Grants and Contributions

Project activities include: (1) providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items; (2) providing adequate water, sanitation, and health services, including in reproductive health; (3) providing opportunities for education and livelihoods support; (4) providing protection, including against sexual and gender-based violence, child protection and working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees, and help issue identity documents; (5) working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens; and (6) expanding opportunities for durable solutions for people of concern.

Additions to the Peace Park

This project aims to increase the capacity of local police and civil society to work together to address security issues in Ninewah and Anbar, Iraq through the use of community policing practices. Police forces are currently supporting other Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against Daesh; however as the latter loses ground there is a need for local police forces to provide security as a service to the populace in areas liberated from Daesh. Project activities include: (1) training local police and civil society on community policing; (2) establishing community police forums; (3) rehabilitating police stations; and (4) assessing the security needs of local women and youth in targeted areas.

The Funding Facility for Stabilization provides the Government of Iraq with a mechanism to address the local population’s immediate needs in newly liberated areas from Daesh. The project is designed to address three windows of engagement: (1) light infrastructure rehabilitation; (2) livelihoods support; and (3) capacity support for local governments. Its geographic focus is on cities that have been liberated from Daesh, in particular in the governorates of Ninewah and Anbar.

With GAC’s support, Development and Peace is helping to respond to the immediate needs of refugees in Cox’s Bazar, including the specific needs of women and girls.

P005189001 & P005189002: This project aims to improve the operation of the Palestinian security sector, through support to the Office of the Quartet (OQ), in a manner that improves the lives of Palestinians and helps ensure stability in the West Bank and Gaza. Project activities include: (1) helping the Palestinian Authority increase safety and security in Palestinian communities where security services have not previously been available; (2) strengthening the functioning of the Customs Police; and (3) monitoring and assessing relevant policies, actions or activities that relate to the security and justice sectors. The project is also assessing the ability of the Palestinian judicial police to serve warrants and execute judgments of the family courts, which impact women and children in particular.

P002865001 & P002865002: This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Program of Work and Budget (OECD-PWB). The OECD uses this fund, along with other donors funding, to achieve the operational and strategic activities of the Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC), a leading international forum of major funders of development cooperation.

The OECD-DAC’s activities include: (1) reporting an analysis of financing for development; (2) conducting peer reviews of development cooperation programs; (3) developing guidelines, standards, and policies on good development practices, including gender equality, to enhance the quality and effectiveness of development cooperation; and (4) strengthening partnerships with key donors to prioritize and address key international development issues.

Canada’s support to OECD-DAC contributes to promoting coordinated, innovative international action to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries and improve their financing.