UNAIDS Moldova provides support to critical areas, including policy development, strategic information, resource mobilization, best practices, GFATM proposals, leadership and support of the UN TG and UN JT on HIV/AIDS. Technical assistance has been provided for far for:
- Development of the national AIDS framework, including AIDS program, action plan, AIDS law, etc;
- Support to the implementation and consolidation of the Three Ones principles, through the support of the NCC, NAP, and Monitoring and Evaluation Unit on HIV/AIDS;
- Support to Universal Access initiative implementation, through supporting consultation processes, resource mobilization, Program Acceleration Funds, etc;
- Support and advocacy for people living with HIV, through network consolidation, capacity building and empowerment, Program Acceleration Funds, etc;
- Development of the GFATM proposal and contribution to open and transparency of the consultation process.
Programme Acceleration Funds (PAF)
2009–2010
1. Support to M&E System strengthening based on the outcome of the assessment of the 12 components of the National M&E system
Total Budget: 75,000 USD
Implementation Period: 2009–2010
Implementor/ Management Site: National Center for Health Management, Unit for Monitoring and Evaluation of National Health Programmes
The project aims to take forward the respective findings and recommendations of the M&E system assessment, planned as part of the mid-term review of the National Programme on Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS/STIs 2006–2010, through the following actions:
- Strengthening the outer ring of the M&E system – human resources, partnerships and planning to support data collection and data use;
- Investing in the middle ring – improved mechanisms through which data are collected, verified, and transformed into useful information;
- Contributing to the central purpose of the M&E system – enhanced data use for decision-making.
The expected results of the project are as it follows: National M&E Plan amended and approved by the NCC TB/AIDS, costed M&E workplan developed and implemented by the NCC TWG on M&E, M&E capacity building institutionalized through a capacity building plan and strengthened through regular in-training and opportunities to attend capacity building events, data quality assurance mechanisms developed and institutionalized, national research & evaluation agenda developed and endorsed by the NCC TB/AIDS, data dissemination and use plan and the TOR for the national and sub-national databases developed and institutionalized.