Business Support Organisations

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF VRATSA – BULGARIA

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vratsa is a non-governmental organization which maintains, promotes and represents the interests of local business and contributes to the development of the international economic cooperation. All goals and aims of the CCI-Vratsa are directed towards establishment of the most favorable economic environment for Bulgarian business and facilitation of its activity.

The main actions of the Chamber are to support, promote, represent and protect the economic interests of Bulgarian business; to stimulate export; to enhance companies’ entering the European Markets; to promote and attract foreign investments for SMEs; to acquaint the local authorities with the standpoint of the members; to encourage and support start-up of new business; to assist the local, regional and national authorities

UNIONCAMERE DEL VENETO – ITALY

Unioncamere del Veneto (UCV) is the Association of the 5 Chambers of Commerce of Veneto region. Its main tasks are the coordination of the provincial Chambers, the design and implementation of activities in strict coordination with regional and local institutions, business associations, research centres and universities, in favour of economic development, SME’s internationalisation, consumer protection, fight of counterfeiting, quality insurance, market surveillance, IP protection and others. 

Since 1991 UCV has hosted the Euro Info Center (EIC IT-378) informing, advising, and assisting businesses on EU issues, that has become the EU Policy Department and that since 2008 coordinates Friend Europe Consortium of Enterprise Europe Network.

ORGANIZATION FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT (ODIMM) – MOLDOVA

Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector Development (ODIMM) is a public, non-profit institution, founded by the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure through the Decision 538 from 17 May 2007. ODIMM is the main business support organization in Moldova, being established to support the development of the SME sector in the Republic of Moldova, in accordance with the priorities established in national strategies and programs. Our vision is to become the key driver of entrepreneurial development in the Republic of Moldova by accelerating the rate of creation of new enterprises, contributing to creation and retention of good jobs and investing in our emerging industries. ODIMM’s mandate to support the development of SMEs covers a potentially enormous constituency of SMEs variously estimated at around 55,000 enterprises. Over the years, ODIMM worked together with private sector to address the challenges that entrepreneurs are facing, reaching more than 15000 entrepreneurs through its programs. ODIMM is providing the following services: information and consultancy support, training and coaching, access to finance, business support infrastructure, public-private dialog events and internationalization service.

GEORGIA’S INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY – GEORGIA

Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency’s mission is a formation of an ecosystem that improves all kinds of innovations and technologies in Georgia, to promote commercialization of knowledge and innovations, to stimulate using them in all fields of economy, to create an environment for the growth of innovations and high-tech products. To achieve these goals Agency is planning to develop its infrastructural zoom to improve innovations and technologies, to provide their powerful commercialization mechanisms according to the country’s innovation and technology development priorities; Facilitate the growth of venture capital and even private companies’ participation in the process of researches and commercialization of innovations, creating effective mechanisms for increasing competitiveness, including the active enrichments of distance learning tools.

INFORMEST CONSULTING SRL - ITALIA

Informest Consulting srl was set up in 2010 as a spinoff of the Assistance & Consultancy Department of INFORMEST whose mission is the promotion of economic development and internationalization processes of Italian SMEs. Nowadays INFORMEST Consulting provides technical support to economic operators, both SMEs and institutional organizations in the internationalization field.
It has highly qualified staff with more than 15 years of experience in the internationalization processes of SMEs; moreover the company has a highly  competent network of more than 70 experts in over 50 Countries (mainly Eastern European, Mediterranean and Asian countries, Emerging Countries) specialized in market and legal issues (market, tax, customs, etc.). It supports SMEs in their internationalization process, facilitates their access into European and emerging markets, advises on financial incentives and EU funding for the internationalization of SMEs (including Structural Funds), consulting on tax, legal and contracting issues for the establishment of joint ventures or other forms of foreign investments. 

MOVCA – MOLDOVA

Value Chain Alliance in Organic Agriculture of Moldova (MOVCA)

A non-governmental, membership-based business association for organic agriculture and food products from the Republic of Moldova. MOVCA’s mission is to promote and protect ORGANIC with a unifying voice that serves, engages, and encourages its diverse members from farm to marketplace.

MOVCA members work together as allies through networking, advocacy, and other initiatives to encourage and protect organic farming practices, and to share messages about the positive environmental and nutritional attributes of organic products with consumers, the media, and policymakers.

ECOLOCAL – MOLDOVA

The Association of Ecological and Artisanal Consumers and Producers of Moldova

A non-governmental, apolitical, non-profit public association, established by the free manifestation of the will of the associated persons, in order to jointly achieve the goals determined by mutual agreement.
The aims of the Association are to contribute to:
• Raising the well-being of local organic, artisanal and traditional food producers;
• Raising the level of consumer awareness with reference to organic, artisanal and traditional products.
EcoLocal Association carries out the following activities:
1. Development of a mobile market for the marketing of ecologically certified, artisanal and traditional products in Moldova.
2. Organizing training courses, seminars, conferences, meetings for organic, artisanal and traditional producers in Moldova.
3. Conducting events and campaigns to raise awareness of the general public about organic, artisanal and traditional products in Moldova.
4. Providing professional assistance to organic, artisanal and traditional producers in Moldova.
5. Elaboration, implementation / realization, evaluation and monitoring of different projects at local / national level in order to develop the socio-economic and human potential of the Republic of Moldova