Expert-Grup, with the support of the EVA project, strengthened local partnerships to promote gender-sensitive policies and budgeting

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Under the EVA project, the Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” formed joint teams with four local NGOs from Cahul and Ungheni to identify the most pressing local needs in promoting gender equality. The exercise produced four monitoring reports covering local development, healthcare access, women's participation in decision-making and education budgeting.
The first report, with the Taraclia de Salcie Natives' Association, analyses the programme “Development of recreation and leisure infrastructure” under the village's 2021-2026 Strategic Socio-Economic Development Plan. The second, with A.O. Alternative Sociale, finds that women and girls with locomotor disabilities in Ungheni district have limited access to healthcare, mainly because of inaccessible housing and transport, and proposes solutions.
The third, with A.O. “AZI”, examines women's role and involvement in decision-making, consultations and budgeting in Cahul municipality. The fourth, with A.O. Ziua de Azi, assesses the gender sensitivity of programme-budgeting indicators in education in the Cahul district budget. Expert-Grup will keep promoting gender-sensitive policies and budgets at central and local levels. The project “Promoting gender equality in Cahul and Ungheni districts” is implemented by UN Women with European Union funding.



