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Moldovan National Trade Facilitation Committee, an example of successful functioning in the region

This was mentioned in the work of the Regional Workshop on Improving Cooperative Compliance with the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. The event, which took place between March 16 and 18, 2021, was organized by the USAID Economic Development, Governance and Business Development (EDGE) project in cooperation with the EU-BMZ project to support regional integration implemented […]

Moldova climbed two places in the 2021 World Economic Freedom Ranking

Recently the Heritage Foundation published the Economic Freedom Index for 2021. Moldova increased its rank by 2 positions, from 87 in 2020 up to 85 in 2021. The overall score improved as well, from 62 up to 62.5. The Index is composed of 12 sub-indicators. The improvement was generated primarily by one of the sub-indicators […]

The evaluation report on e-commerce and the cashless economy in the Republic of Moldova was presented

24 February 2021 –  The report was prepared with the support of the USAID Structural Reform Program in Moldova. This report covers aspects related to the process of creating an e-store, at all stages, from the entrepreneur’s decision, costs, integrated modules and to attracting customers online, versus placing a product / service on a marketplace […]

Secretariat of the Economic Council in discussion with the German Economic Team

11 February 2021 –  The Secretariat of the Economic Council met with the Coordinator of the German Economic Team (GET), Ricardo Giucci, and the new GET Manager for Moldova Carolin Busch. The meeting discussed the activities already being collaborated on, such as optimizing the reporting burden and developing solutions from the Roadmap on digitizing the […]

Emergency Legal Advice for SMEs

During 2020, in the context of the pandemic crisis, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in partnership with the Economic Council under the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova and the Associated Law Firm of Gladei and Partners provided emergency legal advice to SMEs by organizing a series online webinars. Based on the […]

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova with the support of the EBRD will digitize ATA Carnets

4 February, 2021 – The project was launched to digitize the process of issuing ATA Carnets by the CCI. The project is funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The new module on  www.client.chamber.md will reduce the time and costs of issuing the Carnet. The project launch was attended by representatives of the […]

The roadmap on digitizing the economy will be completed with new topics

3 February, 2021 – The Secretariat of the Economic Council launched, at a meeting of the platform, the call to the members of the Council to collect additional proposals for the Roadmap for boosting the process of digitization of the national economy and development of electronic commerce. Currently the document contains 37 topics and they […]

The first proposals for legislative changes that would motivate companies to open nurseries for employees’ children are ready

3 February, 2020 – The Partnership for Development Center is the promoter of a series of ideas that would allow companies to create early education centers for employees’ children. Namely, the creation of a special regime through which to allow the establishment of a service or center with a partial program of activity; founding a […]

New bans on the use of plastic products have entered into force, what problems do entrepreneurs invoke, discussions at the Economic Council

January 20, 2021 – From January 1, 2021, the norms of the Law on Internal Trade, art. 201 para. 3 and 4, which prohibits the sale of very thin plastic bags with a wall thickness of less than 15 microns, other than those used as packaging, and the use / sale of plates, plastic cups, […]

The so-called “luxury” tax for mobile operators will be reduced by 40%

30 December 2020 – Mobile operators have been paying the so-called “luxury” tax, or as it is officially called, the mobile phone tax since 2000. It was then set up to tax high-income people who could afford to buy a mobile phone, considered a luxury in those days. The subject was also discussed at the […]