Moldovan PM says PARE 1+1 programme generates more and more local initiatives, success stories
17:40 | 20.04.2016 Category: Official
Chisinau, 20 April /MOLDPRES/-Prime Minister Pavel Filip attended the national conference entitled “PARE 1+1 Programme: results and new challenges” today. The event aimed to assess the impact of the programme on the national and regional economy, as well as on the development and diversification of business financing tools, the government’s communication and press relations service department has reported.
The prime minister emphasized the importance of PARE 1+1, praising the results it had achieved with the EU support over the past six years since its launch.
“PARE 1+1 is notorious, credible and has a future. The programme has been generating more and more local initiatives and success stories for six years. Enforcing entrepreneurial support policies and programmes, especially for the small and medium enterprise (SMEs) sector is a priority for the government I am heading,” Filip said.
The prime minister noted that the programme should be continued and popularized in order to convince Moldovan migrant workers to return home through concrete actions, instead of words. It will also show the government’s determination to create attractive conditions for business development and improving Moldovan citizens’ welfare.
During the event, Filip also visited an exhibition promoting the goods and services of the programme’s beneficiaries. Services and business support programmes, as well as best success stories were as well exhibited.
The total amount of allotted funds during the project accounted for 128 million lei. A total of 717 enterprises received funding, 358 of them being created by people below the age 35. The programme facilitated the creation of 1,336 new jobs and the return of 380 migrant workers in Moldova.
PARE 1+1 was launched in 2010, in order to back migrant workers and their first-degree relatives in the launch and development of their own business, through offering them informational and training programmes and also grants in the entrepreneurial sector.
The event was organized by the Economics Ministry and the Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector Development (ODIMM). Attending the event were almost 100 beneficiaries of the programme, representatives of public institutions and nongovernmental organizations, donors and development partners.
(Editor A. Raileanu)