On December 6, 2024, the final of the XII Annual Innovative Business Ideas Competition took place. This event was organized by the Innovative Incubator of Comrat State University in collaboration with its partner – the Executive Committee of Gagauzia, which allocated a prize fund of 30,000 lei as part of its Entrepreneurial Support Fund. The competition started in October 2024, when a group of proactive young people from Gagauzia Autonomous Territorial Unit (ATO) and entrepreneurs was formed. As a result of the selection of proposed projects, 11 business plans in different directions were presented at the competition’s final.

The prize places were distributed as follows:
1st place: The best project was presented by Stanchu Carina and Capsamun Elvira – “Festival of Milk and Honey” – 6,000 lei.

2nd place: Liuda Conova “Development of the café ‘Pronto’” – 5,000 lei;

                   Iovchev Pavel “Clean Water for Everyone” – 5,000 lei.

3rd place: Peiu Vasilii “AI Assistant (app) related to government services” – 3,000 lei;

                  Cara Sergei “Charging for Rent” – 3,000 lei;

                  Diachenco Valentina “Inclusive Justice: Accessibility for Blind and Visually Impaired People” – 3,000 lei.

The remaining 5 participants received consolation prizes of 1,000 lei each. We thank the jury members for their interest and work in evaluating the ideas:

Tatiana Spatarenko – Chief Specialist, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, ATO Gagauzia;

Lilia Cara – Chief Specialist, State Procurement Department, Comrat Municipality;

Valentina Celedji – Project Coordinator, "Pro-Europa" Center;

Maria Acbaș – Head of SRL Fabrica Oloi Pak.

We thank Pronto cafe (@prontocafemd) for organizing the coffee break.
We express our gratitude to Natalia Doncheva for her informational support.