Local Public Infrastructure Development in eight municipalities within the "EU4Moldova:

Local Communities" programme

Villages from Straseni and Leova Rayon will benefit from improved solid waste management systems. Eight municipalities will benefit from project investments, namely Straseni rayon villages: Scoreni, Capriana, and Galesti; Leova rayon villages: Sirma, Hanasenii Noi, Iargara town, and Vocational School from Leova town. In this regard, the Cooperation Agreements were signed with the Austrian Development Agency at the end of March with the respective local public administrations, under EU4Moldova: Local Communities programme.

In line with the Team Europe initiative, the European Union and the Austrian Development Agency will assist the communities in:

» Improving the access of the rural population (Scoreni, Capriana, Galesti, discharged into the newly constructed small scale Wastewater Treatment Plants.

» Construction of a sewerage network in the villages connecting public institutions and neighboring households.

» Improving Solid Waste Management Services in Iargara town and neighboring villages.

Through these joint efforts, approximately two thousand people from Straseni and Leova will have access to vital sanitation and solid waste management s ervices.

EU4Moldova: Local Communities programme is financed by the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland – Polish aid; and jointly implemented by the German Development Cooperation through GIZ, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the Solidarity Fund PL