ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of March 2, 2022 No. 129

About approval of the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies

Based on the Law No. 179/2016 on the small and medium companies (The official monitor of the Republic of Moldova, 2016, Art. No. 306-313, 651), with subsequent changes, DECIDES: the Government

1. Approve:

1) the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies, according to appendix No. 1;

2) the Plan of implementation of actions of the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies, according to appendix No. 2.

2. Implementation of the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies to assign to Public organization "Organization for Development of Entrepreneurship".

3. To public organization "Organization for Development of Entrepreneurship" to develop operational management for implementation of the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies which will provide stages and procedure for its implementation, and also to provide publication of the reference book on submission of applications for participation in the Program on the official web page of the organization.

4. Financing of the actions provided by the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies to perform for the account and within the means provided in the government budget including due to external financial aid.

5. Actions for financing within the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies constitute the scheme of the little significant help and fall under action of provisions of the Law No. 139/2012 on government assistance and the Regulations on the little significant help approved by the Resolution of the Plenum of Competition council No. 01/2020.

6. To impose control over the implementation of this resolution on the Ministry of Economics.

Appendix № 1

Approved by the Order of the Government of the Republic of Moldova of March 2, 2022 No. 129

Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies

Chapter I General provisions

1. The purpose of the Program of digital transformation of the small and medium companies (further - the Program) consists in recovery and increase in their economic potential by integration of digital technologies, creation of the new business models based on increase in coherence and development of innovative potential.

2. The purpose of the Program is support of the small and medium companies (further - MSP) by provision of non-paid financial support for digitization of own business, and also simplification of access to the domestic and foreign markets.

3. In implementation process of the Program achievement of the following specific purposes is provided:

1) development in entrepreneurs of skills in the field of planning and implementation friendly the business expert for digital transformation at least 40% of beneficiaries;

2) provision of financial support for implementation of plans of digital transformation at least 150 MSP;

3) increase in competitive advantage and portfolio of clients of MSP by 20% at least;

4) development of electronic commerce, assistance to process of reducing turnover of cash and development of courier services for at least 20% of the companies beneficiaries.

4. In this Program the following basic concepts are used:

digitization - creation of digital representation of physical objects or attributes, with transition from manual processes to digital, transformation of data, documents and processes of analog form in digital;

digitalization - simplification or improvement of processes with use of digital technologies and the digitized data, developing culture of use of information technologies in business, transformation of the existing business processes by use of digital technologies that will create opportunities for increase in competitiveness of the companies;

digital transformation - the integration of digital technologies in all processes of business radically changing the mode of work of business and providing considerable benefits to the clients;

digital technologies - the electronic tools, systems, devices and resources used or extended by means of the computer which generate store or process the data aimed, first of all, at the development of intellectual processes.

Chapter II Criteria and acceptable spheres of the program

5. Beneficiaries of the Program are the micro, small and medium companies determined according to the Law No. 179/2016 on the small and medium companies irrespective of type of property and form of business which correspond to criteria, stipulated in Article 4 physical persons specified the Law, except for working at the patent basis and legal entities of the public law.

6. Beneficiaries get out on the basis of tender within the available budget.

7. Applicants of the Program shall correspond to the following eligibility criterions:

1) perform business activity in the territory of the Republic of Moldova;

2) performed the economic activity within the last 12 months before date of application for participation in this Program reflected in the financial statements submitted in National bureau of statistics / the single tax report submitted in the State Tax Administration for the last year of activities.

3) ceased to be valid;

4) ceased to be valid according to the Order of the Government of the Republic of Moldova of 26.09.2023 No. 726

5) not to be affiliated to group of companies, the number of workers, total income from sales or the available total assets of which exceed determination conditions as MSP, the stipulated in Article 4 Laws No. 179/2016 on the small and medium companies.

8. The types of economic activity accepted within this Program are specified in appendix to the Program.

9. Inadmissible expenses due to non-paid financing, and also own contribution within the Program are:

1) the cost of the goods and services covered at the expense of other instruments / projects / programs of support;

2) the losses connected with change in the exchange rate of currencies;

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