Grants and Contributions

This project aims to support the Government of the Philippines’ efforts to address stunting among children under the age of 5 (CU5) by improving local health system governance and service delivery. Specifically, the project seeks to help build the capacity of select local governments to plan and implement a multisectoral program for nutrition, focusing on the first 1000 days of life, in line with the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023 to 2028. Project activities include: (1) training health service providers to improve provision of nutrition information and services (e.g. iron folic acid supplementation, antenatal care, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, zinc complements, among others); (2) raising awareness in communities to promote equal caregiving responsibilities among parents, and improve feeding practices for CU5; (3) advocating for the integration of nutrition interventions in key programs such as cash transfer program and food supplementation initiatives of the national government; (4) building the capacity of local government officials and health service providers to better track and report on nutrition interventions across relevant sectors and programs (e.g. food security, education, social welfare); and (5) engaging civil society and women’s rights organizations in nutrition planning and monitoring at the municipal level. This initiative reaches approximately 140,000 individuals, particularly pregnant women and CU5 in select provinces in the Philippines.

This project aims to enhance the empowerment of adolescent girls and female youth pursuing education in South Sudan by targeting both supply and demand side barriers that prevent them from attending school. The project targets three counties across two states, Central Equatoria (two counties) and Eastern Equatoria (one county). Project activities include: (1) providing support to education actors (such as teachers) to develop, test and implement, gender-transformative tools and approaches to deliver comprehensive sexuality education and life skills curriculum content; (2) providing support to community groups working in education to enhance and adapt approaches and innovations related to girls’ education and empowerment; (3) conducting participatory design process with teacher training providers to integrate gender-transformative and inclusive approaches and content to existing teacher training curricula; and (4) s providing support to local education actors to advocate for gender transformative education policy enhancements and implementation.

This project aims to enhance welfare and protection of refugees and host community populations, particularly vulnerable women and girls, in Egypt. The project seeks to improved access to protection services and gender-responsive assistance for refugees, in particular women and girls, and enhance their socio-economic inclusion and resilience through employment and entrepreneurship training. Project activities include: 1) providing cash-assistance to 3,446 female-headed refugees households, benefiting 7,719 women and girls and 6,065 men and boys; 2) providing 300 SGBV survivors with case management and safe relocation services to ensure their physical safety, of which 290 will be women; 3) providing training and seed funding to 265 refugees with the aim to create income- generating businesses; 4) providing job placement services to 180 refugees to facilitate access to market opportunities and develop vocational skills. These livelihood interventions would support 60% women and 40% men; and 5) providing access to social cohesion initiatives including cultural exchange events and gender-sensitive training sessions on conflict resolution for 445 members of refugee and host communities. These initiatives would include the launch of community service programmes and festivals showcasing different cultural traditions, including music, dance, and cuisine. In total, the interventions will benefit 14,934 direct beneficiaries, including 8,519 women and girls and 6,415 men and boys, of which 93% are part of female-headed households. At least 97% of beneficiaries will be refugees or asylum seekers.

This project aims to support the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation in advancing its mandate of assisting developing and least developed countries in implementing the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation is a public-private partnership that brings together governments and businesses as equal partners to deliver targeted trade facilitation reforms that enhance the speed, cost-efficiency, ease, and predictability of cross-border trade. The Alliance seeks to improve trade performance and promote inclusive economic growth in project countries.

Project activities include: (1) mobilizing international and in-country public-private dialogues on trade facilitation reforms; (2) operationalizing cooperation of the private sector towards Alliance objectives; (3) trade facilitation project concepts with public and private sector perspectives; (4) co-creation and co-implemention of leveraging Alliance-developed inclusive trade methodologies, best practices and measurement tools to inform the design and implementation of trade facilitation projects; and (5) developing and disseminating the Alliance's measurable results, lessons learned, and best practices.

This project aims to survey the energy policy, regulatory and commercial environment for small modular reactors (SMR) in selected Indo-Pacific countries. It does this through collaboration between Royal Roads University and Kyoto University. This research study involves collecting both quantitative and qualitative data from primary and secondary sources. It takes a transdisciplinary approach, involving the knowledge fields of nuclear science, international economics, international trade and investment and climate policy. It aims to use primary sources such as in-person interviews with government, industry officials, and non-governmental organizations in each target country. The project also seeks to draw upon secondary sources including academic research literature, information from government agencies, country databases and national statistics, and other public and private data sources. The project aims to produce a final research report and a presentation of the findings for Canadian stakeholders.

