CIVICUS is an international alliance of members and partners that works to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world. It acts as an advocate for citizen participation as an essential component of governance and democracy worldwide. In this context, Universalia was asked to...
The purpose of this evaluation was to demonstrate the impact generated by the 545 ADS projects prior to 2006. In our methodology, we proposed two samples: a first one that included 10% of the 545 projects for which we conducted a document review in French and Arabic. The second sample contained 15...
GDPRD is a joint donors’ initiative aiming to foster donor coordination and to contribute to improving aid effectiveness in the rural sector. Platform members contracted Universalia to review and assess the Platform’s effectiveness, efficiency and continued relevance with the view of informing the...
The objective of the evaluation is to provide evidence of meeting the commitments and undertakings set out in the Resolution and Report of the Contributors of SDF 4 and 5 and the development outcomes in the BMCs receiving loans and grants from these cycles to the Contributors, BMCs and CDB as...
The Vision Council is responsible for monitoring the progress of Botswana towards its Vision 2016, and communication that progress to the Nation. Universalia conducted an Organisational Assessment of the Vision Council and Secretariat and a review of the execution of the past Strategic Plan (2004-6...
Universalia conducted an evaluation of AIESEC Canada, a student-run organization providing leadership opportunities and international exchanges for students and recent graduates. Key issues in this review were an examination of the ongoing relevance of this organization and potential duplications...
IGAD is a regional economic block based in the Horn of Africa. CIDA had been supporting IGAD for over 20 years, but had never evaluated the organization. Given’s CIDA’s interest in the Horn of Africa, it commissioned an institutional assessment of IGAD to assess the effectiveness of previous...
Universalia designed and delivered a five-day workshop on managing by results throughout the project cycle for 100 agency staff members (including senior and mid-management and operational staff). The assignment included: 1) a review of participant training needs; 2) extensive consultation with the...
The objective of these training programs was to support the development of Bank’s project managers’ skills to use and develop a RBM approach, to support the efforts of the Bank to direct its activities to the achievement of more successful results. The training program consisted of the following...
Universalia assembled a multi-disciplinary team to undertake the mid-term evaluation of the Caribbean Development Bank’s premier poverty reduction programme, the Basic Needs Trust Fund (Fifth Replenishment). The assignment, which is presently in its final phases, has involved in-depth field...