International Development Grant
Assistance to Displaced Populations in the Middle East and North Africa - UNHCR 2009
Project Number: CA-3-M013022001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $500,000.00
Start Date: March 27, 2009
End Date: March 31, 2010
Duration: 1.0 years
Project Description
The situation across the Middle East and North Africa region remains tense with ongoing pressures in Iraq Israel/Gaza/West Bank and Sahel desert areas. In addition to ongoing conflict and displacement in certain areas high food and fuel prices along with severe drought have intensified humanitarian needs. CIDA's contribution is supporting the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help meet the protection material and medical needs of displaced populations in the Middle East and North Africa. Activities focus on taking steps to bridge existing protection gaps and ensuring that the basic needs of refugees and Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs) in Yemen North Africa Iraq and within the Middle East are met through the provision of material medical and other assistance. Activities also include supporting host governments; strengthening external relations with Gulf States regional intergovernmental organizations and civil society; and designing and implementing a situational approach to monitor developments related to statelessness.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
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Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP