Grants and Contributions

This project aims to modernize the Government of Peru's human resources management in the public service so that its public servants can deliver better quality public services to more citizens across the country.

The project provides the Peruvian National Civil Service Authority with the technical support required to improve its organization and internal management. Its purpose is to develop and support the implementation of the processes and tools required by selected ministries, regional governments and municipal governments. Project activities include: (1) standardize the job descriptions, classifications and qualifications; (2) apply competitive recruitment, performance appraisal and merit-based promotion policies; (3) develop and implement policies on gender equality, multiculturalism and non-discrimination; (4) improve programs and processes to deliver government public goods and services more effectively; and (5) implement systems to continuously monitor and adjust this new human resources management system.

This project aims to advance equitable economic growth in Nigeria’s agricultural sector by raising the productivity of women and youth-focused smallholder farmers and raising the business performance of women-owned small and medium enterprises and the value chains, focusing on women and youth. Also, the project will improve the enabling environment for women by working with the government, civil society, and farmer cooperatives to support inclusive and gender-responsive agri-food systems.

Project activities include: (1) designing and deploying more accessible and adapted financial services, markets and information for women and youth led farmer cooperatives and businesses; (2) providing support to micro, small and medium women-led businesses to address shared value chain productivity constraints; (3) improving leadership abilities of women and youth in cooperatives and agribusinesses; and (4) supporting sector-specific government agents and civil society actors, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

This project is part of the renewed Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program, which supports local and regional women’s organizations, networks, and Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) working to promote women’s rights and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world.
This project, implemented by ActionAid Nigeria, is expected to directly benefit 92 local women's rights organizations and their extended networks in eight states across Nigeria. The project also aims to support the implementation of innovative ideas and approaches led by local women’s rights organizations.

This project seeks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity generation and transportation. It supports Indonesia and the Philippines in meeting their climate goals, including their Nationally determined contributions and 2050 Net zero commitments. The project aims to support policies and plans that reduce emissions by electrifying transport, while developing strategies to ensure the power system can absorb the impacts of transport electrification without negatively affecting the financial integrity of utilities or the sustainability of power generation.

This project supports young women living in poverty in 3 major cities in the South of Ghana (Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi) and 4 surrounding regions through access to decent, dignified, high paying work in sectors. The project trains and empowers young women to enter careers in high paying trades such as welding, heavy duty machinery, solar installation, and automotive mechanics. It supports these young women by placing them in internships, mentoring them and awarding them scholarships. Also, the project supports them to find decent work in the private sector both in formal employment and as entrepreneurs. The project aims to build the capacity of 72 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes to deliver gender-sensitive skills training. The project also collaborates with industry partners to hire, promote and retain women in the workplace. As part of the important work to improve societal attitudes toward women in trades, the project aims to conduct significant outreach to religious and

The project aims to advance gender equality and the human rights of women and girls by strengthening Mongolia’s capacity to respond to gender-based violence. The project will work closely with civil society, the justice sector and government agencies in Mongolia to enhance their capacity to mainstream a victim-centred approach and implement systems of cooperation to combat gender-based violence. Activities include: (1) training delivered to primary advice and legal aid assistance providers to apply a victim-centred approach; (2) implementing public awareness campaigns with a specific focus on nomadic herder groups; (3) developing an operational model covering facilities, systems, processes, and information management relating to the specialized family courts in Mongolia; (4) implementing healthy relationship and life skills pilot program for adolescent boys.

The ''Justice and Fight against Impunity in Haiti (JISTIS)'' project, implemented by LWBC, is centered in an approach called ''empowerment through law'' for the most vulnerable people, in particular women, displaced and rural populations, and victims of gender-based violence (GBV). An empowerment through law approach enables people to acquire a better knowledge of their rights and of justice mechanisms and helps build the capacities of those providing legal aid and judicial assistance services. In addition, advocacy and strategic litigation actions are carried out to create jurisprudential precedents as a lever for transformative change in Haiti's legal framework and the country's fight against impunity.

The project will ensure: (1) to raise awareness and mobilise people in vulnerable situations about their rights and possible legal remedies; (2) to improve the provision of legal and judicial services accessible to victims of human rights violations, particularly for internally displaced populations and for those living in rural areas; and (3) to build the capacity of justice sector actors and civil society organisations in their documentation of human rights violations, their contributions to jurisprudence to advance human rights in a context of fragility, and their advocacy efforts for systemic reforms towards the defence and protection of human rights.

This project aims to improve biodiversity and key ecosystem health along Honduras’ Atlantic and Pacific coasts using nature-based solutions. It responds directly to Canada’s commitment to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard and restore biodiversity. The project focuses on people dependent on these ecosystems, particularly women, youth, and Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, whose livelihoods remain threatened by climate change, habitat loss, and ecosystem degradation. Project activities include: (1) strengthening protected areas governance and management; (2) restoring ecosystems and recovering threatened species through nature-based solutions; (3) improving agroforestry, agriculture, ecotourism and cattle ranching sustainability through model nature-based solutions; (4) strengthening public sector biodiversity policy framework; and (5) enhancing women’s empowerment and Indigenous people’s rights.

The project aims to strengthen public service governance with a focus on ethics and human rights, transparency, accountability, civic engagement, and equitable participation, especially for women. Activities include: (1) Technical assistance to support the mainstreaming of gender equality in policymaking; (2) Organize workshops among the public and private sectors on leading practice in ethics and human rights; (3) Provide technical assistance to targeted civil society organizations in monitoring of the implementation of development policies; (4) Mentor select civil servants in community engagement and women’s empowerment.

The project aims to equip youth, especially women and people living with disabilities, with relevant skills to contribute to economic and social development in Mongolia. The project will address fundamental gaps in Mongolia’s current Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. Activities include: (1) Deliver capacity building workshop for Ministry of Education staff on creating a national vocational qualification framework; (2) Conduct a stakeholder consultation with Ministry of Education and training institutions to understand the requirements of quality assurance systems; (3) Review and update the Mongolia gender equality strategy for technical and vocational training and education.