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Development partner | Poland |
Development/ Implementation agency | Polish Aid/Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The Minister of Foreign Affairs coordinates development cooperation acting through the National Coordinator of Development Cooperation, who holds the rank of secretary or undersecretary of state. The Coordinator is assisted by the Development Cooperation Policy Council. The Council’s main tasks are to provide suggestions for geographical and thematic priorities of development cooperation, to review the draft Programme and Plan, to review annual reports on the implementation of measures implemented in the field, to review draft government documents relating to development cooperation. The Council consists of 21 members made up of representatives of ministries, the Sejm, the Senat, representatives of non-governmental organisations, the employer organizations and representatives of the academia. |
Contact details | Embassy of Poland in Moldova
126 A Grenoble, str.,
MD-2019 Chişinău
Tel. (+373 22) 28 59 50; 28 59 60; 28 59 70
Fax (+373 22) 28 90 00
e-mail: kiszyniow.amb.sekretariat@msz.gov.pl
http://www.kiszyniow.polemb.net
http://polishaid.gov.pl |
Legal framework for cooperation | The Act on Development Cooperation came into force on 1 January 2012. It has been designed to better coordinate and manage development cooperation and thereby increase the effectiveness of Polish |
Strategic documents for programming | Multiannual Development Cooperation Programme 2012-2015.The objective of Poland’s development cooperation is to create conditions for sustainable development of partner countries, in particular by promoting and consolidating democracy, helping create modern and efficient state institutions, undertaking actions which contribute to reducing poverty and improving health conditions, as well as raising the level of education and professional qualifications of people |
Priority sectors/ Areas of cooperation | 2013 budget for Moldova is PLN 3.0 millionPriority sectors in 2012-2015 are as follows:Public security and border management.Regional development, strengthening public administration and local government.Agriculture and rural development.
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Types of funds / financial instruments and assistance modalities | Technical Assistance/training.Small grants system aimed at achieving the MDGs.Development cooperation tasks can also be commissioned to the Polish Foundation for International Development Cooperation "Know-How". Moreover, funds can be transferred directly to a recipient country's central government budget. In addition, Polish aid covers projects carried out by other government administration agencies. They include scholarships, assistance to refugees, credits and loans, debt reduction and restructuring.
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Procedures for programming, approval and implementation of projects | Small grants systemDiplomatic missions are responsible for the organizational, financial and reporting sides of the project. Nevertheless, the project initiative always comes from local partners and beneficiaries, who take charge of the proper distribution of resources and the maintenance of project’s results after the Polish aid financing has finished. Project initiators present their ideas to the relevant diplomatic mission, which chooses the most valuable initiatives. Then, under the form of a project application, it is presented to the MFA headquarters in Warsaw for final approval.Project beneficiaries are predominantly representatives of socially disadvantaged groups, especially women and children. Depending on the needs and regional characteristics, the choice of beneficiaries always respects the principle of equal treatment, in particular in relation to sex, religion or ethnicity.Calls for project proposals are announced on the basis of an annual development cooperation plan, which specifies thematic project field. The Polish diplomatic missions are invited to submit projects applications in the last quarter of the year preceding project implementation.Partners from developing countries interested in cooperation with a particular diplomatic mission can apply throughout the year to the territorially competent embassies. This allows cooperation to be initiated at an early stage and the drafting of an application compliant with MFA and diplomatic mission requirements. |
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Other information | Moldova has been on the list of priority recipients of Polish development aid since 2004.Poland’s development cooperation is implemented in the form of bilateral assistance provided through non-governmental organisations, public sector institutions, the Polish Academy of Sciences and its organisational units, universities, and in the form of multilateral assistance provided through international organisations.Multilateral assistance represents approximately 75% of Poland’s overall development cooperation funds. The biggest part of this volume consists of contribution to the European Union general budget towards development cooperation. Bilateral cooperation encompasses the remainder. |
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