph.D., MSU 

International Federation of French Language 

Teachers’ Colloquium, Paris, France, June 26 - 


Ana GUTU, French teacher, IIUM 

Courses of Spanish Arts and History, 

Granada, Spain, June 29- July 27, 1997 

Nadejda PRISACARU, Spanish teacher, 

MSU 

International Workshop “European Formation 

of Trainers“, Esneux, Belgium, July 2 - 6, 

1997 

Emilia MORARU, school psychologist, 

Mircea Eliade Lyceum, Chisinau 

Professional Trip to the Institute of Language 

and Communication, Rennes, France ( in 

collaboration with Alliance Francaise from 

Moldova ) in 2 steps : July 4- August 1, July 

15 - August 12, 1997 

Ana AIRINEI 

MSU 

Doina BATRANU 

SPU 

Tamara CAIREAC 

MAM 

Irina CORDUNEANU 

PAM 

Caterina MARCHITAN 

Alliance Francaise 

Veronica MUNTEANU 

V.Alecsandri Lyceum, Chisinau 

Valentina RUDICO 

Alliance Francaise, Ungheni 

Ada SAMOILENCO 

M. Eminescu Lyceum, Chisinau 

Olga SBARCIOG 

M. Eminescu Lyceum, Balti 

Lucia UNTILA 

Ioan Voda Lyceum, Cahul 

Anastasia CRACIUN 

Alliance Francaise 

Tatiana PETCU 

G.Asachi Lyceum, Chisinau 

Raisa ANDRIUTA 

B.Cazacu theoretical Lyceum, Nisporeni 

Ala ANTONOV 

theoretical Lyceum, Causeni 

Victoria DOBA 

TUM 

Maria DOMINTE 

student, MSU 

Natalia GROSU 

student, MSU 

Eugenia ONUFREI 

school #65, Chisinau 

Diomid SANDU 

secondary school, Marandeni village, 

Falesti 

Valentina STRATULA 

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secondary school, Abaclia village, 

Basarabeasca 

Olga TCACI 

TUM 

Natalia ZAGARSCHI 

general school, Chisinau 

EUNIS-97 Congress, Grenoble, France, 

September 9-11, 1997 

Grigore SECRIERU 

director, Information Center, ASM 

Constantin GAINDRIC 

director, Mathematics Institute, ASM 

Training for Teachers who teach in Romanian in 

countries around Romania, Drobeta Turnu- 

Severin, Romania, July 28- August 6, 1997 

Galina MATCOVSCHI 

teacher, Nicolae Iorga Lyceum 

IV Congress of Germanists from Romania, 

Sinaia, Romania, June 2-5, 1997 

Veaceslav LAGUTIN 

BSU, Balti 

“Biological and Technical Development in 

Horticulture“ internship, Brno, Czech Republic, 


Elena DERID 

ASM 

Workshop “Working with children with 

disabilities“, Moscow, Russia, November 3-10, 


Elena JIGAU 

SPU 

Conference of the Association of English 

Teachers, Iasi, Romania, October 10-12, 1997 

Eugenia BALAUR 

Tatiana STEFIRTA 

Oxana ABRAMOVA 

Virginia JASTREMSCHI 

teachers of English 

Nicholas FLETCHER 

British Council, expert 

“Science Evaluation and its Management“ 

NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Prague, 

Czech Republic, November 25-28, 1997 

Veaceslav AFANASIEV 

director, Marketing Center, ASM 

Internship, University of Liege, Belgium, 

October 15- November 30, 1997 

Ilie NASU 

SPU, Balti 

Internships in “Problems of Game Psychology“ 

and “Psychological basis of the Preschooler and 

Secondary School Education“, Moscow 

University, Russia, December 10-25, 1997 

Irina CAUNENCO 

SPU 

Internships and students’ travel to 

various workshops, conferences and 

other events. 

Internship in Dialectology of 42 students from 

CSU to Gabrovo, Bulgaria, April 25-May 11, 


Internship in Sociology of 22 3 rd year students, 

MSU at the Sociology Institute of Romania 

Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, July 


The Didactic Internship in Geodesy of students 

from the TUM, 21 people, at the Technical 

University of Construction, Bucharest, 

Romania, July 7-30, 1997 

International Students Conference, Trondheim, 

Norway, March 7-16, 1997 

Alexandra MIRCIUC, AESM 

Conference of the Association of Nationalities, 

New-York, USA, April 24-27, 1997 

Oxana DONCILA, CEU 

International Student Conference “For an 

Unified Europe“, Enschede, Netherlands, April 



Ileana PUICA 

MSU 

International Youth Gathering, Foundation for 

Freedom, Bristonas, Lithuania, December 28- 

January 3, 1997 

8 students from Moldovan high schools 

International Student Conference “Europe and 

Euro...“, Eindhoven, Netherlands, December 9- 


Olga HAVRONIN 

AESM 

Participation of representatives from 

Moldova to international academic 

competitions: 

Annual Contest of Latin Language “XVII 

Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas“, Arpino, 

Italy, May 8-15, 1997 

Corina STOICA 

Veaceslav PAPANAGA, students 

Silvia RUSU, teacher, Dante Alighieri 

Lyceum 

World University Debate Championship, 

Athens, Greece, December 30, 1997- January 6, 

1998 

Adrian CATAN, Alexandrina ROMAN, 

Irina GUTU 

National Debate Team 

Step by Step 

expenses: $330,700.00 

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In the fourth year of existence the “Step by Step” Program continued to expand in the 

three directions it had in 1996 - pre-school, primary school and higher education 

(training student teachers) - and added a fourth direction, that of training foreign 

language teachers for primary schools. Through a special order from November 1997, 

the Ministry of Education approved the quality of education promoted through the 

Program in both budget and volunteer classrooms and also advised the regional and 

municipal educational authorities to implement formative education using the “Step by 

Step” model and ensure all the necessary conditions for the teachers interested in the 

Program to attend re-training courses. 

Pre-School Education 

expenses: $72,937.00 

By the end of 1997 the Program was active in 29 kindergartens (207 classrooms, with 

over 480 teachers and administrators). For the quality of education and the degree of 

family/community involvement, two model sites were identified as regional training 

centers - Chisinau kindergarten # 216 and Balti kindergarten # 43, with a third center to 

come (Chisinau kindergarten # 188). 

Teams made out of the kindergarten methodologist and the best teachers of these sites 

to train new teachers from the region. The centers also offer regular workshops for the 

methodologists and teachers already working in the Program and for the administrators 


willing to start formative education in their schools. The centers, alongside other 

Program kindergartens, serve as training bases for the student teachers in their active 

practicum and for the in-service teachers that come for re-training courses. 

Continuous training of teachers is Priority Number One for the Program staff, with a 

general average of four seminars and workshops offered each month. The topics 

addressed varied depending on the needs of those who joined the Program at different 

stages. Among others the following issues were dealt with: 

- Dimensions of integration in “Step by Step” 

- Ways of promoting literacy through play 

- Peculiarities of adult teaching/learning (for trainers) 

- Practical ways of using projects 

- What makes a good teacher in a child-centered classroom (a teacher that encourages 

student’s success) 

- Efficient observation techniques, etc 

The staff continued to have regular conferences and focus groups with kindergarten 

principals and methodologists, organized mutual visits of the teachers (especially of 

the trainers to various Program kindergartens) followed by consultations, discussions 

and modification of the strategy used in classroom work. 

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In September another week-long training session with the participation of American 

experts took place, focused primarily on the activity of model centers and training 

trainers for the Program. 

To cover the professional development needs of teachers involved in the Program, the 

staff provides them with the latest sources appearing in Moldova and Romania, with 

digest versions for the sources in English, dictionaries and books for children (in many 

cases with such books that might inspire them to produce new books together with 

their children), etc. 

The kindergartens also benefit from the Program support in the acquisition of didactic 

materials, though a major focus is laid on training teachers to create such materials from 

reusable stuff. 

The changes produced in the children - and teachers - that strike everybody who enters 

the Program classrooms, the response from the parents and the community, and the 

numbers of people willing to learn about the Program speak about its efficiency and 

recognition. A specific evaluation of the Program from outside was made by: 

- representatives of the World Bank and OSI NY who visited several kindergartens and 

primary schools in May, 1997 and gave very positive feedback 

- the participants of the Second Balcan conference of “Step by Step” programs, who 

became very interested in the reports and Program materials presented by Moldovan 

teachers and faculty 

- the pedagogical university and teacher training college faculty 

In May, 1997 the results of the work of all those involved in the Program were 


presented in a conference that was attended by representatives of the Ministry and 

local educational authorities, other educational institutions and faculty. 

In December, 1997 a new initiative was started addressing the development of 

children from birth to three (budget $104,475 .00) that raised special interest in the 

community of professionals, since this age was less targeted up till now from the 

educational perspective (the focus was mostly on childcare). 

Primary Schools 

expenses: $144,469.00 

In the first half of the year the primary school initiative included 20 first grades. These 

teachers were pioneers who started changes themselves, from the changes in classroom 

management through focusing more on learning than on teaching and on partnership 

with families. 

In September, 1997 the Program was extended to 30 other budget classrooms, the 

number of those willing to join being much larger. The selection of classrooms was 

made, as in the previous year, on the basis of a number of spring workshops offered 

to everybody who expressed a desire to take part and through site visits. Since in the 

second year the number of aplicants was much beyond the budgeted number, the 

selection of budget classrooms was postponed till late fall, when the site visits might 

give an answer as to which classrooms could be really considered Program 

classrooms. Thus, in the summer training for the first grades, with the participation 

of American experts, 50 teachers were initiated in interactive teaching strategies, 

planning, observation and evaluation. 

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At the present time the Program is implemented in 50 budget and 21 volunteer 

classrooms. The classrooms were partially provided with furniture, educational materials 

and literature. 

In the program classrooms, children learn through discovery, working in activity centers 

individually, or in small or large groups. All the educational materials and hand held 

equipment are accessible to them. The classroom environment stimulates children’s 

communication, both oral and written and the thematic units studied in class are based 

upon their needs and interests. Teachers help the students identify topics of their 

interest and work out projects. Students’ independence is also promoted by the fact that 

they become used to understanding and correcting their own mistakes. 

Parents in the program classrooms are viewed as partners and experts and are always 

welcome. 

A special priority for the staff is teacher training. This is done through regular 

workshops, seminars and site visits followed by consultations, teacher exchanges, etc. 

The workshops have an interactive character and in many cases they are preceded by 

classroom observations accompanied by discussions. Beginning in September there 

were separate workshops for the first and second grades, but also joint workshops in 

which many of the second grade teachers got some experience in the role of future 


trainers. Here are some of the issues discussed in the seminars: 

- Group learning strategies in primary grades 

- Developing reading and writing skills in “Step by Step” 

- Teacher’s roles in a child-centered classroom 

- Math for children 8 to 10 

- The importance of integrated teaching 

- Choice and its importance in child development, etc. 

In March the Program teachers (then first grade) visited their colleagues from the similar program in 

Romania (Tulcea). It was a very useful exchange. 

The summer training for the second grade teachers with the participation of American experts was a 

joint one -- for teams from Moldova and Romania - and took place in Brasov (Romania). 

A group of teachers had training, together with teachers from the ProDidactica project, in Iasi (Romania). 

Viorica BOGDAN, primary school teacher from Chisinau gymnasium #4, had a two-week 

training session in USA. 

Maria ROSCA, primary school teacher from Chisinau school # 83, participated in the Second 

Balcan “Step by Step” conference in Burgas, Bulgaria. 

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Training Teachers of Foreign Languages in Primary Schools 

A new local initiative was the seminar for teachers of foreign languages in the second 

grades that are implementing the Program. Besides the fact that, through this seminar, 

these teachers get a chance of being exposed to new teaching methods, the initiative has 

as its purpose promoting co-operation between the main teacher and other school 

teachers for the benefit of the children. The English language teachers might also help 

the main teachers to get access to the various materials in English that the Program 

resource center has. 

Higher Education 


In 1997 a seminar was initiated for faculty from the three major pedagogical universities 

and 6 teacher training colleges that train future pre-school and primary school teachers. 

The seminar is conceived as a series of workshops aimed at familiarizing faculty with 

the philosophy and practices of “Step by Step”. 

The workshops in the first half of the year replicated the modules offered at summer 

’96 Balaton training for faculty: Individualization, Partnership with family and Learning 

through play. The modules were presented by the Program staff in co-operation with 

the faculty who attended the Balaton training. At Balaton (summer of 1997) -2 new 

faculty training modules were presented - Child centered curriculum, Observation and 

recording, Interactive learning, etc. - and new faculty were trained to become trainers. 

The latter got actively involved in the fall republican seminar. Besides the core 


contingent that attends the republican seminar (about 26 faculty), the faculty trainers 

organize regional trainings that help cover the needs of larger numbers of faculty 

interested in formative education. They have a very good relationship with the model 

centers. Faculty at some institutions managed to change the curriculum so as to include 

new courses and to revise the student practice at school: students are supposed to 

spend no less than 50% of their time in “Step by Step” classrooms. 

East - East 

expenses: $84,916.00 


The East East Program was conceived by the Foundation as a tool to encourage the 

exchange of ideas and open dialogue among institutions and individuals in Central and 

Eastern Europe. The program focuses on sharing and learning from each other’s 

experiences in the post-communist transformation and developing skills to address the 

common problems of post-communist societies. 

As in many other societies which try to reject a totalitarian past, the current stage of 

Moldova’s transition from the communist past to democracy and market economy 

remains full of contradictions. Some sources of this confusion are the lack of a clear 

economic reform strategy, lack of an overall and adequate legislative framework for the 

development of democratic processes, and limited efficiency of emerging civil 

institutions and political/ social organizations. Furthermore, the majority of the 

population lacks experience and self-improvement to assist itself in the new 

environment of political and economic democracy. 

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Under internal and external conditions, some countries from Eastern Europe went 

further in their effort to pursue a political and social democratization, and to create a 

market economy. They also managed to find the possibilities of cultural and 

professional synchronization with general human values. Cooperation between the 

countries of Central and Eastern Europe could encourage a faster recognition and more 

dynamic, mutual acceptance toward world values and culture, which is the main 

precondition for new strategic alliances among old continent nations. 

The East East Program in Moldova offers great opportunities to exchange ideas and 

knowledge accumulated by Central and Eastern Europe countries on building a 

democratic society. The strongest arguments in favor of this Program are the results 

achieved during 1997. 13 projects were accomplished within the framework of the East 

East Hosting Programs, which involved efforts of two or more foundations from the 

region. These programs were addressed to more than 200 active participants from local 

communities. 36 Moldovan experts were invited abroad and 62 experts from outside 

visited Moldova during the year. Within the East East Participating Programs, 99 

Moldovan representatives had the opportunity to attend 44 East East events, organized 

by foundations in the region, which involved 19 countries. 


Hosting and Joint Programs 

expenses: $46,590.00 

Social Development: From Marxism-Leninism to Open Society Values. Visit to Bucharest of young 

sociologists from Moldova, April 3-10, 1997 

(joint project between Bucharest and Chisinau; co-funded by International HESP OSI- 

Budapest) 

Participants: V.TURCANU, Head, Laboratory of Sociology, MSU; Head of the 

International HESP Laboratory of Sociology; N.Sali, lecturer of Sociology, Political 

Sciences Department, MSU; E.MIHAILOV, post-graduate student in Sociology, 

journalist, Flux weekly; E.STRATAN, M.MASCAUTAN, N.LUCHIAN, N.CHIRILOV, 

E.BIRIUC - second and third year-students, Department of Philosophy, Sociology and 

Psychology, MSU 

Regional Environmental Advocacy and Public Interest Conference, May 25-28, 1997, Holercani, 

Moldova 

(ABA/CEELI, Soros Foundation Moldova) 

Participants - 45 representatives of NGOs and environmental lawyers from the region, 

9 experts from CEE 

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Post-Privatization Problems. Visit of Czech experts to Moldova, June 18-22, 1997, Chisinau 

(Soros Foundation Moldova and OSI-Prague) 

Participants: Jan MLADEK, Director of the Czech Institute of Applied Economics, 

Miloslav MULLER, Deputy Director of the Czech Geographic and Map Office; Ivan 

PRIKRYL, Director of the Union of the Czech and Moravian Cooperatives; Eduard 

REZNICEK, Deputy Mayor of Cesky Krumlov; Ivan SYNEK, translator; Vlasta 

HIRTOVA, EEP Coordinator, Open Society Fund-Prague 

International Cultural Seminar: Sacred Rupestrian Architecture within the South-East European 

Civilizations, June 22-27, 1997, Chisinau, Capriana, Orheiul-Vechi, Tipova, Saharna 

(Soros Foundation Moldova, Archaeological Investigation Center of the Republic of 

Moldova) 

Program Director: Gheorghe POSTICA 

Participants: 45: 16 experts from Romania, Ukraine, Jugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, 

Georgia 

Visit to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Moldova of Representatives 

of NGO Resource Centres in Ukraine (Kiev, Lviv, Cernauti), June 12, 1997, Chisinau 

Brainstorm’97: Summer School in the Art of Communication, July 20 - August 4, 1997, 

Holercani, Moldova 

(Soros Foundation Moldova, SFOS-Romanian branches: Bucuresti, Timisoara, Cluj, 

Iasi) 

Project director - Antonina SARBU 

Participation: 14 students from Moldova, 10 students from Romania, 3 professors from 

West Timisoara University and Iasi University, 2 journalists from Moldova 


Internship Program in the Czech Republic for Young Doctors of Moldova, Prague, Plzen, Czech 

Republic 

(Department of Social Work of Charles University, the Open Society Fund-Prague, 

Soros Foundation Moldova) 

Mariana PASECHNIC, Clinic of Cardiology in Plzen, October 2-31, 1997 

Sergiu SANDRU, Clinic of Motol, Intensive Care Unit in Prague, November 2-30, 1997 

Loreta ESANU, Clinic of Internal Medicine in Plzen, November 2-30, 1997 

Oleg PULBERE, Clinic of Orthopedics in Prague, November 2-30, 1997 

Strengthening Civil Society in Eastern Europe: First Forum of Moldovan NGOs, November 3-6, 

1997, Chisinau 

(Soros Foundation Moldova, “Contact” Center for NGOs) 

Participation: experts from NGOs in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine, 

and NGOs representatives from Moldova. 

South-Eastern Europe: Through Regional Integration toward Integration in Europe, December 10- 

13, 1997, Chisinau 

(International Center for European Formation Moldova (ICEM), Euro-Atlantic Center 

of Moldova, Soros Foundation Moldova). 

Participants: 6 experts in political strategy issues, representatives of NGOs, sociologists, 

independent analysts and mass media representatives, international organizations, the 

political community and government representatives in Moldova 

Information Exchange Program: Baltic Countries and Moldova 

Moldova-Estonia-Lithuania: Visit of Vlad Berco, journalist from Moldova, September 

23-October 6, 1997, Tallinn, Vilnius 

Lithuania-Moldova: Visit of Lauras Bielinis, journalist from Lithuania, October 13-17, 


Moldova-Latvia: Visit of Vasile Cioaric to Riga, November 3-13, 1997 

Latvia-Moldova: Visit of Andris Berzins to Chisinau, November 24 - December 2, 1997 

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Internship Program for Women NGOs, December 14-21, 1997, Warsaw 

(Stefan Bathory Foundation, Soros Foundation Moldova) 

Participants: Liliana Ciobanu, journalist, Business Women’s Club; Adela Zabolotnaia, 

Democratic League of Women of Moldova; Maria Bulgari, Women with University 

Degree Association; Ana Gorea, professor, IIUM; Antonina Sirbu, Women’s Program 

Coordinator, the Soros Foundation Moldova 

Transformation of Economics. Visit to Prague of Moldovan Experts, November 30 - December 5, 

1997, Prague 

(OSF-Prague, Czech Institute of Applied Economics, Soros Foundation-Moldova) 

Participants: Valeriu CAPSIZU, Ministry of Privatisation, Head of the Department for 

Investments; Ion STRATULAT, Director of the National Agency for Surveying, 

Mapping and Cadaster; Tatiana UNGUREANU, Ministry of Justice, Head of Attorney 

and Public Dept.; Daria ZANOGA, consultant for external relations, Ministry of 

Economics and Reforms of Moldova; Anatol RAU, municipal government of 

Chisinau, Head of the Land Dept.; Ceslav CIOBANU, Agency for Restructuring of 


Industry, Chair of Economics of the International Independent University of 

Moldova; Igor VERLAN, Universalbank, Head of the Credit Dept. 

