The Republic of Moldova currently has nearly 900 municipalities for a population of 2.5 million, and administrative fragmentation limits access to resources. “When people understand that this reform is inevitable, things start to move,” emphasized Inna Vrînceanu, project coordinator at ADEPT. At present, 370 municipalities are engaged in the process, with 83 potential clusters and two already completed.
Successful examples confirm the benefits of amalgamation. Ala Procopciuc, mayor of Călinești commune, which became an amalgamated administrative unit after new local elections, noted that the locality received six million lei in 2025, invested in water networks and regional projects. “We are a strong team, with specialists in all fields,” she said. Dmitri Mosoreti, mayor of Risipeni commune, highlighted that Horești village, with fewer than 1,500 inhabitants, obtained five million lei for road modernization—an amount impossible to access without amalgamation. Marcel Snegur, mayor of Parcova commune, spoke about negotiations with other localities in Dondușeni district, stressing the opportunity for regional cooperation: “We are united by the road that leads to the district center Edineț.”
ADEPT experts consider the reform both inevitable and necessary for modernizing public administration. “The gap between villages and towns in terms of local public services must disappear. We can save nearly one billion lei annually to improve services,” explained Igor Boțan. International examples confirm this direction: Greece, with 10 million inhabitants, has only 300 municipalities compared to Moldova’s nearly 900. The results of voluntary amalgamation will be assessed at the end of 2026, paving the way for normative amalgamation.
ADEPT Press Club remains a space for dialogue and analysis, where local authorities, experts, and civil society discuss solutions for territorial consolidation and improving the quality of services provided to citizens.
The event was organized within the project “Strengthening the capacities of local public authorities and supporting dialogue in the process of public administration reform”, implemented by the Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT, with financial support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Moldova.