Inauguration ceremony of the Educational Centre at the Institute of Oncology in Chisinau and Study Visit of Viennese Experts
An Educational Centre has been established at the Institute of Oncology, Chisinau, Moldova in the course of the project "HOPE for the children of Moldova" whith the generous support of the Austrian Development Cooperation and UNESCO. The official inauguration of that Centre took place on Monday, 18th of March 2013 under the high patronage of the State Secretary for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, his Excellency Dr. Reinhard Lopatka and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, his Excellency Mihai Moldovanu. The high-level audience also comprised of the Minister of Education of Moldova, the Minister of Social Protection of Moldova, the Representative of the Moldovan Parliament, Representatives of the UN agencies as well as the CEO of the Austrian Development Cooperation, Ambassador Öppinger-Walchshofer among others.
Simultaneously, an expert visit, comprising of Susanne Mliner, Ms Sabine Stechauner, Head of a kindergarten of the City of Vienna integrating children with special needs and developer of a gender-concept for Viennese kindergartens and Dr. Reinhard Topf, Head of the Psycho-Social Department at the St. Anna Children’s Hospital was organized by HOPE'87 to examine the new educational facilities at the Institute of Oncology and share expertise with the staff.