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Free Primary Education
The project aims to support Kenya’s Free Primary Education commitments by contributing to the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) Strengthening of Primary Education Project. In addit…
Partner: Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Developm…
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (100%)
$16,386,730.00
Gender Transformative Climate Adaptation
This project supports gender-transformative climate change mitigation and adaptation around Lake Tchad to increase climate-resilient food systems livelihoods and environmental and human well-being.…
Partner: CLWR - Canadian Lutheran World Relief
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (10.5%), Agricultural water…
$16,312,000.00
Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development
This project seeks to promote inclusive economic growth in developing countries where Canada engages in trade or investment agreements by deploying Canadian and international technical experts to ass…
Partner: Cowater International Inc.
Sectors: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development (25%), Trade policy and administrative managem…
$16,305,218.00
Leveraging Equality for Gender-Just Economic Development (LEGEND)
In Kenya’s lake and coastal zones this project will support women and youth entrepreneurs in the horticulture poultry and blue economy (fisheries) sectors. Specifically it will support access to…
Partner: Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates of Canada
Sectors: Education/training in banking and financial services (20%), Business Development Services (50%), Fo…
$16,300,000.00
Health and Education in Cox's Bazar
The influx of more than 700 000 Rohingya from Myanmar into Bangladesh since August 2017 has increased the total displaced Rohingya population to approximately 1 million people in the Cox’s Bazar Dist…
Partner: International DevelopmentAssociation
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (10%), Education facilities and training (10%), Teac…
$16,269,421.00
Better Education through Teacher Training and Empowerment for Results (BETTER)
The project aims to improve the pre-service teacher training program directly at four Teacher Training Institutes (TTIs) in Maputo Tete Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces by working with the TTI Ins…
Partner: CODE
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (20%), Education facilities and training (5%), Teach…
$16,266,762.00
Empowering Women for Leadership Roles in the Middle East and North Africa Region
The project aims to advance inclusiveness in governance in target countries Jordan Morocco and Tunisia. The political cultural and historical conditions of countries in the Middle East and North A…
Partner: Forum of Federations
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (70%), Human rights (2.03%), Women's rights organisation…
$16,237,987.00
Field Support Services - Haiti
Field Support Services are managed locally and provide essential support in Haiti to assist in the planning delivery and monitoring of Canada’s international development assistance to that country […
Partner: Consortium Transtec et ServiceOEcuménique d'Entraide
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (5%), Teacher training (5%), Primary education (5%),…
$16,201,540.00
ICRC - Insitutional Support - 2021 to 2023
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. The ICRC…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (45%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…
$16,200,000.00
International Committee of the Red Cross – Institutional Support 2017-2019
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. The ICRC’…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$16,200,000.00
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2017
The 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 Uni…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Primary education (5.5%), Basic life skills for youth and adults (5.5%), Early childhood education …
$16,200,000.00
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2016
The grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF uses these funds along with other donors' funding to achieve its mandate. Guided by the U…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Primary education (5.5%), Basic life skills for youth and adults (5.5%), Early childhood education …
$16,200,000.00
Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF) - Appui institutionnel 2015
The 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…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Primary education (5.4%), Basic life skills for youth and adults (5.4%), Early childhood education …
$16,200,000.00
International Committee of the Red Cross - Long-term Institutional Support 2014
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. The ICRC…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (55%), Emergency food aid (15%), Relief co-ordination, prot…
$16,200,000.00
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2014
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to UNICEF. UNICEF uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. Guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the C…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Primary education (5.5%), Basic life skills for youth and adults (5.5%), Early childhood education …
$16,200,000.00
International committee of the Red Cross – Institutional support 2023 to 2026
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC uses these funds and other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. The IC…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (45%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (15%), Relief co-or…
$16,200,000.00
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2023
The 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 Unit…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (2%), Teacher training (1%), Primary education (2%),…
$16,200,000.00
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2022 to 2023
The 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 Unit…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (2%), Teacher training (1%), Primary education (2%),…
$16,200,000.00
Enhancing Employability and Leadership for Youth
