Recent RBM Assignments

Development a comprehensive results-based planning, monitoring, and reporting system for the Nile Basin Initiative (2005-2006)

Contributions to the Managing for Development Results Sourcebook (World Bank, 2005)

RBM Workshops in China and The Philippines for the Asian Development Bank (2004)

Monitoring and reporting support for the results-oriented communications strategy for the World Bank, Latin American and Caribbean Vice Presidency (2002, 2003, 2004)

Development of Outcome Results Framework for tracking UNIFEM progress in achieving results for management and learning ("How Are We Doing?" 2002)

Design of RBM approaches for the African Development Bank (AfDB) (2002-2003)

Work Unit RBM Planning Workshop for the Caribbean Development Bank (2003)

Development of Results-Based Workplanning and Reporting Guidelines for CIDA’s South-East Asia Program (2002)

Workshop on Performance Measurement and Reporting for Canadian Evaluation Society Conference (2000)

Results-based management (RBM) is a tool that donor agencies use to improve effectiveness and accountability by focusing on the achievement of realistic results. The principles of RBM are used throughout the life cycle of a project or program (from planning to monitoring and evaluation).

Universalia has extensive experience in using RBM principles and in helping clients integrate these into their own organizations. We help our clients develop results-based logical framework analyses (LFAs) to use as the basis for tracking the achievement of results.

Over the past 10 years, Universalia has developed and delivered approximately 100 training and capacity building programs in results-based performance management and measurement at the organizational, program, and project levels. To ensure that our clients and their stakeholders have a clear understanding of both theory and application, we use learner-centered and practical methodologies that are tailored to the specific needs of our clients’ organizations or programs.

We have published several practical RBM guides for international development agencies and have worked with clients to develop their own RBM frameworks. We collaborated with CIDA on the development and update of its Framework for Results and Key Success Factors and recently worked with the World Bank on the development of its Managing for Development Results (MfDR) Sourcebook.