{"id":128669,"date":"2026-08-19T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/urbact-iv-european-funds-for-moldovan-cities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:29:32","slug":"urbact-iv-european-funds-for-moldovan-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/urbact-iv-european-funds-for-moldovan-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"URBACT IV European funds for Moldovan cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cities in the Republic of Moldova benefit from new European funding and cooperation opportunities for sustainable urban development through the URBACT IV Programme, an initiative supporting the modernization of local administration and the country&#8217;s European integration process.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Moldova became eligible to participate in the programme in 2023, following the European Commission&#8217;s decision to expand the geographical area, and starting in 2024 local authorities can access dedicated funding and participate in urban cooperation networks. Assistance in identifying opportunities and preparing applications is provided by the URBACT National Point within the State Chancellery.<\/p>\n<p>The first funds have already been attracted by the municipality of Edine\u021b and the town of Cimi\u0219lia, which are implementing projects within transfer networks, totaling over 128 thousand EUR in European funds. The interest of local administrations remains high, with 35 applications recorded in 2026 under the Call for Action Planning Networks and the URBACT Accelerator initiative dedicated to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the URBACT IV Programme in Moldova?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is an EU-funded initiative that provides Moldovan cities with financing and cooperation networks for sustainable urban development and administrative modernization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Moldovan cities have already received URBACT IV funds?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edine\u021b municipality and Cimi\u0219lia town were the first to secure over 128,000 EUR in European funding through URBACT transfer networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can Moldovan local authorities receive guidance for URBACT projects?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Support for identifying funding opportunities and preparing project applications is provided by the URBACT National Point within the State Chancellery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cities in the Republic of Moldova benefit from new European funding and cooperation opportunities for sustainable urban development through the URBACT IV Programme, an initiative supporting the modernization of local administration and the country&#8217;s European integration process. The Republic of Moldova became eligible to participate in the programme in 2023, following the European Commission&#8217;s decision&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":128657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2855],"tags":[3083],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-128669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rep-md","tag-republic-of-moldova"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":[{"title":"moldpres.md | 18.08","post_source_url":"https:\/\/moldpres.md"}],"post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Republic-of-Moldova-relevant-picture.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128669"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=128669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}