On July 10, 2023, the representatives of the network of national contact points (PNC) of the Horizon Europe Program (HE), an entity maintained and managed by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANCD), Mr. Sveatoslav Postoroncă, Network Coordinator and Mr. Oleg Bujor, PNC for legal and financial aspects in HE, participated in a meeting organized within the General Police Inspectorate (IGP) of the MAI. The agenda of the meeting, carried out in an interactive communication format with the specialists of the IGP project management department, was dedicated to clarifications on a whole series of topics regarding the implementation of projects in the mentioned program, under the aspect of budget execution, such as:

 

• Elaboration, approval and modification of the budget at the writing and implementation stage of the project.

• How to plan the budget of a project proposal at the access/application stage.

• The conditionalities of the flexible budget.

• National and European legal aspects regarding the costs incurred.

• Execution, accounting and reporting of the budget executed within the public authorities.

• Financial reporting applicable from the point of view of the national legislation in relation to the European one.

• Elaboration of time tables.

• Legal provisions regarding the remuneration of employees in the project.

• Income taxation/social/medical contributions, as well as legal and financial aspects during the period of temporary interruption of the activity.

• Record and calculation of depreciation of purchases.

• Internal and external audits, etc.

   

The effort of the IGP is to be appreciated, resulting in the establishment of the Project Management Directorate, which demonstrated its ability to identify, access, coordinate and implement external assistance projects, deriving from the objectives and strategic needs of the National Police, by exercising one of the roles key in ensuring the maintenance of public order and compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Moldova, in dynamic development. The finding is substantiated by several impressive indicators, which denote the success of the institution on this dimension: 8 ongoing projects from the HE Program, obtained with a success rate of 32.08%, far exceeding the average indicator for the EU - 21.27%. The projects are from the "Civil Security for Society" field, and the areas of the categories they belong to refer to the activities: (i) innovation – 6 projects and (ii) research and innovation – 2 projects. Taking into account the basic attributions of police activities, among which scientific activity is not a priority, the mention in the chapter of the multilateral development of employees and the high degree of professionalism in the ascendant is welcome.

For ANCD, such workshops are extremely welcome, having concrete topics in processing by assisting with offering the solutions requested by the target groups. The realities speak of the access of the potential beneficiaries of the HE Program to new qualitative steps, from the assimilation of the information disseminated by the members of the PNC network to implementation activities following the access to external funding through the successful submission of proposals for such projects.