Innovation

The Statistical Survey on Innovation is a survey designed to collect data on innovative enterprises, the type of innovations and innovators, the turnover of new or improved products, the costs of innovation activities. The scope of Statistical Survey on Innovation refers to enterprises active in industry and services sector. The units were selected according to their size and number of employees (exhaustive: with 10 or more persons employed ). Statistical survey excludes enterprises with economic activities as: agriculture, construction, retail, public administration, education, health and social assistance, recreational and leisure activities, other service activities. According to Eurostat's recommendations, the Statistical Survey on Innovation is carried out every two years and is based on the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). For the survey regarding the innovation activity of the enterprises from the Republic of Moldova, only the indicators that are mandatory according to the EC Regulation no. 995/2012 were included, excluding the optional indicators.