Moldovan president attends Empower Locals 2024 event

Chisinau, April 18 /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu participated today in the event Empower Locals 2024: Local businesses go to the EU, organized by the Alliance of Small and Medium Enterprises.

Her message to entrepreneurs sees appreciation for the projects and ideas they believe in, the risks they take and the courage to develop businesses and create added value here at home. "Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of our economy, you are the catalysts of innovation and the engine of growth and prosperity in Moldova", Maia Sandu said.

The head of state stressed that several steps have been taken so far to cultivate a partnership between the authorities and business: the government is reducing the bureaucratic burden on business and continuing the process of deregulation and digitisation of public services, which saves time and resources for Moldovan companies.

In recent years, our country has been working to develop an open, free and digital economy, ready for integration into the European Union market, the largest market in the world. On this path, the state together with development partners will stand by business people. Thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises are growing thanks to grants or subsidised interest loans from FACEM, 373 and other programmes of the Entrepreneurship Development Organisation, and from the loan guarantee fund. Maia Sandu also pointed out that "the success of entrepreneurs in our country is also the success of the Republic of Moldova".

Finally, the President invited the entrepreneurs to support the effort to spread the message that EU membership is the only chance to transform the Republic of Moldova into a democratic, secure and prosperous state: "EU membership is the best future we can offer to our generation and the next ones".