Activity report for 1999(PDF) - Soros Foundation Moldova

ing a network of psychological and social assistance for
abused children was approved.
Program Administrative Expenditures $ 845
1999 Program Expenditures $ 20,182
Geriatrics and Gerontology
(in collaboration with the Open Society Institute of
New York)
Seminar on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Budapest,
Hungary, May 20-25, 1999
Irina BAICALOV $ 430
VI Congress of European Association of Palliative
Care, Geneva, Switzerland, September 21-27, 1999
Irina BAICALOV, Nicu VIDRAØCU $ 870
Caring Communities Seminar, Budapest, Hungary,
September 23-26, 1999
Lilia TIHON, Eugenia STAMATI $ 900
Network Meeting of Central and East European
Experts in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania, November 18 – 22, 1999
Irina BAICALOV, Elena VOVC $ 200
“Second Breath for the Elderly”, a project in
progress in Bælfli. The project was presented in 1997 by
the Second Breath for the Elderly of North Moldova
NGO from Bælfli, project director Irina BAICALOV. The
main goal was to develop specialized services for
health care for the elderly. In 2000 the “Second Breath
for the Elderly” project for the city of Chiøinæu will
start. The total budget of the project is 40,390 USD of
which 10,000 USD was allocated from 1999 budget.
$ 10,000
Program Administration Expenditures $ 528
Harm Reduction
(in collaboration with the Open Society Institute of
New York)
Soroca Harm Reduction project was continued in
1999. The project was administrated by the Educational
Center for Drug and Alcohol Addiction NGO,
project director Ion MARCOCI. The project’s goal is to
reduce the spreading of HIV/AIDS infection among IDU.
$ 20,000
The project on “Implementing the Program of
HIV/AIDS Prevention in Penitentiary Institutions of the
Republic of Moldova” was in progress in 1999. The project
is administrated by the Medical Reforms in
1999 ACTIVITY REPORT
Penitentiary Institutions NGO, project director Alexei
LEORDA. The project budget is 20,000 USD of which
10,000 USD was allocated from 1999 budget. Several
seminars were organized in each penitentiary institution
on STD and HIV/AIDS infection status among prisoners
was evaluated. In order to reduce the risk of
HIV/AIDS infection different activities were organized
among prisoners.
$ 10,000
Public Health Program Administration
Expenditures $ 9,386
Public Health Program Expenditures $ 341,337
Total Public Health Program Expenditures
$ 350,723
ECONOMIC REFORM
The program aims to support the development of
the agribusiness sector in the post-privatization period.
In this context the program’s activities are designed to
develop the private provision of sustainable services for
the agribusiness sector and financial and non-financial
services for micro/small businesses. Another objective
of the program is to facilitate access to specialized
information and to improve economic education of students,
teachers and faculty.
Development of the Network of Savings
and Credit Associations
Moldovan Microfinance Alliance
Consolidation of Savings and Credit Associations
(SCA), created with the assistance of MMA, and whose
number at the beginning of 1999 reached 116, was one
of the major objectives of MMA. Members of these associations
were assisted in observing the democratic principles
in running the associations. A series of seminars
were organized for new members of associations, but
also ongoing training of members of the board and
accountants was provided. The boards of the associations
were assisted in loan screening and in the development
of crediting policies for their associations.
Meetings of associations’ representatives from six regions
were organized during September-October, 1999,
with the support of MMA. These meetings led to a better
understanding of associations and stimulated the
experience exchange in matters of monitoring and
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