Assistance for labor market reform

Project beneficiaries:

Direct: Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, National Employment Agency, and State Labor Inspectorate;

Indirect: Government of the Republic of Moldova, working-age population (specifically the inactive population, registered unemployed persons, employers, employees, etc.).

Objective 1: Support for the MMPS regarding the development and coordination of labor market policies

Achieving Objective 1 will involve providing support to the specialized directorates of the MMPS in transposing EU acquis legislation, building institutional capacity regarding European integration processes, streamlining the delivery of public labor market services to citizens, boosting social dialogue among the Government, employers' associations, and trade unions, revitalizing existing platforms and organizing public events related to the labor market, providing ad-hoc expertise, etc.

Activity 1.1: Transposition of two Directives from Chapter 19 ("Social Policy and Employment") of the EU acquis;

Activity 1.2: Assistance to the Public Policy Coordination and European Integration Directorate regarding matters related to the EU agenda and relations;

Activity 1.3: Support for establishing a "one-stop shop" for labor and social protection in a district;

Activity 1.4: Strengthening social dialogue;

Activity 1.5: Reactivating the "Labor Market Development" Working Group within the Economic Council to the Prime Minister;

Activity 1.6: Organizing the National Labor Market and Social Dialogue Forum;

Activity 1.7: Providing ad-hoc expertise to the MMPS in the field of the labor market.

Objective 2: Strengthening the institutional framework (ISM and ANOFM) for the effective implementation of labor market policies.

Objective 2 will be achieved by building the capacity of ISM and ANOFM teams following the implementation of major reforms to the labor market institutional framework.

Activity 2.1: Strengthening ISM governance;

Activity 2.2: Implementing the new performance monitoring and evaluation framework at ISM;

Activity 2.3: Strengthening ISM’s dialogue with employers;

Activity 2.4: Developing a psychological counseling mechanism for the unemployed;

Activity 2.5: Advocacy actions to increase the vocational training budget at ANOFM;

Activity 2.6: Organizing a study visit for ISM;

Activity 2.7: Organizing a study visit for ANOFM.

Donor: Soros Foundation Moldova