On 16 April 2024, Congress President Marc Cools met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Moldova Mihail Popșoi. Discussions focused on the decentralisation process in the country in the light of the Congress monitoring recommendations for improved application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and the roadmap for their implementation, in the framework of post-monitoring dialogue between the Congress and Moldovan authorities. On this occasion, the President invited the Republic of Moldova to ratify the Additional Protocol to the Charter, on citizen participation in local public affairs. Reference was also made to the current co-operation activities aimed at accompanying the decentralisation reforms and improving the mechanism of consultations between central and local authorities.