Ongoing DFID projects in Moldova

Improving governance and the institutional environment for poverty reduction
 
1. Project title /amount: Support to the Delivery of Effective and Sustainable Social Assistance Services (joint programme with SIDA, total £ 3mln) / £ 1.5 mln
Project description: The goal of the proposed joint programme of assistance is to reduce poverty and protect social groups at risk by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the social assistance system. The purpose is to develop the policy and institutional framework to support the delivery of effective and sustainable social assistance services in Moldova.
Starting date/ Duration: June 2006 - June 2009
Beneficiary: Ministry of Health and Social Protection, local public authorities, civil society, donors
DFID-contracted consultants: Oxford Policy Management (OPM), Project Director – Simon Hunt, 6 St Aldates Courtyard, 38 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1BN, United Kingdom, tel.: + 44(0) 1865 207 300, fax: +44(0) 1865 250 580; e-mail: admin@opml.co.uk, webpage: www.ompl.co.uk; Contacts in Moldova – NGO “Every Child Moldova”, Deputy Team Leader – Stela Grigoras, 62/4, Ion Creanga St., Chisinau, tel.: 92 45 75, fax: 23 86 69; e-mail: sgrigoras@everychild.md, www.everychild.md 

2. Project title /amount: Support to the Court of Accounts of Moldova (through Multi Donor Trust Fund) / £ 728,536
Project description: The goal of the project is to provide technical assistance to the Court of Audit of the Republic of Moldova in the development and implementation of a Strategic Development Plan for the next three years.
Starting date/ Duration: February 2007 – December 2009
Beneficiary: Court of Accounts of Moldova
DFID-contracted consultants: Implementing agent – World Bank, 20/1 Puskin Str., Chisinau, tel: 20 07 06, fax: 23 70 53, moldova_contact@worldbank.org, www.worldbank.org

3. Project title /amount: Support to Public Administration Reform (through Multi Donor Trust Fund) / £ 1,400,000
Project description: The trust fund will support the implementation of Moldova’s Government Public Administration reform program outlined in the Strategy of Reform of the Central Public Administration (CPAR Strategy) and its implementation plan.
Starting date/ Duration: June 2006 – April 2009
Beneficiary: Government of the Republic of Moldova
DFID-contracted consultants: Implementing agent – World Bank, 20/1 Puskin Str., Chisinau, tel: 20 07 06, fax: 23 70 53, moldova_contact@worldbank.org, www.worldbank.org

4. Project title /amount: Poverty Reduction Structural Credit (through Multi Donor Trust Fund) / £ 1,500,000
Project description: The proposed credit aims to enhance Government’s ability to accelerating economic growth and improve the efficiency of its social programs and public administration – key elements in poverty reduction. To this end, the proposed PRSC will support selective areas of the Government’s reform agenda, as outlined in the EGPRSP and EU-Moldova Action Plan.
Starting date/ Duration: January 2007 – 2009
Beneficiary: Government of the Republic of Moldova
DFID-contracted consultants: Implementing agent – World Bank, 20/1 Puskin Str., Chisinau, tel: 20 07 06, fax: 23 70 53, moldova_contact@worldbank.org, www.worldbank.org

 
5. Project title /amount: Educational Inclusion for Disabled Children in Moldova (funded through DFID Civil Society Challenge Fund) / £ 499,930
Project description: The goal of the project is to achieve the social inclusion of those with disabilities in Moldova. The initiative seeks to increase school attendance in disabled children, raise awareness on disability rights, combat disability prejudice, enhance advocacy in the families of disabled children and build capacity in disability organisations.
Starting date/ Duration: April 2006 – April 2011
Beneficiary: Children with disabilities and their parents, trained professionals, local schools and communities
DFID-contracted consultants: ChildAid to Russia and the republics (ARRC), Projects Officer – Yuriy Potapenko, PO Box 200, Bromley, Kent BR 1 1QF, tel.: + 44(0) 20 8460 6046, fax: +44(0) 20 8466 1244; e-mail: projects@childaidrr.org.uk, webpage: www.childaidrr.org.uk; Partner organisation – Day Centre “Speranta”, Project Manager – Nicolae Ciocanu, 12/2, Traian Bd., ap.2, Chisinau, tel.: 56 11 00, email: speranta@mdl.net, webpage: www.speranta.moldline.net

Promoting pro-poor sustainable growth
 

1. Project title /amount: Moldova: Cooperation in Regional Development / £ 2,9 mln
Project description: The project goal is to reduce the levels of poverty and inequality in Moldova as a result of economic growth. The project purpose is: GoM has in place the systems and procedures to implement a national strategy for regional development that promotes inclusive economic growth.
Starting date/ Duration: May 2008 – December 2010
Beneficiary: Ministry of Local Public Administration, regional development institutions, other relevant ministries
DFID-contracted consultants: Oxford Policy Management (OPM), Martin Rimmer – Project Director, Local partner - Institute of Public Policies (IPP), Arcadie Barbarosie  – Project Deputy Director,  Puskin Str. 16/1, Chisinau, tel: (373 22) 27 67 85/86, fax: (373 22) 27 05 07, www.ipp.md

Completed DFID projects in Moldova

For a list of completed DFID projects in Moldova click here (DOC, 165KB).