Winemakers are invited to access the unused grants offered within the World-Bank funded Second Competitiveness Enhancement Project (CEP II). The opportunities of financing the wine industry were discussed in a roundtable meeting on May 18, 2017, IPN reports.

According to the director of the PAC II Implementation Unit Aureliu Casian, the grants are non-reimbursable and are an opportunity for winemakers to strengthen the production and export capacities. Among the eligible proposals are those that refer to the services of a technologist, designing of packing and labels of products, creation of websites.

“The winemakers can access financing to improve the quality of products, carry out activities that will increase the attractiveness of the promoted products, improve the internal processes at companies and optimize costs. All these elements are aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of a company and they ultimately contribute to increased efficiency, higher productivity and export competitiveness,” stated Aureliu Casian.

The set of documents for accessing financing can be consulted on the website www.uipac.md. Of the over 120 beneficiaries of CEP II, only 15 are from the winemaking and winegrowing sector. The grant covers almost 50% of the cost of the beneficiary’s project, but not more than 200,000 lei. CEP II has a budget of US$45 million and is implemented in 2015-2019.