Collaboration Agreement with the Bureau of Migration and Asylum - enhancing integration of refugees through partnership programme

On 24 May 2016, the Collaboration Agreement was updated and signed for an indefinite period between Mrs. Olga Poalelungi, the Director of the Bureau of Migration and Asylum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Mr. Djavid Paknehad, the Director of the Charity Centre for Refugees, implementing partner of UNHCR.

The agreement provides the legal framework and underlines the specific objectives of collaboration and has as main purpose the cooperation for building a stable partnership and streamlining necessary measures to strengthen the conditions of the asylum in the Republic of Moldova and provide assistance to asylum seekers, refugees and the beneficiaries of humanitarian protection.

With the support of UNHCR Moldova, the Charity Centre for Refugees has been fruitfully collaborating with the Bureau of Migration and Asylum for more than 14 years, providing transparent and efficient assistance and support to refugees and beneficiaries of form of protection, through a range of common activities and events aimed at cultural and social integration into Moldovan society.

Maria Pîslaraş - CCR Project Assistant

Memorandum of Agreement with the Bureau for Migration and Asylum of the Republic of Moldova

Since 2003, the Charity Centre for Refugees (CCR), an implementing partner of  UNHCR Moldova, has maintained good partnership with the Bureau for Migration and Asylum (BMA) of the Republic of Moldova. In terms of this collaboration, the CCR has provided cultural, social and moral support to the residents of the Temporary Accommodation Centre.

On 18th of March 2014, the General Director of the Bureau for Migration and Asylum, Ms. Olga Poalelungi and the CCR Director, Mr. Djavid Paknehad strengthened this partnership by signing a Memorandum of Agreement, which foresees the present and future activities of the CCR at the Temporary Accommodation Centre. The document is valid for three years and can be extended upon the request of the parties.