Grants and Contributions

Hiring of a Technical Account Manager

This project supports Toronto Centre’s efforts to deliver effective institutional capacity-building programs that promote financial stability and financial inclusion in developing countries. Toronto Centre provides intensive assistance globally, focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indo-Pacific, and special assistance to Ukraine.

For the project’s duration, Toronto Centre’s priorities, as integrated into their core capacity development programs, include: (1) advancing financial inclusion and gender equality; (2) strengthening capacity to manage climate change and biodiversity loss-related risks in financial systems; and (3) accelerating financial sector support for food security amid geopolitical risks.

Project activities include: (1) delivering technical, leadership, and supervisory guidance in capacity-building and training programs to financial supervisors in developing countries. This is done through practical and interactive teaching methods developed through a climate and gender lens; (2) offering a Certified Financial Supervisor (CFS) designation; and (3) developing supervisory guidance resources (Toronto Centre notes, webinars, podcasts) supporting developing countries.

This project contributes to Canada’s $120 million sovereign loan to Jordan. It aims to modernize the country’s vocational education sector and increase access to safe, inclusive, and quality vocational education for Jordanian and refugee boys and girls. Project activities include: (1) developing action plans and monitoring framework for implementing new vocational education curriculum; (2) developing gender-sensitive career guidance in schools; (3) developing frameworks for public-private sector partnerships in technical vocational education and training; (4) designing training for teachers on new curriculum materials; and (5) designing social marketing and awareness programs that promote the value of gender-responsive vocational education and training.

Representing Phase II to the previous CTCBP funded project P010589 “LAF Special Reconnaissance Project”, the focus of this Project is to further build the capacity of Lebanese Special Operation Force (SOF) to better plan and conduct operations, including through the use of female personnel, to direct arresting forces onto terrorist and violent extremist targets nationwide. Phase two also seeks to further consolidate the ability of the LAF SOF School to deliver Special Reconnaissance training, through the provision of a dedicated accommodation and ablutions unit for up to 10 females trainees at the LAF SOF School, and the supply and integration of an additional 20 sets of secure communications and surveillance optics equipment.

Payment of Canada’s assessed contribution for meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions

This Project supports the Canadian community’s efforts to attract, retain and expand foreign direct investment (FDI) and is ultimately designed to strengthen the economy at the community level.

The project provides funding to bring young entrepreneurs to participate in a conference session at which attendees will benefit from engaging with young northerners and northern Indigenous entrepreneurs and students as they share why they are interested in business and economic development, what challenges they have faced and how some of the barriers to entry, expansion and success can be removed so that they and other entrepreneurs can develop and grow the much needed business sector in northern regions.

This Project supports the Canadian community’s efforts to attract, retain and expand foreign direct investment (FDI) and is ultimately designed to strengthen the economy at the community level.

Increasing the economic resilience of Bassari communities, especially Bassari women and girls, through management and entrepreneurship capacity-building sessions and the implementation of 3 community projects in Senegal’s Kédougou region.

The purpose of this funding is to assist the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations review the discussion paper about Bill C-21’s proposed changes to the Nuclear and Safety Control Act