‘Startup City Cahul’ helps young people launch online businesses
Date: 16/02/24
Over 34,000 students, teachers, entrepreneurs, experts, and IT company representatives have taken part in the ‘EU4Moldova: Startup City Cahul’project in southern Moldova.Many of the young people who took digital skills courses went on to launch online businesses, and 55% of the project’s beneficiaries are women.
Startup City Cahul is an EU-funded project that began in 2020 and runs through the end of 2024. The project has so far resulted in: the opening of 15 digital labs; 28,000 young people taking STEM courses; 1,235 teachers trained in IT skills; and 36 accelerated start-ups. Additionally, financial support in the amount of €400,000 has been allotted to SMEs, start-ups, NGOs and public institutions for the purpose of integrating digital solutions.
For example, Iulia Zgherea created a fitness platform for new mothers after completing a course supported by the project. Initially, Iulia participated in a web design course as part of ICT4Women, and later enrolled in the ‘creating a web page’ course. Thanks to the courses, the young woman managed to create the FitMama platform, which is intended for women who want to keep themselves in good physical shape.
Further information
Startup City Cahul is a €7 million project that aims to strengthen southern Moldova’s digital economy, enhancing its business and investment environment by:
supporting the creation of a Regional Innovation and Technology Centre;
supporting the National Moldovan Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) promotional campaign and development programmes;
and developing a seed funding and acceleration programme for start-ups focused on information and communications technology (ICT).
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