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The International Forum Moldova (IFM) will discuss the history, present and future of the Republic of Moldova in its European dimensions.

– Discussion formats  
– Scientific conference  
– Workshops  
– Excursion 

In view of the radically changed security situation in the greater region since 2014/2022, the granting of candidate country status for the European Union in June 2022 and in the run-up to the upcoming elections in fall 2024 (presidential elections, referendum on EU membership) and spring 2025 (parliamentary elections), the European community’s interest in the Republic of Moldova has increased significantly. 

Based on these developments, the International Forum Moldova, with its public discussion formats, an academic conference, four workshops and an excursion to the autonomous region of Gagauzia, offers a forum for dialogue between the Republic of Moldova and Central European partners on several closely linked levels. The focus is on a historically based and at the same time future-oriented exchange between actors at the interface between academia, civil society, culture, politics and journalism. 

The IFM 2024 is intended to be the prelude to long-term academic and civil society cooperation formats at a transnational and European level, which will be developed and continued on the basis of the experience, contacts and objectives gathered during the event. 

The scientific conference will be held in hybrid form.  

Please note that the times shown in the program refer to local time in the Republic of Moldova (Eastern European Time, UTC+02:00).

Program

Monday, 14.10.2024, 17:30

Evening Session
“The Republic of Moldova in Europe”

GLIA Impact Hub, str. Mitropolit Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni 61, Chișinău

Igor Grosu, President of the Parliament of Moldova
in dialogue with Ambassador Dr. Emil Brix, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna 

Moderation: Dr. Brigitta Triebel (KAS)
Welcoming Address: Mag. Stella Avallone, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Moldova

Tuesday, 15.10.2024

Academic Conference
“Moldova: European Perspectives – History, Present and Future”
State University of Moldova, 9 a.m., Aula Regina Maria, Alexei Mateevici St 60, Chișinău (map)

09:00 Opening and introduction  
09:15 Panel 1: European dimensions of Moldovan history  
11:15 Panel 2: Cultures of memory  
14:00 Round Table: The Republic of Moldova in Europe – current challenges  

See detailed program

17:30 Public Panel Discussion
“Moldova’s path into the European Union”

Mediacor, Alexei Mateevici St 60, Chișinău

Michael Martens (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) 
Siegfried Mureșan, MEP (European People’s Party) 
Alina Radu (Ziarul de Gardă) 
Ana Revenco (Center for Strategic Communication and Combating Disinformation, Chișinău)
Anatol Țăranu (Political Analyst, former Ambassador of Moldova in Russia)

Moderation: Paula Erizanu

Wednesday, 16.10.2024

Workshops

Teaching history at school 
Bridging Narratives: Best Practices and Challenges of History Education in Europe

Teaching history in the museum  
Local and regional museums in Bessarabia: actors of changing civil societies 

Young Experts Seminar
Moldova as a Region and Republic: History, Present and Future

European integration for practitioners 
Moldova and the EU – prospects, challenges, and opportunities 

15:00 Closing Plenary Session
Aula Maria Regina, Alexei Mateevici St 60, Chișinău (map)

(Get-together starting at 14:30) 

Thursday, 17.10.2024

Field trip to Gagausia
(limited number of participants, with pre-registration)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation Moldova Office (KAS) 

State University of Moldova, Chișinău (USM)  

Federal Institute for Culture and History of Eastern Europe, Oldenburg (BKGE) 

Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe at the LMU Munich (IKGS)  

in cooperation with  

European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, Warsaw (ENRS) 

State Pedagogical University “Ion Creangă”, Chișinău (UPS) 

Kulturreferentin for Transylvania, the Carpathian region, Bessarabia and Dobruja at the Transylvanian Museum in Gundelsheim/Neckar (Link)

Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, Vienna (IDM) 

Museum for the victims of deportation and political repression, Chișinău (Link)