This project addresses climate vulnerability and economic challenges, particularly for women and youth, by enhancing rural livelihoods and fostering climate-resilient communities through ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) solutions, promoting job creation, food security, and environmental conservation. This includes: (1) strengthening the institutional capacity of local governments and other key stakeholders through technical assistance to manage climate risks and implement adaptation measures based on gender-responsive climate policies and multi-level governance mechanisms that include active participation from local communities, particularly women and youth; (2) collaborating with financial institutions to develop innovative credit enhancement mechanisms that facilitate access to financing for EbA interventions, particularly climate-smart agriculture, multifunctional restoration, and sustainable food systems; and (3) providing women and youth-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with the financial resources needed to adopt climate-resilient practices and scale up their operations. These efforts aim to transform the department of Cesar, into a model of sustainable, climate-resilient, and inclusive economic growth, supporting Colombia's transition to a post-fossil fuel economy.

This project aims to increase economic opportunities for vulnerable youth, particularly young women, in two border regions in southeastern Senegal, namely Tambacounda and Kédougou, which are affected by unemployment, low agricultural productivity exacerbated by climate change, and deeply rooted gender inequalities.

The project's activities include: 1) strengthening the capacities of communities, educational actors, and authorities to reduce gender and age-based barriers and to maintain them in educational programs at the middle and secondary levels, as well as technical and vocational training; 2) developing and delivering academic and technical and vocational training programs that are adapted to the specific conditions of markets and the climate-smart green economy; 3) strengthening employment hubs and professional integration cells to prepare and guide young people towards educational pathways and green economy jobs; 4) implementing a literacy and financial literacy support program that takes into account the differentiated vulnerability factors of young people. This project aims to train and strengthen the capacities and means of action of more than 43,800 youth (including 24,550 young women), focusing on education, technical and vocational training, and entrepreneurship in the promising sectors of the green economy. Overall, the project will indirectly reach 258,000 people by improving national policies and mobilizing green financing for the socioeconomic empowerment of young women and women.

This project aims to empower Canadian small and medium organizations (SMOs) and their partners in the Global South. It provides flexible funding, capacity-building, and public engagement opportunities to support poverty reduction and address key development challenges, such as gender equality. The project helps SMOs design and implement impactful development projects by removing barriers like limited funding and insufficient capacity.

The project supports over 550 SMOs in Canada and their partners in the Global South, including approximately 150 SMOs in Canada receiving funding. It also seeks to engage over 400 representatives of diverse SMOs in Canada and their local partners through self-directed learning opportunities, accompaniment during application processes, and select facilitated learning exchange initiatives.

This Integrated Climate Adaptation Solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region (ICAS-HKH) project aims to increase resilience to climate change impacts and improve the livelihoods of rural women, Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The revival of springs and improved management of springsheds - the areas of land that contribute groundwater to a spring - are vital to ensuring present and future water security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, a region that faces significant challenges from climate change. Working primarily with women, ICAS-HKH aims to support communities, women’s and Indigenous Peoples’ groups and local institutions to design and implement gender-responsive interventions to improve springshed management, address water scarcity and provide renewable energy technology for irrigation systems. ICAS-HKH seeks to promote the development and implementation of gender-responsive policies, strategies and guidelines by local government institutions to enable the scaling up of the approach. It also aims to enhance the capacity of beneficiaries to access other sources of climate adaptation funding to sustain this approach in the long term. Project activities include: (1) promoting sustainable land management practices and installing renewable energy technology for irrigation such as solar panels and pumps; (2) building the capacity of policy and decision-makers to strengthen the enabling environment for scaling up the integrated climate adaptation approach beyond the pilot sites, including through policy recommendations, knowledge-sharing events, workshops and joint monitoring visits; and (3) identifying climate adaptation funding sources and building the capacity of women’s groups and Indigenous Peoples’ and local community networks to design climate adaptation projects, prepare investable proposals and access funding.

March 2025 - The International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) aims to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence in various countries. This includes people in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. The ICRC assists and works to prevent further suffering by promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law. The ICRC collaborates with local Red Cross and Red Crescent national society staff and volunteers to implement its protection and assistance programmes worldwide.

Canada will also provide rapid and flexible resources via the drawdown fund allocations to enable the ICRC to respond to new and unexpected crisis and reach beneficiaries more efficiently and in a timely manner.

With GAC and other donors’ support, the ICRC’s humanitarian operations aim to provide protection, emergency relief, and other essential services