USAID Competitiveness Enhancement Project USAID Competitiveness Enhancement Project The proposed intervention is a five-year support aimed at enhancing Moldova’s competitiveness during the period of 2016-2020 with an estimated budget of 43 MSEK (5 Million USD).  The Swedish contribution is a co-financing of the on-going USAID Moldova Competitiveness Project (MCP) launched in 2015. The Project is implemented by Chemonics, a US Consultancy company contracted by USAID. USAID provides funding of 16.8 Million USD. The total budget, including all contributors, is estimated at 187 Million SEK (about 22 Million USD). 

The Overall Development Objective of the Project is to promote a strong, diverse and export-oriented economy. This will be achieved by focusing on the development of key competitive and growth-ready industries in the Republic of Moldova through their increased productivity and quality, expanded market linkages and improved sector-enabling environment. The Project is going to support the selected industries to reach a maturity level that ensures sustainable improvements in sector competitiveness and that provides well-paying and desirable jobs. It is expected that population’ incomes will increase and, therefore, produce a poverty alleviation effect with labour force emigration being reduced Den föreslagna åtgärden är ett femårigt stöd som syftar till att öka Moldaviens konkurrenskraft under perioden 2016-2020 med en budget på uppskattningsvis 43 miljoner kronor (5 miljoner USD). Det svenska bidraget är en samfinansiering av den pågående USAID Moldavien konkurrenskraftsprojekt (MCP) som lanserades 2015. Projektet genomförs av Chemonics, ett amerikanskt konsultföretag som kontrakterats av USAID. USAID ger finansieringen av 16,8 miljoner USD. Den totala budgeten, inklusive alla deltagare, uppskattas till 187 miljoner kronor (cirka 22 miljoner USD).

Syftet med konkurrenskraftsprojektet är att främja en stark, mångsidig och exportorienterad ekonomi genom att utveckla viktig konkurrens och växande industrier i Moldavien. Bidraget kommer att bygga vidare på framgångarna och dynamiken i USAID:s tidigare arbete och stödja regeringen i Moldaviens strategi för export- och investerings - driven tillväxt genom att fokusera på:
• Ökad produktivitet och kvalitet
• Utvidga marknadskontakter och handel;
• Förbättrad branschgynnsam miljö. The overall Development Objective (outcome) of the Moldova Competitiveness Project (MCP) is to promote a strong, diverse and export-oriented economy by continuing to develop key competitive and growth-ready industries in the Republic of Moldova through increased productivity and quality, expanded market linkages and improved sector-enabling environment.

The MCP supports selected industries to reach a maturity level that ensures sustainable improvements in sector competitiveness and provides well-paying and desirable jobs, thereby increasing incomes, alleviating poverty, and reducing emigration.  The contribution supports the Government of Moldovas strategy of export- and investment  driven growth and will produce the Outcome level result: "Growth and Expansion of Targeted Competitive Industries"

There are three Output level Objectives: 
• Increased productivity and quality (better workforce and adopted innovation);
• Expanded market linkages and trade; 
• Improved sector-enabling environment and increased local capacity. 

The Project will produce three Output level results:
o Improved productivity of Moldovan sectors and improved quality of products and services;
o Increased sales and exports in target sectors;
o Improved capacities of the local institutions to drive economic and sector reforms with improved policies.