Moldova

Despite the size of the market Moldova is the house of a new generation of technology enthusiasts connected to global trends.

Most of local IT companies are labs of Romanian or Russian larger ones and are focused on outsourcing. Still, technological community starts to run own events like [58] or hosts own IoT oriented hub [59].

The purpose of the competitions is to increase young people's interest for IoT technology and to motivate them create a future career in this field. As a follow, up of the competition a community of young engineers passionate about IoT will be created, they will change their attitude from a passive observer to an active user who is able to create new things focused on IoT.