Global Affairs Canada: Departmental Plan 2017-18 - Supplementary Information Tables

This section provides additional information in support of the 2017-18 Departmental Plan and includes the following subsections:

Table of contents

• Supporting Information on Lower-Level Programs
  • Sub-Program 1.1.1: International Information and Analysis
  • Sub-Program 1.1.2: International Policy Advice
  • Sub-Program 1.2.1: Bilateral and Regional Diplomacy and Advocacy
  • Sub-Program 1.2.2: Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy
  • Sub-Program 1.2.3: Assessed Contributions to International Organizations
  • Sub-Program 1.2.4: Trade Agreements, Negotiations, Dispute Settlement and Controls
  • Sub-Program 2.1.1: International Business Development through Promotion of Exports and Trade in Canada and Abroad
  • Sub-Program 2.1.2: Foreign Direct Investment in Canada
  • Sub-Program 2.1.3: International Innovation, Science and Technology
  • Sub-Program 2.2.1: Consular Assistance for Canadians
  • Sub-Program 2.2.2: Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Sub-Program 3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction
  • Sub-Program 3.1.2: Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law
  • Sub-Program 3.2.1: Sustainable Economic Growth
  • Sub-Program 3.2.2: Children and Youth, including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
  • Sub-Program 3.2.3: Food Security
  • Sub-Program 3.2.4: Multisector Assistance, Social Development, and Development Engagement
  • Sub-Program 3.3.1: Humanitarian Programming
  • Sub-Program 3.3.2: Partners for Humanitarian Assistance
  • Sub-Program 4.1.1: Management of Common Services
  • Sub-Program 4.1.2: Real Property
  • Sub-Program 4.1.3: Security
  • Sub-Program 4.1.4: Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT)
  • Sub-Program 4.1.5: Locally Engaged Staff Supporting Other Government Departments
  • Sub-Program 4.2.1: Administration of Foreign Service Directives
  • Sub-Program 4.2.2: Administration of Locally Engaged Staff Pension, Insurance and Social Security Programs
• Supplementary Information Tables
  • Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 million or more
    • Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program
    • Canada Fund for Local Initiatives
    • Canadian International Innovation Program (formerly International Science and Technology Partnership Program [ISTPP])
    • Commonwealth Secretariat
    • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
    • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
    • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    • Global Markets Support Program
    • Global Partnership Program
    • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
    • Grants in Lieu of Taxes on Diplomatic, Consular and International Organizations’ Property in Canada
    • International Atomic Energy Agency
    • International Criminal Court
    • International Development Assistance
    • International Financial Institutions
    • International Labour Organization
    • North Atlantic Treaty Organization Civil Administration
    • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    • Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
    • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
    • Organization of American States
    • Pan-American Health Organization
    • Peace and Stabilization Operations Program
    • Projects and Development Activities Resulting from La Francophonie Summits
    • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    • UN Peacekeeping Operations
    • United Nations Organization
    • World Health Organization
    • World Trade Organization
  • Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs under $5 million
    • Annual Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and to the Organization of American States' Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
    • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat
    • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
    • Canada’s annual host country grant to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
    • Canadian International Arctic Fund (formerly called Northern Dimensions of Canada’s Foreign Policy)
    • Commonwealth Foundation
    • Commonwealth Youth Programme
    • Convention on Biological Diversity
    • Diplomatic Supplement Retirement Benefit (Statutory)
    • Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
    • International Agency for Research on Cancer
    • International Civil Aviation Organization
    • International Energy Agency
    • International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
    • International Maritime Organization
    • International Seabed Authority
    • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
    • Non-proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    • OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
    • OECD Steel Committee (formerly called International Commodity Organizations)
    • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
    • Payments under the Diplomatic Service Superannuation Act (Statutory)
    • Peace Implementation Council
    • Permanent Court of Arbitration
    • Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission.
    • Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
    • Secrétariat technique permanent des conférences ministérielles de l’éducation, de la jeunesse et des sports des pays d’expression française
    • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
    • UN Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues to Support the Work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
    • UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
    • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
    • Wassenaar Arrangement
    • World Customs Organization
    • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Upcoming evaluations over the next five fiscal years
  • Upcoming internal audits for the coming fiscal year
  • Up-Front Multi-Year Funding
  • User Fees

Supporting Information on Lower-Level Programs

Sub-Program 1.1.1: International Information and Analysis

Description: Government of Canada decision makers are provided with information products such as mission reports, information memorandums and political and economic research so that they are well informed on issues related to Canada’s international values and interests.

Sub-Program 1.1.2: International Policy Advice

Description: Through this sub-program, Government of Canada decision makers are provided with decision products such as action memorandums, briefing notes, memorandums to Cabinet, and presentations so that they are well advised on options for actions and policies regarding Canada’s international values and interests.

