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 lawyer in young democracies and ways to overcome them, the importance of an effective and independent profession, the 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 the collaboration on a regular and systemic level.

This visit was a follow-up of 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 lawyers' profession in the Republic of Moldova" project is funded by the Programmatic Cooperation Framework for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. The Council of Europe and European Union are working in partnership with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus to help them meet Council of Europe benchmarks in human rights, democracy and the rule of law and improve the lives of citizens.