Daniel Naujoks - UNDP-IOM Roadmap presentation

1. UNDP–IOM Multi-Year Cooperation Roadmap on
Migration and Sustainable Development in Moldova

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Inputs for the
Roadmap
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Inputs for the
Roadmap
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Inputs for the
Roadmap
Methodology

5. Consultation & Validation with
Government partners
UNDP and IOM clusters, regional offices, and HQ
UNCT and other UN entities
Local & diaspora CSOs
Methodology

6. The 5 Pillars of the Roadmap
1. Thought leadership on data/evidence and drivers and root causes and
regional engagement;
2. Consolidation of diaspora networks and institutionalized diaspora outreach,
civic engagement and enfranchisement;
3. Opportunities for diaspora SME development and financial investment in
MD economy;
4. Labor Mobility and Skills Development Governance and Promoting Return
and Reintegration of migrants;
5. Migration and Climate Change in resilience and adaptation.
Objective: Through the strengthened strategic partnership, coordination, and collaboration
on the socio-economic response to COVID-19 between UNDP and IOM, the roadmap will
support Moldova’s social and economic measures needed for early recovery and establishing
better conditions, focusing on migration as an accelerator for achieving the SDGs.

7. Pillar 1: Thought leadership on Data/Evidence Drivers
and Root causes and regional engagement

8. Pillar 1: Thought leadership on Data/Evidence Drivers
and Root causes and regional engagement
• Evaluation methodologies for the existing policies and programmes
Component 1: Creating new knowledge on the impacts of migration and
diaspora programmes in Moldova
• Improve the data sources on migration
• Enhanced understanding of the drivers of migration for better policies
• Detailed understanding of diaspora composition, preferences and capacities
• Analysis of remittance flows, including diaspora savings
Component 2: Crafting new data on migration and improving existing data

9. Pillar 1: Thought leadership on Data/Evidence Drivers
and Root causes and regional engagement
• Methodology to test the success of development projects on migration
Component 3: Understand how development outcomes
affect drivers & causes of mobility
• Knowledge products are produced on key outcomes and lessons
• Dissemination strategies, sharing key outcomes with other UN agencies and
governments
• Knowledge on the drivers of migration informs national and local planning
processes, and UNDP and IOM’s general programming
Component 4: Infusing policy and programming
processes with new knowledge

10. Pillar 2: Consolidation of Diaspora Networks and
Institutionalized Diaspora outreach, Civic Engagement
and Enfranchisement

11. Pillar 2: Consolidation of Diaspora Networks and
Institutionalized Diaspora outreach, Civic Engagement and
Enfranchisement
Component 1: Increase meaningful
and diverse diaspora engagement
• Strengthened and Effective Diaspora
Participatory Mechanisms
• Capacity building for diaspora
associations
Component 2: Capacity building and
improved mechanisms for
coordinating with the diaspora at
central and local levels
• Enhanced capacities of key national
institutions
• Enhanced capacities of key local
governments (including those
traditionally less involved in
migration and diaspora governance)

12. Pillar 2: Consolidation of Diaspora Networks and
Institutionalized Diaspora outreach, Civic Engagement and
Enfranchisement
• Improved digital diaspora hub
• Meaningful information campaigns inform migrants and returnees
Component 3: Improving access to information for
diaspora and migrants
• Adapted and expanded DAR 1+3 program
Component 4: Channeling diaspora contribution into local
development projects
Component 5: Out of country voting

13. Pillar 3: Opportunities for Diaspora SME Development
and Financial Investment in Moldova’s economy

14. Pillar 3: Opportunities for Diaspora SME Development
and Financial Investment in Moldova’s economy
• Innovative financial instruments target remittances, savings and diaspora
investments
• Develop and incentivize mobile money and mobile banking services to facilitate
the transfer of remittances
• Increase financial literacy of migrants, returnees, and their families
• Adapted and expanded PARE 1+1 program
• Diaspora tourism and trade are enhanced
Component 1: Channeling remittances and diaspora investment
into economic and social development

15. Pillar 4: Labor Mobility and Skills Development Governance
and Promoting Return and Reintegration of Migrants

16. Pillar 4.1: Labor Mobility and Skills Development Governance

17. Pillar 4.1: Labor Mobility and Skills Development Governance
Component 1:
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Component 3:
Component 4:
Component 5:

18. Pillar 4.2: Return and Socio-economic Reintegration of returning
migrants
• Socio-economic reintegration services for returning migrants
• Programs and incentives on telework promote return migration
• Experiences and qualifications obtained abroad by returning migrants are
recognized
• Extend the information support to returning migrants
• Promote the portability of pension rights as incentives to return
Component 1: Establishing a favorable environment for returned migrants

19. Pillar 4.3: Targeted skills retention in MD and skills
replenishment from diaspora in essential public sectors
• Survey potential mobility agreement partners among highest emigration
countries
• Map key stakeholders, evaluate interests, and develop deep relationships
• mobility agreements that prioritize migrant protections
Component 1: Developing a model skills partnership between Moldova and
selected countries of reception
• Retraining programmes for returning health and education professionals
• Joint research and development projects and innovative business start-ups by the
returning highly-skilled migrants
• Special support for Moldovan graduates from overseas universities
Component 2: Skills retention and replenishment in the Health and Education
sectors and other essential public sectors
Component 3: Attracting migrants' expertise through temporary return and
matching programs

20. Pillar 5: Migration and Climate Change in resilience
and adaptation

21. • Reliable data exists on the nexus between mobility and environmental factors.
• Reliable information exists on the environmental impact of key diaspora engagement
programs.
Component 1: Create a knowledge-base around the climate
change/mobility nexus
• Mobility and is considered in key planning processes on the environment and climate change.
• Concrete programs follow from the planning exercises to link mobility and climate change.
Component 2: Integrate mobility into climate change plans and strategies
• Participatory platforms allow for meaningful cooperation between the government and
migrants on climate change issues.
• Diaspora experts with expertise in environment, agriculture, energy, transport and other
related sectors connect with the government and other stakeholders
Component 3: Participation of diaspora and migrant communities in
planning and programming.
Pillar 5: Migration and Climate Change in resilience and adaptation

22. • Specific development interventions target areas that are expected to be particularly
affected by future droughts.
• Enhanced disaster preparedness.
• Communities affected by environmental factors have access to specific international
mobility opportunities.
• Student-mobility and short-term assignments provide incentives to obtain skills
connected to adaption or mitigation efforts.
Component 4: Address climate-related drivers of mobility and Mobility as
Adaption
• Immigration policies support climate change adaption and mitigation.
Component 5: Support an adaptation strategy through skills retention and
replenishment, and through immigration policies, mainly in rural areas
Pillar 5: Migration and Climate Change in resilience and adaptation

23. Component 6: Diaspora engagement
programs and enabling institutional
framework to address climate
change
• Enhanced dialogues reveal
diaspora capacities and priorities.
• Specific components of existing
diaspora programmes address
climate change.
• New instruments target diaspora
contributions to climate change
programming.
Component 7: Enhanced access to
information and opportunities to
support climate-relevant activities
by returned migrants
• Returnees and prospective
returnees have information on
opportunities of state and private
funding programs about climate-
secure agriculture activities.
Pillar 5: Migration and Climate Change in resilience and adaptation

24. Priorities for UNDP and IOM engagement
1. Create a sound understanding of the drivers, impacts, and
conditions of migration and related programming
2. Further strengthen the capacities of the Government of
Moldova to devise, implement and assess programming on
migration, diaspora and development issues
3. Improve and expand existing programs
4. Create new programs
5. Enhance synergies between different programmatic activities

25. Thank you for your attention!