Management of Change and Health Care Reform in Slovakia, September 21-October 5, 1997, 

Bratislava 

Participants: Valeriu SAVA, deputy-director of the Sientific-Practical Center for Public 

Health and Sanitary Management; Ion ARTENI, doctor, deputy-chief, hospital #4; 

Adela GLAVAN, Doctor, deputy-chief, the Direction for Health of the Chisinau 

Mayor’s Office; Iurie GUZGAN, doctor chief of the Sanatorium of the Academy of 

Sciences of Moldova; Valeriu JARDAN, Director of the Medical College from 

Ungheni; Natalia POPLAVSCHI, doctor, deputy chief for organisational and 

methodological activity of the City Clinic; Mihail CIOBANU, Director of the Hospital 

in Carpineni, Hancesti; Sergiu COBALETCHI, Executive Director of the Medical 

Informational Center of Moldova 

Participating Projects 

expenses: $38,410.00 

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The Role of Further Education of Local 

Government Personnel in the Democratization of 

Societies in Central and Eastern Europe, 

Jurmala, Latvia, January 29 - February 1, 1997 

Tudor DELIU, Arcadie BARBAROSIE, 

lecturers, APAM 

Lidia SPATARU, Director, Center for 

Social Innovation in Moldova 

Exchange Program for Representatives of Local 

Government: Poland and Moldova. Visit to 

Poland of Representatives of Local Government 

from Moldova, Warsaw and Bialystok, March 


V.DIDENCU, professor, APAM, 

V.STRIMBANU, M.MAMALIGA, 

G.FOCSA, V.GROZDEVA, V.COTAGA, 

N.CURTEV, S.BOLDURATU, 

I.CATAN, T.PAPANA - representatives 

of local government from various 

localities of Moldova 

Better Perception for the Future: Kazakhstan in 

the Process of Transformation, Almaty, March 


E. ABILDAEV, director of the 

Independent TVK-Asket, Tiraspol 

The Role of Emotional Components in 

Human Activity and World Perception, March 

25-27, 1997, Dnepropetrovsk 

Olga RUSU, post-graduate student in 

Sociology, MSU 

First Central and Eastern European Junior 

Achievement Students’ Companies Fair, 

Sosnowiec, Poland, April 2-6, 1997 

Adela SCUTARU, Galina BRAILEANU, 

Alina CUCIUC, Serghei TURCAN, Elena 

SAVCA - participants in the Junior 

Achievement Program of Moldova 

Phenomenon as a Philosophical Problem, Prague, 

April 6-11, 1997 

Stefan Lupan, researcher, Institute of 

Sociology and Philosophy, ASM 

Personality and Change: Psychologists’ Role in 

Diagnosis of Socio-Political Processes, Jurmala, 


Mircea BORDEAN, Ala CIORICI, 

Moldovan Association of Young 

Psychologists 

Mass Media and Law, Bishkek, April 22-24, 


Elena Iepure, TVK-Asket, Tiraspol 

Violeta COJOCARU, Moldovan 


Committee for Freedom of Press 

Issues of Western Cultural Expansion in Post- 

Communist Countries, Nijhny Novgorod, May 


Natalia ALHAZOVA, lecturer, Modern 

Languages Department, MSU 

NGO Involvement in Reforming the Legal 

Framework of NGO Tax Issues, Varna, May 


Piotr GORBUNENKO, Helsinki Citizen 

Assembly of Moldova 

Modern Teaching Techniques in Business 

Education, St.Petersburg, May 24-25, 1997 

Larisa LUBAROV, lecturer of Economics 

Department, IIUM 

Grigore BELOSTECINIC, Dean of 

Marketing Department, AESM 

Traces of German Culture in Eastern Europe, 

Poiana Brasov, May 30-June 1, 1997 

Tamara LISNIC, MSU, President of the 

Moldovan Association of Teachers of 

German Language, and 9 professors of 

German from Universities of Moldova, 

members of the Association 

Violence in the Contemporary World: Power, 

Society and Criminality, St.Petersburg, June 


Stanislav MELNIC, post-graduate student 

in Sociology, Institute of Philosophy, 

Sociology and Law, ASM 

1997 Summer School of Czech and Russian 

Studies, Pilsen, July 7-25, 1997 

A. SARBU, journalist 

F. BODNARI, student, IIUM 

M. MOCREAC, student, SPU 

A. GROSU, student, MPSUM 

Practical School on Field Ecology, Sevastopol, 

July 20-31, 1997 

Domnica ANDREEV, Ecological Club, 

Calarasi 

Alexandra DOROSENCO, “Izvoras” 

Ecological Club, Cricova 

Valentina BUREATINSKAIA, 

“Kolokol” Gutta Club 

Seminar: Children with Disabilities and 

Integration into Society, Bukova, Czech 

Republik, July 24-August 2, 1997 

Victoria PLAMADEALA, lecturer, 

Department of Psychology, SPU 

Valentina STRATAN, Humanitas 

Association 

Interface: Celebration of Diversity, Chtelnica, 

Slovakia, August 10-20, 1997 

Daniela TERZI, student, SPU 

Igor BOTAN, student, MSU 

Elena VOVC, student, MPSUM 

Fathers for the Rights of Disabled Children, 

Slavyansk, Ukraine, August 18-22, 1997 

Serghei ERMURACHI, Association of 

Large Families of Moldova 

Oleg TABARANU, “Save the Children” 

Association 

Human Rights for Persons with Mental 

Handicaps, Prague, September 7-12, 1997 

Irina CARPENCO, lecturer at the 

Psycho-Pedagical Department, SPU 

Vasile LICHII, Humanitas Association 

SECI Student Conference, Belgrad, October 


Luciano POPA, “Ignis” Youth Club 

Vadim GUZUN, deputy-chief of the 

“European Time” NGO 

Competitiveness of Countries in Transition 

during Economic Depression, Ljubljana, 

October 2-4, 1997 

Igor FETINIUC, expert, Agency for 

Enterprises Restructure and Assistance 

Victor CIOBANU, director of the 

Research Economic Institute, ASM 

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Mass Media and the Citizen’s Right, Iasi, 


Igor NAGACERSCHI, journalist, 

“Flux” newspaper 

Alexandru CANTIR, journalist, BASA- 

Press 

Civicus World Assembly, Budapest, September 


Stela MOCANU, Pro-Democracy 

Association 

Congress of International Federation of 

Environmental Journalists, Budapest, October 


Stefan TERIS, editor of “Nature” 

magazine 

Andrei DUMBRAVEANU, journalist, 

State Teleradio Company of Moldova 

Constantin PARTAC, Deputy Director, 

State Teleradio Company of Moldova 

Regional Program for Improvement of Interethnic 

Relations, Tallinn, October 15-18, 1997 

Victoria MAZUROVA, Chief of the 

Ukrainian Women Association from 


Social Activism in Urban Environment, 

Novosibirsk, October 6-12, 1997 

Veronica TANASOVA, Greek Moldovan 

Cultural Association 

Restructuring the Social Field, Iasi, October 


Lidia TROFAILA, professor, MSU 

Larisa STOG, professor, MSU 

Grigore TAPU, lecturer, Psychological 

Department, MSU 

Cooperation on Environmental Issues, 

N.Novgorod, October 22-25, 1997 

Elena ZUBCOV, researcher, Institute of 

Zoology, ASM 

Andrei VASILIEV, researcher, Institute 

of Zoology, ASM 

East European Network against Male Violence, 

Belgrad, October 27- November 1, 1997 

Svetlana FILINCOV, lawyer, advisor of 

the Women Beijing Group Association 

Relationship between NGOs and Authorities, 

St. Petersburg, October 27-31, 1997 

Natalia IZDEBSCHI, chief, Department 

for NGO registration, Ministry of Justice 

of Moldova 

Lidia LOZOVAN, chief of the Legislative 

Department, Ministry of Justice of 


Regional Workshop: Identity, Ljubljana, 

November 9-11, 1997 

Ana PASCARU, researcher, Institute of 

Philosophy, Sociology and Law, ASM 

Baltic Criminological Seminar, Riga, November 


Serghei VOROSILOV, doctor in 

sociology, director, “Contranomia” Public 

Research Institute 

Religion and Community, Osh, Kirghizia, 

October 29-November 1, 1997 

Angela ZUBCO, Ph.D.in history, lecturer, 

HUM 

Visit to Poland of Young Historians, Warsaw, 

December 7-11, 1997 

Ion SISCANU, senior researcher, 

Institute of History, ASM 

Octavian CIUMAC, student, History 

Department, SPU 

Youth on the Way to Civil Society, Samara, 


Silvia CARP, member of the Helsinki 

Committee, student, TSU 

Evaluation of Political Orientations, Samara, 


Iulia GORINCIOI, professor at the 

Political Science Department, MSU 

Human Rights Education, Kharkiv, October 


29-November 4, 1997 

Valeria CIOBANU, member of the 

Helsinki Committee, student at Law 

Department, MSU 

Elena GRATINICI, member of the 

“ALTAIR” Ecological Agency 

Fundraising Seminar, Sofia, November 26-30, 


Aliona NICULITA, Director of the 

“Contact” NGO Center 

Medical and Social Aspects of Rehabilitation, 

Donetsk, Slaveanogorsk, December 8-22, 


Maria GOTONOAGA, “Child 

Neurology” department head, Mother 

and Child Health Care Center of 


Alternative Rights Activity Movement, 

Kharkiv, October 27-31, 1997 

Veceaslav TURCAN, President of 

Amnesty International 

Democratic Youth Leadership, Donetsk, 

December 10-17, 1997 

Cabac SERGIU, member of Moldovan 

Helsinki Committee 

Participation of Women in Economic 

Transition, Kharkiv, December 16-20, 1997 

Tatiana PARCALAB, Business Women’s 

Association 

Valentina TESELCHINA, member of 

the Beijing Women Group 

Summer School SIDU, Croatia, Lastovo, 

August 31 - September 10, 1997 

Natalia SINEAEVA, member of the 

Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly of Moldova 

Andrei COVAL, member of the Political 

Science Laboratory 

Evaluation of the “Brainstorm’97” Summer 

School, Timisoara, December 10-14, 1997 

Antonina SARBU - summer school 

director 

Alexandru EFTODI - summer school 

participant, student MSU 

Anatol ADAM - summer school 

participant, AIM student 

Gheorghe BUDEANU - professor, 

journalist at the “Flux” newspaper 

Natalia COSTAS - summer school 

participant, MSU student 

Ana MELNIC - summer school 

participant, high school student 

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Library 

expenses: $141,418.00 


The Program strategy in 1997 came about due to the precarious economic situation of 

libraries, and an appreciation of their vital role in assuring access to information in a 

transitional society. The main objective of the Program was to support priority 

libraries activities: book stock completion, library automation, and professional 

development. 

The priority areas of library support were determined by professionals from the library 

and information fields. They presented a large number of activities to help Moldovan 

libraries meet international functional standards based on advanced IT. 

Thus, the Program covered three main areas: 


- Book acquisition and subscription to periodicals 

- Professional development for library staff 

- Library automation 

The Book Foundation, a non-governmental organization, set up to distribute books, 

Soros Foundation Program publications, additional donations from publishing houses, 

was supported within the Library Support Program. 

Book acquisition and subscription to periodicals 

expenses: $38,396.00 

The program’s purpose was to complete the central libraries’ stock with major foreign 

periodicals, and also to provide public libraries with subscriptions to national cultural 

and art journals as “ Sud Est”, “Contrafort” and “Basarabia”. 

Library subscription to foreign periodicals - $12,370.00 

including: 

The National Library - 26 titles - $4,846.00 

Ion Creanga National Children’s Library - 12 titles - $2,895.00 

The Republican Technical Scientific Information Library - 20 titles - $4,331.00 

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385 subscriptions of the journals “Sud Est”, “Contrafort” and “ Basarabia” for central, university 

and public libraries - $5,761.00 

Financial support was offered to the National Library for the publication of a catalogue “Foreign 

periodicals acquired by the Moldovan libraries in 1995” - $130.00 

The Central Scientific Library of the ASM received a grant for maintaining the international 

publication exchange, constituting the main stock of this library’s collection - $2,035.00 

Professional development 


The program covered three aspects: 

- participation of librarians in major international events in the related field 

- organization of training courses in collaboration with Network Library Program 

(NLP) 

- encouraging the initiatives, regarding the organization and development of 

professional reunions or retraining activities 

Travel to seminars & conferences 

The selection of Moldovan participants was done on a competitive basis. 


Annual Conference of the International Librarian Federation 

Alexe RAU, president of the Library Association 

Faina TLEHUCI, director of the BSU Library 


International Conference, Crimea 

Petru RACU, director of the Republican Technical Scientific Information Library 

“Work with Foreign Publications” international conference, February, 1997 

E.BOLGARINA, librarian, Foreign Language and Literature Department, The National 

Library 

TINLIB user group conference (integrate library system) in Cluj, June, 1997 

L. VEDRASCU, head of the Library Automation Department, Central University 

Library 

“Library - the Center of Culture and Knowledge” conference, Cluj, June, 1997 

Valentina LOZINSCHI, librarian at the Central Scientific Library, ASM 

In correspondence with the program strategy and training activities, suggested by the 

Regional Library Program, OSI Budapest, two seminars with major topics for library 

activities were organized. Leading specialists with valuable experience in the field were 

invited from abroad. 

“Project Design and Stock Search” seminar, October 14-15, 1997, $900 

expert- Julia PIKSHILINGAITE, Program Coordinator at the Open World Institute in 

Lithuania. 

32 librarians from central, university and public regional libraries took part at the 

seminar. The audience was familiarized with project development mechanisms, 

fundraising, sources collection and project presentation for examination. Special 

attention was offered to projects designed for presentation to the Regional Program or 

other organizations offering grants. 

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”Collection Development” seminar, November 18-20, 1997, $1,260.00 

Led by Lyndon Pugh, independent expert from Great Britain and professional with a 

great experience in library management and continuous training for librarians. 

The seminar was addressed to specialists involved in acquisition and stock completion 

and also management staff. 

Number of participants - 30 people. 

The main aspects discussed were: 

- collection development in a transitional period 

- management of the completion and acquisition process 

- necessary skills for collection development 

- new technologies and stock completion 

As a result of the course, participants received a large number of didactic materials. 

Within continuous training activities, the Management Courses for librarians hold a special place. 

$850.00 

It is a project of the Library Association and the National Library and is supported 

by the Soros Foundation Moldova, NLP, OSI Budapest, ALA and USIS in Moldova. 

The project is responsible for organizing a number of training seminars in library 

management for various categories of librarians ( around 200 people), held by Beau 


David Case, expert from the USA. The courses are held starting in January, 1998 and 

took place over a 4 months period. 

The third important aspect of the Program was supporting library initiatives, 

for the organization of professional meetings which would provide an exchange 

of experience. 

On May 26, 1997, just before the Soros Foundation anniversary, the round table meeting “Library 

- an informational and knowledge center for the society development” was organized, at which 60 

specialists from various libraries participated, $201.00 

The discussions were held around diverse aspects of library functions within 

challenging social and economic conditions, integration in the international 

information circuit, changes in the professional awareness of librarians, in satisfying 

the information requests of users. 

The round table was followed by a Book Foundation presentation together with an 

exhibition of books donated by the Soros Foundation and distributed by the Book 

Foundation. 

The third event was an exhibition of foreign journals subscribed to through the 

Support Library Program of the Soros Foundation during the last few years for 

libraries in the republic. 

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The Libraries Program was pleased to support an initiative of the AESM Library, which organized 

the “International Conference on Information Services Modernization”, held September 25-26, 1997 

at the AESM Library, $2520 

Approximately 100 library specialists participated at the conference, brought together for 

the first time from Moldova, Romania, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia and France, in order 

to share their experience. Topics included: development based on IT, electronic 

catalogue use, financial administration of information resources, and librarians 

retraining. During the conference, a number of automated library systems were 

demonstrated, including the AESM Library automation network, the Romanian 

National Libraries Shared Catalogue (USIS), and the George Pompidou Center/Public 

Information Library’s Server, from Paris. Invited experts and local participants 

expressed appreciation for the conference’s level of organization and the quality of the 

presented reports. 

Library Automation 

expenses: $87,549.00 


This program aims to prompt libraries to meet the international standards of information manufacture 

and library process automation through the implementation of advanced informational technologies. 

The project “The implementation of the Integrate Library System TINLIB” of the 

National Library, that concluded the automation process and the creation of a local 

automation network was supported within the Program. The project is very valuable for 

the republic’s library automation and the libraries’ integration in a national automation 

system. 


Book Foundation 


The Book Foundation - a non-governmental organization founded in 1996 by the Soros 

Foundation, Library Association from Moldova and the Ion Creanga National 

Children’s Library, continued its activity of didactic and reference book delivery, 

published within the Soros Foundation programs. 

Another important aspect of the Book Foundation’s activity was the establishment of 

relationships with publishing houses and private individuals interested in making book 

donations to complete libraries’ collection. The Book Foundation has also become 

active in announcing new publications to libraries and interested individuals. The 

Book Foundation, in accordance with its legal status, undertook limited book 

marketing. 

During the year, the Book Foundation received for distribution 86 book titles in 

around 100000 copies, 27 of which (67180 copies) were published with the support 

of the Soros Foundation and 59 titles (32595 copies) from other donation sources. 

64000 copies of book donations were distributed to 3058 libraries throughout the 

republic, including public, university, school, and other secondary education libraries. 

In order to distribute book donations as quick and efficient as possible, the Book 

Foundation staff visited 22 regions of the republic. 

The most vulnerable aspect of the Book Foundation’s functions is the development of a 

viable mechanism of self sufficiency in which book marketing would be the main source 

of self financing. 924 book copies were sold in 1997, that represented only 1% of the 

total number of donations available for sale. The income obtained as a result of the 

marketing activity (13113 lei) hardly covered the salary expenses of the engaged staff. 

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Internet and Computers for High Schools 

expenses: $84,912.00 


ComSoros - a computerisation program in the field of education - aims to install advanced personal 

computers in education institutions throughout the Republic of Moldova. The main objectives of the 

program in 1997 were implementing Internet connections for schools, as well as traditional projects like 

summer camp, training courses, and equipment donation. 

Summer Camp 

expenses: $13,217.85 

Summer camps organized by the Soros Foundation Moldova in collaboration with the 

Center for New Information Technologies have demonstrated their efficiency in 

extending pupils’ knowledge in the field of computer science. 

The third Summer Camp (SVI’97) took place during July 7-21, 1997 in Camp Andries, 

located 30 km from Chisinau. For the first time computer labs in the camp had on-line 

connection to the Internet. For 2 weeks more than 100 pupils from around Moldova 


enefited form Internet access, training courses in surfing the Net, WWW 

development, etc. 

Also, for the first time the attendees of the camp had an English Language course. 

At the end of the camp a conference for teachers of informatics took place. The 

main issues discussed were teaching techniques, resources and new teaching software. 

Pictures from camp life as well as the daily issues of the camp newspaper can be found 

at http://www.cnti.moldnet.md 

We want to express our gratitude to the Ministry of Communication and Computing 

who provided a free leased line to the summer camp. 

The “One Lab” Contest 

expenses: $17,073.39 

The experience of past years has shown the necessity of equipping high schools with 

modern computers. In 1997, a contest named “One Lab” was announced. The contest 

had no eligibility restrictions, but priority was given to regional high schools. 25 high 

schools applied to the contest. Soros Foundation Moldova chose 3 finalists, which was 

possible due to lower equipment prices. 

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- Constantin Stere High School, Soroca. Computer lab consisting of 11 Pentiums 133, a printer, 

and a modem. 

- Pentiums were added to Calarasi Regional High School Computer Lab. 

- The Soros Foundation Moldova financed 50% of Dubasari High School Computer Lab. The other 

50% waz provided by the School. 

Center of New Information Technologies 

expenses: $44,190.09 

The Center for New Information Technologies is a Center of the Ministry of 

Education, responsible for the development of Computing teachers and which is also a 

partner of the Soros Foundation Moldova in running the ComSoros Program. In 

collaboration with the Center, the Soros Foundation organized training courses for 

pupils, summer camps, and special courses for school staff. 

For three years CNIT had no permanent building, which caused difficulties in using the 

Center to its maximum potential. In the beginning of 1997, a contract between the 

Center and a Chisinau high school was signed regarding the allocation of space for the 

Center. After the opening, many people (pupils, teachers, and professors) benefit 

from 2 computer labs. Qualified specialists, the library and public classes have access 

to the Internet. 

Other Programs 


Within the framework of this Program, the course “IBM Compatible Computers in School” was 

organized. 

11 village -school Computing teachers attended the course. The course was limited to 


teachers 35 or younger. 

The Soros Foundation Moldova also supported participation at conferences, training courses and 

seminars. 

Internet for Schools 

expenses: $19,100.00 


During 1997, 30 high schools were connected to Internet. The on-line program had 

no restrictions. Any school that asked to be put on-line and had IBM compatible 

computers was connected. 

Also, two permanent connections (via leased lines) to Academic and Research Network 

MoldNET were financed. Beneficiaries of these connections are the Ministry of 

Education and the Computing College. The project presented by the Ministry of 

Education planned to create an information exchange point for its regional departments. 

Computers and modems for the regional departments of the Ministry will be granted 

by the World Bank Project. 

