International Development Grant
Strategic Technical Assistance Response Fund (START) - I
Project Number: CA-3-A020279001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $2,645,994.00
Start Date: October 22, 1996
End Date: July 31, 2014
Duration: 17.8 years
Project Description
This locally-administered fund provides short-to-medium term support for small initiatives requested by the Government of Pakistan that make strategic contributions to the priorities identified in CIDA's programming framework for Pakistan. These priorities are governance gender equality health and education. Examples of the activities funded include but are not limited to: technical assistance consultancies (Canadian or Pakistani) seminars workshops publications reports high-level policy dialogue public communication research surveys policy development exercises consultations. The fund is coordinated by a locally-engaged coordinator. The total value of the fund is $2 million implemented through two components: START II supports initiatives managed by international organizations and START I supports all other initiatives.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of project (July 2014) include: Canadian funded technical assistance was provided to 54 sub-projects. Results include: (1) trained 40 Pakistani judges on judicial reform through the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute and the Canadian National Judicial Institute; (2) provided technical assistance to support the inclusion of gender and child protection issues into disaster management planning through the Gender and Child Unit of the National Disaster Management Agency; and (3) provided technical assistance to federal and provincial education ministries to support education reform plans. These results contributed to the Government of Pakistan’s capacity to implement reforms.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
High Commission of Canada to Pakistan
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
OGM Indo-Pacific
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP