Grants and Contributions

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

This project aims to improve the climate resilience of Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru by affirming Indigenous rights and enabling self-determination. Project activities include: (1) providing sub-grants (65% of funding) to projects co-implemented by Indigenous Peoples in Canada and in developing countries. that focus on gender-responsive nature-based solutions projects for climate adaptation; (2) establishing an Indigenous Steering Group and Indigenous Wisdom and Knowledge Circle to guide project selection and support; (3) organizing capacity-bridging sessions and knowledge exchange spaces, including a regional forum conducted on Indigenous land-based stewardship, traditional laws, and legal approaches; and (4) creating mechanisms for Indigenous participation in decision-making processes and bodies, policy reforms, climate action, and nature-based solutions initiatives.

The local partner is the National Organization of Indigenous Andean and Amazonian Women of Peru (ONAMIAP), which is a coordinator and member of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA-SUR).

In addition, input from several National Indigenous Organizations will be included, such as the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia – ONIC), the National Confederation of Indigenous Women of Bolivia (Confederación Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas de Bolivia – CNAMIB), the Coordinator of Women's Community Organizations (Coordinadora de Organizaciones Comunitarias de Mujeres – COMAM-GUATEMALA), the National Coordinating Committee of Widows of Guatemala (Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala – CONAVIGUA) and the Grand Council of Ancestral Authorities of the Ch'orti People (Gran Consejo de Autoridades Ancestrales del Pueblo Chortí).

The Education for Jordan Prosperity - Phase II (E4JP-2) project aims to further support Jordan, enabling access to quality education for all while strengthening its education systems. This project benefits approximately 1.6 million children across the country’s 4,060 schools, including 152,000 refugee children. Specifically, the E4JP-2 aims to build upon the education sector strengthening work of the E4JP phase l ($75M, 2017/18-2023). Project activities include: (1) consolidating development gains and results over the life of the programme, (2) targeting final capacity building for the Ministry of Education (MoE) in preparation for complete programme handover by 2026, and (3) expanding the programme to include on-budget support to the MoE, helping to meet its refugee student-related costs.

The Advancing Gender Equality, Resilience, Opportunity, and Inclusion Worldwide (GROW) Facility aims to improve women’s livelihoods in developing countries by shifting corporate practices and creating economic opportunities for women. It seeks to achieve gender equality results by providing financial support and advisory services to help businesses improve gender equality through their core functions. This includes employing people, delivering goods and services, and allocating capital. The Facility aims to offer loans and other financial tools to support companies with growth strategies aligned with gender equality goals. This includes promoting women’s leadership or boosting women’s employment in under-represented sectors. Through advisory services, the Facility supports companies in adopting and implementing policies and operational practices that improve the lives of women in all their diversity.

The GROW Facility aims to support women’s leadership and inclusion in 5 priority areas: (1) accelerating access to finance for women and women-led businesses, (2) making supply chains inclusive; (3) removing barriers to employment and leadership; (4) bridging the digital divide; and (5) accelerating inclusive and gender-smart climate action.

The project aims to contribute to strengthened self-determination by Inuit by strengthening ICC positions on issues relevant to Inuit;
increasing ICC’s ability to engage in international decision-making by Inuit; and increasing Arctic forum participants’ understanding of issues facing Inuit.
To do so, the project conducts research on issues relevant to Inuit priorities, promotes engagement opportunities at all levels of government to Inuit and Inuit rights holding organizations, and launches Arctic advocacy campaigns on issues such as human rights and environment and climate change.

The project aims to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of Ukrainians, including women and internally-displaced persons, by addressing the threat of explosive ordnance, present across vast areas of the country.
Project activities include: (1) conducting non-technical survey and subsequent manual clearance in targeted communities; (2) providing capacity building to key national stakeholders; and (3) establishing a Gender and Diversity Working Group to promote gender-transformative mine action in Ukraine.

Millions of people around the world still lack access to high quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. This project aims to improve the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of marginalised and underserved groups, particularly young women and adolescent girls in all their diversity in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South Asia. The project provides services, training, and technical assistance in order to address harmful social norms and practices which will allow all people to make choices about their bodies and their lives.

Project activities include: (1) health workers trained and mentored to provide quality SRH services; (2) technical assistance on youth-centred programming and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) provided by CSE Centres of Excellence based in Colombia, Ghana and Togo (3) Federation members’ supported with advocacy tools, and safety and security plans to engage with intergovernmental advocacy on SRHR, safe abortion, CSE and gender equality.

This project aims to support selected member states of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) in adopting and enhancing risk-based policies, laws and regulations to address money laundering and terrorist financing. Project activities include: (1) conducting legislative and regulatory review for the purposes of National Risk Assessments; (2) delivering supervisory and investigative tools and operation manuals; and (3) facilitating workshops, training and mentoring, including to law enforcement agencies, tailored to countries’ specific needs. The World Bank implements this project.

[January , 2024] The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies, saves lives by quickly getting food assistance (cash or in-kind) to vulnerable food insecure populations and helps prevent hunger. As the global lead agency for logistics and emergency telecommunications, WFP plays a major role in providing common services for the humanitarian community. It transports humanitarian workers, carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda.

With GAC’s support, WFP provides targeted food assistance to vulnerable populations to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity, and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfer; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women; and (3) providing logistical support and enabling access to the most remote and challenging locations.