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Paramedic Training Support
This project is part of the Health and Social Development Program (PRODESS). The project aims to establish a training mechanism for paramedics and thus to improve the quality of their services to the…
Partner: Consortium : Groupe Consultation CCISD (GCC) et MIR Partenariats et développeme…
Sectors: Basic health care (100%)
$6,824,652.00
Rural Development in Ruhengeri and Cyangugu
This project supports the rehabilitation and construction of rural infrastructure using labour-intensive approaches. The project focuses on building or rehabilitating rural roads reforestation and …
Partner: Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sectors: Road transport (40%), Agricultural land resources (30%), Agricultural water resources (15%), Agricu…
$6,819,591.00
Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds - South Sudan
This project works to increase equal opportunities for school-age girls and young women including those with disabilities to attend school in Gogrial West South Sudan. Project activities include: …
Partner: Canadian Red Cross
Sectors: Education facilities and training (16.17%), Basic life skills for youth (65%), Health education (8.…
$6,815,565.00
Ensuring meaningful engagement through reform for gender equality
This project aims to improve Ukraine’s institutional legal and political environment to address harmful embedded gender norms stereotypes and practices. It aims to break down barriers such as disc…
Partner: IFES - International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Sectors: Anti-corruption organisations and institutions (5%), Democratic participation and civil society (35…
$6,806,618.00
Women's Voice and Leadership - Pan-African
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights and advance wom…
Partner: African Women's Development Fund
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$6,804,955.00
Women's Voice and Leadership - Ethiopia
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organizations (WOs) and networks working to advance women’s empowerment and gender equ…
Partner: Plan International Canada
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$6,804,869.00
Supporting Investment in Least Developed Countries - BUILDER Technical Assistance Facility
This project aims to support progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and other Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible countries globally. BUILDE…
Partner: UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Sectors: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development (100%)
$6,800,000.00
Resilience and Inclusion through Investment for Sustainable Agrikultura (RIISA)
This project aims to support inclusive economic opportunities in the poor rural areas of Mindanao in the Philippines. Aligned with the Government of the Philippines’ post-coronavirus (COVID-19) rec…
Partner: Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates of Canada
Sectors: Business Development Services (40%), Food crop production (10%), Agricultural financial services (5…
$6,800,000.00
Durable Integration of Agropastoral Graduates
The project aims to increase the economic prosperity of the people of Benin Haiti and Mali through skills for employment program development. This project aims to strengthen educational institutes’…
Partner: Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (30%), Vocational training (30%), Agricultural educa…
$6,789,061.00
Reduction of Avoidable Blindness Program
This program aims to prevent blindness by focussing on: community-based prevention and community development restoring sight among the curable blind as well as training eye care professionals and l…
Partner: Operation Eyesight Universal
Sectors: Basic health care (37%), Basic health infrastructure (55%), Promotion of development awareness (8%)
$6,784,791.00
Women and girls standing up with dignity for their sexuel and reproductives rights
The initiative aims to improve the enjoyment of the right to health of Haitians particularly the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and adolescent girls. It will be implemented at th…
Partner: CARE Canada
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (100%)
$6,780,000.00
Andean Regional Initiative - Effective Partnerships for Local Development - Peru
This project aims to improve the social and economic well-being of communities living where there are extractive activities. The project provides resources to regional and municipal governments and t…
Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada
Sectors: Business support services and institutions (25%), Mineral/mining policy and administrative manageme…
$6,769,852.00
Emergency Food Support in the Americas - World Food Programme 2012
February 2012 - Established in 1961 the World Food Programme (WFP) is the food assistance arm of the United Nations and is the largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger in the world. WFP pr…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Emergency food aid (100%)
$6,750,000.00
Support to Rice Production for Food Security in Senegal
The goal of the project is to help Senegal to achieve rice self-sufficiency and to reduce poverty by supporting the National Program for Rice Self-sufficiency. The purpose of the Program is to increa…
Partner: Alliance agricole international UPA-DI CECI SOCODEVI
Sectors: Agricultural inputs (40%), Agricultural extension (10%), Agricultural services (20%), Plant and pos…
$6,746,375.00
Youth Employability: Closing the Gender Gap in Youth Employment in Nicaragua
The project aims to reduce poverty and contribute to closing the gender gap in youth employment by improving the job readiness and employability of 12 000 youth including 7 200 young women. In Nicar…
Partner: CHILDREN BELIEVE FUND
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (20%), Teacher training (20%), Basic life skills for…
$6,702,366.00
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: Sexual and Reproductive Health for Adolescent Development
The project aims to reduce the incidence of early pregnancy in Nicaragua by promoting and strengthening an integrated approach to adolescent development respecting adolescents’ decisions and freedo…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (25%), Reproductive health care (25%), Family plann…
$6,700,000.00
Accelerator for fund managers
This project aims to help people in underserved communities in developing countries become more financially secure. It does this by supporting the creation of new financial solutions that attract bot…
Partner: Convergence Blended Finance Inc.
