The meetings were also joined by high ranking Romanian governmental and ministerial officials who strongly support the interest of the ANAD Romania. Hon. Mihnea Claudiu Drumea, State Advisor at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, highlighted the synergy potential: “It would be very beneficial for both parties to cooperate to the benefit of clean athletes and clean sport in the central European region.
A cooperation which has already started on an informal basis to assist ANAD Moldava securing Code-compliance. The CEADO members from Croatia and Slovakia are supporting this project within the framework of an Memorandum of Understanding between the World Anti-Doping Agency and CEADO. During his visit to Bucharest Michael Cepic stated: Thursday, February 16th was an important and successful day for this project and a big step forward to Code-compliance, because on that day the Moldavian Parliament passed their new Anti-Doping Law.
President Ștefan Rohnean: “This cooperation showed the importance of assisting and working together with different partners for the aim of ensuring a fair and clean playing field for athletes.”
The visit ended on Friday. In the upcoming days an internal CEADO meeting will be held to generate feedback for ANAD Romania.
First picture (from left to right): Ms. Gabriela Andreiasu – Director General – ANAD Romania, Mr. Ștefan Rohnean – President of ANAD Romania, the Hon. Mihnea Claudiu Drumea - State Advisor at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Mr. Michael Cepic - CEO of the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency, Chairman of the board of CEADO and European NADOs representative in the WADA NADO Expert Advisory Group, Ms. Maria-Ioana Saragea - Chief of Staff for the President of ANAD Romania.
Second picture (from left to right): Mr. Michael Cepic - CEO of the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency, Chairman of the board of CEADO and European NADOs representative in the WADA NADO Expert Advisory Group, the Hon. István Zahoranszki - Deputy Secretary General within the General Secretariat of the Romanian Government, Mr. Ștefan Rohnean – President of ANAD Romania.
Third picture (from left to right): Ms. Gabriela Andreiasu – Director General – ANAD Romania, the Hon. Senator Constantin-Bogdan Matei - Chairperson of the Commission for Youth and Sports in the Romanian Senate, Mr. Michael Cepic - CEO of the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency, Chairman of the board of CEADO and European NADOs representative in the WADA NADO Expert Advisory Group, Mr. Ștefan Rohnean – President of ANAD Romania, Mr. Eugen Coifan – Vicepresident of ANAD Romania.