May 30, 2025

Up to ten communities from the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia, members of the M4EG National Network, will benefit from assistance worth up to EUR 120,000 each. The selected communities will follow the mission-oriented economy path and use this learning offer to improve local governance, increase citizen involvement in the decision-making process and create an environment conducive to local economic growth. The financial assistance is provided by the European Union under the “Mayors for Economic Growth” (M4EG) initiative, implemented by UNDP.

The call for interest for communities in the Republic of Moldova will prioritize the field of economic resilience, maintaining and improving essential services, stimulating economic growth and sustainable development and creating a physical and institutional infrastructure capable of adapting and anticipating the challenges of a constantly changing world.

The communities selected in the call will benefit from financial assistance up to EUR 120,000 per community (coming with a contribution of at least 10% of the total value of the proposal). The assistance will be granted through a phased approach:

• provision of up to EUR 20,000 as a seed grant to design and develop their mission-oriented portfolio and begin the testing and implementing activities;

• a growth grant of up to EUR 40,000 for the implementation and iteration of the mission-oriented portfolio;

• a scale grant of up to EUR 40,000 – 60,000 for the pipeline development for scaling.

The call was launched in Chișinău, on Thursday, 29 May, during the annual thematic event of mayors with the theme “Boosting Local Economies”, organized by the Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) initiative. 

The event brought together over 70 representatives of local administration from the Republic of Moldova (mayors, deputy mayors, specialists in attracting investments and project management) members of the national M4EG network. Participants attended panel discussions and practical sessions focused on topics relevant to local development. These included: attracting investors to localities and developping local investment products, negotiation techniques, challenges and solutions identified by women mayors in managing the communities they lead.

Following this event, at least one online information session on the call will be organized, which will be open to all interested M4EG members.

The guidance note with all the details about the submission process will be sent by e-mail by the project secretariat to the M4EG network member communities.  

The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is 15 June 2025, 12:00 p.m. (GMT+ 3:00 p.m.).

Launched and funded by the European Union (EU) in 2017, the Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) Initiative has been managed by UNDP since 2021, in close cooperation with the EU, local authorities and various partners.