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Over the last ten years, substantial progress has been recorded by the Republic of Moldova for achieving its green growth goals. These efforts go hand in hand with the promotion of Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP). As a concept, Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) are communities of manufacturing and service businesses, located together on a common property, where member businesses collaborate to manage environmental and resource issues, and to enhance their performances.

By definition, the integration of Environment friendly Industrial Parks fosters green production policies (as in the case of waste recycling and resource efficiency) and improves the economic cohesion and competitiveness of manufacturing enterprises (as well as the welfare of the workers and surrounding local communities).[1] In Moldova, the two industrial zones, selected to take part in the UNIDO-led EIP feasibility assessment are the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) Valkaneș and the Industrial Park (IP) Tracom.

With the technical support provided by UNIDO, the feasibility studies will take place in the two plots. The purpose of the feasibility studies is for the international EIP expert of UNIDO to undertake EIP assessments, and to apply the EIP international framework (developed jointly by UNIDO, WBG and GIZ). This way, both FEZ Valkaneș and IP Tracom will be reviewed against the international framework to identify and prioritize opportunities to further enhance their economic, environmental, and social performance. Once the assessment visits are completed, in a later stage, training and tailored workshops on resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP) and on industrial synergies are envisioned for the tenant companies and the FEZ/IP administrations.

IP Tracom is situated in the Buiucani district of Chișinău. For more details about the Industrial Park, please visit: https://tracom.md/en/. FEZ Valkaneș has its headquarters in the city of Vulcănești, located in the southern part of the Republic of Moldova, at the interface between Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. For more information about the FEZ Valkaneș, please visit: http://freezone-valcanes.md/en/.

For more information about the EIP feasibility activities conducted in Moldova, please contact Ms. Tatiana Chernyavskaya, EU4Environment Programme Manager at UNIDO. For more information about EIPs and the work of UNIDO under EU4Environment, please visit: https://cutt.ly/ILTMPjh

[1] Source: https://www.unido.org/unido-industrial-parks