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.
$200,000.00
Mar 23, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Support to the United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries
7427896 P009533001
This project supports the substantive preparations for the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), held in Doha, Qatar in January 2022. The conference expects to adopt a ten-year programme of action for the LDCs to succeed the Istanbul Programme of Action, which concludes in 2020. The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States is the focal point for preparations. The preparatory process includes two regional review meetings in spring 2021, hosted by Bangladesh and Malawi, and two meetings of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, of which Canada is a Bureau member. The preparatory process and conference itself facilitate the participation of civil society and youth from LDCs. Project activities include: (1) supporting the preparation of country reports by all 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs); (2) supporting two regional preparatory meetings; (3) organizing at least two pre-conference events on major thematic issues for the LDCs; (4) communicating the Fifth UN Conference on the LDCs and its preparatory meetings; (5) producing and disseminating training materials for journalists; and (6) increasing youth engagement and participation in preparatory activities.