OREANDA-NEWS. August 26, 2009. As it was noted at the press conference, the project was funded by the European Union through the Neighbourhood Program Romania-Republic of Moldova for 2004-2006 "Phare CBC 2005" and was implemented by the Association "Euro region" Siret-Prut-Dniester "in the partnership with the Chisinau" Business Consulting Institute".

The total project cost is about 174 thousand euros, including grant covering - 155,7 thousand euros. The main challenge of this project was to promote economic and social development of the Euro region "Siret-Prut-Dniester".

 Within the frames of the project 50 people have received training in implementation and development of the strategic planning and a framework document in the field of the strategic planning "Strategy of economic and social development of the Euro region" Siret-Prut-Dniester " was developed.

The strategy includes a number of priority measures to be implemented during 2009-2014 aimed at stimulation of the socio-economic development of the region including: rehabilitation and development of public infrastructure, economic competitiveness (investment promotion, support for certification of quality and origin of agricultural products , informing economic agents about the importance of associations in agriculture, etc.), environmental protection (effective waste management, development of alternative energy sources, etc.), as well as human resources development ( definition of the demand for human resources and necessary training, support of inter-cultural youth exchange, promotion of young talents in the Euro region). The strategy also includes a number of specific projects from one up to three years maturity.