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...
The AGI promotes the transition of adolescent girls from school to productive employment through interventions that are tested, and then scaled-up or replicated if successful. AGI is being implemented in eight (mostly conflict or post conflict) countries. Universalia was contracted to carry out an...
Universalia was mandated to conduct an exploratory study on issues related to Parts IV, V and VI of the Official Language Act (OLA) of Canada. This study served as a source of information to help develop the summative evaluation framework of the Official Languages Centre of Excellence (OLCE) of the...
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 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...
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...
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 has Conducted a review of UNRWA’s Education Programme. UNRWA currently provides educational services to approximately 482,000 Palestinian students in 676 schools across five fields of operation. Quantitative and qualitative data is being collected by means of a document review, thematic...
Universalia was contracted to conduct the external evaluation of the UN Trust Fund in Support of Action to Eliminate Violence against Women to assess the implementation of the United Nations Trust Fund Strategy 2005-2008. This formative evaluation put emphasis on the key elements of the strategy,...
Universalia was contracted to carry out the evaluation of UNIFEM’s partnerships with regional organizations. This is a corporate evaluation and is undertaken as part of the 2008 evaluation plan of the Evaluation Unit. Given the recent growth in partnerships with regional organizations, this...