 After this position he worked as Chief of the department of the Office for the Implementation of the First Cadastral Project (2000–2002).Catan's candidacy has been forwarded for the position of the deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in the 25 February 2001 elections on the list of the Renaissance and Conciliation Party of Moldova, but this political party has not obtained enough electoral support to participate in the elections.Starting from 2002 Catan was teaching at the Property Law Faculty at the Technical University in Moldova, as a university professor.