MOLDOVA INVESTMENT EVENT AT BISNIS IS A HIT

 

On June 10, BISNIS held another successful event in its new facilities at the USA Trade Center in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Some 50 businesspeople turned out for a roundtable on investment opportunities in Moldova, discussing the advanced state of the market transition and favorable climate for investment in this small western NIS state.

 

The roundtable, organized by BISNIS Moldova Specialist Derek Nowek and Embassy of Moldova Minister-Counselor Vlad Spanu, featured Moldovan parliamentary chariman Dumitru Diacov as the keynote speaker. Attendees learned about Moldova=s progress toward implementing market reform and promising investment opportunities from William Taylor, U.S. State Department Coordinator for Technical Assistance to the NIS, and Dumitru Croitor, Moldovan Deputy Foreign Minister, as well as from representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the U.S. Trade Development Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

 

American companies, such as Deloitte & Touche and DTR/FoodMaster, shared their experience in the region, telling success stories about involvement in Moldovan energy sector privatization and setting up dairy ventures. The Citizen=s Network for Foreign Affairs described its Agribusiness Partnership and Agribusiness Volunteer programs. Other companies outlined investment and trade ventures in telecommunications, energy, privatization, agricultural production and food processing, banking, and trade.

 

Other BISNIS events in its new offices have covered opportunities in Ukraine=s telecommunications sector and the Russian automotive industry, and a briefing on Asian Development Bank activities in Central Asia.