Grants and Contributions

This project aims to enhance the gender-responsive resilience of farming households, especially women-headed, and their agri-food livelihoods to the impacts of climate change in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. Project activities include: (1) developing gender-responsive and sustainable land use and watershed management plans; (2) disseminating findings from a gender and poverty related barriers study, at local and national levels; and (3) connecting vulnerable women and men to service providers, to access resources to develop sustainable agribusinesses.

The project aims to assist the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in supporting community-driven recovery and rehabilitation efforts in rural and peri-urban locations. This includes up to 5 hromadas (communities), in Dnipropetrovska, Kharkivska, Sumska, and other Oblasts in Western and Central Ukraine. The project focuses on providing help to internally displaced persons who are seeking durable solutions. The project seeks to support the development and implementation of local recovery plans that align with the Government of Ukraine’s decentralization reform efforts and national recovery programs and policies led by the Ministry for Restoration. IOM aims to establish small grants and technical assistance mechanisms to empower civil society and community-based organizations to identify and implement community-level activities and local rehabilitation projects.

Project activities include: (1) empowering local ownership of the recovery process; and (2) addressing barriers to durable solutions and broader recovery efforts, including small-scale infrastructure rehabilitation, in selected locations.

This project aims to restore critical agricultural livelihoods for small-scale farmers and rural households, that have decreased or halted production due to the presence of land mines and other explosive remnants of war on their lands. Implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the World Food Programme, and in collaboration with Fondation Suisse de déminage, project activities include: (1) identifying, mapping and surveying agricultural land suspected of having mines and explosive remnants of war; (2) providing education to rural communities on explosive remnants of war , including girls, boys, women, men, older adults and persons with disabilities; (3) providing technical support related to mine and explosive remnants of war clearance and disposal; (4) providing technical assistance related to soil testing, decontamination and rehabilitation; and (5) providing matching grants, vouchers and in-kind packages (seeds, animal feed, agricultural equipment), allowing rural households and small producers to return to production as quickly as possible.

This project contributes to protecting the dignity and rights of women and girls in Ethiopia by integrating the provision of sexual reproductive health and rights information, supplies, and services with sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response.

This project is part of Canada’s Renewed women’s voice and leadership (WVL) program.

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 objective of this project is to provide targeted technical assistance to the authorities of Pakistan in the short and medium term to enhance border management controls, through coordinated engagement with the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) in Islamabad. The initiative leverages INTERPOL’s unique mandate and capabilities in international police cooperation and secure information exchange to support Pakistan in strengthening its border management framework and operational effectiveness.
Project activities will include: (1) a comprehensive assessment of existing technical and operational capacities at the NCB in Islamabad, Islamabad International Airport, and selected land border crossing points; (2) the development and delivery of a tailored training curriculum on the use of INTERPOL policing capabilities and priority crime areas, including the provision of necessary equipment as identified through the assessment; and (3) in the final phase, the practical application of acquired knowledge and skills acquired during the training phase to ensure effective implementation and sustainability.

Through this project, the United Nations Office for Project Services supports the Haitian National Police (HNP) to equipping and improving infrastructure at their National Police School and Academy (ENP and ANP) to build their ranks and expertise to effectively counter gang violence and regain control of the country. Project activities include: (1) procuring and distributing essential goods and equipment to enhance training quality, operational effectiveness, and security; and (2) acquiring and oversee rehabilitation processes of infrastructure, which could include electrical system improvements to ensure that training installations adhere to modern safety, security, health, and accommodation standards.

This project represents Canada’s contribution to the effective functioning of the ACS for the 2023 calendar year.

This project aims to increase the flow of capital to high-impact agricultural small- and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SMEs).This project complements the financial incentives provide through Aceli’s market incentive facility. It supports lenders and agri-SME. Project activities that include: (1) providing technical assistance to agri-SMES at the pre- and post-investment stage to increase their capacity to access and manage financing; (2) building capacity for lenders to adapt their product offering, enhance their staff expertise, improve and create environmental, social, and governance policies; and (3) conducting data and learning activities to inform adjustments to incentive levels and technical assistance as the market evolves.