Promoting exports and supply-chain linkages in the food industry in Moldova
17 June 2020
10:00 (BEL,FRA) | 11:00 (BLR,MDA,UKR) | 12:00 (ARM, AZE,GEO)
12:30 (AFG) | 13.00 (TJK, TKM, UZB) |14.00 (KAZ,KGZ)
16:00 (MNG)
What is this Webinar about?
The food processing sector plays a vital role in many Eurasia economies. Better integration of food producers into global value chains through export or supply chain linkages with food retailers would allow local food producers to scale-up, strengthen their productivity and ultimately enhance the sector’s contribution to growth.
Join our Regional Webinar to discuss the state of the integration of food producers in the Republic of Moldova into global value chains and their direct access to foreign markets.
This webinar is part of a series organised by the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme between 27 May and 25 June. The discussion will be based on a draft OECD Peer Review Note that assesses the state of the integration of food producers in the Republic of Moldova into global value chains through supply chain linkages between food producers and large food retailers operating in Moldova, and their direct access to foreign markets.
→ access webinar draft agenda and peer review note here
→ summary record of the first EaP Regional Covid-19 Crisis and Resilience webinar held on 27 May can be found here
Why is this Webinar important?
- It serves as a peer review for Moldova to shape its national policies for the integration of food producers into global value chains through supply chain linkages between food producers and large food retailers operating in Moldova.
- It reflects on policy recommendations in three strategic areas: (a) preparing local food processors for integration into global value chains, (b) facilitating supply-chain linkages between local food processors and supermarkets, and (c) improving SME access to foreign markets.
- It fosters policy dialogue between countries of the Eastern Partnership, Central Asia and OECD members on medium and long-term policy priorities for SME support.
Panellists
Moderated by H.E. Professor Aleksander Surdej, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Poland to the OECD and Chair of OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable
Opening remarks by
H.E. Mr Sergiu Railean, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova
Mr Mathieu Bousquet, Head of Unit NEAR C1, Neighbourhood East, European Commission
Panel discussion with
Ms Lilia Palii, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, Republic of Moldova (tbc)
Ms Iulia Costin, Director General, ODIMM, Republic of Moldova
Mr Ján Oravec, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Slovak Republic
Mr Serghei Martinov, CEO, METRO Cash & Carry Moldova
Representative of PwC Georgia
Representative of the Government of Kazakhstan (tbc)
Ms Noreen Lanigan, Regional Manager Europe & North America, Bord Bia, Ireland
Check out our new video on Moldova’s Food Industry here
