This report presents the main findings, lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations of the Country Portfolio Evaluation of the UN Women Albania Country Office Strategic Note 2017– 2021, conducted between January and July 2021.

The Gender Equality Screening Tool for Joint Programmes was developed in 2022 by the Gender Thematic and Results Group (GTRG) in Albania. The tool aims to integrate a gender perspective across all components of a Joint Programme: the Programme analysis, the results framework, the M&E framework, the partnerships section and the management arrangement section.

The purpose of UN Women’s Country Gender Equality Brief (CGEB) is to provide a snapshot of gender equality and the situation of women in Albania, particularly against the gender-related indicators across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Following the UN Women corporate methodology and template, and in consultation with the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Albania, the CGEB is based on a literature review and uses official data produced before (and partially during) the COVID-19-induced crisis.

In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the relatively limited data available, the UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, through the Making Every Woman and Girl Count global programme, developed a rapid survey assessment tool to assess the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on the main challenges faced by on women and men lives and livelihoods.