Moldova will receive a $2.8 million grant from the International Finance Corporation to promote the export of livestock and other products to the EU.
This is provided for by a draft law on the ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of Moldova and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group with the aim of implementing the project “Investment Climate Reform in Moldova, Phase II”. The Parliamentary Commission on Economy, Budget and Finance approved the document, recommending to the plenum of the Parliament to consider and approve it. The agreement itself was signed on February 25, 2021. According to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Viorel Gherciu, the goal of the project is to increase the competitiveness of the private sector in exporting livestock products to the EU market, including poultry, eggs, milk and dairy products. The project also aims to strengthen the export potential of the horticultural sector. The project budget is $3.8 million. The IFC's contribution will be $2.8 million; these are gratuitous resources - technical assistance. Moldovan Government’s contribution will be $1 million for financing state institutions and for paying for the goods and services necessary for the implementation of the project. At the same time, the project does not provide for direct deductions from the state budget. The proposed project is designed for 3 years and will achieve a number of planned results. The matter concerns the Report on the assessment of the infrastructure of the national laboratory with the aim of gaining access to the EU countries' market for eggs, poultry and dairy products from Moldova; conducting a feasibility study for the construction of a plant for the processing of animal by-products in order to create a safe disease and waste management system in the livestock sector; developing recommendations for adjusting and modernizing the national legal framework in order to transfer the current EU rules to the relevant Moldovan legislation, in particular with regard to the safety of poultry and dairy products. In addition, a report and recommendations will be prepared on the Action Plan for the Dairy Sector and the Raw Milk Monitoring Program to be created by the authorities to gain access to EU markets; development of the Technical Concept of an Automated Information System for the transmission, reception and recording of warnings about food and feed in accordance with the provisions of government decree 59/2017; a mentoring and capacity building program for the horticultural sector with the aim of increasing the export of fresh fruit and honey from Moldova to the EU. The agreement is valid until June 30, 2023. // 03.11.2021 - InfoMarket.
