Events

Center for Innovation and Policies in Moldova in partnership with Georgia’s Reforms Associates, Strategic and Security Studies Group in Kiyv and Institute for Standardization of Moldova have organized the EaP regional conference: EU standards boosting economic integration on 23^rd of October 2017 in Chișinău.

The conference gathered representatives of SMEs, academia, civil society, Government and national standardization institutions from the EaP countries: Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus, approaching strategies on how to facilitate the implementation of European standards in order to access the European Single Market.

Within the plenary session, the executive director of CIPM, Radu Moldovanu mentioned that “the cooperation and trust between our countries and the EU are the key elements that facilitate a sustainable and smooth economic growth”.

Mrs. Renata Vitez – EU High Level Adviser on Economy and Trade in the context of DCFTA – had addressed to present SMEs encouraging them  to put up efforts for internationalization as a means for further development, as there is no other alternative for our current context.

Within the  the project “Enhancing the role of civil society, academia and SMEs from Eastern Partnership countries in the implementation of European standards”, Center for Innovation and Policies in Moldova (CIPM) in partnership with Institute for Standardization in Moldova (ISM) have organized an information campaign at Center for Excellence in Energy and Electronics in Chisinau on 18th of September 2017. The campaign aims to inform the younger generations regarding the benefits of the EU standards for a sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

Thus, CIPM and ISM representatives discussed with students from Center for Excellence in Energy and Electronics about the advantages of the EU standards for Moldovan economy. Within this event, the project team disseminated brochures and fliers about the benefits of the EU standards and presented technical information regarding the status of our country in adopting EU standards. In addition, the project team showed a PPT presentation about the mission of the ISM to adopt international and European standards versus the GOST standards.

Center for Innovation and Policies of Moldova (CIPM) together with National Agency for Quality Assurance in Professional Education (ANACIP) and Association pour l’Intégration des Migrants have organized in Chisinau, on 7-9 July 2017, the workshop “Smart Diaspora – Quality Education Innovators” funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and International Organization for Migration (IOM). The purpose of the visit was to initiate 12 members of the academic and professional diaspora into the external evaluation of study programs and higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova and at the same time to enable an exchange of European expertise on behalf of the diaspora members. 

The three-day training session provided an opportunity to diaspora members to analyze the methodology of external evaluation, standards, benchmarks and performance indicators of ANACIP and their compatibility with the new European standards and guidelines.

The first day of the training session approached the following topics of interests: procedures, resources and working tools used by evaluators in the external quality evaluation of study programs and higher education institutions; elements of ethics and conduct during the external evaluation; identification, establishments and registration of aspects concerning teaching staff, content of teaching process, students, scientific research, quality management, professional internships and fellowships, internalization of the education, etc.

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.

Association pour l’Intégration des Migrants and Center for Innovation and Policies in Moldova (CIPM), together with Makers Movement and Moldova State University have organized the workshop “Boosting the interest in nuclear physics and new technologies” on 11th March 2017 at IHub Chișinău

The workshop has been attended by 20 young professionals interested in nuclear physics and new technologies. The participants had the opportunity to discuss, debate and learn from PhD. Ing. Dorin Dusceac. Mr. Dusceac is Senior Researcher at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission which is a French research organization in the areas of energy, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies.