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Independent Final Cluster Evaluation of RBSA-funded outcomes in Moldova: MDA104, MDA130

eval_number:

1850339

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1850339

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Programme implementation

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

NEETs, unemployed small business owners. businesses going green

challenges:

There are no negative challenges but the challenge of mainstreaming the need of business development support and advocate for the State to answer this need.

success:

Both projects have started to highlight the need to take business to the next level.

context:

One of the strengths of Moldova’s economy is at the same time the illustration of the country’s reliance: venture into small business creation as the primary alternative to the lack of employment opportunities and the inadequate situation between job demand and offer. One of the strengths of Moldova’s economy is at the same time the illustration of the country’s reliance: venture into small business creation as the primary alternative to the lack of employment opportunities and the inadequate situation between job demand and offer. However, there is a limit to small business contributing to the country’s growth because there is a limit to its expansion as they lack the skills, sometimes the vision to do so. This is why business development support is so crucial to increase the impact of a small business-based economy.

description:

The involvement of the Association of Business Consultant is a crucial element and necessary to take supported businesses to a higher level. The reluctance of small business to formalise and to organise in cooperative is still present and involves a change of culture that can hardly be achieved without external support and incentives. The characteristics of the rural economy in Moldova, constituted of small individual businesses for a large part, means the business are isolated the more it is exposed to shocks. Organised professional sectors and cooperatives are the most effective protection against those shocks. By supporting professional associations (beekeepers…), and the formalisation of businesses, LEP has achieved a first step in this direction.

administrative_issues:

n/a

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/1859793

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location:

country:

Republic of Moldova

region:

Europe and Central Asia

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eval_title:

Independent Final Cluster Evaluation of RBSA-funded outcomes in Moldova: MDA104, MDA130