Sectors: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (15%), Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) devel…
$6,700,000.00
Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sri Lanka: program 2023 to 2029
This project helps improve economic well-being especially among women in northern Sri Lanka. It supports transformative change within Sri Lanka’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and contributes to economic…
Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada
Sectors: Formal sector financial intermediaries (25%), Business Development Services (25%), Small and medium…
$6,700,000.00
Prevention of Conflicts Over the Use of Natural Resources in Peru
The goal of this project is to help the Peruvian government state agencies civil society and the private sector prevent manage and resolve conflicts relating to natural resources and economic grow…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Water sector policy and administrative management (5%), Decentralisation and support to subnational…
$6,690,000.00
Support to the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
This project supports the work of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) which plays a central role in the United Nations efforts to prevent deadly conflict and…
Partner: UN DEPT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$6,670,000.00
SUCO - Volunteer Sending 2009-2015
The program concentrates its activities in three sectors: private sector development through partners' institutional and organizational strengthening; good governance through local development; and p…
Partner: SUCO-Solidarité Union Coopération
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (35%), Agricultural education/training (35%), Environmen…
$6,667,500.00
Support to the Niger Basin Authority Capacity-Building Program
This regional program aims to build the management capacities of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) in its mission to promote cooperation among member countries for integrated management of the basin's …
Partner: Niger Basin Authority
Sectors: Water sector policy and administrative management (10%), Water resources conservation (including da…
$6,660,530.00
Promoting Maternal Newborn and Child Sustainable Health (PROMISE)
The project aims to contribute to the reduction of maternal and child mortality in Ghana Malawi and Rwanda. Target areas in each country experience a low level of knowledge on prevention delays in …
Partner: CHILDREN BELIEVE FUND
Sectors: Basic health care (65.53%), Basic health infrastructure (6.8%), Basic nutrition (16.01%), Health ed…
$6,659,847.00
Promoting social cohesion and stabilization through reintegration of conflict affected children
The project aims to promote peace and stability in conflict-affected states.
Partner: UNICEF
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (50%), Prevention of Violent (50%)
$6,650,000.00
Inspiring Action - Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC)
The “Inspiring Action for Global Citizenship” Program aims to promote awareness of global issues among the Canadian public and relevant stakeholders across Canada. The Program is implemented by eight…
Partner: Atlantic Council for International Cooperation
Sectors: Promotion of development awareness (100%)
$6,640,409.00
Justice Reform Initiatives Support
The Justice Reform Initiatives Support (JURIS) Project supports the implementation of the Supreme Court's Action Program for Judicial Reform(APJR) and its Supplement. In particular the project suppo…
Partner: National Judicial Institute
Sectors: Legal and judicial development (100%)
$6,638,554.00
Ghana - Program Support Unit - 2010-2014
The Program Support Unit (PSU) helps increase the effectiveness of development programs in Ghana in a way that maximizes the synergies between the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) del…
Partner: High Commission of Ghana
Sectors: Water supply - large systems (20%), Sanitation - large systems (20%), Public sector policy and admi…
$6,626,385.00
Empowerment of Women for Climate Action in Honduras
The project aims to improve the quality of life of rural and indigenous women and youth whose livelihoods depend on forest resources in 12 municipalities of Western Honduras. It seeks to improve the …
Partner: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (15%), Business support ser…
$6,624,814.00
Credit for School Fees
This project aims to increase access and quality of schooling for children by addressing two obstacles: families' inability to pay tuition fees and the poor quality of classroom instruction. The proj…
Partner: DID - Développement international Desjardins
Sectors: Teacher training (20%), Primary education (60%), Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (20%)
$6,616,389.00
Support for the Fight Against Maternal Mortality
The project aims to reduce maternal mortality in three departments of the country through public health activities. It provides technical assistance family planning emergency obstetrical care and…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Basic health care (25%), Population policy and administrative management (15%), Reproductive health…
$6,606,004.00
Owning their reproductive health choices: Tanzanian women and girls decide – program 2018 to 2022
The project aims to reduce unintended pregnancies and improve women and girls’ access to youth friendly life-saving reproductive health services. This includes modern contraceptives and comprehensiv…
Partner: Marie Stopes Tanzania
Sectors: Reproductive health care (60%), Family planning (30%), Personnel development for population and rep…
$6,600,000.00
Emergency Regional Funding - ICRC Appeals 2019
The International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) primary mission is to help protect the lives and dignity of people affected by conflict and other situations of violence. The ICRC provides assist…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (45%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (15%), Relief co-or…
$6,550,000.00
World Food Program - Food for Work - Infrastructure and Training
The project aims to support agricultural development in Mali mainly by purchasing grain which the World Food Program (WFP) distributes according to the “food for work / food for training” approach …
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Agricultural land resources (20%), Agricultural water resources (50%), Agricultural inputs (10%), A…
$6,540,000.00
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - Institutional Support 2016
