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

Figure 1: Resource Gap in the UNFPA extended Country Programme for 2007-2012 (million USD)
PCA
0,25
Gender
0,1 0,3
P & D
0,3 0,3
Regular resources
Other resources
RH
0,6 0,4
Total
1,25 1
0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5
Source: UNFPA CO Moldova
All positive results reported so far, have been achieved despite important staff and human resource
limitations inside the CO. High staff motivation and excellent management skills can account for the high
level of achieved results and suggests that a fully staffed CO would be able to perform even better. The
principal source of limitations in the office is the absence of BSB, for the payment of core staff salaries.
Having a full CP, UNFPA Moldova should have had BSB, according to corporate regulations, but in fact
never received it. Consequently, during the CP implementationUNFPA has been using about 25% of
project resources for paying salaries of the office staff. This kind of practice is formally not allowed, but
de facto tolerated from HQ. The fact that the CO does not count with BSB significantly narrows down its
operational capacity and advocacy potential. Additionally, a non-attractive classification of posts (and
their associated salaries) has resulted in six of the staff members (of usually 7 to 8 staff in the
CO) 48 leaving UNFPA Moldova CO in recent years. This staff turnover has seriously compromised the
overall capacity of the office and put at risk the CP implementation process. A fully operational office
would require at least one professional coordinator at NOA or NOB level for each programme
component, plus a desirable gender specialist. Upgrading positions would not mean having more staff in
the office, but being competitive, avoiding staff turnover and being able to use all project resources for
project implementation.
6.4 Impact / Degree of Change
Finding 5:
UNFPA’s activities and support have on the whole resulted in successful processes prompting
positive developments and trends in a range of RH, P&D and Gender areas. For instance, RH
48 In July 2011 the UNFPA CO team consisted of 4 core staff and 3 non-core staff, including the office driver.
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