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 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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Universalia is conducting a summative evaluation and forward-looking assessment of CIDA’s Country Development Programming Framework in Egypt over the last five years. The summative evaluation will assess the extent to which the Egypt program has met its expected results, and articulate the lessons...
The Water and Sanitation Program is an international partnership which aims to provide increased access to improved water and sanitation services for poor people living in rural and urban areas across the world. The overall purpose of this evaluation was to provide an independent evaluation of the...