Internet and E-mail 

expenses: $125,435.00 


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The main aim of the Internet and E-mail Program is to develop the MoldNET academic and 

research network (http://www.moldnet.md), created in 1996. The network interconnects 

universities, research institutions, schools, non-governmental organizations, as well as provides access 

to individuals (scientists, professors, students and pupils) that have technical possibility (computer 

with modem) to connect to the Net. 

The network offers the most-demanded Internet services as E-mail, WWW, FTP, NEWS, etc. 

By the end of 1997 to MoldNET were connected 

Universities and research institutions - 9 

High schools - 30 

NGOs - 37 

Mass-media organizations - 13 

Projects supported in 1997: 

Public Access Class, $34,967.16 

The Class equipped with modern computers connected on-line to the Internet will be 

open 24 hour for the public interested in surfing and using Internet services. In this 

class will also be held Internet related courses for the popularization of the Internet in 

Moldova. 


Administration of the MoldNET, $17,964.55 

The Soros Foundation Moldova supports the costs related to the administration of 

the Academic and Research Network. Also financed was their participation at 

different conferences and seminars and acquisition of specific literature. 

Connectivity Projects, $13,465.44 

During the year several connectivity projects coming from academic and research 

institutions of Moldova were supported. 

The Academy of Studies in Public Administration (http://www.asdap.moldnet.md) was 

connected via a leased line. Beneficiaries: 500 students and more than 50 professors. 

The Soros Foundation Moldova is financing the LAN development project of the 

Computer Center of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (http:// 

acad.moldnet.md). The main aim of the project is connecting of 9 research 

institutions (Institute of Physics, Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Zoology, etc) 

situated on the Academy Street to the Computer Center LAN and providing full 

Internet access to these Institutions. 

A connectivity project for the CCU was approved. Beneficiaries: more that 1000 

students and 180 professors. 

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Regional Program 

expenses: $64,423.50 

During 1997 the Regional Internet Program supported expenses related to Internet 

connectivity. In November the VSAT connection to Internet was up-graded to 256 

KBPS. This up-grade significantly increased the quality of service offered by the 

MoldNET Academic and Research Network. 


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C i v i l S o c i e t y 

P u b l i c A d m i n i s t r a t i o n 

S u p p o r t o f E c o n o m i c R e f o r m s 

L a w P r o g r a m 

M e d i c a l P r o g r a m s 


Civil Society 

expenses: $190,575.00 


The Civil Society Program fosters the essential norms of a civil society - individual 

rights, free association, the opening of public and private sectors, legality, opinions, 

initiative, as well as sustaining the creation of mechanisms for social control and 

influence over the state and its institutions. 

The projects accomplished in 1997 aimed to support NGO activity, both Chisinaubased 

and especially regional ones. Supported projects respond to some acute 

community needs, are innovative, can provide models, contribute to the promotion 

of NGO activity and involve citizens in their achievement. 

The NGO grant competition “Strengthening the collaboration among the three 

sectors of the society and NGO development in the Republic of Moldova” 



(co-financed by Eurasia and the Soros Moldova Foundations) 

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The goals of the competition were to: 

- increase the social importance of the non-governmental sector in Moldova 

- improve the communicational and informational possibilities of local nongovernmental 

organizations 

- stimulate the partnership among different local NGOs and those from Chisinau 

- consolidate the relationship and collaboration between non-governmental 

organizations and governmental and commercial structures 

- reduce the significant difference between the level of development of Chisinau based 

NGOs and those from the regions 

About 70 non-governmental, non-profit, non-political, non-religious, registered NGOs 

participated at the competition. The proposed projects had concrete goals, related to the 

following problem areas: 

- collaboration between the government and non-profit sector 

- collaboration between the private business and non-profit sector 

- supremacy of law 

- development of professional associations 

- development of local public administration 

- development of entrepreneurial relations 

- interaction with mass-media 

The winners (25 organizations) received grants in the value up to $5,000.00 for 

carrying out the projects during one year. The grants were followed by seminars and 

training related to NGO activity and the use of purchased equipment. Between June 

16- July 10, 1997, the National Assistance and Information Center for NGOs and the 

Social Innovation Center organized seminars with the topic “Proposal Writing” in 

Stefan-Voda, Ceadir-Lunga, Edinet, Vulcanesti. 

The Soros Foundatiopn-Moldova financed projects of the following organizations: 


“Pro Democratia” Association, branch Hincesti, $5,000.00 

“Rezina Info” Association, Rezina, $5,000.00 

The Association of Independent Press, $4,735.00 

“Pro Natura” Organization, Drochia, $4,737.00 

“Ocno v mir” Information Center for Youth, Tiraspol, $5,000.00 

Support for NGOs Open Program 

expenses: $49,028.00 


The Soros Foundation Moldova continued to finance various intiatives of the nongovernmental 

organizations on a competitive basis throughout 1997. 

Program objectives: 

-to encourage and develop non-governmental organizations which express a social 

initiative and concern 

-to encourage contact between NGOs and State structures, in order to help resolve 

social problems 

-to improve the professional level of the non-profit sector specialists in Moldova 

-to promote tolerance between individuals and social groups 

-to promote social integration and protection of human rights 

The grant-decision making for the program were made at the Board monthly 

meetings. 

Anti-AIDS week “Give Youth Light and Love”, $1,173.00 

The “Youth for the Right to Live” organization, project director Antonita Fonari 

The project had the goal to inform youth about the danger of AIDS and drug 

dependence. The program included press conferences (Chisinau, Balti), meetings with 

pupils from the Drochia district, a seminar in Balti with the topic “AIDS prevention 

and overcoming psychological barriers”, a radio marathon at the National Radio and 

charity actions for people infected with AIDS. The project was co-financed by the 

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and by the Clinic of Esthetic Medicine. 

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The register of socially dependent senior citizens, $2,250.00 

The “Kindness” (“Bunatate”) national association of senior citizens, project director 

Samoil Cojocaru. 

The goal of the project is the creation, in collaboration with the National Center for 

medical-social rehabilitation, of a medical-social register of socially dependent senior 

citizens (surviving without relatives). The register will improve medical-social assistance 

that is given to senior citizens, and the premature diagnosis of characteristic geriatric 

sicknesses. 

“Human Rights in Penitentiaries” International Seminar, September 4-6, 1997, $2,260.00 

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Moldova, project director Stefan Uritu. 

Experts participating at this seminar came from the Council of Europe, from Denmark, 

Poland, Rumania and Russia, workers from the penitentiary system and representatives 

of NGOs from the Republic of Moldova. The project was co-financed by the 

Council of Europe. 


The “Environment, NGO and law: public interest and the strengthening of NGOs” conference, 

May 22-24, 1997, Calarasi, Moldova, project director Victoria DERGACIOV, $5,294.00 

The conference was organized with the support of CEELI, CEP, USIS, Counterpart 

and the Soros Foundation Moldova and brought together environmental NGOs from 

Moldova, representatives from the Moldovan government, higher education 

institutions, ministries and departments, students and representatives of NGOs from 

Rumania, Ukraine, Hungary and Russia. The conference was co-financed by CEELI 

($7,000.00), CEP ($6,000.00), USIS ($5,000.00), BKHF ($4,000.00). 

The second annual charity ball, $1,500.00 

International Association for Charity in Moldova 

The collected funds (on the UNICEF’s account) were designed for diagnosis and 

treatment of the Juvenile Diabetes, which endangers the youth’s health in Moldova. 

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Publishing of “The young psychologist” informational newsletter, $1,000.00 

The psychologist student association from Moldova (ASPM), project director 

Svetlana PRODAN 

“The young psychologist” monthly informational newsletter, published from September 

1996, is conceived as a source of information about the development of theoretical and 

practical psychology in Moldova, methods and techniques for professional selfimprovement 

and a place for research, opinions and suggestions of the young 

psychologists, in order to support their involvement in scientific and practical work. 

The micro-reservation “The cliff”, $1,000.00 

The association TABIECOM, project director Aurel LOZAN 

The goal of the project is to confer micro-reserve status for “The cliff ’ (“Stinca”) 

(near the village of Cosauti, Soroca). The project involved research activities of the 

field, ecological expertise, and determining the factors that pollute the environment, 

and production of the film “The path to the cliff ”. Co-financed by the ISAR 

foundation - $1,164.00 

“Polish Culture Days in Moldova”, October, 16-26, 1997, $860.00 

Project director Liuba BURAVTEVA 

Famous art personalities from Moldova, Poland, Ukraine and Russia participated at this 

event. This promotional event of Polish culture took place in collaboration with the 

Polish Embassy of Moldova, International Society “Wspolnota Polska”, and the 

National Television of Poland. 

Violence-free society, $2,000.00 

The “Woman today” (“Femeia Azi”) organization, project director Liuba URITU 

The goal of the project is to create a psychological rehabilitation center for women 

suffering from rape, unemployment, armed conflict, detention and poverty. Assistence 

offered within the project included psychological counceling, legal consulting, and 

organized training for women suffering from violence. Co-financed by USIS - $2,135.00 

The “Estimation and the management of chemical risk” conference, $320.00 

The Center for Current Research in Chemistry and Protection of the Environment, 


project director Ecaterina BOCANCEA 

During the conference students and members of NGOs were informed about the 

estimation and management of the chemical risk, and environmental legislation of 

the Republic of Moldova. 

Revived customs, $1,500.00 

The Union of the popular craftsmen from Moldova, project director Petru 

BUCATARU 

“Revived customs” developed from a project, financed by the Counterpart Foundation 

during June, 1995 - July, 1996, to aid the unemployed in villages of the republic. As a 

result of the project were trained for the following professions: pottery, weaving, 

embroidery and crochet, in Vasieni at the Handcraft Learning Center about 125 

unemployed. The process of stocking information and selecting participants is 

assisted by the offered equipment. 

Study case in Moldova, $1,000.00 

AEGEE-Chisinau (Association des Etats Generaux des Etudiants de l’Europe- 

Chisinau), project director Mihai VASILACHE 

The project contributed to establishing cooperation and exchange of experience between 

students from Moldova and other European countries. A schedule of trips, cultural 

activities, and lessons at higher education institutions from Moldova for a group of 

40 people (10 citizens from Western Europe, 5 people from NIS, 5 people from 

Rumania, 20 citizens from Moldova) was planned. 

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The “Regionalism: origin and tendency” seminar, $1,000.00 

The Center of Analytical Information for Development Issues of the Republic of 

Moldova, project director Alexandru PALII 

The seminar is a part of a huge project of the Center including round-tables, seminars, 

TV and radio programs, and publications in mass-media with the general goal of 

clarifying and producing solutions for the problem of regionalism. 

The “Search for freedom” seminar, May 23-25, 1997, the village of Ivancea, $500.00 

The “Ecological field” organization, project director Mircea ILADI 

The seminar organized with the Foundation for Freedom discussed the formation of 

young leaders for solving the problems of the society in transition. 25 persons from 

Moldova and Great Britain participated. 

Monitoring of pre-election campaign reflecting political life through central TV stations, $3,460.00 

CIVIS, project director Eduard MIHAILOV 

The goal of monitoring was to register and provide results to interested institutions 

about the quality of the information in TVM and Catalan TV programs during the 

election campaign and of public opinion. Quarterly public opinion polls, based on a 

fixed questionnaire, (with a sample of at least 1300 people) direct journalists and TV 

managers to public opinion and present its evolution. The results were published in 3 

reports of analysis and syntheses. 


The “Scripta Scientarium Mathematicarum” publishing, $1064.00 

The society of topology, finite systems and their applications in the Republic of 

Moldova, project director Cosma OSMATESCU 

A grant for publishing the first edition of the “Scripta Scientarium Mathematicarum” 

magazine, which contains materials from international seminars on finite spaces. The 

magazine is created as a periodical scientific publication numbering 500 copies. 

Entrepreneurial training course, $669.00 

Student league from ASEM, project director Oleg BRAGA 

An “Entrepreneurship” training course (158 hours) was given to develop 

entrepreneurial abilities in the participants. Its objective was to develop the aptitudes and 

abilities of entrepreneurs for business practice (the final result - to write their own 

business plan, with certification from the Swiss Neuchatel University). The course had 

an interactive character, emphasizing case studies and individual study on the material 

base for the course. The project was co-financed by FREE Foundation. 

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Cultural program “The D. Caraciobanu days”, $1,000.00 

The “Dunarea si marea” (“The Danube and the Sea”) cultural society, project director 

Petru GROZAVU 

The cultural program lent homage to the renowned actor Dumitru Caraciobanu, on the 

occasion of 60 th anniversary of his birth. “D. Caraciobanu days” represent the start of 

the biennial “D. Caraciobanu theatre festival” in villages populated by Moldovans from 

the South of Basarabia. 

“Modern scientific thinking: achievements and perspectives” conference, Chisinau, October 2-4, 

1997, $601.00 

The Association of professionals in science, arts and culture, project director Ion 

ODAINIC 

The conference had participants from Moldova, Romania, USA and Israel and 

included discussions on the following aspects: culture, education and science, ecology 

and industry, urban architecture, energy and thermoenergy, economy in transition, 

and medical assistance. The project was co-financed by the townhall of Chisinau. The 

Soros Foundation provided a grant for stationary. 

Republication of the United Nations Convention for Children’s Rights, $2,127.00 

The organization “Salvati Copiii” (Save the Children), project manager Mariana 

PETERSEL 

This document, signed and ratified by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on 

February 25, 1993 became law for protecting and defending Children’s Rights within the 

Constitution of the Republic of Moldova. The Document is necessary both for the 

development of children themselves and for the adults surrounding them. “Save the 

Children” had already distributed 9000 copies of the Convention in Moldova, 4000 

from which were published with the Soros Foundation support. The Convention was 

distributed among teachers, law specialists, and doctors throughout Moldova. The 

large number of requests for this document necessitated its republishing. 


Grant for accommodating Peace Corps Volunteer, $600.00 

The ”Secolul XXI” (“XXI Century”) youth’s foundation, project director Iorgu 

APOSTOL 

A volunteer from the Peace Corps offered his assistance to the “Secolul XXI” youth’s 

foundation in fulfilling its activities - promoting values of a civil society, supporting the 

development of the youth third sector, promoting authentic national values and the 

protection of the environment, helping vulnerable social groups. 

Basic course for scout leaders, March 23-28, $1,064.00 

The National Organization of Scouts of Moldova, project manager Lia SCLIFOS 

The course contributes to the creation of a new team of trainers at the local level, in 

developing their own educational models and training in developmental psychology. 

Information was also given about national and international scout history, citizen’s 

rights and NGO legislation in Moldova. The project was co-financed by BCA 

“Moldincombanc” - 1,500.00 lei, BCA “Moldova-Agroindbanc” - 1,700.00 lei, The 

Department for Youth and Sport - 3,500.00 lei 

The first forum of non-governmental organizations from Moldova, $3,696.00 

“CONTACT” National Information and Assistance Center for NGOs from Moldova, 

project director Aliona NICULITA 

The first forum of non-governmental organizations from Moldova, held between 

November 4-6, 1997 in Chisinau, had a huge impact not only among the non-profit 

sector but also among the whole society. The forum was attended by representatives 

from more than 120 national and local NGOs of Moldova, representatives from 

Bulgaria, Ukraine, Rumania, Poland, mass-media, local and foreign donors 

organizations and authorities. 

During the forum problems faced by NGOs were discussed such as legislation, 

organization and finance. Attention was paid to creating a development strategy of the 

Third Sector, giving priority to regional and local development of the entire republic. 

Another topic that was discussed was moving to concrete actions in collaboration 

between associations and the state, an objective that was supported by representatives 

from Parliament, Executive Branch, and the Presidency. 

The problems discussed during the forum were put in “White Papers” of 7 fields of 

activity: civic, human rights, ecology, economy, youth, mass-media, and culture. These 

books will be published and will reflect the current situation of the associations and 

problems and perspectives of its evolution. The “White Papers” constitute the final 

documents of the forum where participants from non-governmental organizations set 

the priorities, strindent problems of associations and the actions designed to 

synchronize efforts of all three sectors of society. 

Co-finance: World Bank - $12,600.00, Eurasia Foundation - $2,998.00, USIS - 

$2,500.00, The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport - $1,535.00. 

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Prut 97 Ecological expedition, $1,000.00 

TERRA NOSTRA Association, project director Gheorghe DUCA 

The expedition represents the third phase of the research of ecological situation of the 

river Prut; the first two expeditions took place in 1995 and 1996 (with the financial 

support from ISAR). This expedition seeks to bring the ecological problems of the 


iver and of the region to the attention of the public and state services, and 

furthermore, to promote ecological knowledge and distribute the results of the 

expedition through mass-media. 

“Political Arena”, $7,000.00 

The Foundation for Political Culture, project director Gheorghe COJOCARU 

The “Political Arena” publication for civic culture and political science intends to 

contribute to democratic changes in Moldovan societal behavior and mentality by 

informing the indigenous public about the essential values of democracy and Western 

culture, including the traditions behind contemporary arts and social sciences. The 

implementation team includes researchers and local political commentators and 

analysts, especially young people with specialized studies, an open mind, and 

analytical skills. Their goal is to establish a new, independent, impartial and profound 

reflection and analysis of the socio-economic, cultural, and political changes in 

Moldova and neighboring regions. The publication involves the readers (students, 

political elite and Moldovan intellectuals) through accurate information about 

problems with public impact in order to enlighten public opinion. The publication 

benefited in 1996 from a grant of $20,000.00. The project recently obtained a grant 

of $7,500.00 from USIS. 

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Sholarships in Human Rights 


These scholarships are offered within the Human Rights Advocacy Program of the Utica College, 

Syracuse University, USA. 

It offers consulting and training for NGOs and lawyers specializing in Human Rights 

from societies in transition. Scholarships for a semester at Utica College are created 

for young lawyers from Eastern and Central Europe, who have working experience 

with NGOs. The registration fee ($7,103.00) is paid by the University. 

The scholarship for the spring 1998 in Moldova was awarded to Rodica 

IORDANOV, member of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights from Moldova. 

NGOs Moldova/Romania Exchange Experience 


project director Oleg BRAGA 

The goal of the project was to facilitate the experience exchange between nongovernmental 

organizations from Moldova and Rumania in different fields. The first 

event of the program was the visit of 10 representatives from different youth 

organizations from Moldova to the Suceava district at the invitation of the 

“BUCOVINA” student association. During the visit activities like the mini-parliament 

and “The youth and human rights” conference, a course for leaders took place. 

During the visit of 10 Romanian representatives (members of NGOs for youth from 

University Center of Suceava) joint plans were developed between the groups. 


Internet Access for NGOs 


This program aims to facilitate the electronic communication of NGOs and their 

Internet use. Grants for access were given for one year on a competitive basis to NGOs 

from the following areas: Civic, Culture, Economic Development, Human Rights, 

Mass-media, Environmental Protection, Social, Youth. 

The selected NGOs receive e-mail and part of them benefit from larger Internet 

services. The Soros Foundation covers all costs, except phone bills. The beneficiaries 

received software and training. The connection is made for a single PC. 

Grants for Internet access have been given to the following organizations: 

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova 

The ”For a World Without Guns” Pacifist Movement 

The “Inqua-Moldova” Scientific Association 

“Gutta-club” Center for Children and Youth 

“TABIECOM” Association 

Counterpart Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Investments 

“SIEDO” 

The Acupuncture Association 

The Foundation for Political Culture 

The “Perspectiva” Center for National and International Researches 

The “XXI Century” Youth Foundation 

The Society of Neurologists 

The Ecological Movement 

The ”Mold-Eco” Ecological Foundation 

The “Management and Insurance in Medicine” Society 

The Accountants and Professional Auditors Association 

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Public Opinion Barometer 


In order to promote proper and transparent means of reflecting the social - political 

and economic life in the Republic of Moldova and, equally, mecanisms of access to 

information for the civil society, the Soros Foundation Moldova, at the initiative of its 

National Board, has launched the Public Opinion Barometer - a program of public 

opinion research. The Public Opinion Barometer will apply surveys on a regular basis 

through the same questionnaire using a national representative scale. The first two 

surveys were completed by the Center for Urban and Rural Sociology (CURS), 

Bucharest and the Institute for Marketing and Polls (IMAS), Bucharest. 

Investigation topics included: 

- political options, popularity and knowledge of parties and political personalities in the 

Republic of Moldova 

- living standards and quality of life 

- economic and social policy of the Government 

- other major interest issues 


The research results (in form of written reports) were publicly announced during 

press conferences, held at the end of surveys. Mass-media, the public and all 

interested persons had free access to the results. The program was supervised by a 

jury which evaluated the survey application and results. The jury included: 

Iurie LEANCA, Ambassador with special missions, Ministry of External Affairs of 

the Republic of Moldova, member of the Soros Foundation National Board 

Ludmila MALCOCI, PhD in sociology, Microproject specialist, The Social 

Investment Fund 

Igor BOTAN, program coordonator, IFES 

Victor MOCANU, PhD in sociology, scientific secretary of the Institute of Philosophy, 

Sociology and Law, ASM 

Valentin TURCANU, director of “Political Sociology” laboratory, MSU 

The program will continue in 1998. 

