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.
$20,000,000.00
Mar 31, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Global Infrastructure Hub - Institutional Support 2019-2022
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This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub). GI Hub uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate.
The GI Hub was created by the G20 in 2014 to help deliver its infrastructure agenda. GI Hub’s mandate is to work collaboratively with governments around the world, the private sector, multilateral development banks, international organisations and other stakeholders to increase the quality and quantity of infrastructure globally. The GI Hub shares data, knowledge and leading practices, and helps the public and private sectors work more closely to deliver crucial public infrastructure projects. The GI Hub’s Strategic Plan 2019-2022 defines five areas of work: data and knowledge development, development of standardized approaches, risk mitigation and credit enhancements, focused country engagements, and knowledge networking.
This funding also includes $5 million to establish the Global Centre for Infrastructure Excellence, to support joint initiatives and partnerships with the private sector to build capacity and mobilize financing into emerging markets and developing economies’ infrastructure.