The objectives of the evaluation are to review progress and initial results and impacts of the SURGE Umbrella Program’s global Urban Analytics & Technical Assistance Program, and three country programs for Bolivia, Peru and Serbia, against the SURGE Umbrella development objectives and relevant...
Eric Abitbol, PhD, Katrina Rojas, Zachariah Su, Maria Fustic, Pascaline Gaborit, Dr Julio Abel Calderón Cockburn
, Roberto Daza
The main objective of this assignment was to assess the performance of SDF 10, two years into its implementation. The MTR examined whether the objectives and targets of the fund, in relation to building social, economic and environmental resilience; supporting disaster risk management,...
As the Geneva Dialogue on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) completed its third year of work, ECCP sought to carry out a stock-taking of the community’s objectives, accomplishments, and significance for its members. Universalia’s Amanda Woomer (Consultant) accompanied the Geneva...
The GCF was established by 194 governments in 2010 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to contribute to the global response to climate change. The GCF’s mandate is to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, and to help vulnerable...
Eric Abitbol, PhD, Marie-Eve Yergeau, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Philip Cox, Ansgar Eussner
, Anne-Marie Verbenken
, Natalie Martin
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The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure learning and working together for a...
The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) was established in 2016 by the Laudes Foundation and other partners to address several barriers to the mainstream adoption of organic cotton within the textile industry. OCA’s work has focused on two main programmes: i) the Farm Programme, through which OCA aims...
In 2017, two major water-focused Multi-Donor Trust Funds, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) and the Water Partnership Program (WPP), were integrated in creating the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP), towards realizing its “Water-Writ Large Agenda”. The GWSP has been...
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...
Universalia has been contracted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conduct a mid-term evaluation of Phase V of the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Center (PFTAC).
The principal objectives of the program are: (i) strengthening the resilience of Pacific economic and public...
Universalia was contracted by the African Development Bank’s (AFDB) Independent Evaluation Department (IDEV) to conduct an evaluation of AWF entire portfolio since 2015, focusing on organizational and development effectiveness.
The African Water Facility (AWF) is an initiative of the African...