“Information and Ecologist Education in the Republic of Moldova” Microgrant 

Competition for Ecologist NGO in Moldova 


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The aim of this competition is to provide NGOs, local authorities, officials, counselors, 

and citizens of the Republic of Moldova with free access of to up-to-date 

information concerning ecological problems in Moldova and thereby to increase 

public awareness of the impact of human activities. 

The Program offered financing for: 

- local information activities 

- selection of rules, education programs, instructions for students, population and 

public administration 

Local, regional and national NGOs were encouraged to participate. 

Selection criteria included: 

- grants (up to $2,000.00) for concrete projects and not for general support of the 

NGO 

- cofinancing was encouraged 

- collaboration with governmental structures (central and local) 

- priority to projects for rural regions of Moldova 

The Program will be carried out during 1998. 

CONTACT 

National Training and Information Center for NGOs 

expenses: $16,600.00 


The “CONTACT” National Training and Information Center for NGOs is a nongovernmental 

institution which continued its activity in 4 major fields. 

Information 

The collection of information about national and local based NGOs led to publication 

of the first edition of the NGOs from Moldova Catalogue. To the center’s library new 

materials were added, including books, newspapers, catalogues of NGOs from 

Rumania and Bulgaria, and of donor organizations. The entire activity of the center in 


1997 was represented in the “CONTACT” informational newsletter (seminars and 

training, new projects in the field, information about NGOs from Eastern and 

Central Europe and NIS). The increasing number of national and local NGOs and 

their interest for the information confirms the necessity of maintaining and 

amplifying this aspect of the center. 

Training 

The team of the Center organized seminars and training for national and local 

NGOs. Topics included: “The legal framework of NGOs from Moldova”, “The 

evolution and perspectives of association development in Moldova”, ”Working with 

volunteers”. 

Technical assistance 

The center offers temporary equipment use to NGOs for the completion of projects. 

Between July 1, 1997 - January 1, 1998, about 110 non-governmental organizations 

benefited from technical assistance. 129,144 copies were made. Another service 

solicited was the use of the computer (more than 336 hours) and the services of the 

simultaneous translation during seminars organized by NGOs. 

Consulting 

The Center provides consulting services to local NGOs regarding their 

establishment, registration, administration, financial management and fund-raising. 

Special interest arose regarding NGOs legal framework and the process of a NGO 

re-registration. Aspects still to be explored include proposal writing and its 

submission to donors organizations. 

Assistance and Information Center for NGOs in Northern and Southern 

regions of the Republic of Moldova (Balti, Cahul) 

Soros Foundation Moldova’s expenses: $25,000.00 

Eurasia Foundation’s expenses: $25,000.00 

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The resource centers from northern and southern regions were created and serve to 

offer to local organizations information, consulting and training. Mass information 

about the development of the associative sector started by advertising the centers, 

collecting information about local NGOs and donor organizations, and publishing 

this information in the “CONTACT” newsletter. 

Seminars were organized for representatives of local NGOs and initiative groups 

from the regions: 

“Team building and work within a NGO” seminar, (Balti, April 20-25, Cahul, July 8-11, 1997) 

Topics included principles and methods of teamwork, intercultural relations, and 

daily functions of a NGO. 

The “Proposal writing” seminar (Balti October 24-25, Cahul, October 25-26, 1997) 

To further strengthen local NGOs abilities, the seminar discussed aspects of the 

associative activity like fund-raising, democracy and civil society, the framework of 

NGOs functions, communication techniques, organizing a press campaign, and 

NGOs and advertising. 

The seminar “Techniques of project writing” (Cahul, December 13-14, Balti, December 21-22, 

1997) offered information about the donors from Moldova, priorities and their programs. 


Open World House 

expenses: $58,960.00 

alloted from the 1998 budget: $20,000.00 

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Established in 1994, the Open World House continues to work in fields of major 

importance for the transformation of Moldovan society. The institution worked 

through projects proven necessary for the transition to an open society: the 

Independent Journalism Center, the TV Studio, the Educational Advising Center, the 

English Language School, the Computer Class, Radio D’or. Functioning under the 

same roof not only reduced the administrative expenses, but also stimulated the 

department collaboration and joint projects. Crucial for a civil society, independent 

media (independent not only politically, but also economically) is the major focus of 

the OWH activities. Print and broadcast journalists participated in numerous projects, 

such as seminars, conferences of the IJC, training at the TV studio and in the 

computer class, English language scholarships, and visits and training at radio stations 

in Bucharest. All these projects carried out the institution’s principles of freedom of 

expression and access to information. 

The Open World House, which is a non-governmental institution with plural directions 

and forms of activity, has accumulated unique experience in combining economic 

profitability with public interest. We would mention that besides the grant received from 

the Soros Foundation Moldova, the OWH obtained from other sources grants 

amounting to $17,516.00 and has allocated from its own budget $46,299.00 for nonprofit 

activities. 

Women’s Program 


The goal of the program is to support valuable initiatives of non-governmental women’s organizations 

and promote new ideas for changing the situation of women in the Republic of Moldova. The 

Program formally began on January 1, 1998, but even at the end of 1997 several projects in the 

field were supported. 

Participation to the Women’s Forum, September, 1997, Budapest, Hungary, $1,433.00 

Florentina BODNARI 

Sofia BOLDURATU 

Antonina SARBU 

Support for the “Femeia Moldovei” magazine, $671.63 

“Project writing” seminar, $70.08 

The “Big friends, little friends of Moldova” Program 

expenses: $23,669.00 

The aim of this project was to create, develop, and consolidate an educational program 

and a national agency which would offer services for parents and children and contribute 

to the parent-children mutual understanding, and to maintaining whole families which are 

the basis of a prosperous society. The program works on couples of big friends 

(volunteers, students or young people) - little friends (children with family problems). 


The Center for New Educational Strategies, created within this Program, started its 

work with a community study of communicative needs of children and methods for 

work with families. The needs were very high, especially for teenagers from single 

parent household or new “blended families”. 

1997 activities included: developing a strategy, establishing an office, methods 

preparation and promoting the program, volunteer training, forming big friends- little 

friends pairs, supervising teams’ work, evaluating and consulting volunteers working 

in the program and developing public awareness through mass-media. 

In March, 1997 a group of program participants went to the first regional Big Brothers/Big Sisters 

of America training in Vilnius, Lithuania. 

In the preselection process 29 children were selected; from these only 3 come from 

complete families. Volunteer were recruited through the Volunteers Club. 

Participation to seminars and conferences 

expenses: $14,924.00 

Congresso Nazionale Ragionieri Commercialisti, Torino, Italy, October 22-26, 1997, $525.00 

Steliana BURLACU, member of the Association of Professional Accounters and Audits 

National Session of Scientific Reports “Science, culture, civilization”, Oradea, March 7-9, 1997, 

$160.00 

five members of the Students’ League of SPU, students at the History Department 

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“Election Administration and Monitoring” Seminar, Warsaw, Poland, April 8-11, 1997, 

$1,518.00 

Stela MOCANU, “Pro Democratia” Association 

Silvia CARP, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights 

Igor BOTAN, IFES, program coordonator 

Grants Administration Seminar, Kiev, April 14-15, 1997, $90.00 

Aliona NICULITA, director, CONTACT Center 

European Networks Congress, Berlin, May 5-16, 1997, $1455.00 

Igor MUNTEANU, Viitorul Foundation 

Visit to the Ministry of Culture in the Ciuvash Republic, April 11-21, 1997, Ceboksari, 

Ciuvashia, $134.00 

Iurii SOLOVIOV, Ciuvash community in Republic of Moldova 

Second International Conference on Future Planning of European Jewry, Strasbourg, June 29-July 1, 

1997, $466.00 

Efim CIORNII, member of Jewish Cultural Society 

Human Dimension in Promoting Women’s Participation in Society Seminar, October 14-17, 1997, 

Warsaw, $1,308.00 


Liuba URITU. “Femeia Azi” NGO 

Antonina SIRBU, Soros Foundation Moldova 

Pro Silva Europa Congress, Apeldoorn, Holand, May 29-31, 1997, $410.00 

Vitalie GULCA, Ecologist Movement of Moldova 

Study Visit to Romania of a group of children from the Tighina orphanage, $264,00 

group of 36 children 

IV International Conference of the Social Ecologist Union, Karaganda, Kazakhstan, September 26- 

28, 1997, $480.00 

Larisa MILOVANOVA, member of the “ALTAIR” International Ecologist Agency 

Migration, interaction and conflicts in an European democracy constituency, Bologna, Italy, December 

16 -19, 1997, $530.00 

Sergiu RAILENANU, Moldova open to the World 

Creation of An Efficient Medium Education Workshop, Flatford Mill, UK, September 5-12, 1997, 

$527.00 

Mircea COJUHARI, “Cimpul Ecologic” 

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Summer holidays of children from boarding schools in Moldova, $1,277.00 

in collaboration with “Clipa Siderala” NGO 

group of 60 students from different schools 

Improving Agricultural Products Marketing, Verona, Italy, October 20-26, 1997, $481.00 

Gheorghe BARBAROSIE, National Federation of Farmers 

Pure Processes Implementation, Oslo, Norway, November 1-3, 1997, $1075.00 

Sergiu GALITCHII, Agroeco 

Bulgarian Language and Culture Seminar, Sofia, Bulgaria, August 4-24, 1997, $280.00 

Ana PAGUR, Lidia DIMOVICI, Ludmila GERMANOV, Galina BALTAGI 

Journalism Internship, Piatra Neamt, Romania, July 2-10, 1997, $443.00 

group of 36 children, members of “Mostenitorii” NGO 

Inauguration Concert of the “Frederic Chopin” Cultural Society, $636,00 

Liuba BURAVTEVA, “Frederic Chopin” Cultural Society 

Meeting of the Committee for European Affairs of the International League for people with 

Mental Disabilities, November 12-20, 1997, Fornaz -Voltaire, France, $520.00 

Vera CEPOI, “Humanitas” Charity Association for children with disabilities 

Multilateral Seminar for Youth Leaders, August 1-12, 1997, Gating, Germany, $1,113.00 

Diana PASCARU, Iosif MOLDOVANU, Scout National Organization of Moldova 


Public Administration 

expenditures: $90,987.00 


The main goal of the program was to enhance the process of local governments’ 

development and transformation with a specific focus on the following five directions: 

- promoting the development of a modern system in local public administration in 


- enhancing the capacity of local governments to develop the local social and economic 

potential 

- promoting popular understanding of the empowerment and responsibilities of local 

government in a democratic society 

- fostering the involvement of civil society and NGOs in the processes of local services 

administration 

- improving the knowledge and skills of local elected and appointed government 

officials 

Participation in Seminars and Conferences 

Modernization of Public Administration on the Threshold of the 21-st Century: Worldwide 

Experience and the Central Asia, April 24-26, 1997, Almati, Kazahstan, $1,961.37 

Victoria DERGACIOV 

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General Assembly of OSI, July 23 - 29, 1997, Budapest, Hungary, $573.23 


Looking for alternative sources of financing, July 22-25, 1997, Chisinau, Falesti, Calarasi, $83.01 


Flagship Projects: Their Place in Urban Development and Regeneration, September 21-25, 1997, 

Lisbon, Portugal, $1,937.66 

Alexandru TARANU 

Wirtschafsforum der Regionen Europas, September 8-11, 1997, Vein, Austria, $784.10 

Petru MALIC 

The Role and Structure of National Local Authorities Associations, November 5-9, 1997, Seville, 

Spain, $1,426.88 

Mihai PEREBINOS 

The engineering of formation in public administration, January 7-9, 1998, Paris, Montpellier, 

Marselle - France, $380.00 

Nadejda DEMIAN 

Visit of Ms. KHVICHIA, program coordinator of PA from Georgia, to the Soros Foundation 

Moldova, $227.66 


Seminars, Workshops, Courses 

expenses: $17,933.00 


“Fundraising: how to write a project proposal”, $5,018.39 

The Center of Social Entrepreneurships and Investigations “Counterpart”, Director 

Svetlana ARIONESCU 

The purpose of the project was to organize a set of workshops for developing social 

projects, preparing applications for funding and training representatives of the Local 

Public Administration in their search for financial sources. 

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“The art and science of local administration and management” training for trainers workshop, May 

21 - June 3, 1997, $16,033.13 

The workshop was organized for elected officials, public officers and counselors 

according to the program and manuals developed by the United Nations Center for 

Human Settlements (UNCHS). The manuals aim to support local authorities in 

administrating local public interests, promoting civic management and the establishment 

of effective relations both with the central government and other local institutions. (The 

manuals discuss the roles of a counselor: policy maker, decision factor, communicator, 

mediator, mobilizer, negotiator, financier, supervisor, factor of power, organizer of the 

administration institution and manager.) 

The workshop consisted of three parts. During the first week three experts from 

Romania (the Foundation for Local Development and Public Services) trained 12 

trainers from Moldova according to the program and manuals of UNCHS. During the 

second week the Moldovan trainers under the supervision of the Romanian experts 

trained 20 counselors, elected officials and public officers. During the third week, the 

experts evaluated the training and helped to develop an activity plan. 

Workshop “Performing management in local public administration”, $8,827.05 

Center of Social Innovations, Executive Director - Elina PETROVICI 

The purpose of the workshop was to improve the managerial capacities of local public 

administration when operating and maintaining some qualitative public services. The 

topic focused on the problems of the public sanitation service and administration of 

refuse. The workshop was moderated by the experts Ana VASILACHE and Doru 

BULARDA, the Foundation for Local Development and Public Services, Romania, 

based on the manuals and program developed by the UNCHS. 

Workshop “Art and science of local management and administration”, $5,856,71 

Association of administrative assistance and counselors, Drochia district 

Professional training for a group of 20 public counselors and servants of the Local 

Council, Drochia district. The training was based on the manuals and program of the 

UNCHS. 

Series of workshops “The art and science of local administration and management”, $6,260.00 

Association of Mayors 

The workshops were based on the manuals and program of the UNCHS and were 

organized in 6 district centers: Ungheni, Cantemir, Leova, Stefan Voda, Anenii Noi, 


Telenesti. 

Seminar “Lodgers’ Associations: international experience and the Republic of Moldova”, August 

28-30, 1997, $10,645.86 

The purpose of this seminar was to exchange experience regarding the activity of the 

Lodgers’ Associations from the CIS countries, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe 

with the participation of the representatives of International Associations of 

Management of communities (ICMA/USAID). 

Grants for the House Reform 


As a result of the seminars an open contest of grants was announced for the support 

of dwelling reforms in Moldova, to be continued in 1998. The purpose of this 

contest is to provide updated information on dwelling reforms and, especially, to 

support creation and operation of the Associations of Owners of Privatized Housing. 

The grants were given for: 

- performing studies that would cover the analysis of the current situation, prognosis 

and recommended strategy on the housing reforms, owners’ associations 

- developing and publishing sets of regulations and guidelines for the establishment and 

further activities of the Lodgers’ Associations 

- publishing of informational periodicals in order to support the effective functioning 

and the creation of a new Lodgers association; participation in seminars and 

conferences on this issue 

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Grant Competition 

“The arrangement plans of the territory and their impact on the local public administration activity. 

General town planning of Orhei”, $17,764.16 

Production and projects office of the Chief architect of Orhei 

The aim of the project is to develop a general urban plan of Orhei by a synthesis of the 

West-European methods and the local legislative base. 

“Information center of the Mayors’ Association of the Republic of Moldova”, $4,994.37 

Mayors’ Association, Chairman Mihai PEREBINOS 

The purpose of this project is to provide information and consulting in the 

legislative, economic, and financial sector for the Mayors’ Association members and 

for the public officers. 

“Sustaining local development through innovative villages”, $7,222.14 

The “Viitorul” Foundation 

The project launches a pilot development program for three villages of Moldova: 

Circaiesti (Causeni district), Dominteni (Drochia district), Costesti (Ialoveni district). 

The aims of the project are: 

- to establish a model of market development in the countryside through the active 

support of the local public authorities by preparing a feasibility study of pilot villages’ 

potential and priority directions for development 


- to prompt such villages to write and implement their own development strategy 

- to stimulate private initiative in villages 

- to diversify local services and increase the role of local self-administration in the 

transition to a market economy 

- to create offices for economic and trade consulting under the local councils of pilot 

localities 

- to connect the communities through e-mail and Internet to institutions and 

mechanisms of the market economy 

- to establish a model of economic emancipation from the state and new forms of 

production that differ from the collective ones 

- to establish a Clearing House on a national level 

“The school of democracy for youth”, $3,166.84 

DVA Center “Alternativa” 

Its aim is to assist the local government of Falesti in improving youth services and to 

establish a new type of public officer - a specialist in the problems of the youth. This 

project stipulates the creation of an informational data base about youth, organizing a 

seminar for youth, performing a public opinion survey, and preparing a round table 

of youth leaders and NGO with the district administration. 

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In 1997 a Board in Public Administration was created, which had regular monthly 

meetings to examine and evaluate projects applying to the Soros Foundation Moldova 

for financial support, decide and monitor project implementation. The board 

developed the strategy and activities in the Public Administration program for 1998. 



Support of Economic Reforms 

expenses: $200,753.00 


Analysis of the achievements and difficulties of the restructuring process reveals the 

quality and experience of management as the major factor of successful restructuring 

programs. Therefore, in the course of restructuring programs an increase share of 

resources has been devoted to management training and human resource 

development. In collaboration with other institutions training activities, seminars, 

workshops and conferences, visits and training abroad were organized. 

In 1997 the Economic Reform Programs were oriented to the following key areas: 

- Microcredit program for farmers and rural entrepreneurs 

- Training programs related to agrarian reform 

- Economic education through the organization of seminars and workshops for 

students, faculty, bank and department representatives 


- The implementation of an Applied Economics course in secondary schools in Moldova 

Microcredits through Savings and Credit Associations 

expenses: $112,876.00 

Primary objectives of the project are to improve private farmers and rural 

entrepreneurs access to financial markets and to stabilize the new private farm sector 

through the promotion of income-creating activities. These objectives were achieved 

through the creation of village-based savings and credit institutions which provide 

sustainable financial services to their members. 

Land privatization in Moldova has created a large number of private farms during the 

last two years and the ongoing reform process will increase this number. Most of these 

new farms and enterprises are excluded from formal lending through commercial 

banks. The amounts needed and interests earned are too small to cover the costs of a 

classic bank lending approach. In a lot of countries farmers have access to credits 

through Savings and Credit Associations (SCA). Eleven SCAs were created in 1997 in 

the framework of the Rural Finance Project. Eight SCAs received loans with the 

support of the Soros Foundation Moldova. 

The credits were requested for seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, fuel, tractor parts, and also 

for a large number of income-creating diversification activities, such as livestock, 

handicraft, processing and rural trade. 95% of the loans did not exceed $2000, while 

most of loans were around $500. 

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Summer School of Management 

expenses: $13,362.00 

The Summer School of Management program was launched in 1995 and is oriented to 

undergraduate students and young professionals. This year the Summer School offered 

two-week training in International Management and Capital Market. The lectures were 

given by Professor William CORNEY and Professor Jagdish MEHTA, of University 

of Nevada Las Vegas. 26 students from eight institutions attended this program. 

Internships for Farmers in Switzerland 

expenses: $29,000.00 

This program is being implemented in collaboration with a branch of PROFORDAR 

Foundation of Switzerland. The Moldovan Fellows worked on farms, shared their 

experience and ideas, and attended courses of professional education at the Agricultural 

Institute of Jura. Visits to different farms helped them to understand the structure and 

functioning of Swiss agriculture. 3 farmers from Moldova participated in a three-month 

internship and 11 in a two-week one. 

Training and Education programs 

Accounting Training Program, $13,282.00 

The Soros Foundation and the Association of Professional Accountants and 


Auditors of the Republic of Moldova organised two training seminars with the 

following title “Management and Financial Accounting” . The seminars were 

organised for lecturers from universities and colleges with economic profile, and 

professionals from enterprises and factories who showed interest and managerial 

skills in organising similar trainings at their work places. 

Junior Achievement Moldova, $21,326.00 (commitments: $17,000.00) 

Junior Achievement Moldova (JAM) supplied textbooks and trained teachers to teach 

Applied Economics (AE) to the 10 th ,11 th and 12 th grade students. In January, 1996, 

JAM purchased Romanian language textbooks (2500 sets of textbooks and guides) 

with funds received from the Eurasia Foundation. These books enabled 57 classes in 

28 schools to offer the AE course sponsored by Junior Achievement. In the past 

years, JAM trained 91 secondary education teachers and was able to send five 

students from Moldova to international competitions in Israel and Denmark. 

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“Post-privatization Period in Eastern Europe: a Chance for Enterprises and Shareholders” 

International Conference, Chisinau, October 15-17, 1997, $1,200.00 

The conference was organized by the Ministry of Economy and Reforms, International 

Management Institute of Moldova, Pierre Mendes – France University, MSU, AESM 

and the Agency for Enterprise Restructuring and Assistance. 

The conference was funded by TACIS ACE program and the Soros Foundation 

Moldova. 

