Moldovan settlements hosting refugees from Ukraine to benefit from EU's support for development

14:52 | 12.04.2023 Category: Regional

Chisinau, 12 April /MOLDPRES/ - The European Commission and the United Nations Development Proigramme (UNDP) today informed about the selection of 18 communities from Ukraine and Moldova as part of the programme of grants for baking the improvement of the local economies and communities hit by the war.

In Moldova, five settlements will benefit from grants worth 355,000 euros in all: Cărpineni, Volintiri, Copceac, Cimișlia and Drochia. They will use the money allocated by EU for the improvement of the local infrastructure and social and economic integration of the refuges from Ukraine settled in these settlements. The initiatives will be implemented in 2023.

The grants will be provided within a new component of the initiative, Mayors for Economic Growth, initiated to support the settlements which host refugees from Ukraine. The grants provided at the category response to crisis and immediate recovery are varying from 30,000 to 50,000 euros (no co-financing is needed) and at the recovery and crises’ anticipation category - from 70,000 to 100,000 euros (co-financing of at least 20 per cent is necessary).

„The communities selected within the programme of grants for response and recovery EU/UNDP will benefit from availability and improved access to basic services, such as education, health, water and sewerage for all residents, including the refugees from Ukraine, as well as improved food and energy security. The programme of grants will contribute to the enhancement of the resilience of the communities to the impact of the multidimensional crisis and to the social and economic inclusion of the refugees and social cohesion of the host communities,’’ the UNDP acting resident representative in Moldova, Andrea Cuzyova, said.

The Mayors for Economic Growth initiative, the second stage (2021-2024) has the goal the inclusive economic growth and creation of jobs through backing the local authorities in the Eastern Partnership countries.

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