UNFPA and UNICEF have been implementing the Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Accelerating Change since 2008. This Joint Programme addresses Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5.3, aiming to eliminate harmful practices that undermine gender equality by 2030....
IDRC funds development-oriented research in developing countries, and between Canadian and developing country researchers, to promote growth, reduce poverty, and drive innovation and large-scale positive change.
Universalia was commissioned to conduct a cross-program evaluation that will identify...
Universalia was commissioned to conduct a cross-program evaluation that will identify...
Over the period 2009-2011, the Fund for Gender Equality, managed by UN Women, has provided grants to NGOs in developing countries to promote women’s economic and political empowerment. The evaluation focused on three programmes (one in Cameroon, one in the Philippines, and one in Egypt) that aim to...
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 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...
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,...
CIDA, under leadership of EMM Branch, has recently established a working group (WG) on the application of RBM in fragile states. The purpose of the assignment was for the consultant to assist and advise CIDA EMM branch with regards to the following key tasks: Preparation and Planning of...
The Cities Alliance is a global coalition of cities and their development partners committed to scaling up successful approaches to poverty reduction. The Alliance brings cities together in a direct dialogue with bilateral and multilateral agencies and financial institutions and those members...