Aliona Cristei

● Lead population and development portfolio, provide strategic vision, and align it with national and regional developments and priorities.

● Support the Government counterparts, NGOs and other partners, contributing to the design and implementation of the country programme and its component projects, aligning with Government priorities and UNFPA programme policies and procedures.
● Ensuring appropriate monitoring and oversight mechanisms and systems are established
and implemented.
● Managing the team under the population and development portfolio (5 Project Managers under direct supervision and 5 support staff in the Portfolio), provide oversight, coaching and mentoring to ensure delivery of Country Programme results.
● Design programmes and strategic interventions of UNFPA to advance the SDGs and demographic resilience in the Republic of Moldova;
● Analysing and interpreting the political, social and economic environment relevant to UNFPA activities, and identifying opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention.
● Analysing policy papers, strategy documents and national development plans; preparing
briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and development
frameworks.

● Establishing collaborative relationships with executing agencies, experts, government
counterparts and other UN agencies to facilitate timely and efficient delivery on

● Supporting the advocacy and resource mobilisation strategy of the CO, by ensuring
preparation of relevant documentation, i.e. project summaries, conference papers,
speeches, donor profiles, and participating in related meetings and public events.
population and development portfolio.
● Assisting in implementing knowledge management strategies to capture lessons learned
and best practices, sharing these with management for future planning supporting
training needs of project personnel

• Led project implementation, ensuring timely delivery of outputs per project documentation.
• Maintained communication between UNFPA, Ministry of Health, and national counterparts to address complex issues.
• Presented work plans and progress reports to stakeholders, flagging deviations and proposing solutions.
• Applied UNFPA programming tools, enhancing knowledge through continuous learning.
• Contributed to innovative dissemination of project achievements for greater visibility.
• Coordinated comprehensive planning and engagement for GGS in Moldova, addressing emerging issues.
• Facilitated Government participation in events to share experiences on GGS initiatives.
• Managed recruitment process for consultants using best HR practices.

- analysis and evaluation of public policies in social field,

- development of research methodologies and policy documents in education, social protection, public administration,

- development of the base data of NGOs Partners,

- drafting analytic reports and other information regarding the IPP events / activities,

- Coordinating the IPP projects implementation and monitoring,

-support resource mobilization process and keep contacts with donors

- cooperation with public authorities at various levels by offering ideas on public policy development and implementation

During Sep 2012–Nov 2013 - worked in the capacity of Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work,

The State University of Moldova, Chisinau (Moldova)

Courses Taught

Methodology and social research, Qualitative and quantitative research, Methodological directions in social research, Sociology of migration, Migration and its social consequences, National strategies diminishing the negative effects of migration. General Sociology,