The UNDP contribution was catalytic for improving socioeconomic conditions in a number of communities across the country, enabling local LPAs to meaningfully engage migrants in local development. The good practice of the HTA approach has generated consistent sustainability prospects. The evaluation found that this initiative fed into the development of the 2020 government-funded ‘Diaspora Succeeds at Home 1+3’ (DAR) national programme, implemented by the Bureau for Diaspora Relations, which aims to operationalize, institutionalize and scale up the UNDP model of engaging migrants in local development.101 The DAR programme is functional, fully covered by the state budget, and annually funds a wide range of HTA initiatives. UNDP also conducted preparatory work in 2021 to include communities from the Transnistria region in the Moldovan migration for development model. While this has generated interest from Transnistria counterparts, the success of the model in the region will depend on the involvement of the de facto LPAs and the specifics of the diaspora, which is mostly concentrated in the Russian Federation (unlike that of the right bank which is mostly based in EU countries).
2.3 Climate change, environment and energy CPD Outcome 3. The people of Moldova, especially the most vulnerable, benefit from enhanced environmental governance, energy security, sustainable management of natural resources, and climate- and disaster-resilient development.
The Outcome 3 portfolio consists of 17 projects, with a total budget of $11 million. The projects cover renewable energy, biodiversity conservation, energy-efficiency, climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable transboundary water use, green urban development, ozone-depletion and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Two of the projects had budgets exceeding $2 million, two over $1 million, and two of almost $1 million. The remaining 11 projects had budgets of between $21,000 and $230.000.102 This outcome had the lowest secured budget of the three outcomes ($10.2 million against a planned CPD budget of $41.2 million) and the lowest implementation rate at 44 percent ($4.8 million expenditure of a $10.2 million budget).103 An established traditional development partner of the environment authorities in Moldova, UNDP has supported the country on environmental governance, sustainable natural resource management, biodiversity, DRR and climate change, as well as innovative and resilient green local development solutions. The support is mainly focused on government institutions and agencies to fulfil their strategic priorities by advancing low-carbon and climate-resilient solutions, evidence-based and risk-informed development, and strengthening their institutional, legal and individual capacity and policy to respond to climate-related and human-made disasters.
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1+3 = Government of Moldova + LPA, Development Partners + HTAs/initiatives groups of the diaspora. For additional information, see: https://brd.gov.md/ro/content/diaspora-acasa-reuseste-dar-13. UNDP Atlas project portfolio (April 2021). UNDP Atlas PowerBI (October 2021). The country office Climate Change and Environment cluster reported $12.6 million budget and $9.5 million in expenditure as of 30 Nov 2021, which also includes commitments. IEO figures only consider expenditure as per UNDP corporate systems and not commitments.
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