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Contexte
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Moldova's economic growth and poverty reduction have mostly been driven by remittances from migrants. Economic growth was jobless; the employment rate dropped from 55% in 2000 to 41 % in 2016. Due to a lack of attractive employment opportunities in the country, in 2016 26% of Moldova's economically active population was either working abroad or looking for jobs there (for those aged 15-24 the rate was 68.5%). To sustainably support poverty reduction and long-term inclusive economic growth, Moldova needs to stimulate private sector-led job creation. Companies need to become more competitive and create more and better jobs, and wages need to replace remittances as the main source of income growth for the population, offering alternatives to migration. Productive employment opportunities are especially needed in rural area and small towns. In order to create the tremendous amount of jobs needed to achieve the employment rate target of 44% set for 2021, Moldova must address two key bottlenecks: (1) a poor investment climate and (2) the deficit of skilled workforce.
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Objectifs
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The project's objectives follow the general goal of the SOS Employment and Economic Development domain in Moldova: Better functioning market systems in selected sectors and localities increase the quantity and quality of jobs and provide net additional income to women and men, significantly benefiting excluded groups (rural youth, returning migrants, ethnic minorities).
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Groupes cibles
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Public institutions at different levels (Prime Minister's Office, relevant ministries, parliamentary committee on economy, budget, and finance, Moldovan Investment and Export Promotion Organization (MIEPO), regional development agencies, and vocational schools), private sector (business associations, chambers of commerce, operators of industrial parks and free economic zones, local companies, companies with foreign and diaspora investment), and other development partners.
Final beneficiaries of the Swiss-financed intervention are 2'000-2'500 warnen and men, who are either job-seekers, or in precarious (self) employment; and 2'000 young warnen and men aiming to enroll in VET. Special attention will be paid to excluded groups / persons and those with high poverty risk (rural population, warnen and youth, returning rnigrants, ethnic minorities, etc.).
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Effets à moyen terme
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1: Warnen and men, with a special focus on excluded ones, have new jobs and/or net additional income.
2: Public authorities promote policies and provide demand-driven services to stimulate employment boosting private sector investments. Vocational Education and Training NET) component:
3: Young warnen and men, especially from rural areas, acquire vocational skills in demand on the labor market and increase their employability.
4: The educational offer of the VET system matches the demand of the labor market.
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Résultats
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Principaux résultats attendus: IC component:
- Public authorities equiped and committed to provide demand-driven services related to investment promotion;
- lrnproved investment conditions on central and regional levels, thanks to public-private joint reform proposals;
- Regional economic support structures capacitated to provide services and opportunities for persons with high povery risk.
VET component:
- An institutionalised national structure on dVET acknowledges and fulfils its role in shaping framework conditions for demand-oriented VET;
- lncreased public and private sector engagement in the provision of dVET;
- lmproved image of dVET.
Principaux résultats antérieurs: The GIZ program has made a significant contribution to job creation (as a result of GIZ interventions, 1'900 jobs created in 2016/17 and 4'000 more to be created during next years). lt has done so by strengthening the capacities of public institutions to deliver qualitative services to local and international investors and by providing technical assistance for regulatory reforms to improve the business climate. Thanks to GIZ support, the number of companies engaged in dual Vocational Education and Training (dVET) increased from 5 in 2015/2016, providing 190 apprenticeship places, to 49 in 2017/18, providing 860 places. Due to GIZ-driven policy dialogues and awareness-raising, the Ministry of Economy and lnfrastructure (MEI) · and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research (MECR) are open to structural changes that would anchor dVET into the system and thus progress from piloting to mainstreaming.
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Direction/office fédéral responsable
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DDC
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Crédit
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Coopération avec l'Europe de l'Est
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Partenaire de projet
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Partenaire contractuel
Secteur privé
Institution étatique étrangère
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Sectreur privé étranger Sud/Est
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SDC Field Office
Autres partenaires
GIZ
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Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs
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With regards to IC component, SDC will pursue synergies with like-minded development partners providing support for organizing of the private sector, raising competitiveness, and attracting foreign investments (USA, Sweden, EU, World Bank, IFC, UNDP). For the VET component, SDC will work with international Donor Committee for dVET (DCdVET) members Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein, who are willing to join efforts to harmonize VET interventions and lead a joint policy dialogue with ministries. Synergies with other SDC domains of intervention will be explored, especially in terms of links between promotion of local economic development and dVET with improved local governance and local public service delivery.
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Budget
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Phase en cours
Budget de la Suisse
CHF
6’680’000
Budget suisse déjà attribué
CHF
6’585’316
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Phases du projet
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Phase
2
01.07.2022
- 30.09.2026
(Phase en cours)
Phase 1
01.12.2017
- 31.08.2022
(Completed)
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