Grants and Contributions

The Philippines has the highest natural disaster risk in the world, ranking first out of 193 countries in the 2022 and 2023 World Risk Index. In line with the objectives of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028, the project aims to enhance the resilience of communities in 6 highly vulnerable provinces in the Philippines. It does so by building the capacity of national and local governments and institutions, including women-led organizations (WLOs), to effectively prepare, mitigate, respond, and recover from natural disasters. Project activities include: (1) providing technical support to develop and implement agreements and protocols on data interoperability and sharing among national and local governments; (2) training national and local government officials on mainstreaming gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations into climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) plans and programming; (3) establishing a Canadian expert deployment mechanism for the government to access demand-driven consultation services in areas such as risk assessments, climate modelling, and disaster planning; (4) training local officials on resource mobilization, budgeting, and procurement for CCA-DRRM initiatives; and (5) providing technical assistance to WLOs to meet accreditation requirements and become members of local DRRM bodies and councils.
The project is expected to directly benefit 690 government officials at the national and local levels, 200 WLO members, and 1,000 community members, and indirectly benefit 1.6 million people from strengthened DRRM governance in the 6 targeted provinces.

This project will combine traditional research with on-site participatory activities for the benefit of policy makers, as well as other relevant stakeholders including civil society, industry and expert community, in recipient countries. This project will focus on the following specific threats:
1. Proliferation of cyber vulnerabilities, exploitation kits, and tools and resources to conduct malicious cyber activities, including on the dark web.
2. Cyber threats and risks to national and regional critical infrastructure, including critical information infrastructure, and critical services.
3. Gendered impacts of cyber-attacks such as denial of service targeting State services and data breaches.

After the initial research phase UNIDIR will conduct the following activities;
1. Scenario-based table-top exercise on the management at the policy and practitioner level of a cyber attack, including its gendered impacts.
2. National-threat assessment leveraging UNIDIR’s taxonomy of malicious ICT incidents with a view to develop a refined understanding of specific national cybersecurity threats and how they affect various segments of society.
3. Baseline assessment of national capabilities relevant for addressing identified threats conducted with the support of UNIDIR’s Foundational Cyber Capabilities tools.
Road-mapping exercise building on the outcomes of the baseline assessment to identify and plan follow-up actions in the short-, medium-, and long term.

This project aims to strengthen the border management capacities of the Haitian Border Police (POLIFRONT), an arm of the Haitian National Police (HNP), to detect and deter illicit cross-border activities that serve to strengthen Haitian gangs operating throughout the country. Over 2 years, the project aims to equip POLIFRONT with the technical tools required to effectively carry out their mandate, provide them with technical training on equipment use and maintenance, and improve infrastructure at the border.

This initiative will help to improve the capacity of parliaments to be effective actors of change in addressing key democratic challenges through their functions of representation, lawmaking, and oversight. While the immediate beneficiaries of the initiative are parliamentary actors, the project aims to strengthen the relationship between parliaments and civil society organizations, national governments, and other stakeholders, to support societies’ democratic resilience and the fulfilment of human rights.

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative