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Newsletter No. 10 April 19, 2016
EU4Business Week in MoldovaCreating working platforms for Public Private Dialogue aimed to the business development in Moldova became the reason of Business Support Association Forum, which took place on April 18 in Chisinau. More than 50 leaders of local business associations, government officials, representatives of donor organisations and foreign experts took part pat in the discussion.
The forum was organised by the European Business Association (EBA) in Moldova in cooperation with the EU funded project of Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the DCFTA in the Republic of Moldova. This event is the first one within the EU4Business week - the series of forums, round tables and seminar for Business Support Organisations, which will take place during April 18 - 22 in Chisinau. «Today we have more than 3000
registered business associations in our country. Unfortunately, not all of them are really working in the field of entrepreneurship development. And today we invited representatives of 40 BSOs who are certainly involved in the Public Private Dialogue to discuss how we can be more efficient and which platform could we use for it», - said the Executive Director of EBA in Moldova Mariana Rufa.The discussion was attended by coordinators and managers of the European Union Delegation in Chisinau, European Commission, EBRD.Next events during the EU4Business week will contain the series of discussions on "SME Policy Index" and seminars on Communication. Contact: Alexandrina Robu - [email protected]
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EVENT CALENDAR !
Seminar and Round Tables on Communication in BSOs Active in Advocacy and OECD SME Policy SeminarBaku, Azerbaijan25-29.04.2016 Contact: Ilgar Huseynli - [email protected]!Seminar and Round Tables on Membership in BSOs Active in Advocacy Minsk, Belarus24-27.05.2016 Contact: Natalia Harbuz [email protected]
Seminar on Membership in BSOs Active in AdvocacyYerevan, Armenia06-10.06.2016 Contact: Yeva Zeynalyan- [email protected]
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This Newsletter is compiled in the framework of the PPD Activities of the East Invest 2 Programme.
This Programme is financed by the EU.
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People of the Week
Alina Mitu Alina Mitu is from Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova.Because of her passion for business development and women promotion, she is actively involved in activities that support women economic empowerment. She is currently employed as the Executive Director in the Association of Women Entrepreneurs from Moldova (more information about AFAM in the AFAM Activity Doc).Prior to that she has served for the Employers' Association of Textile, Apparel, Footwear and Leather Goods Manufacturers as a Project Manager, at the State Chancellery Moldova, Internal Administration and Management Department as a Senior Consultant and at the EBRD/Secretariat to the Investment Council of the Prime Minister in Moldova as a Project Assistant.She holds Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from Chisinau State
University and Master's Degree in International Law from the University of European Studies.Contact: Alina Mitu - [email protected]
Nina KochiashviliNina Kochiashvili is the President at the Georgian Women Business Association (GWBA - www.gwba.org.ge) that deals with the challenges and problems facing by the women in the country. It helps the women in business to enhance their network, works on gender issues in employment, motivates the young and talented women, helps mothers in need, assists the elders. She is also the Chairman of the Board and Principal Partner of "GTS Electronics" Ltd and the CEO of the "Georgian Olive Gardens" Ltd. The list of her previous jobs include being the deputy director at the "GIS Electronics" Ltd., Chief Specialist at the "Georgian Insurance Supervision Service" and Insurance Broker at "Boyce Group".She holds Bachelor's degree in Political and Social Geography from Tbilisi State University. She also obtained a Diploma of Completion in Strategic Business
Management from SIPU International (Stockholm, Sweden).She is fluent in Georgian, English and Russian.Contact: Nina Kochiashvili - [email protected]
Mariam KuchuloriaMariam Kuchuloria is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Competition – organisation working on competition policy development in Georgia. Mariam has more than 10 years of experience in banking, insurance, construction, energy, transportation and legal field. Mariam’s educational background includes Master’s Academic Degree with a Major in Jurisprudence from Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Law; Master’s Academic Degree /LL.M. in International Law from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), she also studied International and Transnational Law at Chicago -Kent College of Law. She is the member of Georgian Bar Association and member of Georgian Young Lawyers Association.
Contact: Mariam Kuchuloria - [email protected]
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Association of Female Entrepreneurs in MoldovaThe Association of Female Entrepreneurs in Moldova (AFAM) is a nation-wide community, which mission is to increase female potential in entrepreneurship and management in the private sector of Republic of Moldova. Created in May 2013, AFAM is an association that promotes women in business, supports their advancement in corporate management, and facilitates their economic and social empowerment. It is led by President Olga Melniciuc, board members – women from business, corporate and civil society domains and Executive Director Alina Mitu.
