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Participants in the STAREP workshop in Vienna
Impact of digital technologies on accounting: STAREP workshop examines the challenges
18/12/2018
A two-day workshop in Vienna on November 28-29 has brought together participants from three regional programmes – STAREP, EU-REPARIS, and PULSAR – which support enhanced financial reporting practices in the private and public sectors in the EU-Eastern Partnership countries and the Western Balkans. STAREP is an EU4Business programme on Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Eastern...
Over 40 people took part in the training
Training for Moldovan banking supervisors on new international standards
Moldova
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18/12/2018
A two-and-a-half day workshop designed for banking supervisory staff was held in Chisinau between 5 and 7 December, as part of the EU4Business STAREP project on 'Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Eastern Partnership'. Speakers included senior staff from the World Bank’s Centre for Financial Reporting Reform, experts in accounting standards, as well as representatives of commercial banks...
OECD workshop to improve monitoring and evaluation of SME development strategy in Moldova
Moldova
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07/12/2018
The OECD has held a workshop in Chisinau on the monitoring of Moldova’s SME Development Strategy, as part of the EU4Business: From Policies to Action project, funded by the European Union. The workshop, held on 29 November , was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure. It allowed international experts and Moldovan stakeholders involved in the implementation and...
Investments to finance upgrades of local businesses to EU standards
EBRD and EU open new funding opportunities for SMEs via BCR Chisinau
Moldova
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06/12/2018
Small businesses in Moldova will soon be able to improve products and services to European Union (EU) standards, as the EBRD and EU are opening new funding opportunities to upgrade firms’ operations. The EBRD is providing a €5 million loan to the Chisinau-based subsidiary of Banca Comercială Română, or BCR. The financing is provided within the EU4Business-EBRD credit line , which the EU is...
Eastern Partnership: promoting stronger economies and societies for the EU’s six Eastern Partners
06/12/2018
Today in Vienna, the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union together with the European Commission will host the 5 th Eastern Partnership Business Forum followed by the Eastern Partnership’s Annual Conference on 7 December. The two events will bring together high level representatives from the EU and the six Eastern Partners - Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , the...
Economic Forum 2018
Economic Forum in Moldova promotes inclusive finance
Moldova
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15/11/2018
The Development Facility of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) today joined forces with key sector players and other partners, including the Central Banks of Moldova, Armenia, and Georgia, to hold an Economic Forum in Chisinau. Top among the conference’s themes was the role of regulators and banks in supporting sustainable economic development and the advancement of local currency...
Created in Moldova, Appreciated Worldwide – launch event in Chisinau
Created in Moldova, Appreciated Worldwide: campaign to mark four years of DCFTA implementation launched in Chisinau
Moldova
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15/11/2018
Moldovan businesses and business associations, civil society representatives, government officials and diplomats gathered in Chisinau on 8 November to mark four years of DCFTA implementation in the Republic of Moldova. The event marked the launch of the national campaign to increase public awareness of opportunities opened up for Moldovan products under the Free Trade Agreement with the EU, and...
Up to 75 companies will receive support in developing export capacities to the EU
Up to 75 Moldovan companies will receive support in developing export capacities to EU market
Moldova
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15/11/2018
The European Union is funding a package of support for 75 Moldovan companies, to help them understand more about how they can benefit from tariff-free imports from the Republic of Moldova, and gain greater access to the EU marketplace. The deadline for companies to apply is 14 December. The package will be delivered through a technical assistance project (Support to the Quality Infrastructure...
Giovanni Vaccari, Project Manager of the EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line in Moldova
EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line presents funding opportunities at Moldova energy efficiency workshop
Moldova
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07/11/2018
The EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line in Moldova recently participated in a workshop on ‘Energy Efficiency Financing Tools’, organised by the Energy Efficiency Agency in Chisinau. The event was organised during Moldova Eco Energetics Days, which took place in Chisinau from 15-18 October, and was attended by national and international experts who presented the financing mechanisms available in the...
Irina Coroi-Jovmir, Deputy CEO of ProCreditBank Moldova, with Alain Pilloux, EBRD Vice President, Banking
New EBRD loan to help Moldovan businesses trade with EU
Moldova
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06/11/2018
Small businesses in Moldova will be able to upgrade their operations to European Union (EU) standards with a new €10 million loan provided by the EBRD to ProCreditBank Moldova, the country’s fifth-largest lender by loan portfolio. The funds are provided within the EU4Business-EBRD credit line, to which the EU provides grant funding under its EU4Business initiative. The funds will be available for...