Job creation at the local level in Moldova through the adoption of a new gender-transformation National Employment Strategy and its decentralized implementation through Local Employment Partnerships

Low employment, high incidence of inactivity, and underemployment are critical challenges in Moldova, which the Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated. To address these challenges and contribute to a job-rich recovery, this intervention equips labour market institutions and social partners with knowledge, evidence and tools to formulate a new employment policy and to design interventions at the local level. The intervention offers a pragmatic response to the urgent need for job creation, aiming at reaching around 3,000 beneficiaries and creating of about 1,000 jobs (at least 50 percent for women) in two districts of the country, through extending the successful and consolidated ILO Local Employment Partnership model, rooted in social dialogue. It targets young people, female workers in informal employment in rural settings and women returnees. Collaborating partners are local stakeholders, employment offices, municipal authorities, social partners, enterprises, cooperatives, micro-finance institutions, and civil society. The expected results include the adoption of a new, human-centred and gender-transformative employment policy for the period 2022-2026 and the implementation of local employment partnerships for the decentralized implementation of the policy.

Project symbol

MDA/21/02/RBS

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Budapest

Start date

01/08/2021

End date

15/04/2024

Total allocation

587774

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

587774

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Republic of Moldova

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions