Grants and Contributions

It does so by creating safer and more equitable trading conditions for 300,000 small scale cross-border women traders, who are disproportionally affected by discrimination, harassment, and corrupt practices at border crossings. The project supports trade associations and ministries of trade in targeted countries on new border processes and procedures along the Beira trade corridor, which runs from the southern Democratic Republic of Congo to the port of Beira in Mozambique.

Some project activities include: (1) equipping and setting up 14 one-stop border posts (whereby traders only need to stop at one border stop that is jointly managed by both border countries, using a single set of shared procedures) to help streamline joint customs clearance procedures; (2) using information technology and web-based procedures to fight corruption by reducing interaction between border officials and traders and by ensuring transparency in how customs duties are determined; and (3) supporting the EAC Customs Directorate to negotiate and establish a legal framework to share customs revenue regionally, allowing customs revenue to be collected at the first port of entry and transferred to the ultimate destination country.

Canada’s support to IDI helps to build stronger public external audit institutions, contributing to improved financial oversight, public financial management, transparency, accountability, service delivery, achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including gender equality, and reduced corruption. Project activities of the INTOSAI Development Initiative include: (1) conduct an analysis of the maturity and needs of SAIs in human resource management, ethics, gender and inclusiveness; (2) Examining the effects of climate change adaptation actions on marginalized and vulnerable populations; and (3) building the capacity of SAIs to work with a diversity of stakeholders (such as parliaments, civil society organizations, and the media), including using innovative technological approaches.

The country has suffered decades of food insecurity due to a combination of drought, conflict, poverty and corruption . According to the August 2024 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, Taiz region is experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity with 39% of the population in IPC Phase 3 and 14% facing severe food insecurity (IPC Phase 4).