Country Programme (2007-2011/2012) evaluation - UNFPA Moldova

to improve legal frameworks on domestic violence but that it is as well necessary to provide institutional
platforms and networks and mechanisms and tools which will enable institutions to fulfill the functions
defined for them in the law against domestic violence.
Gender CP-Output 1: Institutional capacity strengthened in selected regions to ensure effective
prevention, monitoring, protection and support systems addressing gender-based violence.
Progress: Advocacy work and technical support for the approval of the law against domestic violence,
technical support and training for the implementation of the protection order mechanisms for victims of
domestic violence, and work on the ground, have been implemented as the strategy pillars for the gender
component. Effects fromall three of these sectors of activity have proved to be able to change women’s
lives through the possibility of finding shelter in centres for victims of domestic violence (e.g. the Drochia
centre) and to be protected by a legal framework additionally backed-up by a mechanism for its
enforcement (victims protection act). Achievements in the real protection of victims have helped to
ensure that the government supports 50% of the cost of the Drochia centre in 2011, and will fund 100% as
of 2012, 30 thus showing its ownership of the policy and its commitment with the positive results. This
achievement additionally opens space to beginaddressing an additional aspect of domestic violence; the
work with the aggressors. First steps have already been implemented in Drochia where infrastructure for a
“perpetuators’ centre” and resources for the renovation of this infrastructure have already been made
available.
6.2 Relevance
Finding 2: The CP’s strategies were highly relevant regarding the countries’ priorities and have
been able to produce results, which go far beyond what can be expected from UNFPA
interventions, whose areas of expertise are related to RH, P&D and Gender. For instance, in
Moldova UNFPA interventions have been able to produce facts on the ground, which fit precisely
into Moldova’s political strategy of confidence building measures for a possible future
Transnistrian reintegration. UNFPA Moldova has been able to select adequate intervention
strategies and adjust them to the circumstances. Through a systematic effort in furthering and
delivering through joint programming and coordinated interventions with other UN agencies, the
UNFPA has managed to be more resourceful, attaining results they would not have been able to
achieve alone, creating synergies with other UN’s and other partners’ activities, thus becoming an
invaluable actor within the UN reform process.
Considering past, current and future development priorities set out by different governments of Moldova;
the thematic areas addressed by the UNFPA CP arehighly relevant. The CP is fully in line with the
UNDAF 2007-2011, since the UNDAF and the UNFPA CP havebeen put together in a parallel planning
process, initiated in 2005, and being in line at the time with the development priorities of the communist
government ruling the country until 2009. Even after the government change to a Western Europe
oriented democracy, social development priorities did not change importantly. Hence UNFPA CP’s
prioritiesregarding reproductive health, population development and youth and gender remained on the
top of the reconfirmed agenda for social development.
30 Information provided by MrSimionSirbu, director of the centre.
UNFPA Moldova Extended Country Programme (2007-2011/12)
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