A delegation of the Venice Commission met with the Moldovan authorities and other stakeholders in the framework of the preparation of the Opinion on party and campaign financing which was carried out on 17-18 October, jointly with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, as well as with the participation of a Group of States against Corruption expert.

The request for the opinion came from the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly on 14 September 2017. The draft opinion is on the agenda of the December 2017 plenary session of the Venice Commission.

The preparation of this opinion falls in the framework of the Partnership for Good Governance for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, financed by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe.