International Development Grant
Rural Capacity Building Project - Technical Assistance
Project Number: CA-3-A032712002
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $157,303.00
Start Date: February 15, 2007
End Date: October 31, 2012
Duration: 5.7 years
Project Description
This project is a sub-component of the main Rural Capacity Building Project (A032712-001) a joint World Bank-CIDA-Government of Ethiopia initiative to enhance services to Ethiopia's farmers in order to improve agricultural productivity. Improved extension services and research as well as modernized processes for service delivery are aimed at increasing agricultural productivity. This in turn leads to enhanced household food security and increased household incomes for farmers thus improving the lives of Ethiopia's poorest while enabling Ethiopia to meet international agricutural standards. CIDA funding within this sub-component is used to engage short- to medium-term consultancies to provide targeted technical assistance or research to support the fulfillment of project results (i.e. for gender of HIV/AIDS mainstreaming) as well as for monitoring and evaluation services.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of June 2012 include: technical assistance provided through local contracting of Ethiopian personnel: 1) at the Project Management Unit in the areas of program coordination agriculture extension agriculture research financial management monitoring and evaluation gender equality procurement and communications and training; 2) to develop Gender Equality Strategies for two Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) colleges.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Djibouti
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP