Today, the 19th of September 2023, SNTGN TRANSGAZ SA, by its subsidiary of the Republic of Moldova, Vestmoldtransgaz SRL (VMTG), the company which operates, maintains and dispatches the gas transmission pipeline Ungheni-Chisinau and is certified according to the ownership unbundling model, takes over the operation, maintenance, gas transmission and dispatching activities in the Republic of Moldova from Moldovatransgaz SRL, according to a press release issued to caleaeuropeana.ro.

On 4 September 2023, Vestmoldtransgaz signed the contract on the lease of the gas transmission networks of this country under which it will take over, starting with the 19th of September, the operation, maintenance, gas transmission and dispatching activities in the Republic of Moldova from the operator Moldovatransgaz SRL – a contract that was approved by the Energy Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Moldova.

„By taking over the operation, maintenance, gas transmission and dispatching activities from Moldovatransgaz, Vestmoldtransgaz will manage the entire gas infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova. The investments Transgaz made on the territory of Romania, the NTS developments in the North-Eastern part of the country: the Gas Pipeline OnestiGheraesti-Letcani, the upgrading of the compressor stations Silistea and Onesti 2, the construction of the compressor stations Onesti 1 and Gheraesti, the 2/2 Interconnection Iasi-Ungheni are strategic investments amounting to approximately EUR 430 million. These investments have created the conditions for diversifying the sources and routes of natural gas supply, increasing the degree of security of natural gas supply for this winter and for the coming years, as well as the possibility of extending the NTS of Moldova in order to connect households and industrial consumers that do not yet have access to these resources to the gas distribution networks to be developed later. Now, after having taken over the NTS operation, Vestmoldtransgaz is planning to reupdate the 10-Year NTS Development Plan, which will be published on the company’s website as soon as possible. Transgaz achieves growing international recognition and boosts the confidence of our investors, who are investors in a Romanian multinational company in the energy sector. I trust Transgaz’ and Vestmoldtransgaz’ teams and I am confident that the good practices that have turned our company into a leading company in Romania will be rapidly adopted and put in place in the Republic of Moldova, thus contributing to the increase in this country’s energy security”, said Ion Sterian, Transgaz’ Director General.

The designation of VMTG as sole operator of the gas transmission system of the Republic of Moldova is the consequence of Moldovatransgaz’ failure to meet the unbundling and certification requirements according to the Third EU Energy Package, of Directive 2009/72/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and of Law 108/27.05.2016.

Calea Europeană (caleaeuropeana.ro), in partnership with the National Institute for Scientific Research in Labour and Social Protection (INCSMPS), organizes the multiplier event of the results of the European strategic partnership project in the field of adult education – Team2Share – Integrated Training & Teaching for Learning further aiming Knowledge Sharing Across Generations – on Thursday, 31 August 2023, at Grand Hotel Bucharest, Room Fortuna, floor 21, between 10:00-14:00.

The project brings together nine partner organisations from five European countries (Romania, Austria, Belgium, Greece and Turkey), specialised in communication, adult learning, research and technological innovation. Through a joint effort, they aimed to introduce a new teaching/learning method for trainers working with low-skilled adults/vulnerable groups based on a methodology using, among others, easily accessible digital tools.

The agenda of the event will include the presentation of the European Team2Share project and its results – training guides for teachers/trainers and trainees; the innovative mobile apps for facilitating the teaching/learning process; and the guide for formative monitoring and evaluation of the learning outcomes – as well as discussions on diversifying education and learning in the context of the sustainability paradigm; European strategic partnership projects in the field of adult learning funded by the Erasmus+ programme; evaluation of the impact of the Team2Share project on adult education and opportunities for exploitation of project results and future collaboration with organisations and institutions specialised in education, labour market, innovation and social protection at national and European level.

The event will be opened by Dan Cărbunaru, director of Calea Europeană (caleaeuropeana.ro), general manager of European Media Connections (EMC), and Andreea Lungu, Erasmus+ Partnership Projects Officer, National Agency for Community Programmes in Vocational Education and Training (ANPCDEPF).

Additionally, other speakers will include Camelia Speranța Pîrciog, Director General of INCSMPS, Liliana Grecu, INCSMPS researcher and coordinator of the European strategic partnership project Team2Share and other specialists and researchers in the field of education, work and social protection.

The event is open for attendance by adult education professionals and experts, teachers, trainers, psychologists, representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, the Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation, as well as institutions and NGOs supporting adults from vulnerable groups, opinion leaders and seniors.

The project, launched in November 2020 and running until the end of August 2023, is funded by the European Commission through the European Education and Culture Executive Agency and the Erasmus+ programme.