Project local/regional economic development network as decisive leverage point for enhanced competitiveness in the Black sea basin regions (LRED – NET) 2013 – 2015

Period: 2013 – 2015
Objectives:

1) Building of local LRED main players’ entrepreneurial and administrative capacities to enhance social, information, trade and other links on local level, as well as between partner countries hence encouraging national governments to scale-up cooperation opportunities and synergize efforts towards better life in the Black Sea Basin.

2) Final beneficiaries are the populations of 15 selected areas involved in the project. In Moldova a minim 15 economic initiatives will be selected and 50 entrepreneurs assisted in business development from three selected rural communities.
Financed by: European Union
Beneficiaries: Stakeholders on local level responsible or committed to LRED: local administrations, mayors, city councils, private sector, NGOs, Civil society organizations, regional development agencies

Partners: Armenia (Lead partner), Moldova, Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece;

The Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA instrument) exercises was already done in 3 rural localities: Chiscareni (Singerei), Domulgeni (Floresti), Sipca (Soldanesti). Till the end of 2014 was already created an Association of Beekeepers in Chiscareni, was started the cluster development of beekeeping in Soldanesti, an international networking workshop for SMEs;