Grants and Contributions

The Strengthening Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net (SEASN) project is a social protection initiative designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability among the rural poor and help to stabilize household health and nutrition during economic shocks, enhance livelihoods during stability, and enable people to overcome their vulnerability to food insecurity. The SEASN will support the Government of Ethiopia's efforts to improve the income of 2.5 million climate-vulnerable rural households and strengthen the rural safety net mechanism.

The ultimate outcome of the project is to strengthen the national capacities for intercultural dialogue and conflict prevention, ensuring effective participation of indigenous peoples, with a focus on indigenous women. To achieve this goal, the project aims to produce two outcomes: 1) strengthen the capacities of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) to facilitate the monitoring of the implementation of the agreements reached between the Government and indigenous organizations; 2) reinforce the capacities of national actors to build and sustain a permanent dialogue network.

This project has two levels of implementation: 1) contributing to the proper functioning of the monitoring mechanism of the agreements between the Government and the indigenous organizations. From this perspective, the final beneficiaries are the indigenous peoples of Ecuador, who will have a formal space to monitor the fulfillment of their demands; 2) generating a network of specialized dialogue and facilitation practitioners (women and men). This will allow the indigenous peoples, women, youth, and other Ecuadorian social groups, to have access to consensual facilitation and mediation solutions. This solution will be built from the local experience and approaches, promoting social cohesion and the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

Building on the achievements and stakeholder relationships of Phase I to institutionalize the peace education curriculum across the Tunisian primary education system, Search for Common Ground is aiming to support the Ministry of Education (MoE) in the roll-out of the peace education curriculum to all Tunisian primary schools, training inspectors and teachers, as well as the development of additional accompanying materials to the curriculum, thereby enhancing the MoE’s efforts to reform the Tunisian education system, while building the capacity of teachers and MoE staff to integrate peace, gender, and human rights considerations into teaching and educational activities.Search will also continue to support local civil society organizations and Peace Clubs in youth centers to further build their capacity to instill civic values, while increasing their sustainability and a stronger connection to the Ministry of Education component.

Support the 2023 ShiftChange Atlantic Presenters Conference

Undertake planning for marketing and product development at the soapstone site and museum

Support the recapitalization of the Impact Loans Investment Fund

Support the unique celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Hôtel-Dieu de l’Assomption

Support the recapitalization of the Impact Loans Investment Fund

The overall purpose of the Aquatic Invasive Species Program is to minimize introduction of aquatic invasive species and minimize risk of consequences from them.

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.