The EU4Business Eastern Partnership Trade Helpdesk will facilitate you in identifying trade obstacles and better understanding regulatory and procedural issues in trading goods and services. This one-stop-shop online platform offers access to trade information (tariffs, non-tariff measures, taxes, trade statistics and procedures).
The programme provides support to women and men entrepreneurs, including those involved in social entrepreneurship for improving entrepreneurship knowledge and skills ranging from branding and marketing, ICT skills, market information to innovation and financial management.
The Rural SME Policy Support Window implemented by ODIMM offers advisory services and training support to SMEs in rural areas to better access the means and services for business development. The ultimate goal is to reduce economic and social disparities in rural areas and introduce active employment initiatives through the development of rural small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Initiative East aims at strengthening the private sector, in particular SMEs, to compete in local and international markets, by providing advisory services at regional and local level and promoting rural development with a particular focus on agri-food value chain development.
If you are interested in STEM topics and innovation, or want to create a startup in the innovative sector and prepare for investment, the Startup City Cahul programme may be suitable for you. It is expected that at least 20 local startups will benefit from assistance and support; 15 non-IT initiatives will be supported; 2,600 people will benefit from entrepreneurship education programs; 24 events will be organized for entrepreneurs.
DCFTA Facility Phase II by EBRD provides business advice for SMEs to enhance their technical, managerial, market knowledge and investment project development capacity.
This programme is dedicated to helping businesses make the most of the opportunities of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreements with the European Union. Business advisory projects with local consultants and international advisers strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, facilitate exports, adapt new standards, raise awareness of the DCFTA, provide better access to finance, and improve the quality, of local business advisory services.
The EBRD offers advisory services and training support to SMEs to adopt digital technologies, boost their competitiveness and export potential. This advice covers specialized areas of expertise including: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology, engineering solutions, quality management, financial management, energy efficiency and environment.
The EU4Innovation Center - a regional center of excellence in IT - will be created in Cahul. With an area of over 2000 m2, the center will develop several local services and about 137 programs and activities, in order to encourage the use of technologies.
The Project aims at strengthening capacities and sustainability of 4 Regional Social Business Hubs (RSBH) in offering consultancy to social enterprises.
Within the Project, economic centers for development will be created in seven localities of the Republic of Moldova: Soldanesti, Causeni, Ungheni, Carpineni, Cahul, Calarasi and Ceadir-Lunga. The Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) Facility aims at enhancing economic inclusive growth and job creation in the country.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) Trade Helpdesk may help you boost economic ties between the EU and the EaP countries. The project will provide trade information on the region and the EU via an online portal, identify regulatory and procedural trade obstacles through company surveys and train companies and business support organisations in the use of selected market analysis tools to enable them to identify new opportunities, within the EaP region and in the EU.