FORWARD LOOKING CREATIVE SECTOR

Human capital – Innovation - Ecosystem

EU Cultural & Creative Industries

third largest employer12M jobs€509 billion 5.3% of GDP (2018)

Creative Sector– a priority for Moldova to capitalize talent, boost competitiveness and strengthen social cohesion

Creative cluster is a high potential, emerging sector in Moldova

Moldova builds onits high techavailable talentsand technologies

IT service exports $164 million (2018), a 40% increase vs. 2017 and 40-fold growth vs. 2005

Support the development of Tech and Creative ecosystem

Convergence of Tech, Creative and Engineering (STARTS)

Moldova as Creative Services Destination

Cultural and language diversity

Connections to the East and West

Talent

Acces to latest technologies

Business and Tax incentives

Burgeoning community businessscene

Young market

High Potential Verticals

Opportunities & Niches

Area Verticals

Big Screen – domestic & outsourced

TV – soaps, documentaries & dramas

Digital Online – videos & commercials

Games – animation, motion capture

Futuristic – augmented, virtual reality

Market

Domestic: Quality/original content

Regional: Niches within value chain, such as SFX, VFX, editing, creative graphics, 3D-animation

Futuristic: Augmented reality, virtual reality, motion capture

7%Single

Tax

Creative, R&D and Engineering benefit from Law on IT Parks

Over 480 companies joined Moldova IT Park since Jan 2018, 5% - creative firms

IT Visa

Qualifying creative residents:

1. motion picture, video and television programmepost-production activities (59.12), limited to:

services for obtaining special effects (59.12.14); animation production services (59.12.15);

2. specialized design activities (74.10)

Business and Tax Incentives

Cash Rebate in film and audiovisual expected 2020

Private sector voice

Business cooperation (39 members)

Connect globally

Lobby

www.cor.md

ARTCOR pillars: Creative skills &

education Entrepreneurship &

startups Community &

ecosystem Internationalization of

creative businesses Become global Develop internationally

certified programs in sound, animation & graphic design

MEDIACOR Digital Media Production Center

PPP with Moldova State University & COR creative businesses association

Est $1.5M investment (co-funding from University)

Open doors 2021

The Moldova Competitiveness Project is financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Government of Sweden and UK aid, and is implemented by Chemonics International

Moldova Competitiveness Project 14, Nicolae Iorga str.MD-2012, Chisinau, Moldova

Tel.: (+373) 22 908 280Fax: (+373) 22 908 290office@chemonics.md