Title:
Facilitating inclusive, resilient and sustainable trade
Agreement Number:
7457519 P012198001
Agreement Value:
$9,700,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 19, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029
Description:
This project aims to help realize the potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It does so by creating safer and more equitable trading conditions for 300,000 small scale cross-border women traders, who are disproportionally affected by discrimination, harassment, and corrupt practices at border crossings. The project supports trade associations and ministries of trade in targeted countries on new border processes and procedures along the Beira trade corridor, which runs from the southern Democratic Republic of Congo to the port of Beira in Mozambique. Project activities include: (1) training on new border processes and coaching of women-led enterprises on business and financial management; (2) designing and implementing mechanisms to address sexual harassment at the borders; and (3) improving existing data collection systems, including developing and disseminating trade-related data disaggregated by sex, age, and ability.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved access of women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to the socio-economic benefits and investment related to the AfCFTA; (2) reduced gender discrimination and gender barriers in trade policy implementation by providing training and capacity building to Ministries of trade, industry, and commerce; and (3) improved access to quality, gender-sensitive trade-related data and evidence by developing a strategy in collaboration with government officials to improve existing data collection systems.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1N 5M5
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00231
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Additional Information:
Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2023-2024 4th Quarter report.
Recipient's Operating Name:
Cowater International Inc.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Cowater International Inc.
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa--Vanier
Federal Riding Number:
35078
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.