Digital Transformation of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Republic of Moldova

The projected activities will support the country's effort to enhance its cultural and creative sector for sustainable development, with a special focus on the digital environment. This is in line with the National Strategy for Information Society Development, notably with regard to creating favourable conditions for the development of information and communications technologies. Furthermore, the project follows the country's National Development Strategy, concerning the education system to labour-market needs in order to enhance labour productivity and increase employment in the economy.

Throughout the project, partners in the Republic of Moldova will be supported in their efforts to map the digital cultural and creative sectors, aiming towards the ultimate goal of establishing a multi-stakeholder national online register of the cultural and creative sectors, combining government institutions, private sector, civil society organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. Nonetheless, following the identification of gaps in digital skills and available resources in the cultural and creative sectors, the project will also support specific training programmes for cultural workers and entrepreneurs, in partnership with educational institutions.

During the opening of the kick-off meeting, Andrei Chistol, State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, stated that competitiveness at European level can only be achieved if the right conditions are created for developing creativity and innovation. "Addressing the digital gaps in the cultural and creative sectors by strengthening skills and policy frameworks, in the face of rapid technological changes seems like a perfect opportunity for achieving this", he concluded.