Grants and Contributions

The project aims to equip youth, especially women and people living with disabilities, with relevant skills to contribute to economic and social development in Mongolia. The project will address fundamental gaps in Mongolia’s current Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. Activities include: (1) Deliver capacity building workshop for Ministry of Education staff on creating a national vocational qualification framework; (2) Conduct a stakeholder consultation with Ministry of Education and training institutions to understand the requirements of quality assurance systems; (3) Review and update the Mongolia gender equality strategy for technical and vocational training and education.

The Advancing Growth Innovation and Leadership for Enterprises (AGILE) aims to increase the resilience of Vietnams populations vulnerable to climate change. AGILE will drive ecosystem enhancements that lead to increased investment in and support for Vietnamese women-focused climate enterprises (CE). These CEs would then be able to grow, thrive and maximize their impact on vulnerable populations resilience to climate change by offering resilient employment opportunities and by delivering products and services that help individual consumers, businesses and other stakeholders adapt to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. The project activities include: (1) Strengthening capacity of BK Holdings and other local enablers in providing business acceleration services for women-focused CEs; (2) Working with investors to deploy a challenge grant for the CEs that are ready to attract private capital. The grant would then help leveraging gender-responsive climate finance into these CEs; (3) Providing trainings and support services for WISE and other local women`s business support organizations to strengthen their capacity to translate between gender and finance to promote gender lens investing in Vietnam.

The project aims to improve the capacity of girls and boys with disabilities, community, state, and national level actors to increase access to quality secondary education and graduation levels. At the national level, cash transfers are provided to girls and boys with disabilities and catch-up classes to help them successfully (re)integrate and complete grades 7 to 12. Also, the project seeks to strengthen the education system at national and subnational level for better service provision, national budget allocation and accountability. It also informs, educates, and motivates community members (girls, boys, women and men, parents, teachers and community leaders) to promote quality education completion, with an emphasis for children with disabilities who face increased discrimination. Scalable geographic pilots are designed to improve life skills education for children with disabilities with tailored support to schools and teachers to address discrimination and meet their specific needs.

The Increasing Economic Opportunities for Youth in Uganda and Tanzania project aims to increase economic opportunities for youth (30 and under) in Uganda and Tanzania through financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. The project seeks to address the socio-economic inclusion of youth (30 years and under) and particularly marginalized and vulnerable young women, in Uganda and Tanzania, by enhancing the skills, financial inclusion, and employability of youth, ultimately contributing to economic growth and reducing poverty for themselves and their families. To achieve this, the project will employ an innovative two-pronged approach targeting youth that will couple vocational training and employment enhancement initiatives alongside financial literacy development. By offering vocational training, the project will offer skills development opportunities to youth that are relevant to the current and local job market, in each target country. Financial and non-financial products directly targeting the needs of youth, and marginalized and vulnerable young women in particular, will be developed to further enable them to apply the skills that they’ve gained and start a new business or expand pre-existing enterprises. Finally, to ensure gender-equal financial inclusion, all financial services and products offered through the project will be reviewed with a gender-lens to ensure equal access and benefits for young women.

This project aims to enhance the climate resilience of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia and Zambia using an Indigenous-to-Indigenous approach in collaboration with Métis in Canada. It seeks to reduce poverty by safeguarding the livelihoods and resources that Indigenous Peoples and their communities depend on.

The project fosters the co-creation of climate adaptation strategies that are culturally relevant, locally grounded, and deeply connected to the identities of the Nations and Peoples involved. It also aims to support gender equality and on-site learning in partnerships with Indigenous organizations in Canada, such as VIDEA and Indigenous Clean Energy. The project seeks to foster knowledge exchanges between Indigenous Peoples from Colombia, Zambia and the Métis Nation in Canada. This enables them to highlight community-based climate projects in sustainable resource management and renewable energy, emphasizing resilience strategies and the use of Indigenous knowledge. The project supports Canada’s commitment in implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Project activities include: (1) conducting 2-week knowledge exchanges between Indigenous participants in Colombia, Zambia, and across the Métis Nation, including workshops, site visits, and cultural activities; (2) designing exchanges to facilitate mutual understanding of climate resilience strategies, Indigenous knowledge, and sustainable practices, particularly through storytelling; (3) providing hands-on lessons on Indigenous approaches to land stewardship, sustainable resource management, and community-based climate adaptation; and (4) participating in the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Brazil to partake in important dialogues on climate adaptation.

