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Skilled workforce for the Moldovan IT sector: Digital education for young women and the creation of a Cyber Security Academy

General Information

Funding entity Slovak Aid
Recipient Country Moldova
Implementing Organization Európska migračná agentúra (EMA)
Implementing Organization Code Donor country-based NGO
Geo Location Chişinău, MD
  Longitude 28.8575
  Latitude 47.00556
Start of Commitment 2020-07-29
End of Commitment 2022-05-30
Currency EUR
Status OECD approved

Description

The Moldovan Government has identified the ICT sector as a priority sector for the economic development of the country. The main challenge is that the sector is facing, is lack of skilled workforce, which is compounded by massive brain drain from Moldova. Against this background, the Moldovan ICT sector needs to use the opportunity to attract more women into ICT careers, as their representation in the sector is still low. In light of this, the project will support the GirlsGoIT programme, which has since 2015 been encouraging girls and young women to choose IT and STEM education, thus enhancing their career prospects and their position in society. The project will provide digital skills training to 200 girls aged 14 to 20 from 10 Moldovan regions; 60 girls will attend an intensive summer camp and 15 will take part in professional internships in companies. GirlsGoIT will also be supported by the creation of a new IT lab at the Faculty of Computers, Informatics and Microelectronics of the Moldovan Technical University (FCIM TUM), which will host future training activities of the programme. The lab will also be home to a new Cyber Security Academy, which will be created in cooperation with the leading Slovak company ESET. The ESET Research and Development Centre in Iasi, Romania, in cooperation with FCIM TUM, will create a specialized cybersecurity curriculum and will pilot a cybersecurity course to 10 FCIM TUM students under the auspices of the ESET Cyber Security Academy. Consequently, the project will explore the possibilities of creating a cyber security incubator and prepare a proposal for its implementation.

Commitments and Amount Extended (EUR)

Reporting Year Commitments Amount Extended
2020 100 000 € 50 000 €
2021 0 € 40 000 €
2022 0 € 4 363 €
Total 100 000 € 94 363 €

Sectors share

Sector name Share
Information and communication technology (ICT) 100.0 %

Statistics

Statistics show the proportion of the Skilled workforce for the Moldovan IT sector: Digital education for young women and the creation of a Cyber Security Academy project compared to the implementing subject and the type of flow

Comparison based on the region

Other filtered aid Amount extended
Skilled workforce for the Moldovan IT sector: Digital education for young women and the creation of a Cyber Security Academy 94 363 €
Other filtered aid 1 040 712 182 €
Project/Region Amount Extended Ratio