Women who start businesses will benefit from financial support from the state
Women who develop businesses will benefit from financial support from the state of up to 600 thousand lei. These provisions can be found in the new Program for supporting female entrepreneurship, approved by the Executive. The Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization, Dumitru Alaiba, noted that women must participate equally in the labor market and in entrepreneurial activities.
"First of all, non-refundable financial support is provided in the amount of up to 600 thousand lei, respectively 200 thousand lei for start-up businesses and 600 thousand lei for developing businesses. Providing a non-refundable financial support, called the e-commerce package, in the maximum amount of 30 thousand lei for beginners and 50 thousand lei for developing businesses, changing the eligibility criteria in favor of entrepreneurs. We will allow individuals to apply to the programs, which is a very important thing, or the first steps in business must be very simple", declared Dumitru Alaiba.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, more than 90 percent of female managers manage businesses and run small businesses in areas such as HoReCa and retail.
