BridgeNorth is a survivor-led charitable organization, started in 2014 with the goal of seeing an end to sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Canada. BridgeNorth’s mission is to restore the inherent dignity of sexually exploited women and girls by meeting their physical, mental, emotional,...
The overall purpose of the consultancy was to document and assess gender transformative approaches that have been applied within UNICEF health and nutrition programming in Africa. This has helped to document promising practices and identified elements of successful gender transformative programmes...
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) commissioned Universalia to conduct a formative evaluation of the Community Innovation Fund (CIF). The CIF is a $CAD 1.5 million project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), and managed and implemented by the QCGN. The QCGN plays an...
In 2019, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) CA$ 300Mn Sustainable Affordable Housing Initiative (SAH) was launched to improve the energy efficiency and affordability of new and existing affordable housing units. To address barriers experienced by affordable housing providers (herein ‘...
The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) was established in 2016 by the Laudes Foundation and other partners to address several barriers to the mainstream adoption of organic cotton within the textile industry. OCA’s work has focused on two main programmes: i) the Farm Programme, through which OCA aims...
Universalia conducted a combined summative and formative, utilization focused evaluation of the UNICEF Jordan Country Programme for the period 2018-2002. The evaluation provided impartial and independent evidence to assist the Country Office and Jordan authorities and decision-makers to inform the...
In line with its National Disaster Management Plan, the Government of Pakistan requested WFP’s support to build a network of warehouses at strategic locations across the country. Over the past decade, WFP has constructed a total of 8 Humanitarian Response Facilities (HRFs). The specific objectives...
The city of Montréal has been involved for several years in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. In this context, it has established a partnership with the Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité Sociale (MTESS), with which it has entered into several administrative...
The overall purpose of the learning review is to assist the Foundation in strategic decision making about how the foundation engages in replenishment processes as part of broader resources mobilization efforts. The review will develop analytical replenishment models, mapping the various approaches...
The Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) was established in 2006 to access additional financial and knowledge resources from development partners to support the implementation of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Water Financing Program 2006-2020, which committed ADB to an annual water...