Summer School in Economics, University of Economy, Budapest, Hungary, $2,020.00 

Nicoleta HANGANU, student, AESM 

Marian TURCANU, student, IIUMoldova 

Summer school in Applied Economics, Kirghistan, $4,500.00 

A team of high school students from Singerei participated at this program. 

Viorica BIRSANU 

Veronica BOLOCAN 

Natalia CONDORACHI 

Natalia TIMOTICA 

Zinaida ORFIN 

Publishing of the book “Land Market Infrastructure Development”, $3,187.00 


Law program 

expenses: $50,920.00 

The Law Program of the Soros Foundation Moldova was initiated in 1994 with the 

goal to support reforms of the legislative system of the Republic of Moldova. From 

the beginning, the Law Program carefully staged its contribution to reforms and 

started with the adoption of the Decision of the Parliament of the Republic of 

Moldova # 152 – XIII from 21.06.1994, “Regarding the creation of the Coordination 

Council for developing of the legal reform” and # 219 – XIII from 22.09.1994, 

“Regarding activity program of the Parliament for implementation of provisions of 

the Constitution and Concept for Judicial and Law Reform in the Republic of 

Moldova”. 

Because Judicial Reform is considered an area that needs to be implemented under the 

direction of state institutions, collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and other 

appropriate institutions has resulted in a clear and open understanding of the Law 

program’s priorities, which work to facilitate and support judicial reform. Beginning in 

1997, the strategy of the program has concentrated on educational law programs, based 

on the idea that judicial reform begins with restructuring legal education. Programs 

were oriented towards popularization of law, development of relations among lawyers 

in the Republic of Moldova and their colleagues abroad, augmenting university library 

funds with law books, and financing the participation of practicing lawyers and law 

students in different forums and international conferences, (for example, internships 

for the teaching staff of law schools from Moldova at the Institute for Legislative and 

Constitutional Politics (COLPI), Budapest, Hungary). 

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Participation in International Moot Court competitions 


International Moot Court competitions offer law students excellent possibilities for 

developing practical professional skills. In 1997 Law Program of the Soros 

Foundation Moldova supported financially participation of Moldovan teams in the 

following competitions: 

Telders International Law Moot Court Competition, Hague, Netherlands, March 23-30, 1997. 

Central and East European Moot Court Competition, Gdansk, Poland, April 16-19, 1997. 

Rene Cassin, Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Strasbourg, France, April 16-19, 1997. 

Telders and CEP teams were composed of students from both Law Schools – State 

University and IIUM. The team from the MSU placed 26 th out of 52 possible, while 

the IIUM team placed 39 th in general classification. 

Participants: 

Natalia CATRINESCU 

Veaceslav BALAN 

Otilia BOLOGAN 

Marina FOLTEA 


Diana SIRCU 

Oxana AGACHI 

Natalia SUCEVEANU 

Iurii LUNGU 

Alexandru ZARA 


Dragos CUCEREANU 

Ecaterina RADVAN 

Constantin SMOCHINA 

Alexandru SAMOILA 

Team coaches were Mihai BURUIANA – lecturer, International Law School, MSU, Neil 

BRENNAN – CEP Lecturer for Moldova and Ukraine; Igor CIOBANU, Lecturer, 

International School, IIUM. 

Summer Law Schools 

expenses: $19,279.00 

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Summer Law School, Chisinau, July 14-25, 1997, Open World House. 

The summer program offered two courses: International protection of Human Rights 

(Prof. Theodore S. ORLIN, Utica College, Syracuse University, USA) and Economic 

International Law (Prof. David BUSBY, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Washington, USA). 

Courses were attended by 16 students of the Law Schools from Moldova, including the 

Law School of the TSU. 

Summer Institute in Transnational Law, Geneva, Switzerland, July 6-August 5, 1997 

In accordance with the project co-funding strategy, presented to the Foundation by the 

organizing committee of the Summer Institute “Duke – Geneva summer Institute in 

Transnational Law” (Law Faculties of Universities in Duke, USA and Geneva, 

Switzerland), the Soros Foundation Moldova funded two people to participate in the 

sessions of this prestigious institute. As a result of the selection process, financial 

support was given to Iurie LUNGU, graduate of the Law Faculty of the MSU and 

Elena MOCANU, lecturer, “Civil Law and Procedure” Department, MSU. 

The Summer school offered the following courses: 

Protection of Intellectual Property: Comparative Law 

Administration of Funds in the World Economy 

International Criminal Law 

Solutions in International Litigation 

International Organizations 

Introduction to Legal System of the United States. 

Summer Law School, Almaty, Kazahstan, August 4 – 23, 1997 

Marina USTUROI, Catalina SCORTESCU, lecturers, Civil Law and Procedure Chair, 

IIUM. 


Law Book Donation 

expenses: $13,903.00 

In 1997, the national program for donations of law books to university libraries 

continued (beneficiaries: MSU, IIUM, HUM, PAM). Law books were purchased from 

Romania (2283 USD), the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (36465 FFr), 

and also from Russia. 

At the same time, the following books written by Moldovan authors were purchased: 

Gh. AVORNIC, Gh. LUPUL, “General Theory of Law” 

Gh. AVORNIC, S. BAIES, T. NEGRU, I. GUCEAC, “Basis for State and Law” 

Nicolae ROMINDAS, “Labor Law” 

In 1997 the regional programs for donations of law books continued, funded by 

Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute. The first group of law books ($10,000.00) 

was distributed in March, 1997 to law faculty libraries of MSU, IIUM and HUM. 

English Language Sholarships 

Within this program, 16 students from Law departments from the republic benefited 

from scholarships. The program was launched to facilitate the access of the students 

from law departments to law books and to establish relationships with students and 

teachers at law departments from other countries. 

Other activities 

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- Organization of the first Republican Olympiad for law students in Moldova, $1,244.00 

- Financial support for publication of conference materials “Strategies for fighting organized crime in 

Moldova”, $2,942.00 

organized by the Independent Association of Criminology and the PAM “Stefan cel 

Mare” 

- Financial support for the activity of the Judicial Training Center of Moldova, $5,007.00 

- General meeting of the ILSA (International Law Student Association, Porto, Portugal, October 

18 - 25, 1997, $720.00 

Marina FOLTEA, president of the Law Student Association 

operational expenses: $558.00 

Conference and Travel 


“Draft for the new Civil Procedure Code” international conference, Moscow, April 24 - 25, 1997, 

$289,05.00 

Alexandru COJUHARI 

Summer session of the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems, Prague, Czech 

Republic, July 12 – August 3, 1997, $748 



Medical Programs 

expenses: $262,508.00 


Information and Education 

Virtual Medical Information Center 

expenses: $72,453.00 


(in collaboration with the Open Society Institute of New York) 

The following goals were achieved during stage I of the project: 

- Completion of the technical decision of the project 

- Establishment of Medical Information Center 

- Purchase and installation of equipment for Medical Information Center 

- Purchase of medical databases from OVID Technologies 

- Upgrade of bandwidth of Internet connection of the Soros Foundation Moldova 

up to 256 kbps 

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Professional Training Grants 

expenses: $21,394.00 

The following grants were awarded for training of medical professionals: 

Scientific research project “Immune and Genetic 

Patterns of Tardive Gestoses Associated with 

Circulation of Antiphospholipidic Antibodies” 

at CHU Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France, March 

1 - April 19, 1997 

V. BALTAG, MD 

Training in ultrasonographic doppler imaging at 

Institute of Neurology of Academy of Medical 

Sciences, Moscow, Russia, March 31 – April 


S. BILAN, MD 

Training “Morphological Diagnosis of Renal 

Diseases” at Academy of Medical Sciences, St. 

Petersburg, Russia, March 24 - April 19, 


V. RUBAN, MD 

Practical course in “Echocardiography for the 

Clinician. A Case Study Oriented Approach”, 

European Society of Cardiology, Sophia 

Antipolis, France, May 2-3, 1997 

A. CRACAN, MD, N. CIOBANU, MD 

Training in Ear Microsurgery at the 

Department of ENT, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 

Minnesota, USA, April 11– May 23, 1997 

S DIACOVA, MD 

Support of scientific and practical collaboration 

between Chair of Neurosurgery and Neurology, 

SMU and Clinic of Neurosurgery of 

University of Bundeswehr of Ulm, Germany, 

March 17-23, 1997 

D. GHERMAN, MD 

International course “L’Evaluation Economique 

des Programmes de Sante de la Mere et de 

l’Enfant”, International Center for Childhood 

and Family, Paris, France, June 3-27, 1997 

V. BERDAGA, MD 


Training at Schutz-Dental GmbH on 

equipment operating for production of dental 

prostheses and implants, Rosbach, Germany, 


S. RUSACOV, Medical Engineer 

Course “Current Problems of Rheumatology”, 

Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies, 

Moscow, Russia, May 20– June 30, 1997 

I. SIRBU, MD 

Course “Intervention Echography”, Centre 

Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de 

Marseiile, Marseiile, France, June 1 – August 


T. SECANIA, MD 

Organization of lectures and seminars in 

neurology with participation of international 

experts for students of SMU 

D. GHERMAN, MD 

Course “Iron in Biology and Medicine”, Saint 

Malo, France, June 16 -20, 1997 

V. BUSUIOC, MD 

“Classical Homeopathic Course”, International 

Academy of Classical Homeopathy, Alonissos, 

Greece, October 13-24, 1997 

T. BOLBOCEAN, MD 

Training and scientific research at the Clinic of 

Neurology and Neurosurgery of University of 

ULM, Germany, July 12-27, 1997 

M. GAVRILIUC, MD, V. PEREV, MD 

Training and scientific research at the Clinic of 

University of Notre Dame de la Misericorde, 

Libramont, Belgium, June 19 – July 17, 1997 

A. GHEREG, MD 

Course “Molecular and Genetic Aspects of 

Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases”, Amsterdam 

International Medical Summer School, 

Amsterdam, Holland, July 20 – August 9, 


N. BOTAN, MD 

Postgraduate training in acupuncture at the 

University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 

Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, September 

1, 1997 – January 31, 1998 

V. LACUSTA, MD 

International training in neurosciences for 

students and residents of SMU, September 24 - 


N. ESANU, MD 

Training in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 

at Soroka Medical Centre, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 


T. ANDRIUTA, MD, T. COTRUTA, 

MD, V. GULCA, MD, A. PERCIUN, 

MD 

Salzburg Seminars for Physicians 

expenses: $10,258.00 

(in collaboration with the American 

Austrian Foundation and the Open 

Society Institute of New York) 

E. IAVORSCHI, MD 

“Neonatology”, February 7-15, 1997 

D. LUPASCU, MD 

“Obstetrics and Gynecology”, February 14-27, 


Z. CARAGAT, MD 

“Surgical Oncology”, March 7-15, 1997 

I. CIOBANU, MD 

“Emergency Care in Pediatrics”, April 25 - 


R. STRATU, MD 

“Internal Medicine and Cardiology”, May 3-10, 


M. GAVRILIUC, MD, V. LISNIC, MD 

“Neurology”, July 18-26, 1997 

L. ROMANCIUC 

“Advances in Pediatrics”, July 25– August 2, 


T. STEPANOVA, MD 

“Psychiatry”, October 25 – November 1, 1997 

V. TULGARA, MD 

“Otorhinolaringology”, October 17-25, 1997 

A. OPREA, MD 

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“Urology”, October 17-25, 1997 

L. REZNIAC, MD 

“Anesthesiology”, November 2-8, 1997 

F. RUSNAC, MD, O. BERBECA, MD, A. 

GURAGATA, MD, V. ROTARI, MD 

“Infant Mortality”, November 5-8, 1997 

A. VITIUC, MD 

“Medical Imaging”, November 9-15, 1997 

Training Program for Physicians 


(in collaboration with the Open Society 

Institute of New York, Albany Medical 

Centre, and Allegheny General Hospital) 

A three month merit based fellowship in 

Pediatrics at US clinics was awarded to L. 

DANILOV, MD (April 15 – July 15, 

1997). 

Medical Textbook Purchase 


More than 60 titles (1,500 textbooks) were 

purchased and donated to SMU. 

Curriculum Reform of studies at 

SMU, Support of Scientific Research 

Primary Health Care Curriculum 

Reform 

budget 1997 – 2000: $115,000.00 


Institute of New York, Carelift 

International, and Allegheny University 

Medical School) 

In 1997 a program for the 

implementation of a specialization in 

Family Medicine at SMU, training of 

faculty members, and establishment of 

Family Medicine Centers was started. 

Schweitzer Seminar 



Institute of New York and Albert 

Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities) 

The Albert Schweitzer Institute for the 

Humanities organized an international 

training seminar called “Health Promotion 

and Disease Prevention: Community Based 

Programs that Work”, Budapest, Hungary, June 

9-15, 1997. 

Participants: N. OPOPOLI, MD, U. 

STURZA, MD, E. URSU, MD, L. 

VLASOV, MD, V. COJOCARU, MD. 

Two additional events were organized 

under the Schweitzer Seminars program: 

Oral Health Seminar, October 31 – November 

2, 1997, and HIV/AIDS Seminar, December 

15-17, 1997. The seminars were attended 

by faculty members, residents, students of 

SMU and members of governmental and 

non governmental organizations. 

Support of Young Scientists 

expenses: $10,015.00 

The following grants for scientific 

research work were awarded on a merit 

basis in 1997: 

G. ANDRUSCIAC, MD 

“Immune and Genetic Analysis and Clinical 

Polymorphism of Reactive Arthritis” 

A. BOTNARI, MD 

“Cariostatic Effect of Bioadhezive Preventive 

Remedies” 

S. CAPCELEA, MD 

“Clinic and Genetic Study of Renal Polychistic 

Autosomal Dominant Disease” 

T. CEAICOVSCHII, MD 

“Immunologic Characteristic of Allergienic 

Drugs of Regional Origin and their Diagnostic 

Efficiency” 

I. CEMORTAN, MD 

“Molecular Diagnostic of Renal Polychistic 

Autosomal Dominant Disease” 


I. CODREANU, MD 

“Certain Aspects of Immunologic Profile and 

Administration of Immune Modulators in 

Patients with Subacute and Chronic Infectious 

Endocarditis” 

A. CORDUNEANU, MD 

“Clinical and Immunologic Particularities of 

Treatment of Uveitis and Cheratouveitis in 

Patients with Hepatitis B Infection” 

N. DAMASCHIN, MD 

“Analysis and Standardization of Homeopathic 

Pharmacological Forms” 

C. DASANU, MD 

“Certain Immunologic and Phenotypic Aspects 

of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in Correlation 

with Administration of Retinoic Acid and 

Chemotherapy” 

D. DMITIEV, MD 

“Pregnancy and Delivery in Teenagers” 

G. GOREA, MD 

“Antiphospholipidic Syndrome in Chronic 

Hepatitis in Women of Fertile Age” 

E. MAXIMENCO, MD 

“Chronic Viral Hepatitis C in Children: 

Clinical Particularities, Diagnosis, and 

Consequences” 

V. NACU, MD 

“Plastic Biomaterials in Treatment of Non 

Consolidated Fractures and Pseudoarthrosis of 

Scaphoid Bone” 

A. NOGAI, MD 

“Role of Hyperlipidemia in Cerebral Vascular 

Accidents. Antilipidic Treatment and 

Application of Plasmapheresis” 

I. OUS, MD 

“Antiphospholipidic Syndrome in Systemic 

Lupus Erythematosis” 

A. POPA, MD 

“Elaboration, Analysis, and Standardization of 

New Antimycotic Azolic Derived Drugs” 

V. RUDI, MD 

“Tendencies in Risk Factors of Ischemic 

Cardiopathy in Rural Population” 

L. RUSNAC, MD 

“Role of Viral Infections in Septic Postsurgical 

Complications” 

I. STANCIU, MD 

“Efficiency of Extracorporal Methods of 

Active Detoxification in Complex Intensive 

Therapy in Acute Drug Intoxication in 

Children” 

Hospital Development Program 



Institute of New York and Carelift 

International) 

During 1997 10 containers of medical 

equipment, supplies, and drugs were 

brought into the Republic of Moldova. 

The supplied goods were donated to 

health care institutions. 

Health Care Initiatives 

expenses: $89,468.00 



Institute of New York) 

The following projects were selected for 

funding on a merit basis for 1997-1998: 

“Improvement of Neonatal Health Care in the 

Republic of Moldova”, $22,000.00 

presented by the Institute of Pediatrics 

“Development of Mechanism for Patients 

(Clients) Participation in the Decision Process 

with Respect to their Health”, $29,815.00 

presented by Management and Medical 

Insurance Organization 

“Medical Instructional Center”, $10,830.00 

presented by Service of Emergency 

Medical Care of Municipality of Balti 

“National Electronic System for Surveillance of 

the Infectious Diseases and Immunization”, 

$83,250.00 

presented by National Center of Hygiene 

and Epidemiology 

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Child Abuse Prevention 

expenses: $27,259.00 




Three practical seminars (April 6-11, July 27 – 

August 8, November 9-15, 1997) and a team 

building conference (November 30 – December 

6, 1997) were organized for specialists in child 

abuse prevention during 1997. 

A grant of $20,000.00 was allocated for 

activities of “Training and Intervention in the 

Prevention of Child Violence and Neglect” 

project presented by Center “Adolescentul” of 

Orhei. 

Geriatrics and Gerontology 

expenses: $12,849.00 



One practical seminar (May 5-16, 1997) was 

organized for specialists in geriatrics and 

gerontology during 1997. 

I. BAICALOVA, MD was selected on a 

merit basis for a fellowship program at 

the clinics of geriatrics and gerontology 

of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 14 – 

October 30, 1997. 


activities of “Second Breath for the Elderly of 

North Moldova” project 

presented by I. BAICALOVA, MD, Balti. 

Harm Reduction 

expenses: $32,713.00 




A conference on issues of harm reduction, 

HIV/AIDS, and the possibilities of 

implementation of harm reduction policies in 

the Republic of Moldova was organized for 

representatives of Ministry of Internal Affairs, 

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, 

governmental and non governmental 

organizations (May 5-9, 1997) 

Representatives of governmental and non 

governmental organizations participated at the 

“Harm Reduction Workshop”, Kiev, Ukraine, 

September 29 – October 3, 1997, and the 

“Heroine Addiction in Europe” conference, 

Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 17-20, 1997 

Two practical seminars in “Psychological and 

Social Assistance for HIV Infected People and 

AIDS Patients” were organized for the police 

of Chisinau. 

A one-month Anti AIDS campaign was 

organized in November 1997 in collaboration 

with the National Center for Prevention and 

Fight against HIV/AIDS. 


activities of “Education and Cultural Action: 

A Healthy Spirit in a Healthy Body” project, 

presented by the Youth for Reforms Foundation 

on the occasion of World Anti - AIDS Day. 

A practical seminar on the problems of 

pathological chemical addiction was organized for 

psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists and 

other professionals in Warsaw, Poland, 


Eight practical seminars on the problems 

of pathological chemical addiction were 

organized in prisons of the Republic of 

Moldova in collaboration with the 

Ministry of Justice and the Directorate 

for Penitentiaries. Eight “12 Steps of 

Alcoholics Anonymous” practical 

seminars were organized in districts of 

the Republic of Moldova. 

A summer camp for children from dysfunctional 

families was organized in collaboration with the 

international organization “Save the Children”, 

August 12-19, 1997 


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M a s s - M e d i a 

A r t s a n d C u l t u r e 

S o r o s C e n t e r f o r C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t 

P u b l i s h i n g 


Mass - Media 

expenses: $240,616.00 


Mass Media Programs have existed at the Soros Foundation Moldova since 1993; the 

goal of the foundation’s activities in this field is to support the independent media, to 

encourage the initiative and the objectivity, facilitate the cooperation and information 

exchange between journalists and media institutions and to defend freedom of 

expression. 

The main principle of designing projects in mass media is collaboration with media 

organizations in joint projects and a continuous communication with other 

organizations, which fund and implement projects in mass media. 

The activity of Mass-Media Program is continuously related to the one of the 

Independent Journalism Center. The Center focuses on training and resources, while the 

Soros Foundation Media Program focuses on technical, infrastructure assistance and 

grant giving to independent media. 

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Local Media Support 

expenses: $47,767.00 

comitments: $2,662.00 

The given assistance was structured at several levels: equipment grants, newsprint, 

subscription to news agencies, support for mass-media initiatives. A result of the 

complex activity for a single subject - the regional press - was the “birth” and activity of 

the Association of the Independent Press, NGO for independent media in the regions; 

its members are publications registered in last three years: Business-info (Cimislia), 

Cuvantul (Rezina), Cugetul (Balti), Gazeta de Vest (Nisporeni), Aciic ghioz (Comrat), ESTcurier 

(Criuleni), Accent Provincial (Glodeni), Cetatea (Orhei), Unghiul (Ungheni), the 

Independent Journalism Center and two news agencies- DECA -press (Balti) and BASA 

press. The Association is operating an information exchange network and is elaborating 

projects for the benefit of its members - a project of a syndicate article, distributed 

through the Association, a joint advertisement project, a series of seminars in the 

regions, etc. The Association could exploit the possibilities of e-mail communication 

and create a Web page. 

