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...
UNFPA’s Gender, Human Rights and Culture Branch (GHRCB) contracted Universalia Management Group to conduct an external, independent mid-term evaluation of UNFPA’s performance on its Organizational Goal 3 on Gender Equality (GE) and on mainstreaming gender across its programs in two phases. Phase...
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...
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...
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...
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 commissioned by the Inter-North American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to evaluate the management of the project, as well as its efficiency and effectiveness. This summative evaluation was intended to provide a critical analysis of the project’s formulation, design and...
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...