The Chisinau City Hall and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on distance learning. The purpose of the document is to establish partnerships for the further development of effective cooperation in the implementation of the digital library project educatieonline.md.

The Memorandum states that the owner of the digital library is the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, and its owner is the City Hall of Chisinau Municipality, which will ensure the implementation, administration and operation of the information system.

After signing the Memorandum, the General Mayor, Ion Ceban, wanted to mention that the "online education" project is the most beautiful joint achievement of the local public authorities in Chisinau and the Government, for the last half year.

"This project was implemented with the mobilization of forces in less than 2 months. It is good that we have a continuous and dynamic process, and we can continue to develop not only during the pandemic. I am glad that now all the participants, including our sponsors and partners, believe in the development of the project. This encourages us to go forward and continue to work more efficiently on a larger scale, " said the Mayor.

Minister of Education, Culture and Research Igor Sharov, in turn, expressed the hope that by the beginning of the new school year 2020-2021 the project "digital library" will be implemented to the final point with lessons in all subjects for I-XII classes. "I am confident in the success of this project because it all began in a difficult period of the pandemic. Thus, I thank everyone who participated in the filming, including teachers, partners, etc. The platform will develop. We will have lessons and other modules that will serve as support for the development of the educational process, regardless of whether the pandemic continues or not, "the Minister of Education said.

As partners, in the process of realization and implementation of the project The digital library will be:  General Department of Education, Youth and Sports, Center for Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Class of the Future, National Center for Digital Innovations in Education, TEKWIL - Center for Excellence in ICT, Technical University of Moldova. Partners will contribute to the development and support of the digital library.

The digital library "educatieonline.md" is hosted on the government's common technology platform (MCloud).