Austria to back Moldova in promoting social entrepreneurship

16:42 | 11.03.2016 Category: Economic

Chisinau, 11 March /MOLDPRES/ - The government of Austria will further back the Moldovan authorities in implementing projects on reforming and modernising the consumer protection sector, as well as for developing the legal framework in terms of social entrepreneurship.

The head of the office of the attaché for labour, social affairs and consumers’ protection at the Austrian Embassy in Chisinau, Gero Stuller, made statements to this effect at a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Economics Minister Octavian Calmic.

According to the Economics Ministry’s (ME) press service, the officials exchanged opinions on the work of the inter-ministerial group involved in developing a draft on amendment and completion of the legislative/normative acts on social entrepreneurship, an as active as possible involvement of the authorities and public institutions, including the civil society, in this process.

More public associations and NGOs, including Blind Men Society of Moldova, Invalids’ Society of Moldova, Association of Deaf People of Moldova, National Trade Unions Confederation, Expert-Grup National Independent Analytical Centre, etc., are involved in working out the draft law on social entrepreneurship, due to be completed till 31 March 2016.

Deputy Prime Minister Octavian Calmic specified that the amendment and completion of the national legislation in the concerned area was very important for Moldova, as this regards the settlement of the problem on employment of persons with disabilities.

For his part, Gero Stuller said that Austria had a very rich experience in terms of social entrepreneurship and was willing to provide the Moldovan authorities the needed support, by using the best international practices.

Over the last two years, the Vienna authorities have been backing the implementation of six projects in Moldova, focused on employment, social affairs and consumers’ protection, including Professional rehabilitation of young people with disabilities by developing a social and economic enterprise in the Catering sector, setting up of a social and economic canteen in the Razeni village, central Ialoveni district, under a project promoted by Volkhilfe Solodaritat, etc.

(Reporter A. Mardare, editor A. Raileanu)

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