The objectives of this assignment were to develop a results framework as well as developing a training workshop for all stakeholders of BNTFO so as to improve the development effectiveness of the BNTF by promotion of accountability for results. The objectives of the consultancy were: to build...
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 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 objective of this project was to develop improved capacity within the Ministry and the Justice IT Cluster to manage leases for IT assets (approximately 40,000-leased assets) from lease agreement to end-of-lease returns, purchases, or extensions through a) improved processes and b) the creation...
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...
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...
Universalia is assisting in the development of an electronic tool to collect performance data from UN country teams and other sources and aggregate to the UN-system level, to enable reporting on progress on the Ten Minimum Standards established by UN Cares, the UN workplace programme on HIV/AIDS....
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...
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...
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...