The Association promotes empowerment of women entrepreneurs and women managers as a main factor in the local and national economic development by encouragement and promotion of women, who want to open their own business; support of business growth of women entrepreneurs; growth of number of women in top management positions; creation and maintenance of positive image of women in business and top management; development of favorable entrepreneurship ecosystem via creation of networking of women in business and management, etc.They already have more than 60 members and have such activities as Business Breakfasts, Experts' Battles, Projects with International Projects and many other network building events.To learn more, please, visit URL: afam.md Contact: [email protected]
AFAM's Georgian ExperienceWithin the East Invest 2 Project Public Private Dialogue Network for Eastern Partnership Countries Ms. Alina Mitu had a visit to Tbilisi, Georgia on 7-11 March, 2016.During the visit she gained a lot. First, there was a good impact of Communication seminars from qualified EU and Ukrainian experts. She also had her presentation about the Public Private Dialogue in Moldova and shared with Georgian Associations and BSOs experiences and good practices. In her presentation she talked about the current situation of business in Moldova, the communication and collaboration between SMEs and State Institutions, AFAM activity in that regard, followed by a Questions and Answers (Q&A) session. They had a radio intervention and a presentation for students from GIPA Business Administration faculty on the same topic during the same period.During her visit she had discussions with several representatives of Women Business Associations from Georgia. She considered her meeting with Ms. Tinatin Rukhadze, the President of the Women for Tomorrow
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European CommissionThe European Commission is the EU's executive body. It represents the interests of the European Union as a whole.The Commission's main roles are to propose legislation which is then adopted by the co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; to enforce European law, where necessary with the help of the Court of Justice of the EU; to set a objectives and priorities for action, outlined yearly in the Commission Work Programme and work towards delivering them; to manage and implement EU policies and the budget; to represent the Union outside Europe, etc..The European Commission has its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and some services also in Luxembourg. The Commission has Representations in all EU Member States and 139 Delegations across the globe.A new team of 28 Commissioners, one from each EU Member State, is appointed every five years.It has a Persident, 7 Vice-Presidents and 20 Commissioners.To learn more about, visit URL: http://ec.europa.eu/
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Association and Nino Ganishashvili, the Executive Director, a success. As a follow up to the meeting, they have agreed about signing a partnership agreement between AFAM and Women for Tomorrow Association and already discussed the common agenda including the presence of Moldovan AFAM delegation on WFT Conference, that will take place in July, as well as organisation of a Business Networking Event between their members after the Conference. Another deal was to apply together for several international projects and lobby in the future on some common business issues. Contact: Alina Mitu - [email protected]
!Those people in BrusselsThe book that will tell the truth about Lobbyists and give and insight into the exciting world entwined with numerous myths."Lobbyists – aren’t these those nasty guys that one hires to persuade politicians for dubious interests such as weapons, tobacco sales or fracking? Poor cartoonists draw pinstripe fellows, handing over suitcases. Completely poor ones draw a Euro or Dollar sign on the suitcase, so that everyone understands what is going on in Brussels. The simple truth, however, is that lobbyists are campaigning and advocating as well for consumer protection, environmental protection, child protection, labour rights, women’s rights, handicapped, regional development, cultural promotion, health promotion and many other laudable things. Ludger Fischer, a longtime lobbyist in Brussels and trainer of the EastInvest2 project, shows in this informative and entertaining book how he and his professional colleagues make an important contribution to democracy.An experienced insider tells who the people behind the scenes of EU policies are and how they work. An insight into the "engine room" of the European law factory!The press gets upset when politicians and officials meet with representatives of the economy. The press doesn’t get upset when they meet representatives of trade unions, consumers, environmental organisations or churches. Is this not lobbying? In this book one can learn how lobbyists do what they are paid for, their legal and not entirely legal tricks, how lobbyists feel, how politicians and officials, working closely with lobbyists, feel, what backbenchers, “sovereigns”, ousted politicians and EU officials think and feel and why, in principle, most of them don’t take bribe money. It is about careerists, ousted people, exploiters, PlaceLux-performer, the squeamish, the spring-boarder, the frustrated, the lonely, about deputies, worker bees, inspectors, Commission officials and, of course, it is about lobbyists. They are pulling the strings.
• The perfect guide on how to intervene successfully
• Tips and tricks of an experienced policy adviser
• Lobbying is democracy pure
• An insider blows the whistle on what lobbyists really do in Brussels
The book will be published on 9 May 2016 in German language. Translation into the languages of all eastern partnership countries is foreseen.Contact: Ludger Fischer - [email protected]
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This Newsletter is compiled in the framework of the PPD Activities of the East Invest 2 Programme.