Institute for Development and Social Initiatives “Viitorul”

Knowledge creating development

ProfileIDIS “Viitorul” is a research, education and outreach organization which activates in the field of economic analysis, gover-nance, law, political sciences, strategic and organizational science. IDIS is also a common platform that brings together young intellectuals who are concerned with the success of transition towards the free market and the open society. IDIS helps them to contribute with their energies, values and virtues, providing its logistic,

moral and intellectual support and advices them regarding their future projects and initiatives. Consistent with this mission, IDIS has forged several linkages between the academic and policy-making environments, generating policy analysis and recommen-dations for various areas of public interest, creating and disseminating of the best practices, good governance, and economic analysis.Since its foundation, our Institute has

invested a lot of efforts in contributing to the development of new policy options, generating policy dialogue and cross-secto-rial communication. We undertake research and monitoring of targeted issues of public interest, plan and undertake publishing, organize wide-national, cross-regional and topical conferences on various issues related to economic transition, liberalization policies, free trade agreements, conflicts and rule-of-law institutions.

Address and ContactsChisinau, Republic of Moldova 10/1 Iacob Hincu Str.Phone: (+ 373/22) 22 18 44Fax: (+373/33) 24 57 14

Priority Fields:

To be a leading public policy institute essentially contributing to the growth of independent thinking environment, competitiveness of the Moldovan socie-ty and economy, in a well-governed state, favorable to educated citizenship.

Affiliations IDIS is today associated with several networks and international organizations:

• PASOS (Policy Association of the Open Society)• TPN (Transitional Policy Network)• NISPAcee (The Network of Institutes and

Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, Slovakia)

• NDRI (Network of Democracy Research Institutes).

• EPIN (Economic Policy Institute Network of the UNDP)

• ICBSS (International Centre for Black Sea Studies)

• Stockholm Network• Danish Development Research Network• TRIALOG

Our mission

According to our institution strategy for 2009-2014, there are three major areas in which IDIS “Viitorul” works: (1) Modernisation and Europeanisation of the Public Sector; (2) Strengthening a Functional Market Economy; (3) Supporting the Emergence of a Competitive Society.

The IDIS target beneficiaries include: municipal governments, central governmental agencies, private business, think tanks, accademia, and mass media outlets.

IDIS “Viitorul” consists from a number of integrated teams of experts, with outstanding knowledge and expertise in the following fields:

Public Sector Department operates as a resource center, training and research division of IDIS, implementing its main projects in the areas of legal protection of the municipalities, strategic planning and assistance provided to the associations of local authorities, lobbying and tutorials.

Functional Market Economy Department runs regular

Target audience:

Current projects:• Increasing energy efficiency of Chi-

şinău and Sevastopol municipalities based on existing positive experien-ce – European Commission

• Assisting the authorities from UTAG in implementing the Strategy of De-velopment Economy of Gagauzia through concept DELTA-Moldova – LGI/OSI

• Campaigning for local change and participation – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic

• European future of Chisinau Munici-pality – Hanns Seidel Foundation

• Strengthening Critical Thinking on Accelerating Conflict Resolution in Moldova through Active Involvement of International Actors – Soros Mol-dova Foundation

• Stimulating debates on foreign poli-cy at the level of experts and society. Writing, editing and disseminating a bulletin on foreign policy of RM – Soros Moldova Foundation

• Paving the road towards visa-free tra-vel between the Eastern Partnership countries and EU member states – LGI/OSI

• National Convention for European In-tegration – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of Slovak Republic

• Profiling pro-EU attitudes in Moldova – Hanns Seidel Foundation

• Advanced political learning for new leaders in Moldova – Hanns Seidel Foundation

• Monitoring and Auditing the Parlia-ment in Moldova – Balkan Trust for Democracy

• Bringing to dialog state and civil actors regarding the future of Mol-dovan social state – Friedrich Ebert Foundation

• Actions to support ETF activities in RM in the areas of VET, Education and Business Cooperation, and Mobili-ty Partnership – European Training

Foundation

• Preparing RM for a Comprehensive Free Trade and Agreement with EU – Black Sea Trust for Regional Coope-ration

• Building Effective Private – Public Di-alogue through a National Business Agenda – CIPE

• Intensification of the cooperation be-tween the Customs Service of RM and civil society on corruption prevention – East Europe Foundation

economic analysis and forecast, taxation and tax awareness of citizens, poverty reduction and other social policies.

Competitive Society Department is specialized in social policy, civic education democratization, foreign and security policy analysis, European integration, crisis management and early warning. The department’s experts perform research in the thematic areas and advocate for reforms through permanent consultations with stakeholders, conduct trainings and organize civic participation campaigns.

Current expertise: Macroeconomic and microeconomic studies Agriculture and land relations Energetic system, national and regional market

components Monetary and fiscal policies Study of the labour market, social relations Policies on decentralization: status, role and

competences of local and sub-national authorities Strategic planning: options and instruments for

local development Analysis of state policies in school and university

education system Analysis of commercial and banking risks Quantitative and qualitative research of public

opinion Consumer confidence on national and sector level

ContactChisinau, 10/1, Iacob Hincu Str., 2009 MD, Republic of Moldova

Phone: (+ 373/22) 22 18 44. Fax: (+ 373/22) 24 57 14E-mail: office@viitorul.org www.viitorul.org

IDIS products:

Public-private partnerships institutionalization Politic analysis and voting behaviour Association management and training on advanced

advocacy capacities Impact analysis of certain policies and

governmental decisions

Economic Statewatch – provides analysis, forecasts and early warnings to the Government and the public with respect to the economic trends and poverty developments in Republic of Moldova.

Public Policies – periodical studies on key-issues for the target audience, assisting political leaders to take intelligent decisions.

Policy Briefs – periodical bulletins which outline the rationale for choosing a particular policy alternative or course of action in a current policy debate.

Early Warning Report – quarterly product that outlines the

major sources of peril, mid and long term threats that have challenged the political, social and economic life of the country, having largely domestic roots, and possible effects in the future.

Social Monitor – quantitative and qualitative research on the quality of life and components of social capital.

Moldova’s Foreign Policy Statewatch - a series of brief analyses, written by local and foreign experts, dedicated to the most topical subjects related to the foreign policy of Moldova, major developments in the Black Sea Region, cooperation with international organizations and peace building activities in the region.