Events

Pavel Filip mentioned that one of the Support Programmes for Moldovan Migrants is the ‘PARE 1 + 1’ Programme, which has been extended and offers the possibility for Moldovan citizens to invest their money, working abroad, in a home business.

Thanks to the “PARE 1 + 1” programme, 110 people were trained this year, including 45 % migrant workers. Of the total number of people trained 36 % are women and the average age of participants is 39 for years. The highest number of participants in training was from Italy 49 % and 10 % from Russia.

Octavian Calmîc, Minister of Economy, said that the diaspora contributes significantly to economic growth through remittances from abroad, which account for a significant share of gross domestic product and are in fact the basic source of economic growth in the Republic of Moldova.

In the Thematic Discussion Panel of the Government-to-Business Forum, Iulia Iabanji, the Director General of ODSME mentioned that the Republic of Moldova is making considerable progress in creating the favourable business environment by launching various institutions dedicated to the business and improving the legislative framework related to entrepreneurial activity, which creates the preconditions for attracting remittances investments into the country’s economy.

According to Yulia Iabanji, ODSMEs help to foster public-private dialogue and improve the capacities of local authorities and their motivation to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises by creating opportunities to launch and develop successful businesses and facilitating SMEs’ access to financial and information resources.

The topics of the discussion session were the future area of information technologies in the Republic of Moldova and the agri-food sector. The session was attended by Iurie Ușurelu, Viceministru of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) and Vitalie Tarlev, Viceministru of Information and Communication Technology (MTIC).

The Diaspora Days took place from 19 to 21 August throughout the country under the patronage of the Government of the Republic of Moldova. The Diaspora Business Forum was organised by the Diaspora Office of the State Chancellery and the International Organisation for Migration with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

ODIMM is the organisation providing support to Moldovan migrants through the “PARE 1 + 1” Programme for Discharge in the Economy of the country. To date, thanks to the “PARE 1 + 1” Programme, more than 350 migrants have returned to the country and more than 400 first-degree relatives of migrants have remained in the Republic of Moldova. More than 2200 jobs were created as a result. Since the launch of the Programme, 751 businesses have been funded, of which around 50 % are start-up companies. The grants awarded to the beneficiaries brought additional investments of RON 367.3 million into the country’s economy and contributed to the development of new products and services on the market, such as: snail farming, crop growing, quinquile growing, etc.