Discussions at the Economic Council on the concept of the Digital Transformation Strategy and the eCommerce legislative Package

The business community, member of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, debated within the Working Group of the platform “Advisory Council for the Digitization of the Economy – iConsiliu” the draft Strategy for the Digital Transformation of the Republic of Moldova for the years 2023-2030, the legislative package on stimulating eCommerce, and made proposals for updating the roadmap for the digitization of the economy.

Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization Iurie Țurcanu told the meeting that the Strategy sets out 6 priority strategic objectives to be achieved by the Republic of Moldova by 2030: development of a digital society; a strong, innovative and competitive ICT environment; a secure ICT and digital environment; digital public services leading to a functional digital state; international cooperation and promotion of digital Moldova; digital economy.

According to Iurie Țurcanu, the ICT sector has become the main driver of digitisation and innovation in Moldova and is growing rapidly. In 2020, the IT industry has reached a share of over 3% in GDP, the ICT sector’s share in GDP is over 7%, and the share of innovative enterprises is 12.6% of the total number of enterprises. However, today only 127 out of 662 public services are accessible electronically, and this hinders economic development, the deputy prime minister added.

Minister of Economy Sergiu Gaibu, present at the debate, spoke about the promotion of the second legislative package on stimulating eCommerce. According to Sergiu Gaibu, the document aims to revise the regulatory framework for customs procedures, postal and courier services, and online payments to facilitate e-commerce.

During the meeting, the authorities called on the business community to come up with proposals for improving the documents, which could be sent through the Economic Council Secretariat.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund, and the International Finance Corporation’s Investment Climate Reform Project funded by the Government of Sweden’s International Development Agency.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund.