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...
The overall objective of this review was to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of R&D programs and initiatives in the field of human rights and democratic development. The Review assessed the degree to which R&D has narrowed its thematic focus and geographic scope to increase its...
CIDA hired Universalia to conduct a program evaluation and institutional assessment of the Canadian Rotary Collaboration for International Development (CRCID), to 1) assess the progress made on recommendations arising from a previous evaluation; 2) assess the progress and results of the 2006-2009...
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...
Under two contracts, Universalia conducted first a context and readiness assessment for results-based management within the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), and then assisted NBI in creating a results-based system. This assignment involved assisting NBI in developing an LFA for the overall initiative,...
This recent combined outcome/ impact and process evaluation of the Commonwealth’s premier instrument for development cooperation was commenced in early 2007. Universalia has been asked to asses the efficiency and effectiveness of the CFTC. As well, we have been asked to asses the relative degree of...
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...
The GDPRD commissioned Universalia to undertake a network evaluation in December 2007. GDPRD is a joint donors’ initiative aimed at fostering donor coordination and contributing to improving aid effectiveness in the rural sector in order to put “agriculture back on the agenda”. GDPRD was founded in...
IDRC’s Evaluation Unit (EU) is conducting a strategic evaluation to investigate the Centre’s contributions to the development of capacities of those with whom the Centre works. The evaluation aims to provide IDRC’s own staff and managers with an intellectual framework and a useful common language...