In 2019, the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund (MAF) began operating as the philanthropic and social impact arm of WES. MAF is a financially independent enterprise that started with US$30 million from WES. WES reached out to Universalia, one of their preferred services providers, to...
Universalia was selected by FAO as the qualified Contractor to perform the External Post Assessment (EPA) service for final evaluation reports provided by OED. Within its responsibilities and as set out in FAO’s Evaluation Policy, OED is to ensure all final evaluation reports are independently...
The IASC Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap), an interagency initiative created in 2007, seeks to facilitate and strengthen capacity and leadership of humanitarians to undertake and promote gender equality programming to ensure the distinct needs of women, girls, boys and men of all ages are...
BridgeNorth is a survivor-led charitable organization, started in 2014 with the goal of seeing an end to sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Canada. BridgeNorth’s mission is to restore the inherent dignity of sexually exploited women and girls by meeting their physical, mental, emotional,...
In 2019, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) CA$ 300Mn Sustainable Affordable Housing Initiative (SAH) was launched to improve the energy efficiency and affordability of new and existing affordable housing units. To address barriers experienced by affordable housing providers (herein ‘...
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) commissioned Universalia to conduct a formative evaluation of the Community Innovation Fund (CIF). The CIF is a $CAD 1.5 million project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), and managed and implemented by the QCGN. The QCGN plays an...
The city of Montréal has been involved for several years in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. In this context, it has established a partnership with the Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité Sociale (MTESS), with which it has entered into several administrative...
BridgeNorth is a survivor-led charitable organization, started in 2014 with the goal of seeing an end to sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Canada. BridgeNorth’s mission is to restore the inherent dignity of sexually exploited women and girls by meeting their physical, mental, emotional and...
Global Affair Canada’s (GAC) Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP) aims to contribute to the economic and/or social well-being of the poorest, most marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly women and girls, in developing countries. The VCP supports Canadian organizations in sending a broad...
The objective of the UNESCO Strategy for Action on Climate Change (SACC) is to enable Member States to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts through education, sciences, culture and communication and information. UNESCO’s SACC prioritizes actions contributing to gender...