The government announced this today and is asking the European Commission to allocate a third tranche of 191.5 million euros to the country. Of this amount, approximately 157 million euros will be allocated if the European Commission gives a positive assessment, as part of the funds has already been provided as pre-financing for 2025.
Regarding the European Commission’s assessment of Moldova’s progress, the government press service has only reported that, as of today, “18 of the 20 assessed measures have been implemented.”
It is also reported that the Economic Growth Plan, in addition to the reform program, includes an investment component, under which “four major investment projects are currently being implemented.”
The first project involves the construction of a regional hospital in Bălți. The total cost of the project is 117 million euros, and it is currently in the stage of preparing technical documentation and conducting procurement.
The second project is the Program to Improve Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings, with an estimated budget of 103.4 million euros. The program provides for the energy retrofitting of more than 40 public buildings with a total area of over 150,000 m², as well as retrofitting work on private homes.
The third is a project to reconstruct and modernize 20 schools in Moldova at a cost of 51.7 million euros.
The fourth is a project to reconstruct the R7 Drocchia–Costești–Coseuți and M3 Chișinău–Comrat–Giurgiulești–Romania roads, costing 232.1 million euros, which involves the modernization and reconstruction of approximately 134 km of national roads.
At the same time, the government has planned a portfolio of five priority investment projects for 2026. The projects are aimed at developing infrastructure in the areas of vocational education, sustainable water supply and irrigation, agricultural development, horticulture (as part of the “Moldovan Garden. Phase II”), tourism, cultural heritage preservation, and strategic investments.
Another 40 reforms are planned for the second half of 2026, with a total allocation of 380.8 million euros. For 2027, 67 reforms are planned with a total estimated cost of 593.4 million euros.
