February 2014
In February 2014, Dr. Marie-Hélène Adrien, the evaluation team leader, met with the Dakar, Senegal, CLEAR Centre representatives. She took this opportunity to visit the Centre Africain d’Études Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG – African Centre for Graduate Studie...
February 2014
Since October 2013 Political leaders of six countries have formed a network to share knowledge about what works and what doesn’t – in delivering government services to citizens. The initiative, called the “Global Network of Delivery Leaders,” was agreed in late September afte...
January 2014
VAW is one of the most widespread violations of human rights and includes physical, sexual, psychological, and economic abuse. It also cuts across boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth, and geography. The scope of this evaluation covered all dimensions of UN Women’s work in addressing viole...
January 2014
The joint evaluation assesses the extent to which the UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme has accelerated the abandonment of FGM/C in 15 programme countries (2008-2012). It assesses the relevance, efficiency, sustainability and the effectiveness of the holistic and multi-sectoral approach adopted by UNFPA...
January 2014
Universalia is undertaking a capacity assessment of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Offices for the Caribbean Development Bank. Marie-Hélène Adrien led the mission in Grenada in January 2014 and visited several BNTF projects including the Grand-Roy Pre-School rehabilitation project a...
January 2014
During International Development Week, students from the International Development and Humanitarian Action programme at Laval University will participate in the annual Carrefour de la coopération internationale organized by the Faculty of Business Administration.
Universalia will join them f...
Universalia will join them f...
December 2013
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which came into force on 29 December 1993, was inspired by the world community's growing commitment to sustainable development. It represents a dramatic step forward in the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components,...
December 2013
Universalia Management Group is looking for a Consultant located in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India or Pakistan, to conduct field work in South Asia as part of the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Regional Centres for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) Global Initiative. The mandate of this contract...
December 2013
Universalia is pleased to announce that it is participating for a second year in an e-learning programme on development evaluation organized by UNICEF, the Claremont Graduate University and the IOCE under the EvalPartners initiative, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and in partnership wi...
December 2013
Sajjad Rahman presented at the 'Bangladesh: End of Fragility?' seminar, which was held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, 2013. This session explored the paradox of Bangladesh’s development progress and enduring fragility, the prospects for the future, as well as opportunities...