ContestIf you are young people aged 18-35 and would like to start or develop your own business, register for the national competition DE BUSINESS youth PENTRU plans, X Edition and you will be able to benefit from business start grants, you will acquire knowledge in developing a successful business plan, you will be supported and guided by professional mentors, and the finalists will have the opportunity to present their idea and capacities as an entrepreneur, investors present at Galades of Business.

The competition is organised during the period 25 February – 12 June 2014 by the National Youth Association of Majors in Moldova (ANTiM) with the support of ARGIDIUS, ODIMM and other local partners.

Purpose of this competition it is to support and promote the ideas of young people who want to set up their own business, thus contributing to the social and economic development of our country.

The X-fifth edition of the Consortium will have the following steps:

I step — Launch of the competition and registration of participants by online registration business concepts – 25 February 2013 – 20 March 2014,
II phase — Selection of 100 participants by assessing concepts and direct interviewing – 25 March – 13 April 2014
III phase — On line training courses and mentoring advice for young people from the second phase of 14 April – June 2014,
IV step — Selecting the finalists on the basis of the assessment of the business plans drawn up and oral presentations before the professional panel – 26 May – 10 June 2014,
V step — The award of 25 finalists, who will receive grants for the start-up or development of the business in the framework of the Wale of Business – 12 June 2014.


The finalists of the Consortium, as well as trained people, will benefit from post- concurs advisory and information support for 12 months. For the first time on this edition, the trainings will be online, which does not require travel and presence in the room to learn how to develop the business plan. The grant will range from RON 150 thousand to 60 thousand.

Would you like to enter the competition? Enter the website www.cbp.antim.orgtime a personal account and set out your business idea. Also on the website, you will find all information about the Regulation, prizes and evaluation criteria.

In the 2012-2013 editions, 41 young people received grants worth more than EUR 170 thousand. Please note that the competition has applied to more than 2,500 people, 500 of whom were selected for interview and more than 100 people participated in the trainings. The graduates of the programme also receive continued support from business consultants, which help them to develop their business and promote new products on the market.

Details of conurs on tel 022923001, mob 069891999 Aurelia Braguta – President or address www.cbp.antim.org

Project partners:
Sponsors: BC “Moldova Agroindbank” SA, Japan Tabaco International, ASEM, European Busenis Association, ODIMM.
Media partners: ‘KissFM’, ‘Avtoradio’, ‘Avtoradio’, ‘Avtoradio’, ‘twelgh’ (Withurchlor’, the skyscraper, the skyscraper, the dayer of the truth
Internet: ‘Simpals garaj’

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NOTE:
The history of business plan competitions is very rich and is a recognised form of stimulating new business in developed countries. Since 1980, business plans have been increasingly widespread, organised by government institutions, large corporations, and large university centres in Wharton, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Massachusetts, Ivey, Oxford, Cambridge

The Moldovan National Young Association (ANTiM) has been a non-governmental organisation, which has been in operation since 1997. The aim of ANTiM is to support and develop the managerial spirit of young people in the Republic of Moldova. The ANTiM projects are geared towards stimulating young people’s initiative in self-employment and self-employment, creating their own businesses, boosting the creativity of young people, thus contributing to the development of the local economic environment.