Equipment Grants 

Equipment grants were given through two competitions, anounced for March 1-May 1 and September 

1-October 10, 1997. 

Print media, radio and TV stations could ticipate par in the competition, on condition 

not to be financed by the state or political str uctures. Grants were received by: 

“Accent Provincial” weekly, Glodeni 

“EST Curier” weekly, Criuleni 

“EMICO Ranis” radio station, Nisporeni 


Within this program consulting, development and collaboration projects for local 

media were supported: 

Consulting “Management and Development of Publications”, March 25- April 8, 1997, $1,990.00 

expert Judy YABLONKY 

Consulting “Software and Use of Computer in Editing a Newspaper”, July 8-9, 1997, $690.00 

expert Dan DUMITRESCU, PDG, Gazeta de Transilvania 

Grant for the news agency “DECA press”, $750.00 

Project “3 Round Tables in the Regions of Moldova”, $1,472.00 

Association of Independent Press 

Newsprint donations 

Newsprint donations were given for a 6 month period to existing and appearing local 

newspapers. 

Beneficiaries: 

EST curier, Criuleni 

Business-info, Cimislia 

Cugetul, Balti 

Cuvintul, Rezina 

Limba Romana, Chisinau 

Accent provincial, Glodeni 

Cetatea, Orhei 

Unghiul, Ungheni 

Gazeta de Vest, Nisporeni 

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Subscription to news agencies 

Subscription to news agencies, which was offered to local press, intended to provide a 

continous and diverse flow of information. Subscription was given through a contest. 

Beneficiaries: 

Gazeta de vest, Nisporeni (Flux news agency) 

Cuvintul, Rezina (Flux news agency) 

Cugetul, Balti (Infotag news agency) 

“TiViK ASKET”, Tiraspol (BASA press news agency) 

The Independent Journalism Center (IJC) 

expenses: $68,938.00 

The activities of the Independent Journalism Centre, a part of the Open World House, 

are based on the principles of a profitable, free and open press. Its primary intent is to 

provide media instruction and resource materials for professionals, students and 

trainers of journalists, thus contributing to the independence of media in Moldova. 

The Centre’s training program offers short-term seminars and workshops for 

practising journalists, media managers, journalism instructors and students of 


journalism. The topics vary from media law and basic reporting to media 

management and financing, advertising as a revenue source, production of local TV 

and radio stations. 

The IJC also publishes a weekly bulletin “Lumea Deschisa” which releases information 

from mass-media abroad and an analytical magazine “Mass Media in Moldova”. 

Data base files are formed in response to the demand of journalists and media 

organisations and also as a result of field studies. 

The Press Club from Chisinau, a project accomplished with the efforts of the 

Committee for Freedom of the Press and IJC is unfolding its activity. 

An independent radio station Radio d’Or began to broadcast on October 10, 1996. A 

television production studio has been already functioning for two years. These 

associated training laboratories are very useful for journalists. 

Programs run in 1997: 

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In 1996 the computer courses were the most demanded. Lack of knowledge regarding computer 

usage is still a major problem of Moldovan journalists. 

On this account, in 1997, the IJC organized a series of courses for journalists, the aim 

of which was to make them familiar with WINDOWS’ 95 and WORD 7(February 10 

- 21, June 30 - July 11 and November 3 - 14, 1997); Page Maker - March 18 - April 8, 

1997. Nowadays over 40 journalists from different publications, radio and TV 

stations use in practice the knowledge obtained at the courses organized by the IJC. 

Advertizing for Newspapers, May 13- 19, 1997 

The seminar was organized for the new media structures (for both print media and 

radio stations) which try to become profitable businesses. Lloyd Donaldson, publisher 

of the English bi-weekly The St. Petersburg Times from Saint Petersburg, Russia was 

invited to hold this seminar. During the seminar and consulting sessions which 

gathered directors, managers, editor-in-chiefs, sales people from 8 newspapers, 2 news 

agencies and 2 radio stations, subjects were touched upon competition increase among 

mass media, creation of the organization’s image, advertizing as a source of revenue, 

introducing new technologies, newspaper distribution. 

Production and Organization of Programs on Local TV Stations and Courses for cameramen, 

September 15 - 21, 1997 

Thirty-five Moldovan television professionals, picture editors, cameramen took part in 

the seminar held by Peter Zimmermann and Alexander Boneff, instructors from 

Germany. The topics that were covered during the theoretical part of the course were 

the following: Modern Technology Working with the Digital Equipment, Audience 

Research, Responsibility of TV in a Modern Democratic Society, Regional and Local 

Programming. Within the practical hours the trainees produced interviews, news 

bulletins and documentaries. 

Newspaper Management, September 15 - 26, 1997 

(in collaboration with United States Information Service and the Soros Foundation 

Moldova) 

The project included two seminars: the first week (September 15 - 19) - for Romanian 


independent newspapers and the second week (September 22 - 26) for Russian 

newspapers published in Moldova. One of the goals of this project was to develop 

managers’ skills (who very often don’t have required knowledge in the field) to 

analyze the advertizing market and the way the institution is managed. The lectures 

and discussions were mainly focused on classified advertizing, defining a market, 

advertizing market strategies, advantages / disadvantages of foreign ownership, 

business plans, journalism ethics etc. 

The seminars were attended by 22 editors and managers from 13 Moldovan dailies 

and weeklies. The participants of the seminar enjoyed the discussions with the USIS 

experts J. HERMAN and Betty Nan OBERMAYER who presented a lot of 

interesting information to them. 

Seminar for Radio Reporters and News Presenters, November 17 - 20, 1997 

In order to improve the professionalism of radio journalists, the IJC organized 

seminar for radio reporters and news presenters. The seminar was held by Christian 

WEHRSCHUTZ, editor at Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Austria and member of 

the International Institute of Strategic Studies from London. 

23 journalists from Radio d’Or, Unda Libera, Radio Moldova Actualitati, Radio 

Moldova International, Micul Samaritean, Journalism School from Balti etc. got 

acquainted with the principles of radio news writing, ways of news presenting, 

informational signals, types of interactive programs. The seminar offered to the trainees 

the possibility to test their level of knowledge and to find out the experience of Radio 

ORF, the most popular radio station in Austria. 

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Press Club (project launched in 1995) 

In 1997 the guests of the Press Club from Chisinau were: 

January 30 

Ion CIUBUC, prime minister of the Republic of Moldova 

February 20 

Dumitru MOTPAN, president of the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova 

February 27 

Anatol TARANU, special mission presidential counsellor 

March 14 

His Excellency Marcel Dinu, Romanian ambassador in the Republic of Moldova 

March 18 

Eurasia Foundation in Moldova, press conference 

March 23 

His Excellency Alexandr PAPKIN, Russian ambassador in Moldova 

April 14 

Mircea SNEGUR, president of Revival and Reconciliation Party 

May 8 

Soros Foundation Moldova, fifth anniversary 

May 22 

Vladimir ATAMANIUC, president of the Supreme Soviet of Transnistria 

June 5 

Serafim URECHEANU, mayor of Chisinau 


June 19 

Dorin TUDORAN, IFES director in Moldova and Romania 

July 10 

Iacob POPOVICI, Minister of Education 

September 12 

His Excellency John Todd STEWART, USA Ambassador in Moldova 

October 9 

Mircea RUSU, president of the Liberal Party of Moldova 

October 21 

Hungarian Embassy representatives in Moldova 

October 31 

Tudor BOTNARU, National Security Minister 

November 6 

representatives of Great Britain’s Embassy in Moscow 

November 27 

the launching of the Handbook “Mass Media and Freedom of Expression”, 

published by Article XIX and the IJC with the financial support of the Council of 

Europe. 

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On July 12, 1997 the launching of the TV version of the Press Club took place. The 

first independent TV studio from Chisinau, Catalan TV, broadcast the meeting of the 

Press Club with the participation of His Excellency Marcel Dinu, Romanian 

ambassador in the Republic of Moldova. In 1997 Catalan TV viewers had the 

possibility to watch four programs from the series “Press Club”. 

On December 26, 1997 the traditional festivity of awarding the ten best journalists of 

1997 and celebrating the Center’s third anniversary took place. 150 people took part 

in it: journalists, press secretaries, deputies, international organizations’ 

representatives. Special prizes were awarded by: Xerox representation in Moldova, 

Moldovan Parliament, UNICEF, Television Journalists’ Association, Ukrainian 

Embassy, USA Embassy, Information Resource Center, OSCE Mission in Moldova, 

Soros Foundation Moldova. 

The Open World House TV Studio 

expenses: $58,177.00 

Founded in 1995, the OWH TV Studio was conceived as an experimental lab for young 

TV producers, where they could manifest their aptitudes and implement their projects 

without fear of “making mistakes”. The existence of this experimental lab in the 

Moldovan TV environment is as timely as it is the only place where TV production is 

not perceived through the prism of immediate financial profit. 

The first two years of the Studio’s activity not only confirmed the necessity of 

permanent scholarship for TV producers, but also proved that the Studio could provide 

informative programs and films of high quality in comparison to traditional Moldovan 

TV. The continuing effort served as the basis for creating a permanent production team 

which started its activity in 1997. At that time it launched new types of programs on 

National TV and kept its most successful programs which had debuted in 1996. 


The themes of the studio reflect problems of everyday social life and in particular the 

transition to a market economy and a democratic society. 

Throughout 1997 a series of programs called “The portrait of my generation” (producer - Leontina 

VATAMANU) was launched in an attempt to touch youth problems as they are seen 

by and discussed among themselves. The theme of each broadcast presents only one 

side of young people’s lives, however, it tends to present it from different points of 

view. Thus, a series of issues like “Youth and Religion”, “Youth and Money”, “Youth 

and Politics” and “My Classmates” was produced and broadcast on national TV. 

The first musical show “Rock Vagon” (producer - Igor COBILEANSCHI and Marin TUREA) 

was produced by the OWH TV Studio and broadcast on national TV in 1996. It was and still 

remains the only show of alternative music in Moldova. The success of “Rock Vagon” 

among the fans of musical non-conformism ensured the further appearance of similar 

shows in 1997. “Rock Vagon” shows served as a leitmotiv as well as a source of 

inspiration for the appearance of the first rock marathon in Moldova which took place 

on May 25, 1997 with the title “ Tomorrow Begins Today”. More than 20 prominent 

rock groups took part in the performance which was appreciated by about 12,000 

people at the Summer Theater. 

In December 1997 the program “Cinestezia” (producer - Marin TUREA) debuted, the goal of 

which was to inform the audience about world-wide video and cinema achievements. It is a noble 

and necessary task if one takes into account the avalanche of sub-quality broadcasts 

which had been falling on the big and small screens of Moldova. 

Apart from permanent programs, the OWH TV Studio has produced ad-hoc programs 

as well, prompted by public interest. The most successful works of this type was a 

series of reports from the summer camp carbonART’97 organized by the SCCA, which 

was held in Radenii-Vechi. The works were shown at the second annual exhibition 

organized by the SCCA in October 1997. 

The Studio produced a series of works on the occasion of the 5 th Anniversary of the 

Soros Foundation. Within this series is a film presenting the Soros Foundation, 

produced especially to celebrate this event. 

“Moldova FM”, a festival organized by Radio d’Or on October 6, 1997 was another 

event involving the OWH TV Studio. On the International Day of Youth, an 

entertaining program “Karaoke-show” was organized by the OWH TV Studio in 

collaboration with national TV. 

As an “experimental lab”, the OWH TV Studio produced test-works with the aim of 

inventing new programs and enlarging its team. The program “File” produced by 

Angela Brasoveanu and Vsevolod Ciornei was an attempt to bring the life and work of 

prominent people to the public’s attention. 

Even though it is less than in previous years, the OWH TV Studio still continues to 

provide technical equipment for training organized by the OWH Journalism Center. 35 

journalists from 11 independent TV Studio in Moldova have benefited from these 

projects. 

The end of 1997 for the OWH TV Studio marked the attempt to broadcast more often 

on National TV. Monthly programs were transformed into weekly programs, making 

them more diversified. Two other programs “Impact” (producer - Leontina 

VATAMANU) and “Megapolis” (producer - Igor COBILEANSCHI) appeared as a 

follow up to this transformation. 

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Open World House Radio d’Or station 

expenses: $41,288.00 

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Moldova FM festival 

The Festival took place on November 5, 1997 in the form of a concert held at Piata 

Marii Adunari Nationale on City Day. The concert included 4 radio stations which had 

accepted the idea of promoting the frequency FM wave which is, for the time being, the 

only frequency wave that can be used by independent radio stations in Moldova. 

The motivation for this manifestation was the extension of the frequency FM wave in 

the radio business, through private stations. Also, the major goals were the 

establishment of closer contacts among other radio stations, which in the future need 

to be associated in order to promote certain values and common interests as well as 

the creation of united manifestations in the radio environment. 

The initiation of Radio d’Or was the first step on the road to approaching “rivals” 

which would be followed by a more ample collaboration in the future. 

The invitation was addressed to all local radio stations in Chisinau with their own 

programs (at that time “Eldoradio” had already been broadcasting a Moscow program 

“Evropa plius”). 

The following radio stations accepted to join the project: Radio d’Or, Unda Libera, 

Modern-Club 805 (Radio Moldova), Polidisc. 

The concert was directed to obtain a radiophonic effect reflected in a musical radio 

program accompanied by DJ comments between songs. This is an innovation for our 

market. 

The impact was surprisingly positive. Due to the successful promotion carried out by 

the participating stations, about 100,000 people came to Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, 

according to the estimation of the police. This idea of bringing the station and the 

audience together was a big success. 

Internship in Bucharest 

The project was based on the necessity of radio staff gaining more advanced experience 

from independent radio stations in Bucharest. Along with the training of its own staff, 

another goal was to attract new staff members who, after an internship could become a 

human resource prepared to work at any radio station in Moldova. As a matter of fact, 

the goal of the project was to contribute through additional training in radio 

production to already qualified specialists as well as to a new staff in the sphere of 

independent radio business. 

The formulated goals were advertised in media and interested applicants went through a 

preliminary selection process which was followed by initial training provided by Radio 

d’Or, and later the candidates were sent to an internship at Uniplus Radio in Bucharest. 

The selected group of candidates was made up of 12 people: 

Mariana ARSENE 

Ala BETISOR 

Galina MARDARE 

Vitalie CUSNIR 

Tatiana CURCHI 


Viorel TIGANAS 

Irina CHIPERI 

Nicu POPESCU 

Luciano POPA 

Aliona CHETRARI 

Vadim CUSNIRENCO 

Tatiana COMAN 

The experience gained from Radio d’Or as well as practical knowledge received in 

Bucharest were supported by the accumulation of a series of practical skills: e.g. getting 

to know the technology of automated music programming on the radio; accumulating 

special techniques of attending to clients soliciting advertisement services; beginning to 

study the possibilities of transmission via satellite with the goal of establishing a radio 

network. Irina CHIPERI was hired by Radio Unda Libera, Viorel TIGANAS and 

Luciano POPA were selected for the Radio Contact Chisinau (as it appeared) and Nicu 

POPESCU became an assistant DJ at Radio d’Or, which also hired Tatiana COMAN 

and Vadim CUSNIRENCO. 

It was difficult to carry out the entire planned project, due to the fact that, at that time, 

a tendency opposed to that of Radio d’Or unfortunately appeared on the Moldovan 

radio market. Two local stations took their programs almost completely from Moscow 

radio programs. The absence of interest in raising the professionalism in production of 

native programs promoted the decrease in the number of participants in the internship 

project. 

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Support for Radio d’Or 

The reason Radio d’Or received a supporting grant lies in the fact that it still remains 

to be a unique radio with its independent services in the informational environment 

of Chisinau. Unlike other stations, which are oriented exclusively to the use of 

second hand information or to minimizing this information in the broadcast, Radio 

d’Or uses its own news room and continues to explore the alternatives of radio 

business. Lately, the maintenance of some information became more and more 

difficult due to the financial limits and insignificant profit from the advertising 

market. At the beginning of 1997, the station had a debit of about 10 pieces of news 

daily (50 - weekly and 210 - monthly) which comprised a monthly share of about 

1.75-2 hours of pure information, prepared exclusively on the basis of reliability of 

informational sources, i.e. a share of great importance from the point of view of 

quantity and quality of information in general. On the other hand, the market 

appears to be more favorable for the stations derived from Moscow which are mostly 

guided by the advertisement business. By the end of ’97 the financial situation made 

this debit of information decrease to about 2 hours. The main reason for supporting 

Radio d’Or was the fact that it is keeping its capacity of information production by all 

means, the fact which is of major importance in development of native information 

in the independent radio business. The market conditions for advertisement business 

have become more favorable for Evropa Plius and Russkoe Radio stations, which 

according to a poll appear to be the top stations in Chisinau. As a matter of fact, 

according to the Audiovisual Intermediate Counsil, Radio d’Or acts as the leader in 


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promotion of the development of native 

programs and does lots of work in this 

sphere. This includes: Moldova FM 

festival, destined to a consolidation of 

local radio community, internships for 

attracting and training new staff which is 

in a great demand among beginning 

radio stations in Moldova. A lot of 

students from the Journalism 

Department of the State University who 

showed keen interest and manifested 

their aptitudes in radio have entire 

support from Radio d’Or, some of them 

were even hired by the station. These 

efforts will definitely bring success but 

only in the future, till then qualified 

programs well financed from Moscow, 

will easilly compete with a station which 

is trying to plant seeds of an 

independent, powerful, and native radio. 

Acquisition and Publishing of Media 

Books 



The goal of the program was reducing 

the lack of contemporary book in 

journalism field and provide access to 

last editions on the market, which are 

required especially in the academic and 

post-graduate studies. Books were 

bought to donate to the Journalism and 

Communication Sciences School at State 

University and Independent Journalism 

Center. Grants were also given for 

journalism materials publishing projects. 

RMI Brochure, $446.00 

Radio Moldova International 

Research on access to information issues, 

$7,525.00 

Committee for Freedom of the Press 

Internet 


Access to Internet was offered to massmedia 

independent in order to facilitate 

communication between journalists, 

stimulate interest for new technologies 

use and placement of media information 

on Internet. 

Beneficiaries of e-mail and Internet 

services were: 

Limba Romana 

Contrafort 

Flux 

Moldavschie Vedomosti 

BASA press 

Logos press 

TiViK ASKET 

Infotag 

Business-info 

Cuvintul 

Cugetul 

Gazeta de Vest 

EST curier 

Accent Provincial 

Broadcasting Coordinating Council 

Open Grants for Media 

expenses: $26,861.00 

The 1997 program “Open Grants for 

Media” was designed to support different 

initiatives of mass media. Grants were 

given to the Center for Development of 

Independent Television, the Association of 

Philosophers and CIVIS for projects of 

studying the media market, to the Union 

of Journalists for the General Conference 

and the 10th Congress, to the VIP 

Association for a news program, to the 

Committee for Press Freedom for a Study of 

the access to information in the Republic 

of Moldova with a draft of Law on 

Information, the Radio Moldova for a 

“Journalism Training” seminar. 


English Language Scholarships 


One of the main problems that 

Moldovan journalists experience is the 

poor knowledge of English. The need 

of this knowledge is felt in everyday 

work with the computer, foreign sources, 

Internet, etc. Many of them can not 

benefit from different scholarships, 

seminars, workshops abroad because 

they do not know English. 

The program was administrated by the 

English Language School at the Open 

World House. 

