Our Team

PLOTNIC Olesea

Project coordinator

University professor and coordinator of the ECOCONS project, specializing in Consumer Law, Business Law. He is a licensed lawyer, CEDR mediator and arbitrator. He has over 18 years of experience in the field of law and teaches in Russian, English and French. He has been a trainer since 2012 within the National Institute of Justice (initial and continuous training of judges and prosecutors).
He is a licensed lawyer, CEDR mediator and arbitrator. He has over 18 years of experience in the field of law and teaches in Russian, English and French. He has been a trainer since 2012 within the National Institute of Justice (initial and continuous training of judges and prosecutors).

Teaching experience at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, thesis coordinator of 3 doctoral theses (authorized since – 2015). Between 2008-2015 he held the position of deputy director of the Agency for Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance. He was a member of the Disciplinary Board of Judges within the Superior Council of Magistracy and a member of the Disciplinary Board within the National Union of Judicial Executors.

She is a member of several projects in the field of education and research:

Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Chair “EU policies for the protection of consumers’ economic interests” / EU4CONS
Expert key member in the Jean Monnet project Support for associations in the field of European integration and studies on the protection of intellectual property” / EUPROIN
Member COST CA17135, Constitution – elaboration and deliberative democracy
COST Member CA20131, Efficient Justice for All: Improving Court Efficiency through EU Benchmarking (EfficientJustice)

Teaching activity for over 18 years and author of over 90 scientific articles, including the thesis on abusive clauses in contracts concluded with consumers, an aspect of French, Moldovan and European Union law, published by the French academic press in 2015. The research activities are mainly concerns consumer protection legislation and European business law. She is the author and co-author of a large number of publications, mostly on EU-related topics, most of which can be accessed here – https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cTVbOIcAAAAJ

ZAMFIR Natalia

Project member

University lecturer and ECOCONS project member specializing in International and European Environmental Law, Human Rights in the European Union. He has 18 years of experience in higher education and research activities in the field of implementing innovative methods of teaching and learning about international and European Union standards for the protection of human rights. It places a strong emphasis on the use of modern ICT and student teamwork by applying problem-based learning in the small student group.

University lecturer in the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law of the State University of Moldova, specializing in International and European Environmental Law, Human Rights in the European Union. He has 18 years of experience in higher education and research activities in the field of implementing innovative methods of teaching and learning about international and European Union standards for the protection of human rights. It places a strong emphasis on the use of modern ICT and student teamwork by applying problem-based learning in the small student group.

Dr. Natalia Zamfir has experience in curriculum development, she was directly involved in the design and implementation of a new Master’s Program in Human Rights. As a result, in 2013 a new master’s program in human rights was launched by the Faculty of Law of USM, which includes about 16 special courses, and a new library of about 350 book titles, established to support the new methods of teaching used in the master’s program.

It developed a new discipline and a new curriculum on Human Rights in Europe. In addition, he participated in the organization of more than 10 workshops and trainings for the teaching staff of the Faculty of Law on topics related to Human Rights, the development of school programs, interactive teaching methods, etc. Experience in coordinating and carrying out activities within the EU project regarding the program Introducing Problem Based Learning in Moldova: Towards Enhancing Students (PBLMD), Erasmus+.

She is the winner of the bronze medal as a team member at the International Specialized Exhibition “INFOINVENT” for the development of the innovation system of the motorization of the quality of the Black Sea river ecosystems in the context of climate change.

She is the author and co-author of a large number of publications, mostly on EU-related topics, most of which can be accessed here -https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gag5i9UAAAAJ&hl=ro&oi=ao

COJOCARU Vladlen

Project member

University lecturer at the “Private Law” Chair, Faculty of General Economics and Law of the Academy of Economic Studies from Moldova and ECOCONS project member. He has experience in curriculum development of education and training programs for universities in the Republic of Moldova. He has shown great dynamism in promoting didactic excellence in the field of European law. Teaching experience: teaches subjects: “European Union Institutional Law”, “European Business Law”, “International Public Law” (Russian and Romanian), “European General Law”, “Constitutional and Administrative Law”, “European Public Law “.

In recent years, he has been actively involved in the promotion of European law by participating in national and international conferences, including projects such as the Jean Monnet Chair in EU policies for the protection of the economic interests of consumers / EU4CONS and the EUPROIN project / Jean Monnet Support for Associations in Integration Studies European and Intellectual Property Protection / EUPROIN.

He published about 15 didactic and scientific works, including 1 textbook: “Compatibility of national law with the law of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”( 2015). He has over 17 years of teaching experience. He is the author and co-author of a large number of publications, mostly on topics related to the EU, most of which can be accessed here – https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=ro&as_sdt=0,5&q=cojocaru+vladlen

Knowledge of English, Romanian and Russian

CRUDU Rodica

Project member

University lecturer at the International Relations Faculty of the Moldovan Academy of Economic Studies specializing in EU institutions and policies, courses on European economic policies, entrepreneurship and innovation management. He has experience in the field of European integration and the EU economy, and has extensive professional and managerial experience in the coordination of Jean Monnet and large-scale international projects:

Academic coordinator (module leader) of the JEAN MONNET module: Problems of the EU economy and relations between the EU and the Republic of Moldova / EUREM
Holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU policies in the field of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship/EU2INNO
Member of the Jean Monnet Chair in “EU Policies for the Protection of Consumers’ Economic Interests”/EU4CONS
Holder Jean Monnet Support for associations in the field of European integration and studies on the protection of intellectual property” / EUPROIN,

He has more than 18 years of teaching experience, which is characterized by innovative teaching and learning methods that place a strong emphasis on the use of modern ICT and student teamwork. Professional experience in:

contribution to the development and implementation of the university’s internationalization strategy;
quality assurance and accreditation of study programs;
the design, implementation and management of effective international projects;
project evaluation;
assisting the academic staff in the development, implementation and auditing of projects funded by the EU or other sources;
monitoring and evaluation; And so on

He is the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Eastern European Journal of Regional Studies” published by the Center for European Integration Studies ((https://csei.ase.md/journal/); He is the author and co-author of a large number of publications, most on EU-related topics, most of which can be accessed here – https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NFl_d2cAAAAJ&hl=en

OLĂRAȘU Nicolae

Project member

Doctoral student in the Doctoral School of Legal Sciences of the Academy of Public Administration absorbed by the State University of Moldova, having as a research field the efficiency of the activity of public authorities empowered with the right to consumer protection. In the 8 scientific articles published in national and international journals, he addressed aspects of public administration in the field of consumer protection and the transposition of European legislation. He has 10 years of teaching experience in the field of consumer protection within the College of Administrative and Fiscal Studies.

He is also certified in the field of intellectual property (authorized representative), quality infrastructure. He has extensive experience in the field of market surveillance and consumer protection thanks to his work in the Agency for Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance, as head of department, being responsible for organizing information, counseling and education activities for consumers and the business environment in the regarding compliance with commercial and quality infrastructure requirements.

Until March 2023, he held the position of head of the Department of Business Consulting Services within the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova, being responsible for providing consulting and training services to managers and employees of companies under SAL administration, especially mediation, as part of its main business.