Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$64,696.00
Jun 6, 2013
$35,000.00
Jun 5, 2013
$35,387.00
May 29, 2013
$300,000.00
May 29, 2013
$500,000.00
May 25, 2013
$24,600,000.00
May 24, 2013
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI)
5007059768 P000457001
This project seeks to set up the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI).
Established in 2013, CIRDI is a coalition of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and École Polytechnique de Montréal. The Institute’s mandate is to assist developing countries to improve and strengthen their natural resource governance through policy, legislation, regulatory development and implementation, training, technical assistance and applied research.
CIRDI’s main activities include:
(1) conducting country-level needs assessments (e.g., in the areas of taxation, legislation, revenue collection, and distribution); (2) delivering technical assistance to respond to these needs (for example by improving national legislation and regulatory policies); (3) supporting the training of government officials and practitioners (for example: scholarships, accreditation and certification programs); and (4) sharing Canadian knowledge and expertise broadly through publicly accessible media and relationships with other world-renowned centres.
Examples of projects include integrated water resource management in Peru, transforming artisanal and small-scale mining in Ecuador and Colombia, building capacity in the Ministry of Mines in Ethiopia, and smaller projects looking at local procurement strategies in Africa and the rise in mining conflicts internationally.