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Preventing Violent Extremism Through Education in Iraq
This project aims to build more resilient communities in Iraq from Daesh in particular the governorates of Anbar and Ninewah in order to counter the violent and sectarian narratives advanced by Dae…
Partner: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (50%), Preventing violent extremism (50…
$5,000,000.00
Improving Effectiveness of Local Police in Iraq
The project supports the local Iraqi police forces by training a core group of police trainers from the governorates of Anbar and Ninewah in policing administration and management driven by data a…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Justice law and order policy planning and administration (25%), Police (50%), Security system man…
$5,000,000.00
Support to Mine Action in Yemen
The project aims to develop the capacity of the Government of Yemen to coordinate the mine action related activities of governmental non-governmental and private sector actors in order to ensure ha…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of war (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Supporting girls to be safe to learn
This project aims to improve learning outcomes for women and girls in fragile and conflict-afflicted settings. The project supports the Safe to Learn Campaign a global inter-agency and multi-countr…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (100%), Teacher training (0%), Ending violence again…
$5,000,000.00
Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon - UNRWA 2017
August 2017 – The crisis in Syria has undermined security and stability in the Middle East and has resulted in unprecedented humanitarian needs. In its seventh year the current conflict in Syria has…
Partner: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Ne…
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Support to the Immediate Response Account - World Food Programme 2018
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies saves lives by getting food to the hungry quickly and works to help pr…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (33.33%), Emergency food aid (33.34%), Relief co-ordination…
$5,000,000.00
Support to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund - Phase II
The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) provides support in fragile and conflict affected states by delivering fast flexible and targeted programming to peace support and peace building initiati…
Partner: UNDP – Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Conflict-Affected Populations - IOM 2019-2021
July 2019 – In 2019 there are an estimated 6.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Iraq 18% of the total population. More than 1.6 million persons remain internally displaced desp…
Partner: IOM – International Organization for Migration
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (40%), Education in Emergencies (10%), Relief co-ordination…
$5,000,000.00
Support to the PBF Immediate Response Facility
This project provides support to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UN PBF)’s Immediate Response Facility (IRF). The IRF is providing fast flexible and relevant funding to countries to help prev…
Partner: UNDP – Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Integrating Venezuelan children in Peru
The project aims to help ensure that Venezuelan migrant children and adolescents particularly girls and adolescent girls live free from violence and discrimination and exercise their rights to pro…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Teacher training (15%), Primary education (15%), Secondary education (15%), Basic health care (15%)…
$5,000,000.00
Strengthening Quality Education for Children in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh
The project aims to improve learning for pre-primary primary-aged and out-of-school girls and boys in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh through gender equitable quality education. Cox’s Bazar i…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (15%), Education facilities and training (10%), Teac…
$5,000,000.00
Sahel Crisis - Global Support - Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2018
March 2018 - Conditions across the Sahel belt and neighbouring countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have deteriorated resulting in a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by a range of factors including povert…
Partner: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Syria Crisis - Protection and Livelihood Opportunities for Women and Youth 2017-2019
December 2016 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. An estimated 13.5 million people continue to be in need of humanitarian assis…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (70%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…
$5,000,000.00
Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon - 2016
October 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 to …
Partner: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Ne…
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (40%), Emergency food aid (30%), Relief co-ordination, prot…
$5,000,000.00
Enhanced Governance for Improving the Well-Being of the Most Vulnerable Women and Girls in Iraq
This project seeks to encourage greater use of integrated sexual and reproductive health services by women and girls. The project works to increase policy makers’ awareness of gender gaps in existing…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (50%), Reproductive health care (17%), Personnel de…
$5,000,000.00
Support to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund - 2017
The UN Peacebuilding Fund provides support in fragile and conflict affected states by delivering fast flexible and targeted programming to peace support and peace building initiatives. The PBF is an…
Partner: UNDP – Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)
Sectors: Participation in international peacekeeping operations (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Supporting a Common Vision with the African Union
