International Development Grant
Development Assistance Committee (DAC) - Institutional Support 2021-2024
Project Number: CA-3-P008069001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $4,975,000.00
Start Date: December 17, 2021
End Date: December 31, 2024
Duration: 3.0 years
Project Description
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The DAC uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. The DAC’s mandate is to promote development cooperation quantity and quality and monitor and analyse development finance flows to improve sustainable development. The DAC reviews and provides guidance on development cooperation policies promotes sharing of good practices helps shape the global development architecture sets high standards for development cooperation and maintain and ensure the accountability of its members.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes as stated by the DAC include: (1) mobilized and aligned finance for the 2030 Agenda; (2) made development co-operation more effective impactful and inclusive through better partnerships and innovation; (3) prevented and addressed fragility and crises; (4) tackled poverty and inequalities achieved gender equality and enabled inclusive governance that leaves no one behind; and (5) promoted climate objectives sustainable management and use of natural capital.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) through the support of the Government of Canada and other international donors as of December 2024 include: (1) maintained its stewardship role on data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) including finalizing revised reporting methods for private sector instruments and publication of annual Development Cooperation Profiles; (2) promoted accountability effectiveness and peer learning through the completion of 10 Development Co-operation Peer Reviews and 8 Mid-Term Reviews; (3) improved donor coordination and standard setting through the implementation of recommendations. This includes the DAC Declaration on aligning development and climate change efforts the recommendation on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance the recommendation on enabling civil society in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. They also include the recommendation on ending sexual exploitation abuse and harassment (SEAH) in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance; and (4) promoted the relevance impact and sustainability of development cooperation through analysis guidance papers toolkits and reports on various topics. This includes financing for sustainable development locally-led development climate and biodiversity innovative finance civil society engagement gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and fragile states.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
OECD
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:
Institutional Support