
Government approved the Smart Moldova National Program for 2024-2027, which will require 163 million lei for the implementation
The program aims at developing innovative entrepreneurship, broadly using innovation to mitigate social problems, ensuring smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Emphasis will also be placed on increasing the capacity of human resources involved in research, innovation and innovative entrepreneurship activities. The program is expected to ensure closer collaboration between business, research and innovation. The program envisages creation of a functional framework for cooperation between business and research innovators, development of innovative entrepreneurship and innovation culture, stimulation of students' interest in technical, engineering and scientific and mathematical fields, financing of cooperation, etc. The implementation of all the measures envisaged in the program will require more than 163 million lei, of which 50 million lei will be allocated from the state budget and 113 million lei from external financing (European Commission, World Bank and German Agency for International Cooperation). // 28.08.2024 – InfoMarket