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UNICEF recognizes the essential role of the Vaccination Centers and the need to strengthen their work and importance across the entire territory of North Macedonia in order to serve the citizens more efficiently and optimize their functioning. Therefore, the project conducted Functional and Financial Analysis over the structure and functioning of the vaccination centers, focusing on the organizational set-up, resource allocation and workforce capacity and providing effective policy recommendations to the Ministry of Health. Furthermore, a cost-benefit analysis and possibilities for financial sustainability are reviewed, by referencing some innovative options, as providing universal primary healthcare most remain free and accessible for all. 

By upgrading the internal organization and systematizing the work positions in the Cenetrs for social work, the project contributes to an overall better governance in the social protection sector, ultimately leading to improvements in the public systems responsible for the human resources development and efficient child protection. In order to strengthen the quality and coverage of services throughout the country, the project analyzes several Social Work Centers in rural and urban areas in North Macedonia in depth, so the recommendations will contribute to improving the work of all centers and the social protection system.

The project is implemeted in partnership between Evolve and the Center for Change Management (CCM).
 

The main goal of the project will be to strengthen the capacities of the civil servants for including gender perspective in creating policies and budgets by using the Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) tools. More specifically, the goal of this set of services will be to train key civil servants in applying GRB tools through specific sectoral analysis of programs and budgets, developing gender indicators and monitoring and assessing the effects of the gender responsive policies and budgets in the overall social context.  The main project approach is transformative policy making and financing as an enabling factor for implementation of existing national and international commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The UNICEF country programme 2020-2025 focuses on policies relevant to children, primarily health, social protection and education, and the porposed collaboration falls within the expected outcomes related to health. UNICEF detected that "in the health sector, there has been insufficient emphasis on preventative and primary care, and the government has mainly focused on building hospitals, buying expensive equipment, and benefiting from fraudulent procurements. The input by CCM will cover aspects related to institutional organisation and development, human capital development, more specifically systematization of working positions, job descriptions and competences (general and professional), as well as performance management and appraisal. Improved functioning of the Patronage Service as part of the health sector will significantly indirectly contribute to the wellbeing of children in the country.

The project is implemented in partnership between Evolve and the Center for Change Management (CCM).

The focus of this project is to further digitalise services in the education sector, which are used frequently and can have a larger impact both on the users, and the MES as a service provider. The project encompasses full digitalisation of these services, providing support in reorganizing the internal processes in MES related to these services, building capacities of the administration in the MES for administering the services, and designing and delivering promotional campaign to motivate the relevant user groups in using the e-services.

The project is jointly implemented by EVOLV and Center for Change Management.

The impact of the project will be to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the MoD through functional public procurements’ management. In the mid and long-term, the developed e-system for management of public procurements should enable timely planning and preparation of procurement and successful implementation of tender procedures with standardized documents, while minimising the risk of corruption and conflict of interest. The actual tendering and contracting of public procurements is undertaken by the Bureau for Public Procurement, while this project contributes to improved planning and coordination of procurements within Ministry of defence.

PSP supports the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia efforts for independence through consensus-building, structural reforms,capacity building, Assembly’s institutional development; its legislative and oversight roles; and its institutional transparency and accountability.

PSP is implemented by the National Democratic Institute, Center for Change Management and the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis Skopje to support the Assembly’s strategic planning; human resources management reforms; improved regulatory impact assessment and procurement processes; commitment to open data, and, by gauging public opinion and monitoring reform efforts, including greater civic engagement in policy-making processes.

In support of the mentioned reforms, EVOLV carried out the analyzes and the preparation of the documents related to ethics in the Assembly and the establishment of the parliamentary calendar.