François M. Farah, UNFPA Moldova Country Director 

Mr. François M. Farah is the UNFPA Representative in Romania and the Country Director for Macedonia, Moldova and Serbia beginning with 1^st of November, 2009. Prior to that, he assumed the post of Chief, UNFPA’ s Population and Development Branch in New York for two and a half years. Prior to that, he was UNFPA Representative/Head of Mission over ten years in a number of countries including India, Pakistan and Uganda, and Country Director for Cameroon, Bhutan and Afghanistan. Mr. Farah obtained his doctorate in Social Demography at the French Sorbonne Paris University in May 1979. He has written and published a number of studies, papers and articles on a range of social development, gender, culture, youth, and migration and population issues. Mr. Farah was born in Lebanon and was later naturalized Canadian.

Boris Gilca, UNFPA Assistant Representative

He started his career as a family planning doctor and subsequently he established a network of alternative healthcare centers for young people and women in the Republic of Moldova. In the last fifteen years, Boris Gilca actively promoted local and international cooperation efforts in order to reform reproductive health care, therefore starting with 2003, he became the UNFPA Programme Coordinator in the Republic of Moldova. Given his contribution to the society in the Population and Development area, he was also granted with the Civic Merit Medal, one of the highest Moldovan distinctions. He also contributed to the development of the first national policy on Reproductive Health, National Programme for FP/RH and Reproductive Health Law of Moldova, RH Strategy, National Health Policy.

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Having two university degrees: in medicine and economy, Viorel Gorceag was employed within the International Organization for Migration (IOM), holding the position of Director of the Center for Assistance and Protection, and also Focal Point for HIV/AIDS. He has large experience in elaborating and implementing policies and projects related to population dynamics, migration, human trafficking, domestic violence, as well as HIV/AIDS. At UNFPA he contributes to the effective management of UNFPA activities in the broader areas of Population and Development, including Reproductive Health and Gender. He also analyzes and assesses relevant political, demographic, social, economic and environmental trends in order to provide substantive inputs to policy formulation and project design and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and national development frameworks.

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With ten-years activity in youth development within civil society organizations, Natalia has extensive experience in implementing projects on youth participation, women rights, developing local and national youth strategies. She also worked as a trainer in human rights education, intercultural dialogue, organizational and strategic management. For the last years, Natalia served for the National Youth Council of Moldova, starting as a board member and lately becoming a vice-president. Natalia Cojohari holds a PhD in Management at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. At UNFPA, she is responsible for the Reproductive Health and Youth programs.

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A university graduate in Philology, Sandina was engaged for several years in teaching, translating and copywriting activities. She continued then her career in communication within Marketing and Communication Department at Orange Moldova.  Having extensive experience in working with Private sector, Sandina is dealing with resource mobilization at UNFPA Moldova. She is responsible for the formulation and implementation of the communications and advocacy strategies in order to increase the standing and awareness about UNFPA mandate with partners, the media and the public at large.

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