Grants and Contributions
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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.
$2,000,000.00
Mar 29, 2018
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Central African Republic - Emergency Assistance - Plan International 2017
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March 2017 - Since internal conflict erupted in March 2013, the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) deteriorated rapidly, as inter-communal violence spun out of control and led to thousands of deaths, massive human displacement, and grave human rights abuses. Elections in March 2016 saw the introduction of a new President in CAR that brought a welcome yet short lived calm to the country. Despite the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA), communities across CAR continue to be plagued by violence, armed criminality, and widespread humanitarian needs. Violence flared up again in the fall of 2016 after the head of the armed forces was assassinated in the capital. At present, more than 2.2 million people, more than half the population, require humanitarian assistance, over 434,000 people are internally displaced, and over 462,000 are living in neighbouring countries as refugees. High levels of instability and looting are hindering partners’ ability to respond to needs relating to widespread food insecurity, high levels of child malnutrition, and high maternal and child mortality rates.
With GAC’s support, Plan International Canada aims to alleviate suffering and to strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable populations affected by the conflict through protection and nutrition initiatives in the Ouham prefecture of Central African Republic, benefitting up to 15,000 people. The project supports access to quality child protection services, care and nutrition assistance. Project activities include:
(1) identifying and training community-based protection groups on child protection, and GBV;
(2) distributing dignity kits to up to 800 vulnerable adolescent girls and women;
(3) establishing child-friendly spaces for up to 4,320 at-risk children;
(4) training and coaching up to 7 case workers on case management of survivors of GBV and child survivors of abuse, violence, neglect and/or exploitation; and
(5) screening up to 1,300 children for severe and moderate malnutrition and up to 150 pregnant and lactating women.