Promoting Digital Business Skills in the Republic of Moldova
The Republic of Moldova (Moldova hereafter) has made digitalisation a policy priority.
The country is currently preparing its Digital Transformation Strategy 2023-30, which
will emphasise digital literacy, as well as digital business skills, with a view to
improving private sector competitiveness. Digitalisation has already brought significant
benefits to Moldova, where ICT has been one of the most dynamic sectors over the past
years; yet Moldovan firms in non IT sectors remain at the beginning of their digitalisation
journey. Skills shortages are a major barrier in that regard, particularly affecting
SMEs who encounter more difficulties in attracting and retaining skilled workers,
as well as up skilling or reskilling their workforces.
Building on previous OECD work on digitalisation policies, the OECD provided guidance
to Moldova throughout 2022 on how to build a conducive ecosystem and set the right
policies to further advance the development and uptake of digital business skills
among SMEs. This report presents an overview of those issues, looking at 1) the institutional
and policy framework; 2) skills assessment and anticipation tools; and 3) SME specific
support for digital skills development.
Published on June 19, 2023Also available in: Romanian