This project contributes to improving the management capacity of the African Union Commission (AUC) and to advancing continental integration and collaboration to reduce poverty in Africa priority sec…
Partner: African Union
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (4%), Public sector policy and administrative managemen…
$5,000,000.00
Reaching Adolescent Girls Everywhere- Increasing Youth Access to Family Planning and Contraceptives
Family planning is critical to advancing gender equality and adolescents' empowerment. Among development actors UNFPA Supplies is the largest provider of contraceptives in the world and is pivotal t…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Family planning (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Bangladesh
This project aims to strengthen Bangladesh’s capacity to both reduce actual violence against women and girls and the widespread acceptance of violence against women in Bangladesh. It provides women …
Partner: UN Women
Sectors: Ending violence against women and girls (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Emergency Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance - Cash Consortium for Iraq 2017
July 2017 – Ongoing military efforts to retake territory from Daesh and Mosul in particular continue to drive the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. More than 3.3 million people are displaced in camps an…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Reconciliation and Conflict Prevention in Ninewah
The project aims to reduce and prevent violent conflict in Ninewah by promoting reconciliation. Ninewah is among eastern Mosul cities that were recently liberated from Daesh and are in need of assist…
Partner: Mercy Corps
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Syrian Refugees in Iraq - UNHCR
December 2015 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war and intensified violence in the country. The United Nations estimates that 13.5 million peopl…
Partner: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (50%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…
$5,000,000.00
Yemen - Emergency Water Sanitation Hygiene and Livelihoods Assistance - Mercy Corps 2018-19
May 2018 - Yemen is currently the world’s largest humanitarian crisis according to the United Nations with 22.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance including 11.3 million that require…
Partner: Mercy Corps
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Explosive Hazard Clearance in Mosul District
The project aims to increase stabilization and early recovery conditions of in areas of Mosul District by clearing explosive hazards and build local capacity to address residual contamination in the …
Partner: Foundation Suisse de Déminage
Sectors: Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of war (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Strengthening Governance Structures in Syria
The project aims to strengthen the ability of legitimate and inclusive local governance bodies in Syria to serve their communities. It is designed to increase the ability of local councils to provide…
Partner: Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Developm…
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Ukraine - Emergency Assistance - ICRC 2017 - 2018
March 2017 – Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine started in May 2014. By now 4.4 million people are affected by the conflict with no hopes for a quick end to their suffering. The humanitarian situati…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Addressing Water Needs in Host Communities in Jordan
This project aims to provide long-term sustainability of water supply in two of Jordan's northern governorates (Zarqa and Balqa). It seeks to address the recurrent malfunctions and unreliable supply …
Partner: Oxfam QC
Sectors: Water sector policy and administrative management (30%), Water resources conservation (including da…
$5,000,000.00
Reaching Adolescent Girls Everywhere- Increasing Youth Access to Family Planning and Contraceptives
Family planning is critical to advancing gender equality and adolescents' empowerment. Among development actors UNFPA Supplies is the largest provider of contraceptives in the world and is pivotal t…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Family planning (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Field Operations - OCHA 2013
March 2013 - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in partnership with national and international actors oversees the coordination of humanitarian action in…
Partner: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Immediate Response Account - World Food Programme 2013
February 2013 - 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%)
$5,000,000.00
Immediate Response Account (IRA) - World Food Programme 2012
February 2012 - The United Nations World Food Programme's (WFP) Immediate Response Account (IRA) is a special account that is set up to purchase and transport food in order to meet the most pressing …
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Emergency food aid (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance - UNICEF 2013 - II
November 2013 - The humanitarian situation in Syria has rapidly deteriorated over the past year as a result of the civil war in the country. The United Nations estimates more than 110 000 people have…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Camp Management and Lifesaving Services in Haiti - World Vision Canada 2011
21 March 2011 - On January 12 2010 a massive earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale rocked Port-au-Prince the capital of the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti. It is estimated that up …
Partner: World Vision Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (50%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…
$5,000,000.00
School Feeding Program in Senegal (Casamance Region) - WFP 2010-2012
