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 by the Department of Planning and Evaluation (DPE) of the Organization of North American States (OAS) to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of programs for strengthening the electoral systems of member countries. The overall purpose of the evaluation was to assess...
Universalia was contracted to provide workshop preparation and complete facilitation services for the UN Women Haiti Country Programme Retreat. The UN Women Haiti office held a three-day workshop on Visioning and Team Building on February 22-24, 2011. The workshop brought together all 10 staff...
The multi-country evaluation of the HRBAP was carried out by an evaluation team of five consultants, including a Lead Evaluator, Senior Human Rights Expert and Humanitarian Expert. Universalia was asked to review the application of HRBAP at the UNICEF country office, regional office and...
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 UN Women to support the development of Performance Measurement Frameworks (PMFs) for two UN Women programmes. 1) The CIDA funded UN Women programme Action to Promote the Legal Empowerment of Women in the Context of HIV and AIDS integrates 20 individual community level...
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...
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...
Universalia was contracted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to produce a review of the research on immigration in the official language minority communities. The report summarized the main research themes covered in this field during the last 5 years. This report also identified current and...
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...