Register a non-profit organisation (NGO) in Moldova

Good to know

• A non-profit organisation (NGO) is a legal entity set up for a public, community or private purpose without aiming to make a profit.
• Registration is free (15 working days) for associations, foundations, private institutions, employers' organisations, trade unions, political parties, mediation organisations, religious cults and sector committees for vocational training, and for their branches.
• It costs 1149 lei (15 working days) for public institutions, local action groups, irrigation water users' associations and inter-community development associations, and their branches.
• You need a reserved name first: see Check and reserve a company name. Checking and reserving a name costs 100 lei (same day, per name).
• Registering or updating the beneficial owner data of the organisation is free and takes 24 hours, if you submit it electronically.

How to apply

1. You do this

   Submit the application

   You or your legal representative (authorised through MPower) apply. Online, for a first registration: press Apply online at the top of this page. At the counter: at the territorial ASP subdivisions that provide the service (list). Book a time slot to avoid the queue.

2. You do this

   Pay the fee

   You can pay online through MPay or the Payments section of EVO, by card at the counter, at a payment terminal or at a bank branch.

3. Nothing for you to do

   The decision is sent to you by e-mail

   The registration decision is issued electronically and sent to you or your legal representative by e-mail, to the address in your application.

Required documents

• Founding decision
  2 copies
• Founding documents
  2 copies
• Beneficial owner information
  under Law no. 308/2017
• Power of attorney or MPower authorisation
  only if someone else applies for you
• Proof of the seat
  for public associations, foundations, private institutions and inter-community development associations
• Special approvals
  an opinion of the Mediation Council at the Ministry of Justice for mediation organisations; an opinion of the monitoring and supervision unit for irrigation water users' associations; an opinion of the specialised body for sports federations and national associations; an opinion of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection for a family doctors' centre; a registration decision of the competent central body and the local development strategy for local action groups; the consent of the religious cult for a part of a cult
• Foreign founders
  founding documents translated and legalised or apostilled, where relevant

Fees and processing times

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