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Economy digitization

The Consultative Council for the Digitisation of the Economy has been created

This entity will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation Iurie Țurcanu and will operate within the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, while the ICT Association will act as vice-chair of the iCouncil. At the launch event of the iCouncil, Iurie Țurcanu said that “All issues related to […]

Notification as a personal data operator may no longer be mandatory

19 October 2021 – Parliament voted in first reading legislative changes excluding the obligation to notify as a personal data operator. Such a notification is required for any company processing personal data in an automated or manual system. These data relate to information about the consumer, the employee, his/her salary, data about his/her residence, etc. […]

Employment contracts could be signed digitally

19 October 2021 – Legislative amendments to this effect have been voted by Parliament in first reading.  The subject of digital contract signing came up during the pandemic period, when employee-employer relations were undergoing changes, with employers having to send their staff home and work with them remotely etc. All these changes in the employment relationship […]

Parliament wants to oblige authorities to issue documents electronically

18 October 2021 – MPs have voted in first reading on legislative amendments obliging authorities to release documents in electronic format. Today, economic agents and individuals, although they have the right under the law on electronic signature and electronic document not to physically come to state institutions to pick up or submit requested paper documents, […]

Moldova could unilaterally recognise the EU electronic signature

18 October 2021 – The legislature has voted in first reading legislative changes that would allow Moldova to unilaterally recognise EU e-signatures. After the second reading vote, only qualified EU advanced e-signatures would be recognized, which would allow existing investors to sign documents in Moldova and submit documents from EU states that are no longer […]

Opening a business could also be done online

Parliament has passed first reading changes to legislation that will allow entrepreneurs to open their businesses online. Moreover, the changes in the legislation will now make it possible for business people to make changes to their business incorporation documents online, and even liquidate their business online. At the moment the legislation contains a number of […]

The Virtual Business Community application has generated interest from Investment Councils in other countries

1 October 2021 – Details of the Virtual Business Community Application, which is being developed in Moldova, were presented at the Working Group of Investment Councils led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The application was presented by the experts of the Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of the […]

The Economic Council Secretariat participated in Moldova ICT Summit

23 September 2021 – During the event the experts of the Economic Council Secretariat presented the agenda of activities on which the platform is focusing its efforts. A priority, according to the head of the Secretariat of the Economic Council Ion Lupan is the development and promotion of the Roadmap for boosting the process of […]

Economic Council agenda discussed with Deputy Prime Minister on digitisation and Minister of Economy

12 August 2021 – Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation Iurie Turcanu and Minister of Economy Sergiu Gaibu held a working meeting with experts of the Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova on the agenda of digitisation of the economy and improvement of the business environment. During the […]

Four million lei were stolen from bank cards in three months  

13 July 2021 – In the first three months of the year, the total volume of fraudulent activities involving bank cards in Moldova reached four million lei. The subject of frauds committed with the use of bank cards and protection measures against these crimes were discussed at the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of […]