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.
$30,000,000.00
Mar 13, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Regenerative Seascapes for people, climate and nature
7448482 P011654001
The project aims to reduce coastal communities’ physical and socioeconomic vulnerability to adverse impacts of climate change in the Western Indian Ocean. The project aims to contribute to the African-led Great Blue Wall Initiative by supporting the establishment of a network of sustainable, resilient and inclusive seascapes in Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania. Three pillars of the project (Blue Planet, Blue Partners and Blue People) aim to operationalize equitable nature-based solutions with biodiversity co-benefits for climate adaptation.
The project activities include: (1) creating a red list of ecosystems for the Western Indian Ocean region; (2) identifying and setting up demonstration sites on nature-based solutions for adaptation, focusing on inclusive ecosystem restoration solutions; and (3) coaching and coordination via a blue business incubator.
The project partners, C-for-C (Madagascar), Mission inclusion (Canada), Muleide (Mozambique), International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Groots (Kenya), WFT (Tanzania) and PFFDSA (Comoros) jointly planned and envisioned this project.
The objective of the project is to support directly 160,000 (47 %) women and 65,000 (19 %) young women, in all their diversity, 70,000 (21 %) men and 42,500 (13 %) young men who are dependent on coastal and marine resources, as well as decision-makers, such as local, regional and national authorities, for their power to influence decisions about conservation. The project also targets 2,000,000 indirect beneficiaries. The project concentrates its efforts on the Lamu Seascape (Kenya), the Tanga-Pemba Seascape (Tanzania), the Inhambane Seascape (Mozambique), the Antsiranana Seascape (Madagascar) and the Moheli Seascape (Comoros).