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.
$2,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$5,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$3,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$4,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$12,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$13,833,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$12,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2014
$115,853.00
Mar 17, 2014
$10,125,000.00
Mar 17, 2014
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Support to the African Legal Support Facility
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This project aims to support sustainable economic growth in Africa by increasing the capacity of African governments to negotiate fair and better quality contracts in the extractives sector. While African governments conclude a wide range of complex contractual agreements with investors for large investments in the extractives sector, many are disadvantaged by a gap in financial and/or human resources capacity to negotiate effectively, or on an equal footing, with legal teams on the investor side. Canada is supporting the five-year Medium-Term Strategy (2013-2017) of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), earmarking its contribution for extractives sector activities in the following areas: (i) review and negotiation of complex contracts and legal frameworks; and (ii) training African government officials to carry out these negotiations themselves.
Some project activities include: (i) providing legal expertise to African governments as they negotiate and review extractives contracts; (ii) supporting the establishment of legal institutional frameworks to enable African countries to negotiate contracts effectively; (iii) providing on-the-job knowledge transfer and training to African government officials and local law firms on how to negotiate complex contracts; and (iv) establishing partnerships with academic institutions in Africa providing high-level legal training, and developing curricula for specific training.
The ALSF is an independent international organization, hosted by the African Development Bank.