The winning projects in the Government Diaspora Engagement Hub Thematic Grants Program, 2023 edition

The Diaspora Relations Bureau (BRD) within the State Chancellery comes with good news and announces the list of beneficiaries whose projects have been declared winners under the Government's Diaspora Engagement Hub (DEH) Thematic Grant Program, 2023 edition.

As a result of the evaluation and selection, the commission designated 16 winning projects from the 39 files submitted between February 22 and March 22 of this year.

         Innovative projects of the diaspora subprogramme:

  • „HARVEST – convenția antreprenorilor moldoveni din Marea Britanie” - Alexei Prepeliță,  Marea Britanie
  • „Program de ghidare profesională MentorMe JobAccelerator 3.0” - Dana Munteanu, Regatul Țărilor de Jos
  • „Drama-Thérapia – între necesitate și un puternic potențial pentru viitorii actori” - Victoria Ștefaniuc, Franța
     
    The sub-program for young people from the diaspora:
  • „Festivalul de muzică Moldo Crescendo” - Marcel Lazăr, Austria
  • „Sport și socializare” - Nicolae Caldari, SUA
  • „Revista de prezentare a antreprenorilor din sud-vestul Franței” - Rodica Ninicu, Franța
     
    Sub-programme Professional Return of the Diaspora:
  • „Empowering Girls” - Steluța Mazilu, Canada
  • „Tehnologia educațională și educația în bază de joc (adresat echipei de management, nivel școlar)” - Irina Burlacu de Paoli, Regatul Țărilor de Jos
     
     The program to support cultural and educational activities in the diaspora: 
  • „Dor de țară, dor de neam” - Lilia Tusa, Italia
  • „Teatrul copilăriei” - Lilia Ipati, Austria
  • „CălătorIA” - Mariana Plămădeală, Mara Britanie
  • „Zilele Moldovei în Montreal” - Nata Albot, Canada
  • „Expoziție de costume naționale în cadrul festivalului „Global Cathering 2023” - Diana Cazacu, Norvegia
  • „MAC 9 – Pround to be from Moldova” - Marta Iacob, SUA
  • „Studierea limbii ca patrimoniu cultural și integrare socio-profesională” - Ion Ciobanu, Franța
  • „Rețele Diasporale-un VIITOR inclusiv” - Viorica Țîmbalari, Franța

The projects selected for financing meet all the conditions of the regulation and are to be implemented both in the Republic of Moldova and abroad within 2 weeks to 3 months, the deadline for presenting the final report being November 15, 2023.

Grants are to be granted from the state budget. Thus, for the sub-program "Professional return of the diaspora" 40 thousand lei will be granted for each project, for "Innovative projects of the diaspora" and "Sub-program for young people from the diaspora" - 50 thousand lei each, and for the Support Program of cultural and educational activities in the diaspora - 100 thousand lei for each project.

DEH is a program of thematic grants, intended for citizens originating from the Republic of Moldova abroad, implemented by the State Chancellery through the Office of Diaspora Relations. The purpose of the program is to support Moldovans abroad in the implementation of their ideas and to value the human capital of the diaspora.