Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$1,400,000.00
Mar 6, 2018
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Support to Fiji COP 23 Presidency
7387544 P005066001
This project aims to assist Fiji in the preparation for and the conduct of the Presidency of the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), known as COP23. It is designed to enhance efforts to integrate Pacific Islands’ concerns and priorities as well as help build a strong Fijian COP23 Presidency and national climate change team. Project activities include: (1) supporting Fijian Presidency to deliver a successful Facilitative Dialogue among Parties in 2018 by developing information relevant for the region and supporting participation in the technical part of the Dialogue; (2) promoting education and awareness of youth through support for a Global Youth Forum around the May 2018 Bonn session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); (3) providing training to Fijian National Climate Negotiations Team on each of the Paris Agreement agenda items; and (4) increasing awareness of the linkages between climate change and gender equality.