Over the period 2009-2011, the Fund for Gender Equality, managed by UN Women, has provided grants to NGOs in developing countries to promote women’s economic and political empowerment. The evaluation focused on three programmes (one in Cameroon, one in the Philippines, and one in Egypt) that aim to...
Universalia carried out an evaluation of OCHA’s role in humanitarian civil-military coordination (CMCoord) for OCHA HQ. The objective of the evaluation was to determine OCHA’s effectiveness in carrying out the CMCoord function as well as best practices and lessons learned for forward looking...
Universalia was contracted to assist in this evaluation, whose purpose was to assess the Foundation’s performance in terms of the portfolio of projects implemented during its initial three years of existence, as well as to make strategic recommendations in light of the new sustainable development...
Universalia was commissioned by the General Secretariat of the Organization of North American States (DPE/GS/OAS) to evaluate the OAS/CIDA Cooperation Plan 2008-2011, financed by the Canadian Agency for International Development (CIDA). During this evaluation, Universalia assessed the efficiency...
The Roadmap for Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future (Roadmap) is a strategic and major horizontal initiative of the Government of Canada that engages fifteen federal institutions with a budget totaling more than a billion dollars over five years. The Official Languages Support...
The DRF is a pooled fund that awards small grants (5,000 to 20,000 $) to grassroots Disabled Persons’ Organizations’ (DPOs) in the global South and in the Ukraine. The grants allow DPOs to raise awareness and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities using the United Nations Convention of...
Universalia was contracted to carry out an external final evaluation of the GAP. The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Gender Action Plan “Gender Equality as Smart Economics” (GAP) was launched in January 2007. The GAP’s main objective is to expand women’s economic opportunities by mainstreaming gender in...
Universalia was contracted by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL) to facilitate a national discussion forum on the implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act and produce a summary record of the event. Approximately 100 representatives from federal institutions...
The main objectives of this consultancy were to (i) enhance monitoring and evaluation capacity within six (6) CARICAD independent OECS Member States1 towards the institutionalization of M&E within ministries and departments so that these entities begin to produce and show evidence of use of...
The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) contracted Universalia to develop a Training of Trainers’ (ToT) Workshop in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The five-day workshop was held in Barbados from March 28 to April 1, 2011. The workshop brought together all 15 staff...