Moldova to receive second Growth Plan installment – 189 million euros

Moldova will receive the second installment from the Growth Plan – 173 million euros, after successfully implementing 24 agreed reforms. Additionally, the European Commission will provide 15.6 million euros in grants to support investments in Moldova. At the same time, the country is opening technical negotiations on the last three groups of chapters (clusters). The European Commission today took decisions to this effect.

“These decisions confirm that our country is honoring its commitments in the process of accession to the European Union. The funds will be directed to projects that matter for citizens: in the energy sector, to advance the construction of the regional hospital in Balti, to expand access to drinking water in several localities, to develop childcare services and to support young people entering the labor market. Moldova is investing in people and these projects will bring better conditions across the country,” said Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu.

Among the key reforms implemented by Moldova, there are reducing bureaucracy, strengthening cybersecurity and emergency response capacities, as well as advancing the digitalization of public services and customs processes for the business environment.

The country has also implemented reforms to enhance budgetary transparency, strengthen anti-fraud mechanisms, recover assets and consolidate the judicial system. These achievements prove the country’s firm commitment to the European path and contribute to increasing its attractiveness for foreign investment.

The amount of 189 million euros is added to the 289 million euros already disbursed in 2025. It should be recalled that, in October 2024, the European Commission adopted the Growth Plan for Moldova, with a total value of 1.9 billion euros. The funds are allocated based on the progress made by the country in implementing reforms.

The first installment of the Growth Plan, disbursed in March 2025, involved budget allocations on two dimensions: 1) the energy package, which provided support to the population for paying utility invoices, and 2) the economic package, aimed at investments in infrastructure, support for economic growth, new jobs, and higher incomes for citizens.

The energy package included:

- invoice discounts on electricity;

- monetary compensations for heating provided during the cold season;

- compensations allocated to Local Public Administration for hospitals, kindergartens, schools and other social institutions, in order to reduce their electricity invoices;

- compensations for enterprises in the agri-food sector, covering 50 per cent of the increase in the electricity tariff;

- energy efficiency projects. —

The second package included large-scale investments in infrastructure:

- 1 billion lei for local roads in around 100 settlements, 230 local and regional projects across the country and modernization of courtyards in Chisinau;

- 1 billion lei for the repair of about 200 km of regional and district roads;

- 200 million lei for modernizing school canteens across the country;

- 200 million lei for 700 entrepreneurs to open new jobs;

- 200 million lei for farmers;

- 60 million lei for young employees – a 3,000 lei salary top-up for young people at their first job at home;

- 100 million lei for environmental projects;

- 85 million lei for repairing the access road from Cantemir to the Falciu railway bridge, where traffic has been halted for 30 years;

- repair of the Valeni railway segment.

The partnership with the European Union is helping us gradually raise the standard of living in Moldova through infrastructure projects, investments in people and the modernization of local communities.