Common Country Analysis Update 2021

In 2019, the UN Country Team (UNCT) embarked on the contextual analysis to set the basis for the formulation of the new North Macedonia and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-2021. The Common Country Analysis (CCA) was finalized in early 2020, with most of the analysis – based on documentary review, interviews, information triangulation, analysis and synthesis – conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 CCA update attempts to assess and integrate the COVID-19 pandemic’s and other key events’ and processes’ impact on the development trajectory of the country and on specific sectors and population groups. This document presents a regular annual update of the CCA, undertaken by the UNCT to take note of the potential contextual changes that should be considered within the implementation of the UNSDCF 2021-2026.