CDB BNTF Team requested that operations audits be conducted in seven of the ten BNTF Offices (BNTFOs) to assess the extent to which each BNTFO’s governance structure, personnel, financial capability, management and monitoring and evaluation systems, and inter-institutional linkages allow it to...
Universalia recently assembled a multi-disciplinary team to undertake the early formative evaluation of the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility, a multi-donor program somewhat analogous to the Cities Alliance. The evaluation currently under way focuses on the relevance, effectiveness and...
Universalia has been contracted by DFID on behalf of a consortium of seven donors to provide program monitoring and advisory services to the HIPC CBP Phase IV Steering Committee, the governance body for this initiative. To date, this assignment has involved the development of an inception report...
The purpose of this assignment was to document and assess the work conducted by the Organizational Development Unit of the Branch in order to analyze the unit's capacity for delivering on its mandate, to ensure the unit has the right mix of skills, and to identify opportunities for performance...
In 2008, CIDA contracted Universalia to conduct an evaluation of CIDA’s 1998-2008 Malawi Country Program. The evaluation pursues three major objectives: i) a summative review of the Malawi Program investments during the 1998-2008 period; ii) an assessment of the performance of the various delivery...
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,...
The evaluation of the GFDRR consisted in reviewing the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the partnership in the context of reducing a country’s vulnerability to natural hazards and climate variability. It had to identify constraints and recommend refinements to mainstreaming disaster risk...
Since 2004 Universalia has provided performance monitoring and technical advisory services to CIDA’s support for the Health Sector in Pakistan, which represents $25 million (CAD). Key responsibilities include to assess, at a macro level, the strategic approach and direction of CIDA’s programming in...
Universalia has been responsible for managing a five-year $12.5 million Government Advisory and Exchange Program (GAEP) designed to provide Russian public and private sector institutions, agencies and organizations with fast and flexible access to Canadian expertise and experience in support of the...
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...