Grants and Contributions

February 2021 - The rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems, disrupted economies and altered livelihoods in many parts of the world.

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.

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.

With GAC’s support and other donors, the ICRC’s humanitarian operations aim to provide protection, emergency relief, and other essential services to people affected by armed conflict and other violent situations, and promote respect for international humanitarian law. This project supports the ICRC’s activities in key humanitarian contexts.

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.

P006570001: The objective of the Canada AfDB Climate Fund (CACF) is to enable climate change mitigation and adaptation projects with strong gender-responsive components in African developing countries. The CACF aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emission by scaling up renewable energy, supporting energy efficient projects, and developing green infrastructure and sustainable cities (e.g. waste management, urban transport, green infrastructure, digital solutions).

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.

P010184001 & P010184002 : 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 with support from the Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (UNDP), in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan.

With the support of Canada and other donors, OCHA fulfills its mandate by: (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.