Grow with us, grow the community
Brilliant candidates in the area of legal, tech, community development, and marketing are welcome to apply for ATIC/Tekwill 6 months internship. We don’t want you to be perfect, we want you to be eager, proactive and ready to get involved into the most vibrant industry.
Open areas:
1. Legal and business support – theideal candidate will assist the team and members by getting the chance to review the legislation, assist in coordination of meetings, analyze the relevant legislation, participate in the process of evaluation, validation, as well as disseminate relevant information and participate at the meetings on related topics.
2. Community Development – the ideal candidate will get involved in community building events, meet people, participate and organize events, communicate. Creative approach and innovative ideas are welcome.
3. Marketing– skilled professionals are welcome to join the team to learn, create and experiment. All events require proper branding and marketing. Without a promising help team, this would not be possible.
Interested candidates are welcome to apply and send the CV accompanied by a cover letter to cceban@ict.md until June 23, 2016. For any questions, all our team is there to help.
About TEKWILL
Tekwill aims to improve Moldova’s global competitiveness and its business and investment environment. Innovative, high-value technology products and businesses are essential for development of the knowledge-based economy. Science, innovation and technology are the key drivers of the sustainable growth and competitiveness.
The development of Tekwill started in September 2015 with the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the “Development of Moldova ICT Excellence Center” Project, implemented by the Moldovan Association of ICT Companies (ATIC).
The project will be implemented as a private-public partnership between the industry, donors, Moldovan Government and Technical University of Moldova. The private partners include multinational companies IBM and Microsoft, and also ATIC members that are local (operated) ICT companies. The private partners will bring significant new resources, ideas, software, technologies and development activities, such as trainings, practical assignments, and mentorship. The private sector partners will have the chance to use the center to communicate with the university, SMEs, startups, professionals and contribute to the curricula improvement answering the market needs, as well as the improvement of the IT and entrepreneurship ecosystem that will lead to the economic growth of the country.
The Government of Moldova supports the creation of the ICT Excellence Center at the highest level of the Prime Minister, and the partners include Ministry of ICT, Ministry of Education, and E-Government Center. The space will be provided by the Technical University, as part of the Government commitment to this project. The e-Government Center will use the center as a training and capacity building resource for the public e-transformation and IT managers.
Over 1,000 beneficiaries are expected to receive relevant training per year. As a result of the project, the skills of the Moldovan work force and the ICT industry in Moldova will be improved.
The excellence center is planned to meet the following main tasks: education, networking, support, promotion and information management. Education services will include training, consulting and mentoring services for the SMEs, entrepreneurs, academia, public IT sector representatives. The content of the activities will include technical subjects with the possibility of demonstration of the latest technologies and soft business skills such as project management, marketing, communication, leadership and other. The center will be properly equipped for on-site training facilities, as well as offer the possibility to conduct trainings off-site upon need. The beneficiaries of the center will be coming from private sector, public sector and academia.
The center will host IT specialists networking events, students meetings with IT professionals and mentors, incoming professors and trainers, business to business meetings, startups to investors meetings, and other. The center will offer co-working space for IT professionals and business people, as well as offer group or individual consultations for business development, technical support and seeking investment. All of the activities will be supported by the specifically designed infrastructure, which is currently unavailable in Moldova.
About Moldovan Association of ICT Companies (ATIC):
ATIC is a business association counting 40 members. It promotes the development of the ICT sector in the Republic of Moldova through viable partnerships between the private companies, similar organizations, state institutions, international organizations in order to enhance the competitiveness and development of the sector and company capacities, enlarge the market, attract investments in the country and participate in the decision making and regulatory process on the national and international level.
