Iolanta Mura: Personal branding is available to everyone

Business consultant Iolanta Mura met with the participants of the program “Transnistrian Dialogues: Women’s edition”, during the webinar “The Power of Personal Brand”.

Iurie Ganin: To be a leader means to be the master of your life

The representative of the NGO “Sigma-Expert” (Tiraspol), Iurie Ganin gave a lecture on “Leadership and ways to develop leadership”. The event took place online for the participants of the program “Transnistrian Dialogues: Women’s Edition”.

Andrei Popov: It is important to see real people behind the numbers

The second speaker of the program “Transnistrian Dialogues: women’s edition of Women” was Andrei Popov, Ambassador-at-Large (MFAEI). He gave a lecture on “Diplomacy and the Role of the International Community in Conflict Resolution.

The second module of the “Transnistrian Dialogues” was dedicated to entrepreneurship

The participants were able to learn about the macroeconomic situation on the two banks of the Nistru River and to discuss potential opportunities for developing their businesses in the region. They met with entrepreneurs who are already receiving grants for business development, but also, through practical sessions, benefited from mentoring in the development of business ideas.

The Transnistrian Dialogues: women’s edition opened with a seminar on fundraising

The first speaker of the program was Olga Melniciuc, an expert in access to financial resources, who talked about how to empower women economically through fundraising and project management.

The media course for young people continued with a module on disinformation in the online space

About 40% of Moldova’s population receives information from social networks, which, however, remain fertile ground for the spread of fake news. How are Facebook and Telegram structured and what is their share of responsibility in manipulating information? We discussed these topics with the participants of the second module of the media course held within the “informMD – against misinformation in the Republic of Moldova” project.

Young journalists, entrepreneurs, and students became new participants of the Transnistrian Dialogues

The first module of the Transnistrian Dialogues, which took place on 18-19 September in the village of Costesti, Ialoveni district, was dedicated to the media industry. The group of participants of the Transnistrian Dialogues this time consists of 36 people, including young journalists, entrepreneurs, activists and students.

Journalists will continue IPIS’ work in investigating the use of budget funds intended to combat COVID-19

A group of journalists took part in a preliminary presentation of the IPIS analysis on the process of managing the foreign funds received by the Moldovan government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

IPIS’ analysis: In the midst of pandemic, the Government raised one-third of planned grant assistance

International loans provided in 2020 to Moldova by external partners kept the country’s budget afloat. In the form of loans, Moldova received 418 million euros, while non-repayable assistance amounted to about 33 million euros.

Media course for young people was launched as part of the project “#informMD – against misinformation in the Republic of Moldova”

Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS) in partnership with Institut für Europäische Politik based in Berlin (IEP) and Institute for European Politics and Reform (IPRE) have launched a media course for young people, which is held within the project “infoMD – against misinformation in Moldova”.

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