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The European Union supports the digitalisation of rural businesses
18 rural native companiesselected in the last Project Competition of the Support instrument for the digitalisation of SMEssigned grant contracts online. Via an online session organised today, 5 November, by ODIMMthe entrepreneurs were informed about the contractual provisions and necessary steps for the correct and transparent use of the grant up to RON 200 thousand each.
At the event, Minister for the Economy, Sergiu Gaibuwelcomed the openness of entrepreneurs to the deployment of new information technologies in the process of business digitalisation and thanked the European Union for its support. He also assured that the initiative would have continuity. The new Digital Transformation Programme of the HMM is due to be approved soon by the Government in order to offer opportunities for business digitalisation to as many companies as possible.
“Developing the digital innovation and business support ecosystem is part of the Ministry’s SME priorities to enhance competitiveness and foster innovation. The business environment will have more prospects with the digitalisation of production processes, such as the flow of information and knowledge, the process of creating products, easier connection to potential customers and access to new markets”stated: Minister Gaibu.
The European Union supports the modernisation and digitalisation of business in the Republic of Moldova, particularly in rural areas.
“Small and medium-sized enterprises are the heart of an economy: the higher the level of development and prosperity of SMEs, the stronger the country’s economy. The digitalisation of business in rural areas is a key necessity in this time of pandemic, when SMEs face a number of problems that can severely affect their business. The European Union supports the technological transfer and digital development of Moldovan small and medium-sized enterprises because together we are stronger!”stated Boris Filipov, Project Manager at the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova.
The digitalisation of SMEs’ business processes will therefore unleash their innovative potential, including facilitating their access to internal and external markets.
“Companies that use information technologies in production, development and other activities have market control. Digitalisation can bring new challenges for entrepreneurs, but it will bring great long-term benefits through the development of new products and services, new technologies and process chains, new business models and higher production efficiency’, noted Iulia Costin, Director General of ODIMM.
Entrepreneurs who will receive financial support include: Nina Cazacu of Prăjila village, Florești district. After many years working abroad, he returned home and set up an agricultural business, i.e. growing vegetables. The European grant aims to install a land monitoring system (GPS) that will allow it to enter and collect data on the quantities of crops grown, harvest, state of the soil, land rotation.
“Thanks to the BMI Digitalisation Support Tool, we will be able to install this software that we have already identified. This will allow us to monitor the performance of the land as well as that of the company. Moreover, the system will also provide us with weather forecasts for the region we are in, and so we will know exactly how to schedule agricultural work”.
Entrepreneurship Doina Sîrghi of village of Grădiște, Cimișlia district cultivating wheat, barley and maize. More recently, it has begun growing fruit and sorghum (soriz), which has a high nutritional value, providing 43 % of the daily protein intake and is rich in minerals such as iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and manganese. Most importantly, it is gluten-free and recommended in the diet of people who are intolerant to gluten.
“With this grant we want to buy two sailors for our tractors that will give us maximum precision in all mechanised works in the field, from light to splashes, fertilisation and harvesting. Another digital investment we want is a drone, which will greatly help us to mine land that requires physical guarding, like that, we will be able to detect fields with weeds or various diseases, plant insects”.
About the Digitalisation Support Tool
Support instrument on digitalisation of the HLEI it was launched in June 2020. For one year and five months, through this backstop, more than 800 entrepreneurs have assessed their level of business digitalisation and over 600 attended the training sessions, of which 293 companies were financially supported by Grants and Business Vouchere.
To ensure continued access to financial and educational resources necessary for the deployment of digital technologies; Ministry of Economy in collaboration with ODIMM developed Digital Transformation Programme of the HMMto be approved by the Government by the end of 2021.
The Digitalisation Support Tool is financed from the state budget, complemented by European Union funds and GIZ Moldova with the financial support of the German Government, implemented by ODIMM in partnership with the GoOnline of the COR Association, the Startup Moldova Programme developed by the TEKWILL project, with the support of USAID, Sweden and UK aid.
More information can be found at: https://www.odimm.md/ro/digitalizarea
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