Within the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Working Group 2 – Economic Integration & Convergence with EU Policies – held in Chisinau on 6-7 June 2017, Executive Director of CIPM Radu Moldovanu has presented the project “Enhancing the role of civil society and SME from Eastern Partnership countries in the implementation of European standards”. The project aims to support the European integration of three EaP countries by raising the awareness of civil society actors, SMEs and academia from the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine regarding standardization and facilitate access to information about standards and related activities.

Working Group 2 “Economic Integration & Convergence with EU Policies” approached three important issues for the EaP countries, namely

1. SMEs development and their access to the EU single Market;
2. Economic impact of digital reforms in EaP countries;
3. Agriculture and rural development.

However, it was difficult to identify common recommendations for all EaP countries mainly because of the divide between countries adopting the DCFTA. In this respect, CIPM will focus on first issue, namely “SMEs development and their access to the EU single Market” in order to address and support the stakeholders locally, especially the SMEs, in facing the challenges related to integrating into the EU market and adapting to the new trends in the world economy (globalization, rapid development of information technologies and techniques) which has a crucial importance to the EaP countries’ competitiveness.

The full presentation of the “Enhancing the role of civil society and SME from Eastern Partnership countries in the implementation of European standards” can be found here.

More details about the event and funder please find here.

For more details about the project, please get in touch with the Project Manager – Ludmila Stuparu ludmila.stuparu [@] cipm.md