Sub-Program 1.2.1: Bilateral and Regional Diplomacy and Advocacy

Description: Through this sub-program, démarches, official visits, public diplomacy, and other access and advocacy initiatives are used to make bilateral and regional decision makers aware of Canada’s international policies and priorities.

Sub-Program 1.2.2: Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy

Description: Through this sub-program, démarches, official visits, public diplomacy, and other access and advocacy initiatives are delivered to make summit and multilateral decision makers aware of Canada’s international policies and priorities.

Sub-Program 1.2.3: Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: This sub-program enables the timely payment of assessed contributions and membership dues that maintain Canada’s access to more than 40 international and multilateral organizations.

Sub-Program 1.2.4: Trade Agreements, Negotiations, Dispute Settlement and Controls

Description: Through this sub-program, Global Affairs Canada works to mitigate market access barriers for Canadian industry by negotiating trade, investment and air transportation agreements, addressing trade policy issues through diplomacy and international dispute settlement mechanisms, and managing Canada’s international obligations under the Export and Import Permits Act to control trade in specific goods and technologies.

Sub-Program 2.1.1: International Business Development through Promotion of Exports and Trade in Canada and Abroad

Description: This sub-program helps link Canadian business clients to services, contacts and leads that increase access to international commerce opportunities.

Sub-Program 2.1.2: Foreign Direct Investment in Canada

Description: This sub-program helps ensure that foreign investors are aware of Canada as a competitive investment location and supports efforts to ensure that foreign direct investment is facilitated, expanded or retained.

Sub-Program 2.1.3: International Innovation, Science and Technology

Description: This sub-program helps Canadian business clients gain access to networks, partners and resources that enhance their ability to innovate.

Sub-Program 2.2.1: Consular Assistance for Canadians

Description: This sub-program helps ensure that Canadians travelling abroad receive timely and accurate information on travelling safely and responsibly. Canadians in distress abroad are provided with consular assistance and routine citizenship, passport and consular services through Canada’s network of missions abroad.

Sub-Program 2.2.2: Emergency Preparedness and Response

Description: This sub-program enables Canadians abroad to receive timely and appropriate emergency consular services and maintains a whole-of-government capacity to respond to international emergencies in a timely and coordinated manner.

Sub-Program 3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Description: This sub-program enhances the capacity of foreign governments and international organizations to prevent and respond to threats of transnational crime, terrorism, and weapons and materials of mass destruction.

Sub-Program 3.1.2: Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law

Description: Through this sub-program, Global Affairs Canada promotes the development and maintenance of democratic, well-governed, pluralistic societies whose accountable governments respond effectively to the needs of their citizens, including respect for human rights and the rule of law.

Sub-Program 3.2.1: Sustainable Economic Growth

Description: This sub-program helps developing countries improve their capacity to manage and grow their economies and increase economic opportunities for their citizens. It focuses on improving the broad investment climate, enabling the growth of small-scale businesses, especially those led by women, and investing in the employment and entrepreneurial skills of individuals, particularly women and youth.

Sub-Program 3.2.2: Children and Youth, including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Description: This sub-program contributes to the well-being and empowerment of children and youth in targeted developing countries by improving maternal, newborn and child health services, increasing equitable access to quality education and learning opportunities, and enhancing protection from violence, exploitation and abuse.

Sub-Program 3.2.3: Food Security

Description: This sub-program contributes to food security in developing countries by increasing sustainable agricultural production and productivity of small-holder farms, and strengthening agricultural innovation systems. It also promotes consumption of nutritious foods or supplements for food to insecure, undernourished or food aid dependent families.

Sub-Program 3.2.4: Multisector Assistance, Social Development, and Development Engagement

Description: This sub-program provides development assistance that complements targeted interventions of other development programming, and enables the continued engagement of Canadians as global citizens. It includes programming in health and social services that does not specifically target children and youth, including the prevention and treatment of communicable diseases.

Sub-Program 3.3.1: Humanitarian Programming

Description: This sub-program delivers timely and effective humanitarian assistance to crisis-affected populations in developing countries.

Sub-Program 3.3.2: Partners for Humanitarian Assistance

Description: This sub-program provides long-term institutional support to key humanitarian assistance partners to improve their effectiveness and ensure continued capacity to deliver humanitarian assistance in an ever-evolving global political and environmental context.

Sub-Program 4.1.1: Management of Common Services

Description: This sub-program provides the costing framework for common services, such as logistics support, banking and financial services, procurement and diplomatic mail services, at Canada’s missions abroad so that clients and partners at missions receive cost-effective and efficient common services and infrastructure support.

Sub-Program 4.1.2: Real Property

Description: This sub-program facilitates centralized decision making on property planning and project management so that the Government of Canada receives timely and cost-effective property services and maintenance in support of its programs abroad.

