Past events

The Eastern Partnership Summit will be held in the Europa building in Brussels, the seat of the Council of the EU.
EU leaders to meet with representatives of EaP countries at Brussels summit
24/11/2017
EU leaders will meet with their counterparts in the six Eastern Partnership countries at the 5th EaP Summit in Brussels on 24 November 2017. The summit is being held to plan future cooperation between the EU and EaP countries and discuss progress made since the 4th EaP Summit held in Riga in May 2015. It will discuss how to strengthen cooperation in the four priority areas agreed in Riga:...
Moldova: launch event for AA/DCFTA communication project
Moldova
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07/11/2017
A project is being launched in Chisinau on 7 November aimed at boosting visibility and communication around EU support programmes related to implementation of the Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (AA/DCFTA) between the EU and the Republic of Moldova. Representatives of the business community, government institutions and other beneficiaries of projects involved in...
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High-level business forum to promote deeper economic relations between EU and EaP countries
26/10/2017 to 27/10/2017
The 4th Eastern Partnership (EaP) Business Forum is to be held in Tallinn on 26 and 27 October 2017 to promote cross-border economic relations, transparency and new business opportunities and cooperation between EU and EaP countries, with a particular focus on SMEs. The focus of this year’s forum – entitled “Digital Economy: Innovative Platform for Transparent Borderless Business” – is...
Project management for consulting
Project management for consulting: four-day training in Moldova
Moldova
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24/10/2017 to 27/10/2017
The Advice for Small Businesses programme, implemented by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and funded by the European Union under EU4business initiative and Sweden, is offering a four-day training course in the Republic of Moldova on ‘Project management for consulting’, from 24-27 October 2017. The four-day course invites consultants to learn project management skills “...
The OECD Eurasia Week is being held at the Rixos Almaty Hotel (pictured above) from 23 to 25 October 2017 and will count on the participation of the Eastern Partnership countries involved in the EU4Business programme.
Making SMEs more competitive will be a key feature of the OECD Eurasia Week 2017 to be held in October
23/10/2017 to 25/10/2017
SME competitiveness, internationalisation and access to finance for small and medium-sized companies will be high on the agenda of the OECD’s Eurasia Week in Kazakhstan in October 2017. Eurasia Week is an opportunity for Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries involved in the EU4Business programme to strengthen their relations with one another, with countries from Central Asia and with OECD member...
Fighting corruption through e-Governance in Ukraine.
2nd EaP ministerial meeting on the Digital Economy
05/10/2017
It is in the clear interest of the EU and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) partner countries to cooperate closely in digital matters. This way, 75 million consumers in EaP countries will also benefit from the EU’s Digital Single Market , creating which is one of the European Commission’s priorities for the coming years. On 5 October 2017 , the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union...
Press conference to mark the end of project helping to implement the Republic of Moldova’s Trade Agreement with the EU
Moldova
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23/08/2017
The two-year project to implement the Republic of Moldova’s Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU comes to an end in August 2017. The press conference on 23 August will take stock of the achievements of this EU-funded project. The project, coordinated by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova, worked to help beneficiaries to align their Quality Infrastructure...
Opening of business incubator in Cahul, Republic of Moldova
Moldova
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17/08/2017
With EU support, a New Business Incubator will be opened in Cahul to stimulate local economy. On 17 August 2017, the Moldovan SME Sector Development Organisation (ODIMM), with support of the EU-funded “Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the DCFTA” Project (DCFTA SRC TA Project) will launch a new EU-funded Business Incubator in Cahul. Once fully active, the Cahul Business Incubator...
The EIB Group seminar and networking reception on access to finance for SMEs in Moldova will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Chisinau on 4 July 2017.
Join an exclusive seminar and networking reception with EIB experts in Moldova
Moldova
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04/07/2017
Take part with other SMEs in a seminar explaining the extensive range of support available to the private sector in Moldova. With the support of EU4Business, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is stepping up its efforts to improve access to finance in Moldova. The conference, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Chisinau on 4 July, is for CEOs, CFOs and top managers of SMEs, as well as financial...
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Export training for Moldovan SMEs in the agro-food sector
Moldova
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10/05/2017 to 12/05/2017
EU4Business project East Invest 2 is inviting SMEs from the agro-food and food processing sectors in Moldova to apply for training on how to export successfully to EU and other foreign markets. Two-and-a-half days of interactive courses on the subject will be held at the Hotel Vispas in Chisinau from 10 to 12 May 2017. The “SME Academy”, organised as part of the EU4Business programme. will focus...