π Tender Overview
Contract partner: Various carriers
Country: Moldau Contract type: Delegated cooperation Project start: 01.01.2022 Funding amount: β¬ 7.376.000,00 End: 31.12.2026
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Overall goal
The overall objective (impact level) is to improve the quality of life and to address the economic and social consequences of COVID-19 in selected local communities of the Republic of Moldova, thus contributing to their longer-term resilience.
Expected results
Expected results under Output 2 - Improved public infrastructure and public utilities performance in the selected local communities:
1) Extended water distribution or sewerage networks/on-site sanitation and waste management facilities in place ensuring increased coverage of Water Supply & Sanitation (WSS) and Solid Waste Management (SWM)Services;
2) Improved existing WSS and SWM infrastructure to ensure that reliable and safely managed public services are provided adapted to future challenges such as climate Change;
3) Improved capacity of operators, Local Public Authorities (LPA) and relevant local stakeholders to fulfil their respective roles in provision of high-quality and sustainable operation and maintenance of WSS and SWM infrastructure;
4) Women fully and effectively participate and realise equal business, job and leadership opportunities along all parts of service chains throughout all activities under Output 2.
Expected results under Output 3 (partly by GIZ and partly by ADA) - Diversified economic opportunities outside agriculture in the selected local communities:
Increased capacity of VET institutions to provide labour market relevant services.
Target group / Beneficiaries
The final beneficiary is the population of the Republic of Moldova, including women, youth and vulnerable groups, with a focus on citizens of the selected localities in the Rayons Edine?, Leova and Stra?eni (approx. 27,564 direct and indirect beneficiaries):
- selected Local Public Authorities;
- Water utilities and waste management providers;
- VET-institutions (pedagogical and administrative staff, and approx. 1,000 students);
Activities
- Provision of reliable sources of drinking water shifting from commonly used shallow wells (e.g. connection to existing networks, construction of deep boreholes)
- Water Resources Management measures to adapt to climate change effects- Implement sustainable solutions for sanitation in rural areas
- Provision of systematic and integrated solutions for SWM services
- Increase service coverage at institutional level, against the COVID-19 background, with a focus on schools incl. VET schools, kindergartens, social care centres and health facilities (e.g. connect institutions to new water systems and sanitation and solid waste service chains, upgrade water and sanitation or waste management facilities, also energy supply within selected institutions)
- Rehabilitation, protection or upgrading of existing infrastructure to increase resilience again