Grants and Contributions

UNICEF works in developing countries through its development and humanitarian assistance programming to fulfill its mandate, including promoting the equal rights of girls’ and women’s, equal rights and support their full participation in the political, social, and economic development of their communities.

People living in crisis-affected settings, often in over-crowded areas, are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical humanitarian operations to vulnerable populations at risk of contracting and spreading the virus in countries affected by war, armed conflict and other situations of violence.

With GAC’s support, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) provides comprehensive protection programming for children at heightened risk of trafficking and abuse, focusing on prevention and response through a community-based approach. Project activities include: (1) providing gender-sensitive case management support for child survivors and children and adolescents at risk of protection violations; (2) providing family tracing and reunification support to unaccompanied and separated children; (3) supporting caregivers of vulnerable and at-risk children and adolescents with individualized protection support and multi-purpose cash assistance; and (4) providing training to local agencies and community volunteers on identification, referral and response for child protection cases.

P010168001: January 2021 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides international protection and assistance to the world’s refugees, stateless persons, asylum seekers, and in some instances, internally displaced persons, including in response to the secondary impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The UNHCR searches for lasting solutions to their situations.

With the support of GAC and other donors, this project provides assistance and protection to refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern in five regions and twenty-three specific countries across the world.

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.

P010168002: January 2021 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides international protection and assistance to the world’s refugees, stateless persons, asylum seekers, and in some instances, internally displaced persons, including in response to the secondary impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The UNHCR searches for lasting solutions to their situations.

With the support of GAC and other donors, this project provides assistance and protection to refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern in five regions and twenty-three specific countries across the world. 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.

The funding also supports a special initiative to strengthen ICRC's response to sexual violence to improve service delivery, prevent sexual violence, and improve its staff's capacity to respond. This grant supports a pilot initiative launched by the ICRC and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to strengthen the capacity of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, especially those in contexts with heightened humanitarian needs risks.

The GPE also fosters mutual accountability, shares knowledge about best practices and encourages transparency at all levels.

Some program activities include: (1) providing country-level funding to increase children’s access to education; (2) supporting education sector plans that focus on increasing the quality of teaching and the number of qualified teachers; (3) providing appropriate reading materials to children; and (4) assessing the volume of financing to education at the global and country levels.

This project represents an additional loan of $190 million to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for climate-smart agriculture in developing countries. This contribution supports IFAD’s full environmental and climate mainstreaming agenda whose overarching goal is to strengthen the environmental sustainability and climate resilience of rural people to overcome poverty and achieve food security. The purposes of this loan are: (1) to support IFAD’s provision of loans to eligible Member States in line with IFAD’s commitment to ensure that its Programme of Loans and Grants is climate-focused; and (2) to support gender mainstreaming and gender-transformative projects.
Project activities include: (1) expanding IFAD’s support to smallholder farmers, particularly women; and (2) promoting farming practices adapted to climate change and adoption of technologies and practices which help reduce the carbon footprint from agricultural systems. This project enables poor populations to adapt to the effects of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The TAF will provide grants to Eligible Projects under consideration or implementation that: (i) seek to address the specific costs and risks related to project preparation; (ii) increase the potential for achieving optimal results on key areas, such as gender and human rights, during project origination, implementation and supervision; and (iii) enhance knowledge management, monitoring, evaluation, and learning from CACF activities, not already covered by the Supervision fee in Section 2.4 Part I of the Arrangement. Proceeds from the TAF may also be used to contract consulting support for origination, program management, and monitoring and evaluation of Eligible Projects, as needed

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation grant agreement is to support organizations and to build on targeted relationships between Canadian companies/researchers and key organizations in other countries to allow them to proceed with formal discussions to initiate collaboration(s) on future international R&D initiatives that could lead to commercialization of Canadian technologies.

P010189001 & P010189002: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) primary mandate is to oversee the coordination of international humanitarian responses, in partnership with national and international actors, in order to achieve more coherent and effective humanitarian action. This grant represents Canada’s support to the UN Country-Based Pooled Funds, managed by OCHA, in Ethiopia, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nigeria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Yemen.

With the support of Canada and other donors, OCHA fulfils its mandate through activities that include: (1) strengthening humanitarian leadership; (2) establishing and overseeing coordination systems; (3) monitoring and reporting on humanitarian situations; (4) advocating on behalf of affected people; (5) supporting the assessment and prioritization of humanitarian needs and strategic planning; (6) promoting emergency preparedness; and (7) mobilizing funding for humanitarian assistance.