Social Cohesion and Community Resilience

Implementing UN entity: UN Women

Government Counterpart: MHLSP, CCA

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• The capacities of specialized women’s organizations to provide support services at the local level are increased
• Women’s voices on social media are amplified and the involvement of women in decision-making and response efforts at the national and local levels is ensured
• Advice is provided to the Government and civil society organizations are supported to strengthen the protection and promotion of women’s rights, increase women’s access to justice and prevent gender-based violence
• Technical support is provided to coordination structures and processes to ensure that gender equality principles are implemented in the overall humanitarian and resilience response

Implementing UN entity: OHCHR (lead),UNRCO

Government Counterpart: State Chancellery, MoF, MHLSP, MoJ, CCA, Ombudsper-son’s Office, Equality Council

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• A roadmap and methodology on integrating a human rights-based approach in local-level decision making are developed in a consultative manner
• 5 pilot communities have human rights-based and conflict-sensitive local sectoral strategies, policies and budgets, with a focus on sectors of relevance for the efficient recovery from COVID-19; lessons learned are shared nationally
• The prevalence of the spread of stigma and hate speech in various forms of media, and its impact on the perceptions of media consumers related to different groups are assessed
• Recommendations, draft laws and regulations, as well as mechanisms and methodologies, are prepared and put in place to monitor and prevent hate speech, and combat stigmatization and discrimination
• The awareness of the general population and media professionals are raised on a human rights-based approach, stigma and discrimination
• A concise survey is developed and implemented that examines the impact of COVID-19 on social cohesion, focusing on the dimensions of human rights, gender, constructive citizenship, migration and outgroup relations

Implementing UN entity: UNDP, UNODC

Government Counterpart: MoJ, NPA, NPO

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• Preparedness and risk reduction capacities of the corrections system for public health crisis situations are reviewed and strengthened, including by managing a reduction of the prison population and by ensuring access to justice;
• The reintegration of released prisoners into the community in the context of social distancing measures is supported in at least 2 pilot communities, including through the establishment of resocialization centres and by addressing social bias and stigma
• The implementation of a progressive regime of sentence execution is supported, including through the development and updating of rehabilitation programmes, the capacitation of staff on new and updated programmes and the strengthening of the prison population management system;
• Digital transformation of human resource management of the prison system is supported

Implementing UN entity: UNDP, OHCHR, UNICEF

Government Counterpart: MoJ, SCJ, SCM, SCP, National Legal Aid Council

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on effective justice delivery and remedies are assessed
• The justice system’s preparedness for responding to crisis situations is improved with a view to ensuring access to justice
• The justice ICT ecosystem is strengthened, including through the development of a comprehensive justice sector ICT strategy
• The legal aid system is assessed and its capacity to provide accessible and quality legal assistance is enhanced

Implementing UN entity: UNDP, OHCHR

Government Counterpart: Ombudsper-son’s Office, Equality Council

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• National human rights institutions, including the Ombudsperson’s Office and the Equality Council, as well as civil society organizations, have enhanced capacities in monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation in the context of COVID-19 and related decisions taken by authorities
• Monitoring findings are discussed with the authorities to facilitate remedial actions and feed into alternative reports submitted to international human rights mechanisms

Implementing UN entity: UNDP

Government Counterpart: General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, LPAs, State Chancellery, MoD, MoI

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• The crisis prevention and recovery policy framework is enhanced by the application of a whole-of-government approach
• An institutional coordination mechanism for crisis prevention and recovery is in place. Capacity is built for using the early warning and response system
• The legal/normative and operational framework is improved and an Integrated e-Register of the State Resources that is interoperable with the e-Register of Defence Resources is in place
• National and local governments have enhanced capacities to assess the impact of and respond to the current/potential crisis at the central and local levels
• Citizens have enhanced preparedness/resilience to potential crises

Implementing UN entity: UNDP

Government Counterpart: State Chancellery, E-Governance Agency, LPAs

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• E-services, e-citizen participation, e-data and planning, and e-economic development are integrated into a SMART platform advanced to improve local governance modus operandi
• Integrated local planning is improved and informed using data collected and generated by the SMART ecosystem
• SMART economic specialization is facilitated as part of integrated local planning to support local economic development
• The quality, efficiency and accessibility of public services are improved at the local level
• The democratic governance process at local level is enhanced through e-citizen participation

Fostering social cohesion and resilience of communities impacted by COVID-19 by engaging local communities, social partners and the diaspora in early economic recovery and public healthcare response, valorizing skills and promoting civic participation and community engagement of returning migrants.

Implementing UN entity: ILO, IOM, UNDP, WHO, UNFPA

Government Counterpart: MHLSP, MEI, DRB, ODIMM, ANOFM

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

• The public healthcare response support to COVID-19 crisis is enhanced through the engagement of relevant diaspora specialists in sharing knowledge and expertise on healthcare management, treatment of COVID-19 patients, and provision of financial contributions and/or donation of health supplies
• Local development and post-crisis recovery are enhanced, and access to basic communal public services and local public infrastructure are improved by mobilizing migrants’/the diaspora’s skills, expertise, and financial resources
• Local communities (local public authorities and local communities, the local private sector, returnees and the diaspora) are empowered to build back better economies and more resilient communities through post-crisis local economic development/recovery projects
• The reintegration of returning migrants is facilitated by developing and testing a reintegration package comprising targeted and needs-based services, particularly in rural areas, through extended awareness raising and information campaigns on existing services and job opportunities
• Social cohesion, civic participation, and community engagement of young people from returning families is fostered, building upon existing programmes with young people and local public authorities at local level
• Social partners and local governments are engaged in the response to COVID-19 through involving local tripartite committees in consultations and collective bargaining to drive the formulation and implementation of Local Employment Partnerships (LEPs) for migrants and their families

Implementing UN entity: UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA, UNICEF

Government Counterpart: Parliament

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

The role of the Parliament’s Women’s Caucus is strengthened to ensure that the needs of both men and women are addressed through legislative and oversight work, in particular focusing on the COVID-19 response and the post-COVID-19 recovery context, through an inclusive, participatory and gender-responsive law making and oversight process

• The Action Plan of the Women’s Caucus of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova includes legislative and oversight activities targeting the needs of men and women in the COVID-19 crisis and recovery context– Cooperation is enhanced between the Women’s Caucus and the Government for efficient law making and oversight, in particular, on post-COVID recovery matters
• Women’s Caucus actively engages and consults with women and men on their needs in the context of the post-COVID-19 recovery, to be addressed in legislative and oversight work of the Parliament through outreach activities

Implementing UN entity: UN Women

Government Counterpart: State Chancellery, MHLSP, LPAs

Timeframe for impact: Long (6 months or more)

Project outputs:

LPAs have capacities to mainstream gender equality in plans and budgets in the COVID-19 context