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Title:

OCHA - Institutional Support 2025/26

Agreement Number:

7469905 P015391001

Agreement Value:

$2,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 25, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026

Description:

This grant represents Canada's long-term institutional support to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA uses these funds and other donors' funding to achieve its mandate. OCHA's primary mandate is to coordinate international humanitarian responses in partnership with national and international actors to achieve more coherent and effective humanitarian action. Project activities include: (1) coordinating the global emergency response; (2) raising awareness of forgotten crises, promoting respect for international humanitarian law, bringing the voices of affected people to the forefront and helping people access assistance; (3) mobilizing and engaging the full range of financing instruments, mechanisms and partners to meet growing needs; (4) developing policy to improve humanitarian action and decision-making; and (5) providing information management services to the humanitarian community to inform rapid, effective and principled responses.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased timely and appropriate response to humanitarian crises by the international humanitarian community; and (2) reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people, especially women and children.

Location:

Geneva 10, CH 1211

Reference Number:

064-2025-2026-Q2-00040

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Federal Riding Name:

Not Coded

Federal Riding Number:

Program:

Grants - Multilateral Programming

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.