From Reform to Membership: Moldova’s European Transformation

In this event, Thomas Byrne, Minister of State for European Affairs and Cristina Gherasimov, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Moldova will discuss Enlargement and Moldova’s journey towards EU membership. The Ministers’ keynotes will be followed by a panel discussion with experts to discuss Moldova’s key reform priorities and the challenges shaping the accession process.

Panellists will include:

Ben Ryan, Assistant Secretary, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with responsibility for Criminal Justice Legislation Stanislav Secrieru, National Security and Defence Advisor to the President of the Republic of Moldova and the Secretary of the Supreme Security Council Ilie Chirtoacă, Executive Director of the Legal Resources Centre (LRCM), Moldova Claudia Badulescu, Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at Maynooth University The panel will be followed by closing remarks from Iulian Groza, Director of Institute for European Policies and Reforms.

This IIEA event is part of the Future Proofing Europe Project, kindly sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It is organised in partnership with the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE), in cooperation with the Bureau for European Integration of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, and with the support of the GIZ Moldova and the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Ireland.