Grants and Contributions

The objective of this project is to enhance Indigenous participation in the natural resource economy, and support governance, and First Nation, government, and/or industry engagement.

Develop bilingual storytelling program to grow rural Francophone visitor experiences

Upgrading facilities: In the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, the project aims to restore economic and community activity at a vacation resort.

Renew and expand the Coastal Restoration Fund to renew investments in coastal and upstream inland communities to support contributions towards aquatic restoration efforts that protect and restore Canada’s coastal areas and address threats to marine species, including marine mammals and expand supported aquatic restoration activities on all of Canada’s coasts.

No. 2 Construction Battalion podcast and education campaign

This project aims to use private sector investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation across Latin America and the Caribbean while promoting gender-responsive, sustainable economic development. The project offers lower-cost and longer-term loans for innovative private-sector projects that need concessional financing to be viable.

Project activities include: (1) investing in climate-smart agriculture practices. This includes drought-resistant seed varieties, irrigation infrastructure, and sustainable land use practices that aim to increase productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (2) scaling up low carbon and climate resilient technologies such as energy storage, wastewater management, and charging infrastructure; (3) restoring sand beaches, dunes, mangroves, and coral reefs to increase coastal resilience and protect the most vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate change; and (4) developing carbon markets in Latin America and the Caribbean by advising and financing borrowing member countries, developing carbon credit methodologies, and increasing transparency in market conditions.

This project aims to enhance the well-being and fulfillment of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of girls, adolescent girls, and young women. It seeks to create an equal and gender-based violence-free environment to strengthen the bodily autonomy of girls (ages 10 to 14), adolescents (ages 15 to 19) and young women (ages 20 to 29), focusing on those most at risk and left behind. The project aims to generate political and technical dialogue at national and territorial levels, particularly in regions with a significant presence of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, and Venezuelan refugees and migrants. It also encourages the involvement of government officials, traditional authorities, and civil society organizations where adolescents and young people actively participate.
Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to national authorities to develop clear and actionable policy recommendations. It does so to improve existing policies and regulations on SRHR and gender-based violence (GBV); (2) enable capacity development and providing technical assistance in implementing culturally relevant attention models on SRHR for adolescents in selected areas; (3) training GBV services operators at the national and sub-national levels on quality management of GBV cases; (4) establishing life-skills programmes for girls, adolescent girls, and young women in selected areas to enhance autonomies and leadership capacity; and (5) conducting campaigns on gender equality, SRHR, and the right to a life without GBV. These campaigns target boys, young men and girls, adolescent girls, and young women in selected areas with girls, adolescent girls, and young women-led, faith-based organizations and mass media.

This project directly benefits over 40,000 girls, adolescent girls, and young women in the provinces of Ayacucho, Piura and San Juan de Lurigancho district (Lima). It also indirectly benefits 120,000 girls, adolescent girls, and young women due to an improved enabling environment and social behavioural change communications.

This project aims to deliver specialized renewable energy capacity-building to Indigenous Communities in Colombia and Ecuador to empower them to address their needs, drive sustainable change, and participate in the clean energy transition. The project seeks to help create the enabling conditions for adopting clean energy and energy-efficient solutions for Indigenous Peoples to actualize climate change mitigation in Colombia and Ecuador. It also seeks to decrease barriers for Indigenous Peoples to access and benefit from clean energy capacity-building programs. Through accessible and inclusive clean energy needs assessments and policy recommendations by, for, and with Indigenous Nations in Colombia and Ecuador, the project will enable the adoption of more equitable practices leading to Indigenous-led clean energy solutions.

This project aims to promote accountable and inclusive governance to strengthen peace and reconciliation among diverse communities. It seeks to empower minority ethnic communities and vulnerable groups to demand inclusive public services and build the capacity of national and sub-national government authorities to deliver public services. Project activities include: (1) developing diversity plans in 15 government institutions; (2) developing tools and guidelines for gender equality focal points in the public service; (3) providing grants to civil society organizations to advocate for inclusive public services; and (4) supporting women’s rights organizations in facilitating intercultural and interfaith dialogue.

The overarching objective of the work supported by the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Torture is to assist victims of torture and their families to rebuild their lives through the award of grants through a variety of channels, including: civil society organizations, associations of victims, private and public hospitals, legal clinics, public interest law firms, and community organizations.