In line with its National Disaster Management Plan, the Government of Pakistan requested WFP’s support to build a network of warehouses at strategic locations across the country. Over the past decade, WFP has constructed a total of 8 Humanitarian Response Facilities (HRFs). The specific objectives...
The Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (RPSP), created in 2014 by the GCF, has a mandate to provide three levels of readiness and preparatory support. First, it supports the preparation of country programmes providing for low‐emission, climate‐resilient development strategies or plans....
Universalia was recently contracted by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) to conduct a final evaluation of the Safe and Inclusive Cities (SAIC) program. Financed jointly by IDRC and DfID, SAIC’s primary objective is to document the linkages between urban violence, poverty, and...
A consortium led Universalia and including Itad and R4D was mandated by the World Bank to design and implement country-level evaluations of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in 2017-2020, in line with the results & measurement component of the 2016-2020 GPE strategy. GPE is the...
In 2011, in consultation with donors, OCHA instituted an evaluation policy to conduct triennial global evaluations of country-based pooled funds. As such, a global evaluation of the Emergency Response Funds (ERFs) will be conducted in 2012, replacing individual ERF evaluations periodically...
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) commissioned Universalia Management Group to conduct an external, independent mid-term evaluation of CGAP’s performance covering the period of July 2008 through June 30, 2011. The overarching objectives of the mid-term evaluation were (1) to assess...
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...
Universalia worked with Aga Khan Foundation’s $25 million Social Institutions Development Program (SIDP) to develop a monitoring and performance framework. SIDP is an 11-year program designed to improve the capacity of the citizen sector organizations and institutions to support sustainable human...
Universalia undertook a multi-year monitoring assignment of the CIDA South Asian Regional People and Policy Program, a multi-faceted program focused on strengthening the role of civil society organizations, enhancing women’s roles in local governance, democratization, and strengthening public...
As part of a larger multi-year monitoring assignment, Universalia undertook organizational assessment of SPO, a Pakistani NGO engaged in strengthening civil society organizations role in democratization and policy development. Subsequent monitoring involved ongoing performance measurement,...