The Indigenous Climate Action Partnership project is an Inuit-led initiative that aims to increase the resilience of Indigenous Peoples in developing countries to climate change. The project supports partnerships between Inuit and Indigenous Peoples abroad, encourage shared learning and mutual support in climate adaptation work, and build long-term advocacy skills. Immersive, on-the-land (sea and ice) knowledge exchanges helps to integrate sustainable, nature- and land-based solutions to climate change into the climate change adaptation strategies of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous youth. The project creates a network of Indigenous leaders who can share knowledge, develop scalable nature-based solutions, and advocate for their communities in global climate forums.

The project, led by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada, is carried out in partnership with other ICC offices, likely Greenland and Alaska, and Indigenous Peoples from developing countries. The project aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Project activities include: (1) designing a training program to increase Indigenous climate leadership for youth and integrate Indigenous Knowledge systems into local climate actions; (2) promoting climate advocacy in local, national, and international climate negotiations; (3) creating opportunities, especially for youth, for shared learning and implementation of Indigenous-led nature-based solutions and traditional land-use practices; (4) facilitating the integration of climate solutions into community climate change adaptation strategies; (5) training in negotiation skills and leadership for Indigenous climate leaders to advocate in local, national and international climate and biodiversity negotiations; and (6) providing tools for participants to implement climate actions in their communities.

Grant for Institutional Support to the UN Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues to support the work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) to build expertise on Indigenous issues and mainstream related issues throughout the UN system.

The “Building Regional Resilience Through Anticipatory Action and Civil Society Empowerment (ASEAN-BRACE)” project aims to enhance disaster resilience in Southeast Asia by strengthening the capacity of institutions in ASEAN to improve gender-sensitive disaster preparedness and coordination. The project seeks to engage Canadian CSOs in the humanitarian sector in study tours and learning exchanges. The expected outcomes are: i) increased capacity of ASEAN-based Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to contribute to regional disaster resilience of ASEAN countries; ii) increased capacity of ASEAN institutions to collaborate with selected ASEAN-based CSOs in developing gender-sensitive regional frameworks and mechanisms; and iii) increased capacity of ASEAN countries to integrate anticipatory action mechanisms in disaster management at the regional level.

The Support for APEC Inclusive and Sustainable Growth project aims to improve the enabling environment for economic growth in developing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The project will support activities funded by two APEC Sub-Funds and the APEC Policy Support Unit, which are administered by the APEC Secretariat.

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sub-Fund aims to directly involve developing APEC MSMEs in project activities to support MSME-led work to reduce poverty and build inclusive economies. The Women and the Economy Sub-Fund aims to institutionalise and provide ongoing support to advance APEC’s objectives of increasing women’s economic participation. The APEC Policy Support Unit’s mission is to provide APEC robust research and analysis to support APEC fora and members so that policy development is evidence-based. Typical projects under the Sub-Funds include participation in or sponsorship of training, workshops and conferences and funding studies or research directly contributing to the thematic focus of the Sub-Funds.

Since January 2025, the rapid escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered mass displacement within DRC and across borders. Over 77,000 people have fled DRC to neighbouring countries in 2025, the majority since mid-February. As the crisis continues to escalate, the number of people displaced is likely to continue rising.

In response to the fast-growing number people displaced by this violence, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has appealed for $40.4 million (USD), increasing its capacity to reach up to 533,000 people by the end of April 2025.

GAC funding responds to UNHCR’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Appeal (February-April 2025) and will support assistance to new arrivals from DRC in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. With GAC’s support, UNHCR will enhance access to safe and dignified reception, registration and transit of new arrivals, and increase multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance for this population in these five neighbouring countries.

Project activities include: 1) reception, registration and transportation of new arrivals; 2) provision of protection services; 3) provision of emergency shelter and non-food items; and 4) support for basic needs including clean water, sanitation and hygiene services, health and nutrition.