Working Visit to CRDC: Three Years of Collaboration with PIN Moldova, Tangible Results and Consolidated Directions

We are glad to open CRDC’s doors to friends and partners. Recently, we hosted a working visit by the People in Need Moldova team together with representatives of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Chișinău — an opportunity to discuss what we have built together over the past two years and how we are turning these lessons into sustainable results for southern communities. The delegation was led by Petr Drbohlav, PIN’s Regional Director for the Eastern Partnership and the Balkans, and Daniela Dragalin, Development Cooperation Officer at the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

During the discussion, we briefly presented our organization, programs, and how PIN’s support helped us grow: from youth media literacy and critical-thinking initiatives to strengthening our internal communication and visibility capacities (visual identity, editorial content, media relations). We spoke about the impact our projects have had in the community, how PIN’s mentorship and resources raised our team’s professional standards, and about the regional partnerships we have built thanks to ongoing trust and connectivity.

“Collaboration with PIN Moldova has meant more than funding for CRDC: it has meant dedication, rigor, and trust. In two years, we amplified young people’s voices, strengthened our team’s skills, and turned media literacy into tangible results for the community.” — Irina Bejan, CRDC Administrator

Together, we reflected on three years of work: workshops, mentoring, fact-checking exercises, published materials, and dialogues facilitated with local authorities, schools, libraries, and NGOs. All these efforts contributed to a stronger organizational culture, clearer internal processes, and local stories that are better documented and more relevant to our audience.

“Media literacy is, above all, a community protection mechanism: it helps people recognize disinformation, demand transparency, and participate in public dialogue with arguments and respect.” — Arina Arabadji, CRDC Programs Coordinator

We are grateful to the PIN Moldova team and their partners for their ongoing openness, guidance, and trust. The continuity of this collaboration allows us to stay close to people and to the truth, to tell stories that matter, and, step by step, to build more informed and more cohesive communities.