The East Invest twinning project, officially launched in Istanbul

During 26-27 January, 2012, at the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and Industry there was officially launched the East Invest Twinning project.

The East Invest project seeks to facilitate and encourage economic co-operation between the EU and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. In line with this objective, various activities are being implemented focusing on the transfer of knowhow and best practices and the development of a long term relationship to the benefit of both sides. Under the frames of this project there will be implemented 15 twinning projects that will encourage concrete and sustainable co-operation between the EU and EaP business support organizations (BSOs), supporting the implementation of joint projects. The areas of cooperation/assistance are determined by the audits and needs assessment of 15 selected BSOs in the EaP countries.

The event was attended by 15 twinning consortia from the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), which have presented the activities which will be implemented within each twinning.

Business Consulting Institute implements, in collaboration with Unioncamere del Veneto, Italy, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Rzeszów, Poland, the Strategic Skills go East twinning programme, focused on three main pillars: 

• Quality management tools,
• Development of client network
• Broadening the area of services.

The project foresees a sustainable collaboration and aims at fostering the economical cooperation and investments between the EU and its Eastern neighbors, as well within the Eastern Partnership countries, as an essential component of their common strategy.

For other information, please contact Business Consulting Institute, contact person – Ana Mardare, telephone/fax + 373 22 855 080, e-mail office@bci.md.