This project aims to increase the employment and self-employment of young women and men in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral regions of Northern Pakistan. It also aims to increase the involvement of y…
Partner: Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth and adults (50%), Democratic participation and civil society (50%)
$16,114,289.00
Supporting Justice and Peace in Mali
The project aims to empower women girls and people in situations of vulnerability to transform their human rights into reality through a gender equality perspective the transformation of power rel…
Partner: Avocats Sans Frontières Canada
Sectors: Vocational training (10%), Legal and judicial development (20%), Democratic participation and civil…
$16,095,955.00
Canadian Crossroads International - Volunteer Sending 2009-2015
This volunteer sending program supports 537 volunteer placements which contribute to the development objectives of 39 developing-country organizations in collaboration with 26 Canadian organizations.…
Partner: Canadian Crossroads International
Sectors: STD control including HIV/AIDS (6.12%), Democratic participation and civil society (28.17%), Electi…
$16,019,071.00
Women Pro-Forests: Climate Change Adaptation in the Moyen-Bafing National Park
The Women Pro-Forests: Climate Change Adaptation in the Moyen-Bafing National Park (Guinea) project is the result of a partnership between the Union des producteurs agricoles - Développement internat…
Partner: UPA Développement international
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (15%), Human rights (10%), Food crop production (25%), A…
$16,012,000.00
Feminist climate action in Western Africa (ACF-AO)
The project supports rural women and youth to adapt to climate change in ecologically sensitive coastal and island regions in Côte d'Ivoire Guinea-Bissau Senegal and Togo. The project aims to impro…
Partner: Inter Pares
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (25%), Agricultural develop…
$16,012,000.00
Amplifying Voices of Women and Girls
This project aims to enhance participation in inclusive governance in particular by women and girls in Mali the DRC Somali Diaspora in Kenya Kenya South Sudan Morocco Tunisia Lebanon Iraq S…
Partner: JHR - Journalists for Human Rights
Sectors: Media and free flow of information (42%), Ending violence against women and girls (17%), Democratic…
$16,010,103.00
Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility
The aim of this project is to increase the productivity and contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to inclusive green economic growth in Caribbean region. Project activities includ…
Partner: IDB - Inter-American Development Bank
Sectors: Business support services and institutions (25%), Agricultural water resources (25%), Fishing polic…
$16,000,000.00
Natural Infrastructure for Water Security in Peru
This project aims to promote the conservation restoration and rehabilitation of natural ecosystems or “natural infrastructure” to improve Peru’s water security and climate risk resilience. The pr…
Partner: USAID - United States Agency for International Development
Sectors: Water sector policy and administrative management (20%), Water resources conservation (including da…
$16,000,000.00
Global Concessional Financing Facility for the Middle East and North Africa Region - Jordan - 2
The Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF) established in July 2016 is an innovative financing mechanism designed to mobilize financial resources to support middle-income countries affected …
Partner: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
Sectors: Formal sector financial intermediaries (100%)
$16,000,000.00
Fund for responding to loss and damage – institutional support 2025 to 2026
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the Fund for responding to loss and damage (FRLD). The FRLD uses these funds and other donors’ funding to provide financial assistance to devel…
Partner: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (60%), Disaster Risk Reduction (10%), Reconstruction relief…
$16,000,000.00
Strengthening holistic and inclusive health systems
This project aims to improve quality reproductive maternal newborn and child health (RMNCH) services in Liberia Pakistan and Zambia. Project activities include: (1) training primary health care wo…
Partner: WaterAid Canada
Sectors: Basic health care (60%), Education and training in water supply and sanitation (20%), Basic sanitat…
$16,000,000.00
Resilience and Enhanced Adaptability to Disasters in the Caribbean
This project aims to improve inclusive and gender-responsive comprehensive disaster management in the Caribbean Region focusing on vulnerable populations particularly women and girls. The World Foo…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Disaster Risk Reduction (31.38%), Multi-hazard response preparedness (68.62%)
$16,000,000.00
Building resilience of vulnerable people in Burkina Faso's
This project aims to strengthen vulnerable populations’ resilience in Burkina Faso through the development of greener more productive and more inclusive income-generating activities. The project foc…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Basic nutrition (50%), Agricultural development (15%), Agricultural land resources (15%), Agricultu…
$16,000,000.00
Inclusive Financing of the Agricultural Sector (INCLUSIVE)
This project aims to improve the financial inclusion of the rural poor and of organizations and enterprises (especially female) excluded from the mainstream financial system in order to increase thei…
Partner: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
Sectors: Food crop production (40%), Agricultural financial services (40%), Agricultural co-operatives (20%)
$16,000,000.00
Innovative Finance For Ethiopian Women Entrepreneurs (IF-WE)
This project aims to create an improved discriminatory free and supportive environment in which Ethiopian women's businesses thrive. Project activities include: (1) designing and providing business s…
Partner: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
Sectors: Formal sector financial intermediaries (10%), Education/training in banking and financial services …
$16,000,000.00
Livelihoods and Food Security Fund
Canada's support to LIFT aims to reduce poverty among vulnerable populations in northern Rakhine State by: increasing economic and livelihood opportunities improving nutrition outcomes and increasi…
