The Council of Europe is currently implementing the project “Enhancing Employment Rights in the Republic of Moldova”. The project is running from 15 December 2022 to 31 December 2025. The project is co-funded by the Austrian Development Agency and the Council of Europe. The project “Enhancing Employment Rights in the Republic of Moldova” is implemented in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova for 2021-2024.

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the observance of social labour rights in line with international standards and facilitate the access of persons from vulnerable groups to vocational education and training and subsequent employment.

Particularly, the project will develop the capacities of government officials to promote and protect social and employment rights, particularly employment rights of persons from vulnerable groups, in line with European standards. In this regard the Labour Code of the Republic of Moldova and the relevant national legislation and practices will be harmonized with international standards of relevant field. The acceptance by the Republic of Moldova of additional provisions of the European Social Charter will be promoted and facilitated. The capacities of different actors will be further developed to effectively implement the new gender sensitive legislative amendments in the area of labour rights of persons from vulnerable/disadvantaged groups and relevant international standards. The National Labour Inspectorate will be capacitated to efficiently carry out its mandate in a gender sensitive manner.

The project will also assist vocational education and training (hereinafter-VET) institutions to become more inclusive and gender sensitive, and better able to identify and attract girls and boys/women and men from vulnerable groups and not in employment, education, and training (hereinafter-NEET) youth. To achieve this outcome a “National Network for NEET Integration in VET system” will be established. The needs will be assessed in several regions to capture the situation of NEET youth. The capacities of teachers and support services regarding students (girls and boys/women and men) with special needs within VET will be strengthened.

The project will further facilitate the access to the labour market for vulnerable groups in the VET system. In this regard the project will consolidate the capacities of the VET management and teaching staff, as well as representatives of civil society organisations, trade unions and the National Agency for Employment to support VET students from vulnerable groups to integrate in labour market. Soft skills and understanding of labour rights will be increased among VET students from vulnerable groups. The employment opportunities of persons with disabilities, as well as employment of persons from vulnerable groups will be promoted among potential employers.

In that context, the project “Enhancing Employment Rights in the Republic of Moldova” is looking for Provider(s) to support the implementation of the project with a particular expertise on social/labour rights/employment rights.

Interested consultants are invited to apply and submit their offer for the provision of local consultancy services in line with the Tender File and the Act of Engagement, which contain a full description of the terms and conditions of engagement and the scope of activities.

The deadline for application is 29 August 2023

• Tender File
• Act of Engagement