Annual Country Report 2022: Moldova. Country Strategic Plan 2022-2023

Annual Country Report 2022: Moldova. Country Strategic Plan 2022-2023

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2022.

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Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova has taken in the highest number of Ukrainian refugees per capita. The Government created and accredited more than 100 Refugee Accommodation Centers (RACs) throughout the country to accommodate refugees, primarily women and children. To deliver life-saving assistance, WFP began operations in Moldova in March 2022 under the Limited Emergency Operation (LEO) for Ukraine and refugees-hosting countries. In September 2022, it launched the Transitional Interim Country Strategic Plan (T-ICSP 2022-2023) to continue to support the Government of Moldova emergency response, and strengthen its social protection capacities, in addition to providing common services to humanitarian partners in the country. WFP contributed towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (Zero Hunger) by reducing food insecurity of Moldovans and Ukrainian refugees and relieving the pressure on the national social protection system during unprecedented and multiple shocks. By enhancing the capacity of Moldova's national social protection system through new centralized and decentralized tools, WFP is also advancing the achievement of SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). During the T-ICSP period, supported by generous donor contributions, WFP reached 21,594 people (3,018 refugees and 18,576 Moldovans), including 1,571 persons with disabilities. It injected over USD 4.8 million into the local economy through cash-based transfers. WFP activities in Moldova layer humanitarian basic needs with the provision of long-term national support, reducing vulnerability and risks while stimulating social cohesion, thereby advancing the overall humanitarian-development-peace nexus. As the operation was launched in response to a volatile emergency, the planned beneficiaries were given a wide berth as a contingency measure. While the number of refugees arriving and staying in Moldova steadily rose over the course of the operation, they have not yet escalated on the scale envisaged, and thus WFP’s T-ICSP shows lower actual achievements. Monitoring results confirmed that WFP’s assistance was highly relevant to the humanitarian context. Provided in an inclusive and accountable manner, it improved people's access to food. WFP consulted communities on the arrangement of the assistance to ensure that they receive it in a safe and dignified manner. The agency paid particular attention to gender-based violence (GBV) risks mitigation. WFP’s complaint and feedback mechanism (including hotline, SMS service, social media messaging and regular field monitoring by WFP and partners) offered a gender-inclusive approach. WFP monitored gender inclusiveness through its monitoring activities by disaggregating the results by gender, age and disability status to ensure that the assistance advances gender equality.

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