Partner: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (6.25%), Education/training in banking …
$16,000,000.00
Adolescent Girls’ Education in Crisis Initiative - program 2020 to 2022
This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women aged 10 to 24 years who are pursuing educational pathways in crisis-affected areas of Uganda South Sudan and Syria. The project reaches…
Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth (42%), Secondary education (42%), Reproductive health care (16%)
$15,987,690.00
Strengthening Small Business Value Chains
The project aims to increase the performance of small businesses and entrepreneurs in three regions in Tanzania to help them meet the growing need for goods and services in the mining gas and agricu…
Partner: Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates of Canada
Sectors: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (30%), Education/training in banking and financial se…
$15,920,114.00
Volunteer Cooperation in Support of Governance and Education - Phase II
This project deploys Canadian technical assistance volunteers to help strengthen Haitian institutions and organizations in the education governance and economic developmment sectors. The project …
Partner: Consortium CECI EUMC Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie et SACO
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (10%), Education facilities and training (5%), Teach…
$15,764,822.00
Burma Border Assistance Program: Building Social Capital
This project contributes to the development of civil society organizations and to building their capacity to identify needs deliver services and promote the interests of vulnerable and displaced pe…
Partner: Inter Pares
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (3%), Medical education/training (4%), Basic health car…
$15,746,269.00
Capacity Building Technical Assistance Fund
The Capacity Building Technical Assistance Fund (CBTAF) supports South African initiatives to improve governance. More specifically it helps build accountable public institutions and improve the cap…
Partner: Government of South Africa - National Treasury - International Development Coop…
Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (100%)
$15,743,621.00
Fund for Innovation and Transformation - FIT
The project aims to advance the use of and learning from innovative solutions to global development challenges proposed by Canadian small and medium organizations (SMOs). The project funds the test…
Partner: Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Sectors: Multisector aid (100%)
$15,705,545.00
Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding - UNHCR 2020
March 2020 - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides international protection and assistance to the world’s refugees stateless persons asylum seekers and in some instanc…
Partner: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (40%), Education in Emergencies (10%), Relief co-ordination…
$15,700,000.00
Investing in Women in Nigeria
The project seeks to enhance women’s economic empowerment in agriculture value chains in the state of Kano in Nigeria by facilitating access to finance for women-owned enterprises operating in the ag…
Partner: The AECF
Sectors: Formal sector financial intermediaries (80%), Agricultural education/training (20%)
$15,700,000.00
Promoting African Grassroots Economic Security Through Education and Skills (PAGES)
The project aims to improve access to basic education and sustainable livelihoods for more than 200 000 children and youth men and women by reducing the intergenerational effects of household pover…
Partner: Plan International Canada
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (12%), Education facilities and training (14%), Teac…
$15,653,875.00
Syria Crisis - Improving Health and Nutrition for Children in Jordan and Lebanon - UNICEF Multi Year
September 2016 – The Syria Crisis has undermined security and stability in the Middle East and has resulted in unprecedented humanitarian needs. Now in its sixth year the conflict in Syria has led t…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (57.83%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (14.06%), Educat…
$15,650,000.00
United Nations Population Fund - Institutional Support 2014
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA uses these funds along with those of other donors to achieve its core mandate and functions…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (20%), Reproductive health care (20%), Family plann…
$15,615,000.00
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - institutional Support 2023
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA uses these funds and other donors' funding to achieve its mandate. UNFPA’s mand…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: COVID-19 control (5%), Population policy and administrative management (28.5%), Reproductive health…
$15,600,000.00
United Nations Population Fund - Institutional Support 2017
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support (LTIS) to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2017. This annual contribution by Canada is used to support the implementation o…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (25%), Population policy and administrative management …
$15,600,000.00
United Nations Population Fund- Institutional Support 2016
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA uses these funds along with those of other donors to achieve its core mandate and functions…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (20%), Reproductive health care (20%), Family plann…
$15,600,000.00
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie - Institutional Support 2015-2017
This grant constitutes Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). The OIF uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its…
Partner: International Organisation of La Francophonie
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (12%), Education facilities and training (5%), Teach…
$15,600,000.00
United Nations Population Fund - Institutional Support 2015
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA uses these funds along with those of other donors to achieve its core mandate and functions…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (20%), Reproductive health care (20%), Family plann…