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.
$20,000,000.00
Mar 21, 2014
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Innovative Approaches to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
5007060408 P000541001
This project seeks to improve the nutrition, health, and survival of newborns and infants in countries where malnutrition is widespread by improving breastfeeding and infant feeding during the transition from exclusive breastfeeding to family foods, called complementary feeding. This initiative aims to use state-of-the-art methods such as private sector marketing, communications, social networking, technology expertise, and technical assistance, to create the social and behavioural changes needed to improve infant and young child feeding practices.
The main activities of the project include: (i) engaging the private sector in the development of marketing strategies to improve breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices; and (ii) advocating for an integrated package of activities that includes the promotion of optimal breastfeeding practices during the neonatal period and improved diets for women during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation. The project also works to build the capacity of frontline health workers to address malnutrition effectively, conduct awareness and behaviour change activities, and evaluate the impact and assess the cost-effectiveness of infant and young child feeding interventions in order to continue to improve their effectiveness and to replicate them in other settings.
This project is part of Canada's maternal, newborn, and child health commitment.