The Republic of Moldova is a country in Eastern Europe located between Romania to its west and Ukraine to its north, east and south. Its capital city is Chișinău.
Moldova is unitary, parliamentary, member state of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). The country aspires to join the European Union and, in this sense, in 2013 has initialed the Association Agreement with the European Union.
The Republic of Moldova is classified “Partly Free” in the 2016 Freedom in the World Index, published by Freedom House. Yet, the 2015 CSOs Sustainability Index of USAID reports te fact that in spite of the economic and political instability, the Moldovan non-profit sector manages to have strong institutional capacities and to be extremely active through its advocacy components in the fields of human rights, anti-corruption and elections monitoring.
The following CSOs from the Republic of Moldova participated at the Black Sea NGO:
- Academy for Educational Development
- ALT-Probitas Association
- Altruism Association
- Anti – Discrimination Coalition
- APSCF Moldova
- Association of Independent Press
- “AVE Copiii” Moldova
- Center “Partnership for Development”
- Center for Business Consultancy
- Center for Economic Development and Public Affairs (CEDPA)
- Center for Information and Documentation regarding Children’s Rights Moldova (CIDDC)
- Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims “Memoria”
- Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections
- Cross-border Cooperation and European Integration Agency
- East Europe Foundation
- Eco-Razeni Association
- ECOS
- Eco-TIRAS – International Environmental Association of River Keepers
- Ecoul Cernobilului Foundation
- European Movement Moldova
- EveryChild – Moldova
- “Evrika Pro” Initiative Group of Ribnita
- Family Planning Society of Moldova
- Foreign Policy Association (APE)
- Foundation for Education and Development – Moldova
- Gender-Center
- Independent Journalism Center
- IDIS Viitorul
- Informational and Rights Center “A priori”
- INQUA Moldova Scientific Association
- Institute for Development and Social Initiatives – IDIS Viitorul
- Institute of Study in Development “MilleniuM”
- International Committee of Citizen Diplomacy
- IPP Moldova
- Junior Achievement Moldova
- Moldovan National Platform of the EaP Civil Society Forum
- Mothers for Human Rights – Tiraspol
- National Assistance and Information Center for NGOs in Moldova CONTACT
- National Council of NGOs from Moldova
- National Federation of Farmers from Moldova – AGROinform
- National Youth Council Moldova (CNTM)
- NDI Moldova
- NGO “Act for Involvement”
- NGO Alliance in the Field of Child and Family Social Protection
- NGO for the Protection of the Socio-Economic and Cultural of Individuals, Family and Children “Interaction”
- NGO Science Academy of Environment
- PA EcoContact
- Peace Action, Training and Research Institute
- Promo-LEX Association
- ‘Radioliubet” Association
- Regional Environmental Centre for Moldova
- The Association for Child and Family Empowerment “AVE Copiii”
- The Coalition for Promoting the Volunteering Law and Activities
- The Foundation for Family Health and Community Development
- “Tinerii pentru Dreptul la Viata” (TDV)
- “Tineri și Liberi” Resource Center
- Youth Governing Institute