Economic entities from the textile industry and the agro-industrial products processing industry will be invited to training within the second stage of the project “Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. Informing and Strengthening of Capacities of Economic Entities”. The project is financed by the Government of Sweden through the International Finance Corporation and is implemented by the Chamber of Trade and Industry and the European Business Association, IPN reports.
When launching the second stage of the project, the Chamber of Trade and Industry’s head Valeriu Lazar said that a number of business missions were staged abroad last year to enable Moldovan businessmen to see how the economy develops in the EU and to establish cooperation relations with European partners.
Swedish Ambassador in Chisinau Ingrid Tersman said time has come for the Government and the private sector to implement reforms that would ensure Moldova’s competitiveness on foreign markets. “To fully benefit from the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, the businesses need information about the conditions imposed by the new trade regime. This will be the major goal of the campaign supported by Sweden,” she stated.
The Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova Pirkka Tapiola said the European Union provides assistance in implementing the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement to the country in general and to economic entities in particular. This year the EU will support the implementation of the agreement by agriculture development, regional development and energy infrastructure programs.
Within the first stage of the project “Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. Informing and Strengthening of Capacities of Economic Entities”, 669 economic entities benefitted from specialized training at 27 seminars. There were created three sector committees - in agriculture, industry and the service sector – and set up two hotlines within the Chamber of Trade and Industry and the European Business Association. There were made four visits aimed at identifying partners and receiving training concerning the rules of access to the EU market for fresh and canned fruit and vegetables. The beneficiaries of the first stage of the project included companies working in the agricultural sector.
