In this paper the author is discussing the role of civil society in preservation of the archaeological heritage in Republic of Moldova. Republic of Moldova signed the European Convention on Archaeological Heritage Preservation (revised version) in 1998, ratified it in 2001 and only starting with November 2002 it entered into force. But, the national law on archaeological preservation was voted by Parliament in September 2010 and entered in force in March 2011. So, after a long period of debates and initiatives Republic of Moldova has its own law on this field. The leading role in this process had the National Association of Young Historians of Moldova. This NGO initiated in 2009 an advocacy project in the field of cultural heritage preservation. As main goal and result was the elaboration a new law on archaeological heritage preservation, based on European an International Convention and actual trends in the field of archaeological heritage preservation.