International Development Grant

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2011

Project Number: CA-3-M013542001

Status: Closed

Country/Region: Unknown

Regional Focus:

Africa 70%
America 3%
Asia 24%
Europe 3%

Maximum Contribution: $18,000,000.00

Start Date: May 20, 2011

End Date: March 30, 2012

Duration: 1.0 years

Project Description

This grant represents Canada's institutional support to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF uses these funds along with other donor funding to achieve its mandate. Guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF supports the rights of children to help meet their basic needs and expand opportunities to reach their full potential. It seeks to improve the social and economic conditions of children by ensuring that they have access to health care clean water food and education are protected from violence and abuse and receive relief in disasters. Canada's support to UNICEF helps to advance children's survival the equal rights of women and girls as well as their full participation in development.

Progress & Results Achieved

Results achieved as of 2011 include: Respond to 292 humanitarian situations of varying scales in 80 countries; Provide support to more than 11 600 children formerly associated with armed forces or groups to reintegrate them into their families and communities; Help provide antiretroviral drugs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV to 48% of globally pregnant women who are HIV positive; Contribute to strengthening the mechanisms required to protect children from violence exploitation and abuse in more than 120 countries; Help countries fight malnutrition and disease through the provision of vitamin A supplements to 350 million children and the vaccination of 10 million children against measles; Contribute to the scaling up of national social protection programmes including cash transfers in 93 countries and a more intensive focus on children in national development plans and budgets in 102 countries.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Primary education 5.5%
Basic life skills for youth and adults 5.5%
Early childhood education 5.5%
Basic health care 5.75%
Basic nutrition 5.75%
Infectious disease control 5.75%
Health education 5.75%
Malaria control 5.75%
Health personnel development 5.75%
STD control including HIV/AIDS 5.25%
Human rights 18.75%
Material relief assistance and services 8.33%
Emergency food aid 8.34%
Relief co-ordination
protection and support services 8.33%

Aid Type: Core contributions to multilateral institutions

Collaboration: Multilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP

Policy Markers
Level 1 Gender equality
Level 1 Children's issues
Level 1 Youth Issues
Major Funding (>$1M)
Budget Breakdown
2011-04-01 to 2012-03-31 $18,000,000 CAD
Geographic Information
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Project Number: CA-3-M013542001