On 6-10 June 2017 a delegation of Gdansk lawyers visited the Southern Regional Bar in Cahul and the Moldovan Bar Association in Chisinau. The peer-to-peer exchange included challenges faced by the profession of lawyers in young democracies and ways to overcome them, the importance of an effective and independent profession, collaboration with the judiciary and the academic environment. As a result of the visit, the regional Bars aspire to conclude a collaboration memorandum and continue collaboration on a regular and systemic level.
This visit was a follow-up to the visit of Cahul lawyers to the Gdansk Bar in December 2016, facilitated and enabled by the Component “Support to the Moldovan Bar Association”. The component on the "Support to the Moldovan Bar Association" of the "Strengthening the efficiency of justice and support to the lawyers' profession in the Republic of Moldova" project is funded by the Programmatic Co-operation Framework for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. The Council of Europe and the European Union are working in partnership with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus to help meet Council of Europe benchmarks in human rights, democracy and the rule of law and improve the lives of citizens.