International Development Grant
Support to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation
Project Number: CA-3-P005448001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $350,000.00
Start Date: January 01, 2018
End Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 1.5 years
Project Description
This grant represents Canada’s support to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC)’s Joint Support Team. The GPEDC is an innovative and inclusive global platform established in 2012 to promote the quality and effectiveness of development co-operation. The mandate of the GPEDC is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development by promoting effective development cooperation geared towards ending all forms of poverty reducing inequality and ensuring that no one is left behind. The GPEDC is governed by a Steering Committee with representatives from a wide range of stakeholders. Canada joined the Steering Committee in January 2017 and represents a constituency that includes Australia New Zealand and the United States. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provide secretariat support to the GPEDC through a Joint Support Team which helps implement the GPEDC’s Programme of Work.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced support for development effectiveness at the country level; (2) updated monitoring for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (3) sharing knowledge and lessons to promote accountability learning and innovations; (4) scaling up private sector engagement leveraged through development co-operation; and (5) strengthened high-level political engagement advocacy and strategic public communication.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved under the GPEDC’s 2017-2018 extended Programme of Work include: (1) establishment of a knowledge-sharing web platform that provides a space for evidence-based solutions peer learning and networking to help advance the effectiveness of development efforts for the achievement of national priorities and Sustainable Development Goals; (2) improvements to the GPEDC’s biennial monitoring exercise to streamline the data collection process; (3) greater private sector buy-in and inclusion through the establishment of a Business Leaders Caucus and the development of a set of Principles on Effective Private Sector Engagement in Development Cooperation; (4) strengthened political engagement including by hosting a Senior Level Meeting on the margins of the United Nation’s 2019 High Level Political Forum; and (5) improved GPEDC governance through the appointment of a 4th Non-Executive Co-Chair.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Uncoded
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
RFM Strategy Policy and Public Affairs
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:
Department-Initiated