Producers with export possibilities from both sides of the Nistru River will be consulted by 20 specialists who will be trained and certified by the British Institute of Export within the Support to Confidence Measures Program that is implemented by UNDP Moldova and funded by the EU, IPN reports.

Project manager Andrei Darie said that during five months, the trainees will be initiated ito international trade transactions, namely customs procedures, international trade regimes and trade facilitation instruments defined in the Association Agreement with the EU. After the training courses, the certified specialists will provide consultancy in the area of export to 15 companies from both sides of the Nistru. “The rise in exports ensures the development of the business climate, while the project tends to create an export consulting team for stimulating companies from both sides of the Nistru to export together so as to satisfy the demand,” stated Andrei Darie.

Director of a Transnistrian consultancy company Ina Polishchuk said she has great expectations because a real possibility of entering the international market is offered. “I cannot find an epithet to describe how important such training opportunities are. It is a unique program in the Transnistrian region,” she noted.

Irina Balica, producer from Transnistria, said the company she heads is interested in increasing its exports to the EU and other countries. “Of the project, we expect new challenges and knowledge as regards customs procedures and integration into the market. Owing to the EU, we can interact with specialists of the British Institute of Export and this is an important opportunity as such courses are usually given for money, but the European Union covered the costs for training specialists from Moldova,” she stated.

The training and certification activities will be staged by the British Institute of Export. At the local level, the training courses will be organized by the Chisinau-based company AO “Alternative Internationale de Dezvoltare” (“International Development Alternatives”) and the Bender-based company AO “Sigma-expert”.