UNFPA Country Programme Evaluation: Georgia Period Covered
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Volume 3 UNFPA Country Programme Evaluation: Georgia Period covered by evaluation: 2016-2018 September 2019 Evaluation Team Ms Nato Alhazishvili Georgia National Evaluation Team Leader and National Expert Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, and Population Dynamics Ms Mzia Tabatadze Georgia National Expert on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights UNFPA Coutry Programme Evaluation (2016-2018): Georgia Acknowledgments The evaluation team would like to thank UNFPA for the opportunity to undertake the UNFPA 3rd country program evaluation. Our appreciation goes to all the Georgia country office staff for the generosity of their time for the interviews and providing documents for our desk reviews and answering several questions to validate our field findings. We would especially like to thank Ms. Lela Bakradze , Assistant Representative and Natalia Zakareishvili, the National Pgoramme Analyst. We appreciate the logistics support for the field visits provided by the staff. We would like to thank the Evaluation Reference Group for their valuable feedback and inputs to our preliminary findings and recommendations. We would like to thank national stakeholders from government institutions, the Parliament of Georgia, civil society and development partners. Finally, we also appreciate the technical guidance from and quality assurance provided by Alison King, Cluster Evaluation Team Leader, and support provided by Mariam Sikharulidze, Research Assistant, during this evaluation exercise. Evaluation Reference Group Marina Darakhvelidze Head of Heath Care Department, Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories of Georgia, Labour, Health and Social Affairs Ketevan Goginashvili Head of Health Policy Division, Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories of Georgia, Labour, Health and Social Affairs Mariam Jajanidze Adviser at Human Rights Secretariat of Government Administration of Georgia/ Secretariat of the Inter-Agency Commission Shorena Tsiklauri Head of Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department at Geostat Gigi Bregadze Democratic Governance Team Leader at UNDP Lela Sturua Head of the Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology and Health Promotion Department at NCDC&PH Nino Tsereteli Executive Director, NGO Tanadgoma Maia Tsereteli Head of Department, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STI & TB , NCDC&PH Natalia Zahareishvili Programme Analyst and Evaluation Manager, Georgia Disclaimer: This is a product of the independent evaluation team and the content, analysis and recommendations of this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), its Executive Committee or Member States. 2 UNFPA Coutry Programme Evaluation (2016-2018): Georgia Country Map 3 UNFPA Coutry Programme Evaluation (2016-2018): Georgia Table of contents Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................... 2 Key facts .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 15 1.1 Purpose and objectives of the country programme evaluation .................................................... 16 1.2 Scope of the country programme evaluation ............................................................................... 16 1.3 Evaluation methodology.............................................................................................................. 16 1.4 Evaluation process ....................................................................................................................... 21 Chapter 2: Country context Georgia...................................................................................................... 22 2.1. Development challenges and national strategies ........................................................................ 22 2.2 The role of external assistance .................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 3: UNFPA response Georgia ................................................................................................... 27 3.1. United Nations and UNFPA response ........................................................................................ 27 3.2 UNFPA programme response ..................................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 4: Findings .......................................................................................................................... 35 4.1 Relevance .............................................................................................................................. 35 4.1.1. Consistency with priorities put forward in the UNFPA Strategic Plans and the United Nations Partnership for Sustainable Development Georgia .......................................................... 35 4.1.2 Consistency with government priorities and international commitments ............................ 37 4.1.3. Consistency with and responsiveness to the needs of supported institutions and vulnerable population groups .......................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 Effectiveness Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights ......................................................... 39 4.2.1. UNFPA contribution to stronger evidence-based policy frameworks for delivering quality integrated SRH services for women and A&Y and with a focus on the SRH rights and needs of vulnerable populations. ................................................................................................................. 40 4.2.2 Delivery of quality integrated SRHR services/information for women and A&Y, with a focus on vulnerable populations, and 4.2.3. uptake of UNFPA-supported SRHR services .......... 43 4.3 Effectiveness Gender ............................................................................................................. 53 4.3.1 UNFPA contribution to stronger evidence-based policies to advance GE and RR, including GBV and harmful practices, and with a particular focus on the rights and needs of A&Y and the most vulnerable and marginalised women. ................................................................................... 54 4.3.2/4.3.3 Provision of quality GBV prevention and response services/information, particularly for A&Y and the most vulnerable and marginalised women, and uptake of UNFPA-supported services by targeted beneficiaries. ................................................................................................. 55 4.3.4. Sensitisation of targeted stakeholders and beneficiaries and prevention of GBSS and early/child marriages ..................................................................................................................... 56 4.3.5. Monitoring of recommendations and obligations on SRH and RR issued by national human rights treaty bodies ........................................................................................................................ 58 4.4 Effectiveness Population Dynamics ...................................................................................... 59 4 UNFPA Coutry Programme Evaluation (2016-2018): Georgia 4.4.1 Awareness and capacities for generating and analysing disaggregated population data, assessing demographic development linkages, and production of surveys and reports ................ 60 4.4.2 Political will and capacities for evidence-based policymaking, and availability and implementation of national policies and programmes that address PD and its interlinkages with SRHR ............................................................................................................................................ 61 4.5 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................... 62 4.5.1 National ownership and financial viability of UNFPA-supported activities and services ... 62 4.6 Efficiency .................................................................................................................................... 64 4.6.1. Adequate conversion of resources into activities and outputs ............................................. 65 4.6.2 Appropriate combination of tools and approaches for smooth programme delivery ........... 66 4.7 Coordination ................................................................................................................................ 68 4.7.1 Contribution to UNCT coordination mechanisms and joint programmes and initiatives. ... 68 4.8 Added Value ................................................................................................................................ 70 4.8.1 UNFPA added value ............................................................................................................. 70 CHAPTER 5: Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 71 5.1 Strategic level .............................................................................................................................