Services
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Peer review of DST Implementation and impact assessment of the National Equipment Programme commissioned by the Department of Science & Technology
- Quality Assessment of three evaluations on the National Evaluation Plan- commissioned by the Department of Performance Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation.
- Provided technical methodological support to 5 DPME led evaluations in the National valuation Plan
- Formative Evaluation of the Young Women’s Development Programme commissioned by the Office of the Premier of Gauteng
- Impact Assessment of the IDC Nguni Cattle project in 4 provinces
- Midterm Review of Dutch AWLAE Scholarship Program
- Summative Evaluation of the HEIFER Cameroon Country
- Evaluation of the HEIFER Uganda Country Programme
- Evaluation of the HEIFER Zambia Country Programme o Evaluation of the Heifer Zimbabwe Country Programme
- Midterm review of JAC STAR SCHOOL PROJECT (HIV)AIDS PREVENTION <liDBSA Feasibility study into the establishment of the Albertina Sisulu Centre for children with Special Needs
- Developed DBSA commissioned- Business case for the establishment of DBSA Vulindlela Academy
- Strategic Planning for the Vulindlela Academy
- Assessment of the Rob Ferreira readiness to implement FIFA protocols in preparation for the 2010 SA hosting of the world cup.
- Implementation evaluation of Inter-Ministerial Committees commissioned by the Presidency and DPM
Workplace Bullying
- A series of webinars have been delivered from 2020 and this platform has attracted a number of targets
- SALGA SWC &WLDP 2021 Deliver a master class on Workplace Bullying
- Sara Baartman District Municipality – Women’s Caucus
- University of Pretoria, Faculty of Health Sciences: The impact of victimisation in creating safe and free working and learning environments.
- Conducted a webinar for the International Office of Evaluation(IOE) on why the evaluation fraternity should care about workplace bullying
Strategic alignment
The strategic alignment interventions delivered by UPU include the following:
- Development and write up of a Stakeholder Map identifying engagement platforms for each category of stakeholders for the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS)
- Developed DPSA Public Participation Strategy
- Strategic alignment of National
- Department of Education- o UNICEF HIV/AIDS programme
- Developed a Career Awareness Strategy for the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries aiming to attract good math and science achievers to these fields
- Conducted an employee satisfaction survey and develop interventions to deal with challenges commissioned by the Department of Economic Development & Tourism Kwazulu-Natal.
Training, Development and Capacity Building
- Developed the DPME Evaluation Ethics Guideline and trained end users
- Developed a DPME Guide for Conducting Sectoral Reviews and delivered training to provincial officials
- Develop a DBE Guide for setting up and operationalising Female Principal Support Networks and delivered train the trainer sessions
- Developed a Training Manual & Facilitator Guide for Youth in Corrections Centres and roll out train the trainer sessions – commissioned by DCS
- Developed a Training Package & Facilitator Guide for Youth in Community Corrections commissioned by DCS
- Developed a training package on how to recruit and fill a post at school level
- Competency based recruitment for the National Department of Health
- Competency based recruitment for the University of Zululand
- Developed an HSRC Guide on mentoring budding academics
- Developed a competency -based recruitment training manual and delivered training to UZ members of the Senate and senior management
- Developed a Human Resource Management Manual for Esayidi FET
- Developed various training packages for educators commissioned by Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership & Governance in Gauteng, on the following themes: ▪ HIV/ AIDS Management in education ▪ Form SMT support networks ▪ Recruitment and selection for SGB positions
- Alternatives to corporal punishment
Gender mainstreaming and women empowerment
- Department of Basic Education commissioned project on development and roll out of the Female Principal Support Network
- Development of a Training Manual for Women in and into management positions in education commissioned by the Department of Basic Education and delivered train the trainer session across 7 provinces
- Development of a Training Manual and delivered training for Women Managers in Education in KwaZulu Natal
- Investigated factors impacting on Career choices of Girls in the Limpopo Province a project commissioned by the Department of Science & Technology
- Conducted research on the State of gender in Gauteng
- Delivered Human Capital Development Intervention aimed at achieving gender and disability equity for the Science and Technology Sector commissioned by DST
