The objective of MOLD-NANONET is to assist the Institutul de Cercetări Ştiinţifice (ELIRI) to develop and implement a research strategy that will expand its activities and increase its level of excellence in the areas of micronanoelectronics related to the development of intelligent systems, nanomulticomponent systems, microsensors, microactuators, nanostructures for fuel cell and energy storage applications, etc. so that it can compete and collaborate with leading research institutions in Europe. MOLDNANONET is expected to increase the number of high-quality graduates, employment opportunities, collaboration and business opportunities and, thereby, increase the generation of wealth in the region. Emphasis is put on a training programme for young researchers that will result in the creation of a leading European infrastructure at ELIRI in the field of micro-nanoelectronics related to the development of intelligent systems.

      Another important element is training on technology transfer and intellectual property, which will stimulate the creation of a bridge between applied research and innovative business.

      A further objective of MOLD-NANONET is to strengthen the cooperative links between the R & D institutions in the capital city of Chisinau and those from the city of Balti (BELTI), the so-called north capital of Moldova, and to create a unified interdisciplinary infrastructure in Moldova combining nanotechnology, nanoelectronics and fine micromechanical and intelligent systems.

MOLD-NANONET facilitates:

•         further consolidation of human potential and technological infrastructure;

•         promotion of the link connecting nanotechnology and nanoelectronics to fine mechanics, and their integration into new product design;

•         creation and consolidation of bridges between the Moldovan national nanonetwork and EU partners;

•         creation of capacities for broader participation in the future of Moldovan research groups in the FP7 and FP8 programmes.