IOM – UNDP Global Project “Mainstreaming of Migration into Development in Moldova” (MOMID) Phase I (2012 – 2013)

The MOMID pilot project, implemented in the period 2012 – 2013 in the Republic of Moldova, supported the objective of the Moldovan Government to systematically integrate migration and development agendas and develop national policies on international migration and development for implementation by the relevant government agencies, private sector and non-governmental organisations. Moldova has been selected as one of the pilot countries for this project in light of the developments made by the Moldovan Government to undertake this in the development planning in order to maximize the benefits of migration and reduce the negative impacts of migration on economic and human development. The support from the Global Migration Group was geared towards mainstreaming international migration into the National Development Strategy and afferent policy documents through coherent action with the support of the UN Country Team in Moldova.
The project goals (as stated in the project document) were to mainstream migration into the national development strategies of the country; and establish sustainable institutional mechanisms and participatory processes for promoting coherence on migration.
Among the project accomplishments were:

• the elaboration of the national Migration Mainstreaming Proposal, which provided the Government with concrete recommendations on mainstreaming migration into development planning in line with the National Development Strategy – Moldova 2020.
• the study on Options for harnessing emigrants’ remittances and savings for the development of the Republic of Moldova, which helped Diaspora CSOs use financial and human capital accumulated abroad for homeland development, philanthropic activities, economic investments and opening businesses.
• the elaboration of the Course Material on Migration and Development, which helps to comprehensively address migration and development interlinkages in the national development strategies.

Phase II (2014 – 2017)

The second phase of the MOMID project is implemented as a joint programme of IOM and UNDP. Its desired impact is to enable governments and their partners to better measure, and make more visible the human development impacts of migration; and to govern the migration phenomenon so as to increase the human development outcomes and mitigate the risks for migrants, their families and communities at origin and destination.
For the 2nd phase of the programme synergies will continue to be sought with ongoing migration and development related government initiatives and projects supported by UNCT agencies. Namely UN Women was included in project partnership, providing important “building block” for the successful implementation by supporting the reflection of the gender-sensitive perspective in the outputs of the project and support review of migration and gender related issues in Moldovan Government's legislative, regulatory and programing framework. A stronger focus will be put on awareness-raising and enhancement of coherence level of migration-related external assistance. The programme will support the mapping of M&D projects, leading to discussions about potential synergies and integrated projects and scaling up of initiatives.
The project’s two overarching objectives are:

• to enable countries to integrate migration into their national development planning documents and processes and to continually monitor and adjust their approaches to M&D; and
• to foster an active and mutually beneficial partnership among participating countries on M&D, and migration mainstreaming in particular.

This project thus responds to repeated calls for improving international migration governance, by offering continued support to governments in their efforts to improve the evidence-base for migration and development (M&D) policy making; develop coherent M&D strategies, enhance coordination and develop capacities to implement and evaluate M&D strategies.
In pursuit of those objectives, the following country level outputs have been determined:

• engaging key stakeholders in the migration mainstreaming process;
• strengthening the M&D evidence base;
• identifying M&D priorities, supporting the elaboration of national M&D strategies and the implementation of some identified priorities; and
• developing capacities of governments to mainstream migration and monitor progress.

For more information: 

• http://www.md.undp.org/content/moldova/en/home/operations/projects/incl…

GFMD 2014-2015 - Roundtable 2.1 "Mainstreaming migration into planning at the sectoral level"

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
International Organization for Migration / Mission to Moldova (IOM)
State Chancellery of the Republic of Moldova
Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
Global Migration Group (GMG)