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CONCLUSIONS

At present, only the Academy of Public Administration provides public administration degree programs in Moldova. The academy has a wide array of opportunities to propose and organise training activities given the lack of other training institutions, university or otherwise.

Considering that the majority of civil servants do not have specific training to adequately carry out their functions in the new organisational framework of the state and a market economy, the academy has the opportunity to make a major impact on the education system for public servants. In relation to this goal, the following strengths and weaknesses can be attributed to the academy at present:

Strengths

1. A growing recognition of the capacity and quality of the academy’s training programs;
2. The only institution on a national level, with PA training experience, particularly for directors and senior staff;
3. Availability of the country’s most qualified PA teaching staff;
4. Experience in the management of cooperative international programs and projects;
5. Existence of a well-defined leadership with vast experience, competency and dedication.

Weaknesses

1. Absence of a stable government organisational model, with unclear definitions of competencies between the different ministries and the public administration; unclear definition of institutions responsible for public administration reform and modernisation;
2. Absence of adequate regulations in the Civil Service Law as there are no regulations on the process of hiring, professional advancement or the role of the school and vocational training.
3. Precarious human resources management system in the public administration. No research on training needs have been conducted, nor has a vocational training strategy been drafted to enable the academy to properly define its priorities;
4. Difficulties in recruiting teaching staff qualified in fields that, until recently, were not taught in the country, such as administrative law and public management;
5. Insufficient resources, particularly financial, for performing all of the functions attributed to APA, which causes the academy to be heavily dependent on international cooperation.

The list of weaknesses could easily be continued to clarify the lack of a European dimension in the curriculum or in research projects. However, as public administration is a new field in Moldova, it will continue to develop and Europeanise.

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