Sub-Program 4.1.3: Security

Description: This sub-program provides cyclical on-site security inspections complemented by ongoing risk assessments and safety audits to ensure that missions are secure, personnel are safe, and federal partners’ and other co-locators’ assets and information are protected at missions abroad. It includes the implementation of the Departmental Security Plan, through which work in this sub-program is coordinated and monitored.

Sub-Program 4.1.4: Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT)

Description: This sub-program facilitates the dissemination of service standards and delivers IM/IT services across Canada’s network of missions abroad.

Sub-Program 4.1.5: Locally Engaged Staff Supporting Other Government Departments

Description: This sub-program enables Locally Engaged Staff supporting other government departments at missions to receive timely and efficient salary payments.

Sub-Program 4.2.1: Administration of Foreign Service Directives

Description: This sub-program delivers Foreign Service Directives benefits and services.

Sub-Program 4.2.2: Administration of Locally Engaged Staff Pension, Insurance and Social Security Programs

Description: This sub-program administers pension and insurance plans and enrolment in local social security programs for Locally Engaged Staff (LES) who work at Canada’s missions abroad. This includes providing information regarding pensions, insurance, social security programs and delivering of timely and accurate payments to LES.

Supplementary Information Tables

The supplementary information tables listed in the 2017-2018 Departmental Plan can be found on the Global Affairs Canada website.

Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 million or more

Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program

Name of transfer payment program: Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: December 9, 2009

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012 (amended); 2015-2016 (amendment)

Link to department's Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.1 International Security and Threat Reduction

Description: The ACCBP provides assistance to enhance the capacity of key beneficiary states, government entities and international organizations to prevent and respond to threats posed by international criminal activity, with a global mandate and a focus on the Americas.

Expected results:

• Reduced threats related to transnational organized crime to Canadians, Canadian interests and populations in beneficiary countries;
• Improved prevention of and/or response to transnational crime by beneficiary state(s), in a manner that meets international norms and standards;
• New/improved application of anti-crime legal instruments, controls and/or frameworks that meet international norms, standards and best practices by beneficiary state(s); and
• Improved resilience and engagement of communities and civil society in the areas of anti-crime, in a manner that meets international norms and standards.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2016-2017

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: TBD: Finalization of this information was pending at time of publication.

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations, non-profit, for-profit, participating Canadian federal government departments and agencies, and other levels of government, as established under the approved terms and conditions of the ACCBP.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The ACCBP invites its partners and other interested parties to complete and submit Concept Notes for prospective projects within its individual programs. Applicants include other federal government departments, departmental corporations, agencies, Crown corporations, non-government organizations and international organizations. The ACCBP works directly with recipient nations and their state agencies to determine how best to support their security efforts.

Canada Fund for Local Initiatives

Name of transfer payment program: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: April 1, 2012

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.1 Bilateral and Regional Diplomacy and Advocacy

Description: The CFLI is a contribution program that aligns with Canada’s priorities for international assistance, particularly advancing democracy and ensuring security and stability. The program is delivered through Canada’s missions abroad in countries that are eligible for official development assistance. The program is intended to assist in the advocacy of Canada’s values and interests and the strengthening of Canada’s bilateral relations with the governments and civil societies of foreign countries. For 2017-18, the CFLI has the following thematic priorities: Championing inclusive and accountable governance, peaceful pluralism and respect for diversity, and human rights; promoting gender equality and empowerment of women and girls; addressing climate change and enhancing environmental sustainability; stimulating sustainable and green economic growth; and promoting stability and security. Through contribution agreements, the CFLI provides monetary assistance to cover all or a portion of the cost of projects that are generally between $25,000 and $50,000 and conceived and designed by local authorities, institutions or organizations. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

Development outcomes are achieved through CFLI projects, local stakeholders are aware of Canadian values and have enhanced capacities to support democracy, security and stability, and improved local participation in crisis response efforts, as measured by:

• # of communications items oriented toward local stakeholders with messaging on Canada’s values and interests; and
• # of participants (men, women, girls and boys) benefiting from workshops and trainings.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2015-2016

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: TBD: Finalization of this information was pending at time of publication.

General targeted recipient groups: Within the context of countries eligible for official development assistance, eligible recipients include:

• Local non-governmental, community and not-for-profit organizations;
• Local academic institutions working on local projects;
• International, intergovernmental, multilateral and regional institutions, organizations and agencies working on local development activities;
• Municipal, regional or national government institutions or agencies of the recipient country working on local projects; and
• Canadian non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations that are working on local development activities.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Missions engage in various forms of outreach to encourage applications for CFLI project proposals, including through mission websites and social media. Missions further engage with recipients through monitoring, site visits and end-of-year project reporting.

