International Development Grant
Sectoral Support Fund - Honduras
Project Number: CA-3-A033874001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $1,380,422.00
Start Date: July 16, 2008
End Date: March 31, 2017
Duration: 8.7 years
Project Description
The Sectoral Support Fund (SSF) is a responsive mechanism used to advance Canada’s development priorities in Honduras and engage with key partners through local calls for proposals. This project provides strategic and flexible support to key partners through targeted technical assistance the development and dissemination of case studies regional lesson-learning events and skill development and training for government and civil society personnel. The 2016-2017 call focused on human rights and strong partnership between the state and civil society. Selected initiatives contribute to the reduction of violence against women children and youth strengthening of local level actors in the prevention of violence and promoting non-discriminatory media coverage in Honduras. Partners: Public institutions civil society
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) : strengthened government-donor-civil society coordination systems within GAC areas of programming; (2) significant integration of civil society in coordination activities in GAC’s priorities sectors (3) increased country leadership and ownership in areas of GAC programming; and (4) progress on aid alignment and harmonization in GAC’s sector of focus in the region.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved for the 2016-2017 call for proposals as of December 2016 include: (1) improved the knowledge of 490 community actors working in education health justice and human rights regarding child protection and the prevention of youth violence; (2) improved the management and quality of the process of abandonment declarations for children reducing backlog of cases of child abandonment for more than 50 children; (3) strengthened professional capacities of the National Women’s Institute 40 coordinators of municipal women’s offices and external journalists to promote women’s human rights with emphasis in the political participation of women; (4) trained more than 100 university students and journalists in international standards for ethical journalism with gender perspective.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Government of Honduras - Ministry of Technical and International Cooperation
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
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