Business Digital Start – Learning and Implementation Program for Digital Technologies in Business

Business Digital Start is a learning and implementation program for digital solutions, designed for small and medium-sized enterprises from non-technology sectors in the districts of Cantemir, Leova, and Taraclia.

The program supports entrepreneurs in organizing internal processes, reducing manual work and costs, and using digital technologies as a real tool for increasing profits and business development.

Registration: https://forms.gle/yLwCyikLfNeRmJUD7

Why this program?

Many SMEs in the southern region still operate with manual, fragmented, and hard-to-scale processes. Limited digital skills, reduced access to practical support, and the lack of functional local examples slow down business growth.

Business Digital Start responds directly to this need through a practical program, adapted to local realities and focused on concrete business results.

The program is intended for businesses from non-technology sectors, such as trade and services, HoReCa, manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, etc., operating in Cantemir, Leova, or Taraclia and is delivered in Romanian and Russian.

What does the program offer?

✔ Practical training
• 7 thematic workshops delivered in Romanian and Russian
• topics include: digital marketing, e-commerce, CRM, digital finance, basic cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, simple automation;

✔ Direct application in business
• practical exercises and tasks, gradually implemented within the participant’s own company
• mentoring and guidance throughout the program

✔ Access to financial support
• companies that complete the program may apply for financial support of up to 100,000 MDL for the integration of a digital solution

✔ Full implementation for selected SMEs
• 3 companies will benefit from the integration of a complete digital solution (CRM, e-commerce, management systems, etc.)
• measurable results in day-to-day business operations

Application deadline: January 20 2026
One-time participation fee: 250 MDL
Workshop period: February – March 2026

Registration: https://forms.gle/yLwCyikLfNeRmJUD7

This activity is part of the “NextGen for Non-Tech SMEs” project, implemented by the Inotek Centre and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH within the project ”Digital Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Eastern Partnership Countries” (DT4SME)