A 40% growth in the IT sector is forecast for 2019. The Republic of Moldova should make effort to ensure this growth, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Khiril Gaburici was quoted by IPN as saying in the talk show “Reply” on Prime TV channel. According to him, large foreign players should be attracted to this sector, IPN reports.

“If foreign players are attracted to the IT sector, these will definitely come with more satellites of theirs - smaller players who work together,” stated the minister.

Kiril Gaburici noted the Republic of Moldova has the resources needed to expand his sector. “The main resource of this sector is the human one – the people who work here. When I came to the Ministry, I said I know how we can grow the economy – we should simply educate 100,000 IT specialists. The minimum salary of an IT specialist is €1,000 and up, which is rather high for the Republic of Moldova,” stated Kiril Gaburici.

As to the energy sector, Kiril Gaburici said the Romanian company “Transgaz” will start work on the Chisinau - Ungheni gas pipeline on seven segments concomitantly so as to complete the building works faster. “The goal is to render this sector operational by the end of 2019. Moldova has yet a lot of work to do in the alternative energy production sector,” he noted.

The minster said that in the discussions with representatives of the International Monetary Fund, thy agreed an economic growth forecast of 3.7% for 2019. “I think this growth can be even higher. I don’t know if we will manage to ensure a 5% growth this year as we are in an electoral year. In any electoral  year, the businesspeople are prudent and wait until things become clearer, until the Government starts work,” he noted.