Moldovan Delegation Learns about RSU Innovations in Digitalisation

On Thursday, 13 October, a delegation from Moldova visited the Rīga Stradiņš University’s (RSU) Medical Education Technology Centre (METC).

The guests met with Agrita Kiopa, RSU Vice-Rector for Science, Zigmunds Zitmanis, the Director of the RSU Information Technology Department, and Daiga Behmane, the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare. Together, they discussed the University’s digitalisation and innovation strategy.

Ieva Šlēziņa, the Director of the METC, introduced the Moldovan delegation to the University’s simulation-based approach to medical education and demonstrated the opportunities for developing clinical skills available at RSU.

Representatives from Chisinau visited Riga to strengthen relations with partners in Latvia in areas such as digitalisation, innovation, and green technologies. During the visit, the delegation met with representatives from the public sector and the diplomatic corps – the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Economy, as well as representatives of the Moldovan Embassy and the US Embassy.

They also visited a number of universities: Riga Technical University (RTU), RTU Riga Business School, RSU, the Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies, as well as Riga Graduate School of Law. The agenda of the visit also included meetings with representatives from business and the non-governmental sector: the Moldovan delegation got acquainted with the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre’s National Population Genome Database, the Latvian Information Technology Cluster, LMT, and the virtual production studio LED Unit.

The delegation included Iurie Turcanu, the Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalisation, representatives of the e-Government Agency, universities, and the non-governmental sector.

The Moldovan delegation's visit to Latvia was organised by the Future Technologies Activity (FTA) of Moldova and Riga Business School, a structural unit of RTU. FTA was founded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). It aims to promote the competitiveness of the Moldovan technology sector. The purpose of the visit was to introduce the delegation to Latvia’s achievements in the field of innovation and digitalisation at the academic, sectoral, and policy level. Cooperation between these parties in the field of innovation is an essential prerequisite for successful cross-sectoral excellence.