15 June 2020 – The apprenticeship becomes important especially now, when tens of thousands of Moldovan citizens have returned from abroad, and who want to work, but do not have the necessary qualifications for the chosen position.

National legislation regulates work-based apprenticeship, but in a confusing form, say experts of the Economic Council who advocate the need for amendments to that legislation. The subject was discussed on June 15, 2020 at the Economic Council meeting with the participation of international experts in the field and representatives of relevant state institutions.

According to experts, one of the obstacles in the application of work-based apprenticeship by the employer is the contradictory regulation of the relations between the employer and apprentice. Another outdated provision of the Labor Code relates to restrictions to obtaining the status of apprentice. These and other provisions in the field of work-based apprenticeship need to be reviewed, experts of the Economic Council believe.

All these topics will be consulted with the members of the Economic Council. who will have to come up with proposals for improvement, after which they will be systematized and proposed to authorities who will promote the necessary regulatory changes.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund, and the International Finance Corporation’s Investment Climate Reform Project funded by the Government of Sweden’s International Development Agency.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund.