Over the period of November 16-18 2014, EBA Moldova is participating at the Annual Meeting of the EBO World Wide Network held in Brussels, Belgium.
EBA Moldova was represented by Mariana Rufa who presented a brief report on the EBA annual activity and the main projects implemented over the year. A special focus was made on the cooperation of EBA with the Chamber of Trade and Industry, member of EUROCHAMBRE under the East Invest Program targeted on business development. Mrs. Rufa described the Roadshow initiative within East Invest Program implemented by Eurochambre under which EBA and the CCI have organized a matchmaking event with an experience exchange component in Belgium and Netherlands for 15 Moldovan agro- producing and processing companies. EBA has reiterated the benefits and the efficiency of a joint effort, thus expressing the need to replicate this successful experience in the future especially under the existing geopolitical constraints with a prior negative impact on businesses.
Over the three days, the EBO Network had meetings with the representatives of DG Enterprise and Industry, DG Trade, DG Devco, DG Extension Service, Eurochambers and the EU Parliament.
In terms of the SMEs development policies the DG Enterprise and industry reiterated a couple of the key actions to be prioritized over 2015, these being MILANO Expo, SMEs Internationalization, Missions for Growth to Ukraine, etc. As to the Eastern Partnership countries an important acquisition is the COSME Program eligible for the RM starting with 2015 aimed at SMEs development.
EBA had a bilateral meeting with the representatives of Eurochambre in order to identify ways for future cooperation.