$116 165,00
Budget for the project action“Democracy Matters” Campaign 2018 (Small Grants Programme “Elections”)
Localities:
- Level: National
Contributing partners:
$116 165,00



Focus Areas:
- Citizen engagement
- Human rights
- Governance
Target groups:
- Local authorities
- Women
- Civil society
- Youth
- Vulnerable groups
Timeline:
Start date
End date
02 Jan 2018
31 Dec 2018
Results:
- 12 regional and national NGOs participated in the UNDP Small Grants Programme "Elections"
- More than 203,000 people have been involved directly in the Programme activities with more than half of them being women
- Nearly 500,000 people had heard, seen, read and talked about voter information and civic education campaigns
- The volunteers from Gagauzia-based NGOs went from house to house and reached more than 63,000 voters, offering them accessible information materials in three languages: Gagauz, Romanian and Russian
- More than 11,000 members of the Roma people community from all over the country joined the campaign to learn about elections
- More than 1,100 people with disabilities have learned about their electoral rights and how to vote
- About 30,000 students, including the first time voters, participated in the Elections Day simulation exercise, and in various interactive activities on election topics, such as intellectual games, quizzes, and debates
- Almost 80,000 citizens of the Republic of Moldova settled in 25 countries around the world discussed online the issues of organising elections for diaspora
Beneficiaries:
- NGOs
- CEC