Title:
FinDev Canada Technical Assistance Project
Agreement Number:
7414100 P007192001
Agreement Value:
$3,815,786.00
Agreement Date:
Dec 16, 2019 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
FinDev Canada’s TAF aims to address the capacity gaps experienced by its target Investors to help them reach their full impact potential in areas of: gender equality; corporate governance and leadership; environmental and social risk management; inclusive human capital development; and impact measurement and reporting. The project will improve women’ entrepreneurship by supporting FinDev partner companies to enhance their gender equality and diversity practices and drive greater women’s economic empowerment outcomes through their business activity. Through this, the Project will promote inclusive corporate governance and leadership as well as human capital development and inclusive value chains. It will also deliver climate-specific gender equality support for partner companies in the green growth sector and support market-level interventions that aim to strengthen the pipeline for gender-lens investing over time. The Project will promote the use of impact data by supporting partner companies to collect and use development impact data. It will enhance business performance by supporting partner companies to strengthen the operations and the environmental, social and governance practices. It will help to shape and grow the market for impact and gender-lens investing and support the emergence of inclusive and impactful companies.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The Project will enhanced inclusive growth and economic opportunities, particularly for women, in the Sub-Saharan African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries where FinDev Canada operates. To achieve that, it will enhance gender-inclusive and data-driven policies and practices of FinDev Canada partner companies aimed to more sustainable, viable and impactful business performance. It will improve investment-attractiveness for high-impact and gender and human rights smart companies in SSA and LAC enables them to attract investment capital.
Location:
Montreal, Quebec, CA H3B 2B6
Reference Number:
064-2020-2021-Q3-00366
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
794283689
Recipient Type:
Government
Additional Information:
Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2019-2020 3rd Quarter report.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Development Finance Institute CanadFinDev Canada
Federal Riding Name:
Ville-Marie--Le Sud-Ouest--Île-des-Soeurs
Federal Riding Number:
24077
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.