Beneficiaries in 1997: 

Ada FODOR 

Grigore BRINZA 

Ala BELOSTECINII 

Dumitru TIRA 

Gheorghe DONI 

Valeriu CORCIMARI 

Svetlana CALICENCO 

Larisa SILVESTRU 

Ala CORNESCU 

Iurie COLESNIC 

Ion ROBU 

Dinu SCOBICI 

Violeta CIOCANU 

Veronica CERNEI 

Vlad TURCANU 

Iurie BODRUG 

Vadim VISLOGUZOV 

Angela BRASOVEANU 

Oxana SOLOVEI 

Tatiana PLACHIDA 

Tatiana LAZAR 

Violeta GRIGORE 

Corina RAIU 

Serafim ISAC 

Travel to seminars, conferences 

expenses: $14,137.69 

BBC School, Bucharest, February 24 - May 2, 

1997, $774.34 

Elena HORNET 

Professional Ethics Seminar, Sinaia, October 

22-24, 1997, $780.00 

Rodica IUNCU 

Aneta GROSU 

Valeriu SAHARNEANU 

Dina CLAPCO 

Ludmila POVSTENCO 

Ion MAZUR 

Valeriu RENITA 

Rodica STAVARACHE 

Summer School “Social Implications of the 

Information Society”, Dusseldorf, August 11- 

22, 1997 $1,315.11 

Luminita DUMBRAVEANU 

Vadim VISLOGUZOV 

European Seminar on Promoting Independent 

and Pluralistic Mass-media with Special Focus 

on Central and Eastern Europe, Sofia, 

September 5-11, 1997, $724.00 


Atelier de la Radio Educative, Warsaw, May 

30-31, 1997, $624.00 

Vasile MIJA 

Carolina MORUSEAC 

III Festival of local TV stations, Kosice, 

October 15-20, 1997, $1500.00 

Aneta GROSU 

Alina RADU 

Tatiana PLACHIDA 

Angela SIRBU 

Journalism school, Trnava, Slovak Republic, 

November 13-22, 1997, $334.00 

Oxana SOLOVEI 

Mass-media in European Unification Seminar, 

Klingenthal, March 17-22, 1997, $1,107.90 

Alexandru CANTIR, Fidel GALAICU 

Seminar “Media Management”, Slovak 

Republic, February 26 - March 7, 1997, 

$754.00 

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Andrei PORUBIN, Alexandru 

BURDEINII 

60 Congress of the International Association 

of Sport Press, Oviedo, Spain, May 13-19, 

1997, $761.03 

Ion ROBU 

“Journalism in CIS in 1996” Seminar, 

Moscow, February 4-5, 1997, $563.00 

Vasile BOTNARU, Constantin 

CHOROSCO 

“Press and Parliaments” Seminar, Stockholm, 

May 12-13, 1997, $117.46 

Ion UMANIUC 

XIX European Television and Film Forum, 

Lisbon, November 6-8, 1997, $1766.6 

Corina CEPOI 

Mass-media Coordinators Annual Meeting, 

Vilnius, October 22-26, 1997, $884.48 

Steliana HANGANU, Angela SIRBU 

Festival Prix Europe, Berlin, October 5-13, 

1997 $645.00 

Natalia ANISIMOV 

Internship at Radio France, Paris, September 

15- November 15, 1997, $375.00 

Valentina TESTEMITANU 

“NGO Awareness in the media “ Workshop, 

Kiev, December 10-11, 1997, $1,069.00 


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Arts and Culture 

expenses: $162,503.16 


The Soros Foundation Moldova Programs in Arts and Culture have developed a strategy for 

maximum impact in overcoming conditions which hamper Moldova’s social transition toward a more 

open, civil society. The support for cultural and artistic projects was based on the fundamental 

principles of an open approach to the world and promotion of civil society values. 

Currently, the artistic and cultural structures are exclusively state budget financed, in 

which case the real financial needs are far from being met; in addition, an efficient 

managerial and printing infrastructure suitable to the new production effects in the 

field is not yet in force. In this context, the Soros Foundation oriented its activity in 

the following essential directions: promoting cultural values, supporting artistic 

performance, integrating the artistic structures from Moldova in the international 

value circuit, stimulating a spirit of initiative and creativity in Arts Management. 

Famous Cultural and Artistic Events Program 

expenses: $30,404.05 


First International Competition for Instrumental Interpretation (piano, cello, violin), April 1-14, 


organized by MAM, 45 young performers participated from 8 European and Asian 

countries 


“The Eugene Ionescu Theatre Biennial” International Festival (2 nd edition - “Tradition and 

Modernism”), May 24 - 30, 1997 

remarkable productions from Romania, Japan, USA, Russia, Moldova were brought 

together. 

“Eugene Coca” International Competition of Young Performers (piano, cell, violin, viola, double bus), 

Chisinau, June 23 - 28, 1997 

organized by Ciprian Porumbescu Cultural Foundation 

First Book Show for Children, April 10 - 13, 1997 

This exhibition took place under the aegis of the National Section of IBBY and 

participating publishing houses ("Cartier", "Litera", "Prut International", "Stiinta"). 

“Zdob and Zdub” (Chisinau) and “Bouches Metaliks” (France) artistic friendship tour, March- 

April, 1997 

8 th European Encounters International Conference “Aspects of the social consequences of transition 

in central Europe”, Festival Est-Ouest, Die (France) 

Lidia TOMOZEI, editor at the editing department, Constitutional Court of Moldova 

Elvira LEAHU, teacher of European Economics and International Services at ULIM 

A series of cultural-artistic events, May 1997: 

modern music Marathon Rock Vagon 

Brahms recital, held by A.LAPICUS and I.MAHOVICI 

contemporary music performance, group of Liviu STIRBU 

art-folk trio “Trigon” 

concert bringing together young performers of classical and contemporary music, national and 

international competition laureates. 

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Grants for Establishment of Cultural Infrastructure 

expenses: $12,767.41 

Arts Center “Coliseum” 

Grants for purchase of technical equipment and organizing cultural activities: 

“Theatre Poster and Program” Art-show, May 1997, focusing on previous results and 

current situation of the theatre poster 

“Theatre Carnival”, organized on City Day 

“Guguta” Municipal Children Theatre 

Grant for updating the technical level 

Access to International Information 

expenses: $21,065.84 

One of the acute problems in Moldova is the extremely poor access to information, 

especially external information, plus the lack of mechanisms to integrate artistic 

structures with the international value and information circuit. Taking the above into 


consideration, the Soros Foundation supported the external relations department of 

the Ministry of Culture by providing the necessary equipment, for a systematic and 

qualitative inflow of information. 

The Foundation sustained the creation of a media library for the AIM. All arts 

education institutions in the country will be granted access to the Media library. It will 

contain the art works and materials needed both in cultural/artistic education and for 

professionals. The library holds the necessary equipment although its audio, video, 

book and catalog sections are still to be completed. 

The Annual Theatre Prizes Program 

expenses: $1.584.37 

This program is oriented towards attracting the public’s attention to artistic and 

cultural events in Moldova. The Gala of Theatre Prizes 1997 was financed as a 

completion of the Top Theatre program of the Soros Foundation. Owing to Soros 

Foundation’s support, theatres from Balti, Cahul and Tiraspol were able to participate 

at their professional celebration in Chisinau. 

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Participation at International Festivals, Competitions, Conferences and 

Workshops 

expenses: $18,576.18 

International Theatre Festival, Budapest and International Festival of Animated Images, Perugia, 

Hungary-Italy, August 29 - September 7, 1997 

Licurici Republican Puppet Theater 

Cultural Dialogue China -Moldova, Beiging, August 25 - September 3, 1997 

Arts people from Moldova 

Annual Informal European Theater Meeting IETM 97, Paris, April 10 - April 13, 1997 

Mihai FUSU, Artistic Director, Luceafarul theater 

6 th International PEN Congress, Edinburgh, August 5-14, 1997 

Valeria GROSU, Serafim SAKA, members of Writers International Association PEN 

“April spring” Festival in Korea, 15 th edition, Pyongyang, April 4-19, 1997 

Musicians from Moldova 

“The Search for a New World Culture for the 21 st Century: Western Literary Perspective” 

International Conference, Washington, July 13-17, 1997 

Arcadie SUCEVEANU, writer 

50 th International Film Festival, Cannes, May 7-8, 1997 

Larisa TUREA, journalist, lecturer 

“The book within the Regions of Europe” First European Forum, Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France, 



Gheorghe IERIZANU, Director, "Cartier" publishing house 

International Competition of Accordion Players, Klingental, May 2-8, 1997 

Andrei TASNICENCO, student, MAM 

“O. Danovschi” International Ballet Competition, Costanta, June 8-15, 1997 

group of students from Choreography Lyceum, Chisinau 

7 th International Festival of the Composition of Fine Arts of Children “Golenov’97”, Poland, 

July 6-8, 1997 

Ana NECEAINICU, pupil at the school # 60 with arts profile, Chisinau 

International Violin Competition in Kloster Schontal, July 26- August 4, 1997 

Ala BENDERSCHI, Ilian GARNET, C. Porumbescu Musical School 

Jeunesse Musicale International Music Competition, Bucharest, May 9-15, 1997 

Zinaida BRANZILA, C. Porumbescu Music School 

“Citta di Senigallia” International Competition, Italy, August 26-31, 1997 

Stanislav JAR, C.Porumbescu Musical Lyceum 

International Competition for Pianists, Kiev, April 21 - May 5, 1997 

Anastasia LEVANDOVSCHI, Rahmaninov Musical Republican School 

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International Competition for Young Pianists, S. Petersburg, March 24-31, 1997 

Alexandr CULICOV, Rahmaninov Musical Republican School 

Completion of the CD 

launching project by “Trigon” art-folk trio 

Performing Arts Grants 



The Soros Foundation Moldova sustained contemporary forms of artistic expression 

and original ways of collaboration in theater, music, literature, visual arts, choreography, 

etc, thus helping to define the role of performing arts in an open society. In this 

context, support was further offered for artistic projects by means of grants and 

information on other possible local or foreign financial sources. 

“Carmen” Ballet-fantasy, realised by Mihai TARNA, a graduate of Directing Faculty from 

the AIM in collaboration with Liviu STIRBU, composer, a ballet company run by Victoria 

BUCUN, choreographer, Angela JOSANU, designer, and Licurici Puppet Theatre. 

Modern Ballet “Daphnis and Cloe”, performed by students from the Choreography 

School in Chisinau, advised by Alkis RAFTIS, professor, Greek dance specialist, and 


Eleni CHRYSANTHAKI, choregrapher, dance and ballet professor in Greece. 

Education and Professional Development Program in Performing Arts 

expenses: $34,674.85 


The program of workshops and studios for Arts students and for performing arts 

professionals is a large program that emphasizes the Soros Foundation’ s priorities in 

arts and is oriented towards developing contemporary ways of artistic expression. 

This program is part of Performing Arts Network Program, run by OSI Budapest, 

and involves inviting experts, artists, and professors from abroad to run arts 

workshops in Moldova, plus supporting young artists participation from Moldova in 

workshops abroad. 

As part of this program, the following events took place in Chisinau: 

“Acting Technique in European Theatre” Creation Workshop, May 24-27, 1997 

presented by Vazkressia VICHAROVA and Zarco OUZOUNOV (Bulgaria) 

Theatre summer school, August 15-25, 1997 

Workshops run by Guy SONNEN (the Netherland), Claudia CRACIUN (Moldova) 

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Workshop for students at the Choregraphy Faculty of State Arts Institute and for young 

choreographers from Chisinau, October 13-24, 1997 

Kilina CREMONA (France), Iva NERINA GATTIN, Irma OMERZO (Croatia) 

Choreography and modern dance seminar, November 24 - December 7, 1997 

presented by Zuzana BACOVA (Slovakia) 

Modern dance workshop, December 1-11, 1997 

presented by Raido MAGI and Merle SAARVA (Estonia) 

Arts and music workshops, October 27- November 8, 1997 

run by well-known artists from the USA, France, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and 

Moldova, as part of the Autumn University organized by MAM 

“Internationale Tanzwochen Wien. Dance Web” Contemporary Dance courses, Vien, July 16 - 

August 14, 1997 

Angela DONII, choreographer at Eugene Ionesco theatre 

Performing Arts Summer School, Sofia, September 15-29, 1997 

Daniela MUDREAC, actress at Eugene Ionesco theatre 

Maria CRACIUN, student at the Theatre and Film Academy in Bucharest 

Master - class Margess International, Swiss, July 13 - August 3, 1997 

Adrian MUSTEA, Ciprian Porumbescu Republican Music School 


Ecumest European Master Specialized Management Cultural Program 

Doina DUMBRAVEANU-MUNTEANU 

Training Courses in Cultural Organization Administration, Paris, October 24 - November 21, 


Angela SOLTAN, Latin Union representative for Moldova 

Training Courses at the Amsterdam Conservatory, piano section, academic year 97/98 

Mariana IZMAN, student, MAM 

Open Society Cultural Link (Regional Program) 

expenses: $12, 510.00 

Through the common efforts of artistic and management structures and institutions 

in different countries, the OS Cultural Link program sustained a series of 

international cultural activities including, on occasion, the participation of artistic 

groups from Moldova. 

With the Foundation’s support, the Mihai Eminescu national theatre, Eugene Ionescu theatre, and 

representatives of the Licurici puppet theatre participated in the International Theatre Festival in 

Sibiu (May 30 - June 8, 1997) 

The Soros Foundation financed the International Conference of New Music Festival Directors in 

Central and Eastern Europe, Chisinau, October 5-9, 1997, as part of the 7 th holding of the New 

Music International Festival. 

Festival directors, composers, performers, musicologists, and journalists from Bulgaria, 

Romania, Estonia, Russia, Tatarstan, Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden and Germany took 

part in the conference. 

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Publishing Program 

Three Literary Debuts 


ccommitments: $6,638.00 

The "Arc" Publishing House launched 3 new names in the “Prima verba” series: 

Margareta CURTESCU, “The Courage is a Relish” (poetry) 

Iurie BODRUG, “It is Too Late to Revive” (prose) 

Mihai VACULOVSCHI, “Immortal in Corn” (poetry) 

Elaboration and unfolding of training for specialists in publishing area 

Grants for Arts and Culture Journals 



- By technically endowing the Contrafort, Sud-Est and Basarabia journals, the Soros Foundation 

completed a long-running program extended over several years that provides technical assistance to 


culture and art jounals. 

- A grant was given for a special issue of the “Basarabia” journal. This edition compiles and 

concludes a long series of discussions on the present state of Basarabian prose. 

- A grant was allocated for a special issue of the “Sud-Est” journal entitled “Sacred cave 

architecture in the context of South-East European civilization” containing the materials of the 

international conference on the same subject, which was held under the journal’s aegis as part of the 

Soros Foundation “East-East” Program. 


“Advertising - the Marketing of Aesthetics or the Aesthetization of Market” 

exhibition 

expenses: $15,037.00 

The “Advertising - the Marketing of Aesthetics or the Anesthetization of Market” 

exhibition, organized by the Soros Foundation Moldova on September 19-28, 1997, 

was the first event in graphic design and advertising in the Republic of Moldova. 

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Premises of the project: 

Advertising and the graphic design as its representative are imposing themselves in Moldova within 

the broader social and economic transformations and they have a clear cultural education role. As 

interdisciplinary activities, advertising and the graphic design combine traditional arts, mass-media 

and business elements. In several years, our country has already got a market, which stimulates the 

activity in the field. 

The objectives of the exhibition were: 

- to underline the professionalism and the creativity of local graphic designers 

- to offer to the client a spectrum of up-to-date works of Moldova artists, contributing 

to educating the advertising perception 

- offering to the designers a possibility to meet each other and to the clients- to learn 

the individual style and manner of each designer. 

The exhibition was non-profit. Almost 400 works were exposed, presenting 32 authors: 

(independent designers or graphic design studios.) The participation of young designers, 

graduated from the AIM, was a singular feature of the event. 

The components of the exhibition followed the domain’standards: corporate identity, 

advertising campaigns, advertising photography, package, art-design, miscellaneous. The 

video advertising was not represented in the exhibition. Still, there were shown 

advertising spots, produced in Moldova (by Diver Studio, Dixi Studio, P & P, OWH 

TV-studio). Western video spots were not part of the exhibition; they served to 

illustrate the essays of the international seminar’ participants: Radu BUDES - DaKINO 

Foundation, Bucharest/The night of advertising eaters, Andrei DOBRUNOV - 

“CLASSIKA” Studio”/Moscow. 

Both the project’s exhibition and seminar served the advertising self-analysis and 

development, recognizing it as an important area of an open society. 


“Advertising - the marketing of aesthetics or the anesthetization of market” 

Seminar, September 21 - 22, 1997 

The seminar included presentations of local specialists and ones invited from abroad, 

and discussed the advertising current situation in Eastern and Western Europe. 

Participants were students and professionals in advertising and graphic design and all 

interested persons. 

Issues discussed: 

- Advertising - the marketing of aesthetics or the aesthetization of market 

- Depersonalization of advertising 

- Social, economic, cultural relationships between advertising producers and clients in a 

society in transition 

Arts specialists and critics, experts from France, Romania, Russia and Republic of 

Moldova participated in the seminar: 

Prof. Sylvere PIQUET 

Ecole superieure d’Economie, d’Art et de 

Communication, Paris, France 

*contemporary promotional techniques, 

marketing studies , sponsoring 

Claire NOGACKI 

Universite de Valenciennes et du Hainaut - 

Cambresis, Valenciennes, France 

*advertising research 

Cristina SABAU 

Design Bulletin, Bucharest, Romania 

*Arts critic, editor of Design Bulletin 

Radu BUDES 

DaKINO Foundation, Bucharest, Romania 

*coordinator of the Night of Advertizing 

Eaters 

Andrei DOBRUNOV 

“Classika” Production studio, Moscow, Russia 

*video advertising 

Alexandru SCHIOPU 

AIM, Visual Arts Department, Chisinau, 


*advertising and graphic design researc h 

Marin TUREA 

TV Studio at the Open World House, 

Republic of Moldova 

*video advertising 

Olga RUSU 

Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Moldova 

*psychology, sociology 

Silvia HARNAU 

AESM, Chisinau, Moldova 

*marketing, semiotics research 

Prof. Ion MACARI 

IIUM, Chisinau, Moldova 

*marketing studies 

Serghei BLANDU 

Marketing Studies Center, 

Komsomolskaia Pravda - Basarabia newspaper, 

Chisinau, Moldova 

*marketing studies 

Grigorii BOSENCO 

Advertising Producers and Distributors’ 

Association, Chisinau, Moldova 

*chairman 

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The Soros Center for Contemporary Art 

expenses: $150,801.71 


Exhibitions 

expenses: $30,011.41 


Case Multiple (Multiple Homes), May 1997 


Curators: Steve Lee WEST (USA), Bradley J. ADAMS (Moldova), Octavian G. ESANU 

(Moldova) 

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CSAC Chisinau and Artlink, (a multimedia project based in New York), have organized 

an international cultural exchange. The project is made up of two exhibitions: one on 

Internet, and another one on posters to be displayed in public places. The posters will 

be displayed on the walls of the buildings and kiosks in Chisinau and New York, or on 

boards and other advertisement venues. 

The exhibition focuses on HOMES, for example the Architectural Idea-Pleasant 

Environment-Virtual Home (Internet)-Dream(ed of) Home-Place of Birth-Where 

Things are Familiar or Feel Homey-A Place You Can Call Your Own. 

Twenty artists are involved in this event - ten from Moldova and ten from the United 

States. 

The posters are to be in offset print, black&white, 50 X 70 cm. The artists will take into 

consideration the non-institutional framework of the project (Internet/the street) and 

the unique nature of the prints in this context, for instance their ephemeral and 

disposable nature. 

The Internet Exhibition contains the posters, the event’s record of and the artists’ 

biographies. Two essays, one written by a critic from Moldova and the other by a critic 

from the US, depict the event. 

The project includes the publication of a bilingual catalog, which will contain the 

natural-size posters and the material mentioned above. 

*Note: The first stage of the project has been finished (the placement on Internet of 20 

selected pieces). The project will continue as soon as our American partners secure their 

share of the financial contribution. 

Multiple:Homes, 

Photography exhibition: Lay an Eye (PUNE OCHIUL)... June 1997 

expenditures: $905.75 


Curator: Bradley J. ADAMS 

Lay an Eye is the first CSAC-Chisinau financed, exclusively photographic exhibition. 

The first 50 visitors who came to our Center have been given a film to represent by way 

of photography what they “laid their eyes on.” The returned films (46) have been 

processed and prints made, offering “raw material” for the exhibition (more than 1100 


pictures). At least one enlargement from each of the films has been exhibited. Since the 

ambient light in the exhibition place was wanting, special lamps had to be 

manufactured, so that a negative from each of the participants could be exhibited in a 

miniature light box. 

The prints made from the negatives represent a diversity of approaches to the project. 

Some of them are a combination of disparate moments, a “curiosity” record of 

“everyday” life: transportation, solids (whole or fragmented), cuisine items, musical 

instruments, sculptures in progress, architectural details, instants of still life, abandoned 

buildings, etc. Others are structured according to certain topics, such as: studio 

activities, views from an apartment, a cemetery, the city at night, dogs and cats, women, 

hands, the family, etc. Still others represent records of performance or narration set up 

for the photographic camera, such as intrusions by the body (re-setting the hair, 

accessories, dyed skin), TV programs, “nightmares”, etc. 

In simpler terms, they can be categorized as objects, pictures, experiments. They present 

contrasts: some people use the film directly, effectively, while others express the inner 

nature of photography. The photographs may be regarded as pieces of time, captured 

on film, fractions of a second, sometimes overlapping or enlarged. When compared to 

other practices of the author (sculpture, painting, anything) this represents a different 

way of seeing. They may be regarded as psychological/sociological studies. In a final 

account, the project triggered a subjective reaction, “something which is desirable, 

appreciated, unusual, queer, etc.” They can be analyzed within the context of the 

author’s biography. For some people this was the first photographic film shot, while for 

others the camera is an everyday item and they all come from different environments 

(artists, students, journalists, teachers, etc.). Moreover, they can be analyzed according to 

the project’s mechanisms, for which the process is entirely and literally in the hands of 

the author or is a reflection of the available means. Only one artist changed manually 

the emulsion by means of ceramic tools and chemicals. All choices made by the 

participants have been taken into account, which were sometimes corroborated by 

additional images. The images by those who didn’t show up at the Center were selected 

by the supervisors, who tried to reconstruct the author’s attitude. Although what the 

supervisors “read” might have not coincided with what the authors meant, the display 

of the printed negatives-besides the prints-served to further demonstrate the authors 

visions. 

