Country Portfolio Evaluation Moldova

This brief presents the key conclusions and recommendations of the Country Portfolio Evaluation of the UN Women Moldova Country Office Strategic Note 2018–2022, conducted between December 2021 and June 2022. A Country Portfolio Evaluation is a systematic assessment of UN Women’s contribution to development results relating to gender equality and the empowerment of women at the country level and aims to contribute to the development of the Country Office’s next Strategic Note and to support decision-making and accountability.

The scope of this Country Portfolio Evaluation includes all activities undertaken by the Country Office under its current Strategic Note, including operational work, support to normative frameworks in the country and United Nations system coordination, from January 2018 to March 2022. UN Women’s contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic response in Moldova was also considered. The geographical scope of the evaluation spanned all of Moldova, given the Country Office’s work at national and local levels across the country.