This project is one of a number of CIDA contributions to the World Food Programme’s (WFP) school feeding program. Over the past four decades WFP has become the world's foremost provider of school me…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Basic nutrition (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Aid for Trade Initiative - World Bank Trade Facilitation Facility
This grant is Canada’s contribution to the World Bank Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF) in support of the Aid for Trade Initiative. The Trade Facilitation Facility is a multi-donor trust fund launche…
Partner: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
Sectors: Trade facilitation (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Emergency Assistance to Displaced Populations in Somalia and Kenya - UNHCR 2009
Partner: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Yemen - Humanitarian Pooled Fund - OCHA 2016
March 2016- The humanitarian situation in Yemen has deteriorated dramatically since the conflict intensified in late March 2015. Deepening insecurity and violence have taken a heavy toll on civilian …
Partner: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Support for the Multidonor Fund for the 2015 Haiti Elections
This project supports the Government of Haiti in the conduct of elections in 2015. The activities include: (1) strengthening the institutional capacity of the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) th…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme - Haiti
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (33%), Elections (34%), Legislatures and political parti…
$5,000,000.00
Together for Girls - Ending Violence Against Children
The project aims to end violence against children with a focus on ending sexual violence against girls. “Together for Girls” is a global public-private partnership that aims to improve the capacity …
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Human rights (50%), Social/welfare services (50%)
$5,000,000.00
Support to the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) - World Food Programme 2014
March 2014 - The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies saves lives by getting food to the hungry quickly and wor…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Prevention and Reduction of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Situations - ICRC 2014
This project expands the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) capacity to prevent and reduce sexual violence in five countries where serious risks of sexual and gender-based violence per…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Mitigating the Impact of the Syrian Crisis in Communities Hosting Syrian Refugees
This project aims to address the socio-economic challenges of vulnerable Jordanians by increasing support to youth and women living in refugee-hosting communities. It aims to reach 10 000 direct bene…
Partner: Save the Children Canada
Sectors: Early childhood education (35%), Vocational training (35%), Democratic participation and civil soci…
$5,000,000.00
Promoting Learning Empowerment and Play
This project focuses on enhancing the quality of public education in host communities affected by the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Implemented in the northern governorates of Jordan (Zarqa Irbid a…
Partner: Right To Play International
Sectors: Education facilities and training (50%), Teacher training (50%)
$5,000,000.00
UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Institutional Support 2013-2018
This grant represents Canada's institutional support to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS) one of nine specialized institu…
Partner: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (25%), Educational research (75%)
$5,000,000.00
Investment Climate Improvements Program in Ethiopia
The goal of this initiative is to create a more transparent and business-friendly environment for both women and men entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. The project seeks to achieve this by: (1) reviewing pol…
Partner: IFC - International Finance Corporation
Sectors: Public finance management (15%), Domestic Revenue Mobilisation (15%), Trade facilitation (40%), Tra…
$5,000,000.00
Textbooks for Children
The suspension of aid to Mali’s Ministry of Education following the March 22 2012 coup d'état has significantly affected Mali’s ability to finance the purchase of textbooks for 2012-13 school year. …
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Primary education (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Skills for Employment in Indonesia
This project aims to contribute to sustainable economic growth in Indonesia by improving the employability of graduates from public polytechnic institutes. The project supports the Government of Indo…
Partner: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)
Sectors: Vocational training (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Integrated Management of Maternal and Child Health in Artibonite (PRISMA)
This project aims to improve maternal newborn and child health services for up to 260 000 women and 140 500 children in Artibonite province. It supports the rehabilitation of nine maternity clinics…
Partner: CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (5%), Basic health care (10%), Basic health infrastruct…
$5,000,000.00
Institutional Support to the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala - Phase II
CIDA’s institutional support to the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) aims to contribute to increasing the rule of law in Guatemala thereby reducing impunity and homicid…
Partner: CICIG - International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala
Sectors: Human rights (100%)
$5,000,000.00
Food Security for the Most Vulnerable in Cambodia
This project supports a World Food Program (WFP) initiative which primarily aims to reduce the dependence of poor rural women and men on food assistance in the areas of Cambodia most affected by the…
Partner: WFP - World Food Programme
Sectors: Food aid/food security programs (100%)