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Participating in the AnaART 97 Performance Festival in Romania, 8 th edition 

(organized by the ETNA Foundation from Sfantu-Gheorghe) 


The live art festival at the St.Ana lake, Harghita district, is a laboratory for alternative 

fine arts and performance. Several names of renown in this kind of art were present, 

including Karen RANN (England), Artur TAJBER (Poland), Sandor ANTIK 

(Romania), Giovanni FONTANA (Italy). 

Moldova was represented at such an event for the first time by Pavel BRAILA. He 

presented, in pouring rain, a very dynamic performance full of hidden meanings and 

multiple interpretations, based on the Sisyphus Myth in a contemporary stylistic and 

formal key. He rolled a huge spool which unfolded a paper strip to be stepped onto by 

the artist, who was also packaged in perishable paper garments. 


The second annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art 

(September-October 1997) 

expenses: $26,600.03 


Curator: O.Esanu 

variations in RE REprint REincarnate REname REvive REbirth REmark REplace 

REmedy 

Messages from Tzara (countryside Rom.) — reflections in RE 

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The Annual Exhibition of this year lined up a whole series of events: two solo 

exhibitions, a textile art and garment design exhibition (the first of its kind in Moldova), 

and the Center’s exhibition in a number of locations. 

Two ideas define the concept of this event. The first one relates to the cultural 

environment at the beginning of this century that triggered the dadaist movement, 

which was the starting point for a number of directions in contemporary art. The 

second major idea is that of a recycled object. What brings the two together? The drive 

to recycle-objects, materials, and first of all ideas, denying ideological and aesthetic 

constraints, and following the example of the founders of dadaism. An absolute 

premiere for Chisinau was the TZARA RERUM NOVARA video workshop 

(September 22-October 2), conducted by Dutch artists Ron SLUIK and Reinier 

KURPERSHOEK, which ended by a video art marathon during the night of October 

4. The audience had an opportunity to see the most representative work done in 

Eastern and Western Europe. This show would have been impossible to organize 

without the support granted by the entire network of Soros Centers for Contemporary 

Art. 

The series of events around the annual exhibition ended with the “Recycling Mode(l)s” international 

symposium (“REciclarea Mode(le)lor”, October 5-8). 

The discussions at the symposium focused on two major topics: the new media in 

contemporary art and postmodernism in the context of Moldova. 

Participants: 


Serghei ALESENKOV 

Vasile RATA 

Valentin TARNA 

Victor DOROSENKO 

Iurie CIUBOTARU 

Veaceslav DRUTA 

Pavel BRAILA 

Mihai TARUS 

Marc VERLAN 

Igor SCERBINA 

Alexandru TINEI 

Lilia DRAGNEV 

Lucia MACARI 

Lucia JUNCA 

Alexandru SCHIOPU 

Simion ZAMSA 

Elena KARACENTEV 

Stefan RUSU 

Constantin CIOBANU 

Constantin SPANU 

Irina GRABOVAN 

Eleonora BARBAS 

Vladimir BULAT 

Romania 

Lia PERJOVSCHI 

Dan PERJOVSCHI 


Eugen STANCULESCU 

Adrian GUTA 

Ukraine 

Phil PERLOVSKI 

Holland 

Harry HEYINK 

Kees DE GROOT 

Renier KURPERSHOUEK 

Ronnie SLUIK 

Maarten SPRENGER 

Germany 

Barbara BARSCH 

Werner KLOTZ 

Thomas MUNZ 

France 

Nicolas MENET 

Russia 

Iuriy EIDERMAN 

Tatiana MOGHILEVSKAYA 

USA 

Bradley ADAMS 

The SCCA Club 


The project is meant for artists, art critics, 

art historians, art students, mass-media, 

and officials in art-related ministries and 

institutions, etc. 

CSAC Seminar on the 20 th century art 

(“ARTA SEC. XX”) 



Presenters: 

Pavel SUSARA, art critic (Romania) 

Constantin PRUT, art critic (Romania) 

Grants for artists 

expenses: $39,073.99 


English language courses for fine-arts artists 

(February), $1,700.00 

Grant, Solo exhibition, $998.00 

Maria MARDARE 

Travel grant (Symposium, Boarding Museum of 

Masks, Binche, Belgium), $887.02 


Solo art catalog, $1,986.00 

Marian VERLAN 

Fine arts exhibition (History Museum), 

$256.00 

Iurie LASCEVSKI 

“PNEUMOFORIA” solo exhibition, 

“TREZVIA” activity, “Brancusi” Gallery, 

$1,829.41 

Stefan RUSU 

Equipment Grant for UAM, $2,700 

Graphics exhibition “The Other Side” (“Partea 

cealalta”), $659.71 

Simion ZAMSA 

Graphics exhibition “The Other Side” (“Partea 

cealalta”), $440.47 

Elena KARACENTEV 

Materials for The Photographic Art (“Arta 

fotografica”) catalog, $1,746.50 

Valeriu KORCIMARI 

Solo art catalog, $3,000.00 

Vasile RATA 

Travel grant (VIDEO POSITIVES ’97 

Festival, Liverpool, GB), $1,089.29 

Marin TUREA 

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“STUDIO’ 97” contest, $486.56 

Departments: painting, graphics, sculpture, 

video/photography, media arts, object, decorative 

arts, criticism 

Travel grant, Amsterdam (Contributing from his 

works to the Matria Europa project), $402.39 

Pavel BRAILA 

Twenty Years of the Fine Arts Faculty of the 

“I.Creanga” Institute catalog 

Publishing grant, $2,651.91 

Travel grant, Belgium ( European Textiles 

Network, Brussels), $827.00 

Liudmila SEVCENKO 

Internship with the “I. Andreescu” Arts 

Academy, Cluj-Napoca, $660.58 

Anatol TOMOIANU 

Solo exhibition, Satu Mare, Romania, $329.85 

Victor COBZAC 

Theater Poster (“AFIS TEATRAL”) 

exhibition, $504.13 

“COLIZEUM” Association 

Group travel grant, Kiev (Contemporary art 

exhibition), $394.07 

25 artists 

“Multimedia Development” mediatheque for 

artists, $2,622.57 

Travel grant, Moscow (Research for the “Mihail 

Grecu” archive), $311.66 

Liudmila TOMA 

Travel grant, The First Symposium on Textile 

Arts, Tbilisi, $523.98 

Iurie BABA 

Travel grant, Amsterdam, Contributing from his 

works to the “XXX Festival”, $438.05 

Iurie CIUBOTARU 

Travel grant, Amsterdam (Contributing from his 

works to the “XXX Festival”), $405.00 

Stefan SADOVNIKOV 

Travel grant, Amsterdam (“XXX Festival” 

invitee), $791.40 

Silvia URSACHI 

Travel grant (Solo exhibition, Paris), $375.64 

Ion SEVERIN 

Grant (“REFLECTII” Textile Arts 

Exhibition, Chisinau), $674.99 

Lilia DRAGNEV 



Iurie BABA 



Ludmila SEVCENKO 



Elena PAVLOVSCHI 

“REFLECTII” Textile Arts Exhibition 

$14,3842.06 

Group travel grant (visiting exhibition halls in 

Bucharest), $361.65 

“A. Plamadeala” Fine Arts School 

Computer courses for fine artists 

Group grant, $293.13 

RUGINA art catalog (Sculpture by artists from 

the Sculeni workshop) 

Publishing grant, $3,400.00 

Drobaha 

Travel grant, Poland (Creativity camp on textile 

arts, Wroklav), $69.71 

Equipment grant, $6,222.57 

The Graphics Chair of the State Arts 

Institute 


Documentation Program 



The program envisions expansion of the 

archive by adding art files of the artists 

from Moldova and aims at storing and 

distributing information on contests, 

competitions, exhibitions, biennial events, 

education and training programs. This 

year the files of six Moldovan artists have 

been put together: Igor SCERBINA, Iurie 

PLATON, Mircea PUSCAS, Mihai 

TARUS, Ghenadie TACIUC, Simion 

ZAMSA. 

The Center has established contacts with 

similar organizations abroad, adding to its 

library periodicals, catalogs, videos, audio 

tapes on similar organizations. 

The CSAC Art-Hoc bulletin 

Four issues in 1997 



CarbonART open-air creativity camp 

for fine artists, June 1997 

expenses: $15,270.00 


(Rregional SCCA’s project) 

Participants: 8 artists (Moldova), 5 artists 

(Romania), 1 artist (USA), 3 artists 

(Ukraine). 

The 1997 CarbonArt was the second such 

event, this time an international one and 

with the involvement of the CSAC 

Bucharest and CSAC Odessa; the first 

CarbonArt had took place in Sadova, 

Calarasi, in the summer of 1996. 

CarbonArt-97 took place in Radenii Vechi, 

Ungheni, in a national park. 

All the printed materials related to the 

event started with defining what carbon - 

the chemical element is according to the 

Romanian Encyclopedia. The first and 

most important thing was to suggest to 

the artists the direct use of the natural 

environment in their projects. Since 

carbon is a basic element in all other 

natural substances, we afforded it the 

meaning of being synonymous with 

nature. On the other side, the 

phenomenon of carbonization explains 

another aspect of the camp - the 

ephemeral quality of the works created 

there. Being produced in open air, they 

can survive only in records. The presented 

works have had a range of styles—from 

elements particular to the techno culture, 

to sculptures made of the most accessible 

materials. Topics ranged as widely—from 

politics to metaphysics. 

The participants at the summer camp: 


Vasile RATA 

Mark VERLAN 

Iurie CIBOTARI 

Igor SCHERBINA 

Alexandru TINEI 

Alexandru TARANU 

Mircea PUSCASU 

Romania 

Simona TANASESCU 

Ecaterina ORBULESCU 

Cosmin PAULESCU 

Maxim DUMITRAS 

USA 

Thomas GEORGE 

Ukraine 

Katchiuk GLEB 

Phillip PERLOVSKY 

Dulifan DMITRII 

The project ended in December 1997, 

upon the publication of the catalog 

containing illustrative material and reviews 

of the 1996 and 1997 editions of 

CarbonART. 

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Internet 



Computers and the Internet are not only 

new means of study and means of artistic 

expression but also new ways of 

publicizing a work of art. 

The program envisions the creation of a 

Virtual Museum of Contemporary Art by 

joint effort of artists from Moldova and 

France. Besides the idea of promoting the 

contemporary Moldovan art at home and 

abroad, the program will also function as 

a workshop where young artists from 

Moldova will learn to use new fine arts 

technologies. The museum will display 

materials from the CSAC Chisinau 

archives. The Museum Project is part of a 

larger program for implementing new 

technologies in fine arts; it was also by 

courtesy of this program that CSAC 

Chisinau donated equipment to the 

Graphics Chair of the State Arts Institute. 

At present the Chair has a fully equipped 

computer lab. 

Within the same program CSAC Chisinau 

organized the first workshop on the 

basics of computer use in fine arts from 

October 7-15, which was taught by 

Nicolas MENET from France. 


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Publishing 

expenses: $49,751.00 


In the framework of the Publishing Programs, the Soros Foundation’s aim is twofold: 

First, to support book publishing for the promotion of critical thinking and the values of an open 

society, second, to encourage the development of a viable, diverse and independent national publishing 

industry, which is one of the most important components of an open society. 

National Publishing Program 

expenses: $19,181.30 


The National Publishing Program is primarily focused on supporting the publication of 

books in the fields of Social Sciences and the Humanities: Economics, Law, 

Sociology, History, Philosophy, and International Relations. This, however, does not 

exclude the participation of the Foundation in the publication of some important 

studies, monographs and article collections from other areas. 

The priorities result from the necessity to support book publishing with a real social 

impact within the conditions of a small market and with a limited buying potential. The 

financial support provided by the Foundation makes it possible to offer books to 

consumers at an affordable price, thus facilitating real access of readers of Moldova to 


these books. 

The Publishing Programs are based on the principle of collaboration between the 

Foundation and the Publishing House and not with the author of the manuscript. In 

this case the Publishing House assumes the responsibility for book publishing and 

distribution. The Programs are based on open competitions and are publicly advertised. 

Before making financial decisions the Expert Committee in Publishing estimates the 

complete process: from authors, publishers, and publishing houses to distributors, 

booksellers, and, finally, consumer. 

In 1997 the Soros Foundation provided support (around 50 % of the publishing 

expenditures) for the publication of the following books: 

"Stiinta" Publishing House 

C. CIOBANU “Virgin Mary’s Assumption Church in Causeni”, print run - 1000 

E. POSTICA “Anticommunist Resistance in Basarabia, 1944-1950”, print run - 1500 

C. GAINDRIC “Making Decisions: Methods and Technology”, print run - 1000 

"Museum" Publishing House 

A. COSMESCU “Reminiscences and Bibliographical Index”, print run - 2000 

S. TABAC “Basarabia in the XIX-XX Centuries and Its Heraldry” 

A. ESANU “Chisinau: Historical Files”, print run - 3000 

"Arc" Publishing House 

B. P. HAJDEU “Journalism”, print run - 1000 

D. TUDORAN “Kakistocratia”, print run - 5000 

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"Cartier" Publishing House 

D. POSTARENCU “A History of Basarabia in Data, Images and Documents”, print 

run - 3000 

"Cartea Moldovei" Publishing House 

V. ANDRU “Destiny therapy”, print run - 5000 

Publishing House of Union of Writers 

L.PURICE “The bird in alarm”, print run - 2000, “Arc of Noe”, print run - 2000 

Regional Translation and Publishing Program 



(in collaboration with Central European University and the Regional Publishing Center) 

The Program strategy is similar to that of the national Program. However, the Regional 

Translation Program has the possibility to propose a book title list to Publishing 

Houses of about 300 classical books from the West in the fields of Social Sciences and 

the Humanities. 

Also, on the basis of an open competition announced in press, the Foundation 

nominates the Publishing House to be given financial support for copyright acquisition 


and for translation and publishing of the books. In 1997 within this program the 

book “Nations and Nationalism Since 1780: Program, Myth, Reality” by E. J. 

Hobsbawn, ("Arc" Publishing House) was published and printed. The book was 

financed from allocations of the 1996 budget of the Regional Translation Program. 

In 1997 won the competition: 

"Arc" Publishing House 

William MCNEIL “The Rise of the West: A history of the human community”, print 

run - 3000 

Ronald DWORKIN “Taking Rights Seriously”, print run - 2000 

"Cartier" Publishing House 

T. EGGERTSSON “Economic Behaviour and Institution”, print run - 2000 

"Stiinta" Publishing House 

S. HOFFMANN “Janus and Minerva: essays in the theory and practice of International 

Relations” print run - 2000 

Author grants 

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With a view to direct Publishing Houses towards the production of quality books, the 

Foundation supported the writing process of some books by giving grants to authors. 

The Publishing House, in such cases, assumed the responsibility for the book 

developing and its production. 

In 1997 the following grants were awarded: 

Gh. POSTOLACHE 

“Lifeguard or the Entimology of the Sacred”, "Cartier" Publishing House, $800.00 

Gh. COJOCARU 

“Foreign policy of the Republic of Moldova, 1990-1998”, Civitas Publishing House, $1,000.00 

I. SISCANU 

“The Republic of Moldova: from totalitarianism towards a Democratic Society, 1990-1998”, Civitas 

Publishing House, $1,000.00 

T. STAVILA 

“Modern Arts in Basarabia, 1870-1940. Premises, Constitution, Biographies”, "Stiinta" 

Publishing House, $600.00 

I. HINCU, Gh. POSTICA 

“Ancient Orhei - Home of History and Civilization”, "Stiinta" Publishing House $1,000.00 

Professional development 

expenses: $24,211.05 


The goal of the program was to assist publishing houses in accumulating experience in 

modern publishing practices and in competing in the international book market, and in 

this way to stimulate an independent and viable publishing industry capable of 

assuring an open society. 


In 1997 the Foundation financed the participation of Moldova publishers 

(representatives of Publishing Houses "Cartier", "Cartea Moldovei", "EUS", "Prut 

International", "Tehnica", "Museum", "Arc") with common book stands at the Book 

Fair in Paris (11.03-18.03 1997), in Budapest (25.04-27.04.1997), and in Frankfurt 

(15.10-20.10.1997). 

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Soros Foundation Moldova National Board 1997 

Lorina BALTEANU 

Oazu NANTOI 

Alexander MURAVSCHI 

Vasile NEDELCIUC 

Arcadie BARBAROSIE 

Iurie LEANCA 

Aureliu BUSUIOC 

Tudor PANTIRU 

Mass-media, Arts & Culture, Publishing Programs Board 

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Svetlana BIVOL 

Emilian GALAICU-PAUN 

Constantin CHEIANU 

Claudia CRACIUN 

Constantin MARIN 

Valeriu VASILICA 

Tudor IASCENCO 

Ilie LUPAN 

Serafim SAKA 

Civil Society, Economic Reform, Law, Public Administration, Medical 

Programs Board 

Pavel COJOCARU 

Svetlana ICHIZLI 

Victor MOROZ 

Victor POPA 

Victor VOVC 

Ion MOLDOVANU 

Valeriu ZUBCO 

Mihai BURUIANA 

Victor SURUCEANU 

Educational Programs Board 

Grigore BELOSTECINIC 

Sofia BOLDURATU 

Nicolae MISAIL 

ªtefan TIRON 

Ludmila STEPAN 

Anatol GRIMALSCHI 

Vasile GIRNET 

Ion PARASCA 

Aurelia POSPAI 


Soros Center for Contemporary Arts Board 

Eleonora BARBAS 

Vladimir BULAT 

Constantin CIOBANU 


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Soros Foundation Moldova Staff 

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Lorina BALTEANU 

Victor URSU 

Varvara COLIBABA 

Dona SCOLA 

Sergiu BOTEZATU 

Mariana ALECSANDRI 

Vitalie BORDENIUC 

Ana CORETCHI 

Corina COTOROBAI 


Iulia IGNATIUC 

Liliana IVANOVICI 

Dmitrii MAXIMENCO 

Emilia MIHAILOV 

Victoria MIRON 

Victor MUNTEANU 

Iulia MOLDOVEANU 

Igor NEDERA 

Igor PADURE 

Octavian RAZLOG 

Liuba COTOROBAI 

Violeta FRUNZE 

Vasile GIRLEA 

Karine HACIATUROV 

Angela MUSET 

Elena VACARCIUC 

Elena VITIUC 

President 

Executive Director 

Programs Director 

Programs Director 

Finance Director 

Libraries 

Internet, ComSoros 

HESP, East- East 

Visual Arts 

Mass -media 

Balti office 

MOE Program Director 

Medical Programs 

Health Education 

Arts & Culture, Publishing 

Law 

English Language Programs 

Civil Society 

Economic Reform 

Alcohol & Drug Addiction 

Cashier 

Administrative Assistant 

Administrator 

Receptionist 

Receptionist 

Chief Accountant 

Accountant 

Soros Center for Contemporary Art 

Octavian ESANU 

Dan SPATARU 

Olga RUSU 

Debate 

Liliana CALMATUI 

Adrian CATAN 

Silviu STEFIRTA 


Invisible College 

Ion CULEAC 

Eleonora GROZAVU-DUPOUY 

Veaceslav GHITIU 

Step by Step 

Cornelia CINCILEI 

Svetlana SOIMARU 

Svetlana SEMIONOV 

Valentina LUNGU 

Olga OLEVSCHI 

Modernisation of Education Program 

Pro-Didactica Center 

Mariana KIRIAKOV 

Nelli MITCHEVICI 

Viorica GORAS 

Lilia STIRCEA 

Silvia BARBAROV 

Violeta DUMITRASCU 

Renata CHITOROAGA 

Victor EFRIM 

Nicu CRETU 

Marin BALANUTA 

Viorica BEJENARU 

Ecaterina RUDAKOV 

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CONTACT 

Aliona NICULITA 

Igor GROSU 

Eugen MASLOV 

Raisa GUTU 

Veacelav SCAFARU 

Oleg EFRIM 


List of abreviations 

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MOE 

MSU 

TSU 

CSU 

BSU 

AIM 

SPU 

AUM 

SMU 

AESM 

CCU 

IIUM 

HUM 

TUM 

APA 

PAM 

MA 

ASM 

Modernisation of Education Program 

Moldova State University 

Tiraspol State University 

Comrat State University 

Balti State University “Alecu Russo” 

Arts State Institute of Moldova 

State Pedagogical University “I. Creangã” 

Agrarian State University of Moldova 

State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “N. Testemitanu” 

Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova 

Cooperative-Commercial University of Moldova 

Independent International University of Moldova 

Humanities University of Moldova 

Technical University of Moldova 

Academy of Public Administration 

Police Academy “Stefan cel Mare” 

Music Academy “G.Muzicescu” 

Academy of Sciences of Moldova

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