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The Council of Europe Office in Chisinau Newsletter | December 2020
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Welcome to the third edition of the Chisinau Office Newsletter!
Thank you for signing up to keep in touch with the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau. This edition will provide you with highlights on Council of Europe Office in Chisinau and its project activities, awareness campaigns, trainings, events, as well as some testimonials from our partners and citizens of Republic of Moldova. Thank you for being with us and we wish you a pleasant reading!
2020 was an intense year for both national partners and the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau. Despite the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the office team, together with the beneficiaries of our projects, managed to achieve the objectives set at the beginning of the year. We thank our national and international partners for their involvement and cooperation in identifying the most innovative solutions to make our common goals a reality. At the same time, we want to thank the donors for their trust and support. The year 2020 convinced us, once again, that the path to success is based on sustainable partnerships
Gala of the winners of the Plea Contest "You have the right too"
135 students from various localities of the country, who advocated for one of the social rights, participated in a plea contest, which was organised exclusively for students attending grades V-XII. Most participants advocated for the right to education, health, protection against poverty and social exclusion. Participants were asked to send a 3-minute video plea arguing about the importance of one of social rights. The variety and number of submissions demonstrated how original, educated and well-informed pupils can be, but also how differently everyone's social rights can be perceived.
The People’s Advocate Office of Moldova and the Council of Europe celebrate important human rights anniversaries
The Council of Europe and the People’s Advocate Office of the Republic of Moldova organised an international conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and 25 years since the Republic of Moldova joined the Council of Europe.
In the context of the International Day of Human Rights and the Convention anniversary, we asked people to what extent the human rights are respected in the Republic of Moldova in their opinion via a VOX, realized in the framework of the Programme “Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova”, funded by Norway and implemented by the Council of Europe.
The Convention on access to official documents enters into force in the Republic of Moldova
The Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents, the first binding international legal instrument to recognise a general right of access to official documents held by public authorities, entered into force in the Republic of Moldova.
The right to access to official documents held by public authorities is essential to transparency, good governance, freedom of speech and participatory democracy and it facilitates the exercise of other human rights and fundamental freedoms. In this respect, Mr. Patrick Penninkx, Head of the Information Society at the Council of Europe addressed a video message.
Electoral practice and management in the Republic of Moldova in 2020: Key outcomes and lessons learned
2020 was a year when the electoral field was in the loop of the international community, monitoring bodies, national experts, and every citizen of the Republic of Moldova interested in the presidential elections. We invite you to see a short interview with Sergiu Tatarov, Senior Project Officer within the Project “Improving Electoral Practice in the Republic of Moldova”. In this interview he emphasizes the project’s key outcomes, but also the lessons learned, including those from restrictive measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the loop
 
Publications
Handbooks on competence-based developed by the Council of Europe for Moldovan teachers to plan and organize "Education for Society" lessons
Toolkit for local authorities and civil society organisations: Participation of young women and girls from disadvantaged groups in political and public decision-making processes at local level.
Warm wishes from our team on this holiday season
Council of Europe Office in Chisinau projects' teams wish you happy winter holidays in different European languages.  Happy Winter Holidays!
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