Events

Oxana Paladiciuc, ODIMM international project coordinator and EEN contact point, presented the services offered by the EEN network, current priorities and how to register companies. Applicants for registration in the EEN network should therefore contact the national contact points, which are responsible for guiding them in completing their profile. Companies registered in the EEN database will be able to identify business partners abroad, market outlets and participate in EEN events.

Iulia Iabanji, Director-General ODIMM mentioned: Companies managed by women constitute 27 per cent of all businesses in the Republic of Moldova and the Government of the Republic of Moldova has as a strategic priority to encourage the increase of the number of women involved in business. To this end, a new women’s programme will be launched shortly, with the generation “Women in Business”. The programme will be addressed in 3 phases: support in business initiation, support in newly created businesses and support for growing businesses.

According to Yulia Iabanji, ODIMM supports the idea of strengthening female business potential, which can be achieved through the work of the National Women’s Platform of Moldova. “Through the EEN network, women will have the opportunity to develop their business, implement new ideas and find foreign investors,” said Iulia Iabanji.

The EEN is the largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises worldwide, with over 3000 experts and almost 600 member organisations from more than 60 countries. The Republic of Moldova has been a member of the EEN since 2015 and has four National Contact Points: Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Organisation for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ODIMM), Agency for Innovation and Technological Transfer (AITT) and the Obasca Association, Moldavian Technological Transfer Network (TTRN).

The National Platform for Women in Moldova (PNFM) was set up in 2012 by the Organisation for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ODIMM) in partnership with the International Centre for the Promotion of Women in Business (ICAWB) under the Regional Programme “Women Entrepreneurship – an engine for job creation in Southern Eastern Europe”.
The aim of the NFM is to:
• to increase the visibility of women’s involvement in society;
• to contribute to the improvement of the related legislative framework;
• to identify needs in the field of women’s capacity development;
• strengthen the network of contact points across the country.