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IPEN Conference “Evaluation in Public Sector” 25-27 September 2013 Chisinau , Moldova Elena Laur, M&E Officer, UNICEF Moldova. Experience of Moldova in conducting evaluations of programs targeting children: partnership , technical assistance and management response .
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IPEN Conference “Evaluation in Public Sector” 25-27 September 2013 Chisinau, Moldova Elena Laur, M&E Officer, UNICEF Moldova Experience of Moldova in conducting evaluations of programs targeting children: partnership, technical assistance and management response
What was done ? • 2012 • Final Evaluation of the “Reform of Juvenile Justice System in Moldova” Project • External Evaluation of the “Child-Friendly School” Initiative (2007-2011) in the Republic of Moldova • Evaluation of Implementation of the National Strategy & Action Plan for the Reform of the Residential Childcare System in Moldova 2007-2012 • 2011 • Evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses Initiative in the Republic of Moldova for 2000-2010
Actors • Involvement of central and local the public authorities– Ministry of Health (Mother and Child Department), the National Center of Health Management and Family Medicine Centers, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour , Social Protection and Family, Ministry of Justice etc. • NGOs/Think-tanks - PAS Centre (Centerfor Health Policies and Analysis in Health), IMAS Marketing & Polls, Legal Resources Centre, CReDO(Human Rights Resource Centre), • International experts: Kirsten Anderson,CoramChildren’s Legal Centre,Universityof Essex, SimonaVelea, Peter Evans • UNICEF technical and financial support • Other partners: Swedish International Development Agency, OAK Foundation, Terre des Hommes etc.
UNICEF technical assistance and quality assurance (ii) • Formative review of draft Evaluation ToR • Evaluation Roster: access to qualified external individual and institutional consultants • Formative Review of draft Evaluation Reports • GEROS – Global Evaluation Reports Oversight System
Assessment criteria • OBJECT OF THE EVALUATION • EVALUATION PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE • EVALUATION METHODOLOGY, GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS & EQUITY • FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS • RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED • REPORT IS WELL STRUCTURED, LOGIC AND CLEAR
Data dissemination Technical discussions Events (round tables, conferences) Web-resources http://www.unicef.org/moldova/ro/2012_001_JJ_Evaluation_Report_ENG.pdf http://www.unicef.org/moldova/ro/CFS_RO_PRINT.pdf http://www.unicef.org/moldova/ro/Raport_ENG.pdf
Management response: to strengthen the use of evaluation report findings, to increase stakeholder and management buy-in to the findings of the evaluation to facilitate in-depth dialogue about evaluation results to ensure follow-up of agreed recommendations
Working together to get the results for all children in Moldova