The Investment Agency, the leader of the cross-border project "WINET - Trade and Innovation in the wine industry", invites project members to register in order to benefit free of charge exchanges of experience,to be held on:

• 4 – 7 July 2021 in Bulgaria, the agenda here. 
• 9 – 12 July 2021 in Romania, the agenda here. 

Each exchange of experience will unite a group of 10 representatives of Moldovan winemaking companies who will make study visits dedicated to the improvement of the technological process  development of the wineries from Romania and Bulgaria.

Note: A company can apply to a single exchange program.

In order to participate in the program, the winemaking company, must meet the following requirements according to the Regulation:

• Holds the membership of the platform www.winet.wine and has signed the Collaboration Agreement with the Investment Agency
• Fill in the Participation Form, which can be downloaded here.
• To submit the declaration on one's own responsibility: on paper in original at the headquarters of the Investment Agency or if applying the digital signature by e-mail, to: export@invest.gov.md. It can be downloaded here.
• The participants of the experience exchange program must have competencies and functional attributions, with reference to one of the following directions in the wine industry:  technologies and innovations implementation, business administration, marketing and promotion
• To have export activities on the Romanian and / or Bulgarian markets during 2018-2020 
• To have registered a share of exports in the turnover of 10% and more during 2018-2020, 

Other participation criteria can be consulted in the Regulation, which can be accessed here.
Application period: 2 - 16 June 2021

The results will be announced on the Agency's website on 22 June 2021.

We remind that WINET - Trade and Innovation in the Wine Industry is a cross-border project in the Black Sea Basin region in which the Republic of Moldova is a leading partner and implementer. WINET is part of the Black Sea Basin program and being incorporated into the European Union's Cross-Border Cooperation policies under the European Neighborhood Instrument.

The WINET platform, www.winet.wine, links over 175 businesses, SMEs, academic and research representatives, local, regional, national authorities, as well as interest groups, NGOs and enterprises support organizations from the three founding countries: the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania.

For further details, call: 068444488, Elena Oleinic-Slivinschi, Deputy General Manager, Investment Agency.