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). UN Women uses these funds along with those of other don…
Partner: UN Women
Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (30%), Democratic participation and civil societ…
$6,500,000.00
Vital Statistics in Support of Maternal Newborn and Child Health
This project aims to increase civil registration rates. This increase in the budget for the project accelerates birth and death registration expands the reach of registration services to health cent…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Health personnel development (35%), Population policy and administrative management (35%), Personne…
$6,500,000.00
Food Assistance to Vulnerable Populations in Chad - World Food Programme 2010
As a result of violence in Darfur and a continued local insurgency by Chadian rebels a large population of displaced people has congregated in Chad. There is a need for continued assistance to a ref…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Emergency food aid (100%)
$6,500,000.00
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - Institutional Support 2015
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). UN Women uses these funds along with those of other don…
Partner: UN Women
Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (30%), Democratic participation and civil societ…
$6,500,000.00
Promoting Economic Development in Communities Hosting Syrian Refugees
This project aims to enhance the quality of life for Jordanians living in communities hosting Syrian refugees. These communities are facing difficulties to meet their local population’s social and ec…
Partner: CARE Canada
Sectors: Vocational training (25%), Democratic participation and civil society (25%), Informal/semi-formal f…
$6,500,000.00
Advancing climate resilience and women’s empowerment in Moldova
This technical assistance project is in support of a $120 million sovereign loan to the Republic of Moldova and aims to support climate resilience and gender equality in rural areas of Moldova. This …
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Multisector education/training (15%), Agricultural development (20%), Women's rights organisations …
$6,500,000.00
Aequitas Impact Investment Fund - Technical Assistance
This technical assistance facility aims to improve the environment and well-being of vulnerable populations especially women in Africa Asia Eastern Europe and Latin America. It seeks to support s…
Partner: DID - Développement international Desjardins
Sectors: Financial policy and administrative management (25%), Formal sector financial intermediaries (25%),…
$6,500,000.00
Transforming Technical Vocational Education and Training in Jordan
This project complements and supports Canada’s $120 million sovereign loan to Jordan. It aims to modernize the country’s vocational education sector and increase access to safe inclusive and qualit…
Partner: UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (40%), Basic life skills for youth (30%), Advanced t…
$6,500,000.00
Fair and inclusive energy transition in Ecuador
This project contributes to Canada’s $120 million loan for the Government of Ecuador. It supports the country’s Clean Energy Transition and Promotion of Private Investment in the energy sector. It do…
Partner: IDB - Inter-American Development Bank
Sectors: Energy generation renewable sources - multiple technologies (100%)
$6,500,000.00
Lifting Healthy Empowered and Protected Girls and Women in Cox’s Bazar (LEAP)
This project aims to advance the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls and young women in Cox's Bazar host communities and refugee camps. Project activit…
Partner: Plan International Canada
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth (24.51%), Health education (14.73%), Population policy and administrati…
$6,500,000.00
Strengthening the Data-Driven Health System in Ghana
This project aims to reduce preventable death and illness among women children and newborns in Ghana especially the marginalized or vulnerable. By using data-driven innovative approaches the proje…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (30%), Basic health care (10%), Basic nutrition (10%), …
$6,500,000.00
UN Women - Institutional Support 2017
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support (LTIS) to UN Women. This annual contribution by Canada is used to support the implementation of UN Women's mandate and its core function…
Partner: UN Women
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (6.66%), Family planning (6.67%), Democratic partic…
$6,500,000.00
Building Resilient Agricultural Production in South Sudan
The project aims to increase agricultural production and food security in Warrap State through improved increased and diversified food production as well as by building the productive asset base of…
Partner: Alinea International Ltd
Sectors: Vocational training (2%), Basic nutrition (2%), Agricultural policy and administrative management (…
$6,461,765.00
Support to the Peace Responsiveness Facility
This project works toward enabling international and regional organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN the World Food Programme the UN Children’s Fund the World Hea…
Partner: International PeacebuildingAlliance
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$6,423,618.00
Women's Economic Linkages and Employment Development
This project aims to remove barriers to women’s access to the labour market in Salt Irbid and East-Amman. It seeks to provide skills-based development in the private health sector find solutions t…
Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada
Sectors: Vocational training (60%), Ending violence against women and girls (10%), Social services (incl you…
$6,415,416.00
Humanitarian Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) - OCHA 2020
March 2020 – In response to the COVID19 global pandemic the United Nations launched the Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) on 25 March 2020. The GHRP seeks to respond to the direct public heal…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$6,400,000.00
My Voice My Health: Improving the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in Senegal
The project seeks to improve the accessibility quality and use of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent girls and boys in the Kédougou region of Senegal. Sexual and reproductive hea…
Partner: Canadian Crossroads International
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (25%), Reproductive health care (15%), Family plann…