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

then to 17.2 in 2009 and the share of underweight newborn children even increased from 4.3 in 2000 to
5.3 in 2008. These findings suggest that even if the strategy of focusing on vulnerable groups generates an
impact, there is also a need to address the demand side aspects for services, trying to induce behavioural
changes in people. This evaluation strongly suggests that UNFPA should explore the possibilities of how
to best address demand side obstacles. Frequently demand side problems for social services are addressed
either with training and capacity building for consumers or via the creation of incentive structures.
Population and Development
Regarding P&D the degree of change goes along the exact lines of outputs and the effectiveness of
strategies already described above, since in 2007 work in this field started virtually in an empty space.
Achieved change includes the setup of an institutional framework for demographic policies (the
commission), generation of knowledge and empiric evidence on demographic problems (green book), the
formulation of a policy (strategy of demographic security) and an achieved commitment of the
government to continue this process with its own efforts, since the approval of the strategy is expected
before end of 2011 and the creation of a demographic institute is already included in the government’s
activity plan and is expected to happen before the end of 2013.
The most important element of impact of the achievements mentioned above consists in the fact that these
achievements constitute a base on which to build upon. This base consists of knowledge (the Green
Book), the capacity of the NBS to update P&D indicators, a draft policy and a network consisting already
of several national and international institutions that started working on P&D (MLSPF, National
Demographic Commission, Parliamentary P&D Commission, University of Moldova, INIA, European
Parliamentary Forum on P&D). This platform should be used for the development of specific P&D
policies whose feasibility has already been preliminarily explored by UNFPA Moldova, such as Family
Policy, a specific policy framework for ageing population and migration.
Within this context, the implementation of the next National Population Census in Moldova, currently
announced for 2013 by the authorities but still not confirmed, will be of fundamental importance. A
population and housing census is the primary source of information about the number and characteristics
of a given population in each locality. It takes stock of the most important asset of countries: their human
capital.ThelastcensusinMoldovatookplacein2004.Since a censusupdates the knowledge regarding
therealsituationof thecountry,it is thusthebasisforthe formulation of appropriatepolicies.Hence, a
possible support to the census from the UNFPA side needstobeaddressedasamatterof priority, since only
aconsiderableamountoftime,financialand human resourcescan ensure an adequatepreparation and
implementation of the census. An inadequate preparation and implementation mightseriouslyjeopardize
census results, its credibility and hence its usefulness for policy formulation or update.
Family policies are frequently a powerful tool to adequately manage the adverse impacts of
demographic change (ageing) and migration. They enclose a wide range of functions addressing issues
of gender inequality orchildrearing(providingasafeandthrivingenvironmentfor raisingchildren)and
parenting, amongst others. Familypolicies
areconducivetomaintainingfamilyvaluesbycreatingafavourableenvironmentforchildren.Thechildrearingpoli
cyareasincludefamilyplanningand
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