Canadian International Innovation Program (formerly International Science and Technology Partnership Program [ISTPP])

Name of transfer payment program: Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) (program funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: October 3, 2005

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2014-2015

Link to department’s Program Inventory:

• Program 2.1 International Commerce
• Sub-Program 2.1.3 International Innovation, Science and Technology

Description: The Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) is a contribution program that fosters and supports collaborative industrial research and development projects with high potential for commercialization between Canada and partner countries. It also stimulates bilateral science and technology networking and matchmaking activities to further new partnerships and accelerate the commercialization of research and development.

Expected results:

• Access to Global R&D Networks
  • Canadian companies have increased knowledge of networking opportunities for potential international partnerships within global markets.
• R&D Capacity Building
  • Canadian companies have increased innovation capacity.
• Economic Benefits
  • Canadian companies grow.
  • Canadian companies have increased business activity in global markets.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2014-2015

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Amendment to the Terms and Conditions

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2019-2020

General targeted recipient groups: Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises are the priority eligible recipients for CIIP. Occasional exceptions will be made to include larger companies if a unique benefit to Canada is identified.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients:

• Partnership Development Activities (PDA) participants will be asked to complete a post-event survey to supply feedback on the relevance of the PDA.
• R&D project recipients will be asked to complete a post-project survey to supply feedback on funding relevance.
• Evaluation scope will include feedback from recipients and recipients’ country partners.

Commonwealth Secretariat

Name of transfer payment program: Commonwealth Secretariat (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: September 28, 1965

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2006-2007

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations.

Description: Canada’s assessed contribution to the regular budget of the Commonwealth is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of Canada’s membership is to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy goals related to international peace, security and development and, to this end, to enhance relationships among the 52 Commonwealth member countries. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Greater adherence to Commonwealth values and principles, in particular those enunciated in the Commonwealth Charter;
• More effective, efficient and equitable public governance;
• Enhanced positive impact of social development;
• Youth more integrated and valued in the political and development processes;
• More inclusive economic growth and sustainable development; and
• Strengthened resilience of small states and vulnerable states.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Canadian government engagement at the corporate level with the Commonwealth Secretariat is ensured by its role on the Executive Committee and its seat on the Board of Governors. These governance bodies are platforms from which to advance Canadian priorities in foreign policy and development. The High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom represents Canada on these bodies. The High Commission is supported by Headquarters to develop and promote Canadian positions in these forums.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

Name of transfer payment program: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: February 1998

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: December 2011 – extended indefinitely by the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Link to department’s Program Inventory:

• Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations
• Sub-Program 3.1.1 International Security and Threat Reduction

Description: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the CTBTO, which is responsible for provisionally implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Expected results:

• Effective and efficient implementation of the CTBTO’s major programs as reflected in its program and budget; and
• Continued Canadian participation in the CTBTO’s activities, including the Preparatory Commission and its political and technical subsidiary bodies, to ensure actions and decisions are consistent with Canadian foreign policy priorities.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: The CTBTO’s internal and external oversight bodies provide functions such as internal audit, program monitoring, program evaluation, inspections, consulting and investigations. The CTBTO’s current external auditor is France’s La Cour des comptes. Canada’s representatives to the CTBTO have access to all audit and financial reports produced by the oversight bodies and presented to the Preparatory Commission.

Global Affairs Canada officials may review these reports and advocate Canadian issues, as required.

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program

Name of transfer payment program: Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program (CTCBP) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: September 2005

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012 (amended); 2015-2016 (amendment)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.1 International Security and Threat Reduction

Description: The CTCBP provides training, equipment, infrastructure and technical assistance to enhance the capacity of key beneficiary states, government entities and international organizations to prevent and respond to threats posed by terrorist activity.

Expected results:

• Reduced threats related to terrorism to Canadians, Canadian interests and populations in beneficiary countries;
• Improved prevention of terrorism by partner states and organizations; and
• Improved legal and policy instruments and frameworks of partner states reflecting international security and threat reduction standards and best practices.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2015-16 (Pending approval)

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: TBD: Finalization of this information was pending at time of publication.

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations, non-profit, for-profit, participating Canadian federal government departments and agencies and other levels of government, as established under the approved terms and conditions of the CTCBP.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The CTCBP invites its partners and other interested parties to complete and submit Concept Notes for prospective projects within its individual programs. Applicants include other federal government departments, departmental corporations, agencies, Crown corporations, non-governmental organizations and international organizations. The CTCBP works directly with recipient nations and their state agencies to determine how best to support their security efforts.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Name of transfer payment program: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: 1945

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the FAO is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of membership is to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy goals related to agricultural development and to provide Canada with a voice in the international community. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Promote the common welfare by furthering action for the purpose of raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples within member nations;
• Secure improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products, including marine products, forestry products and in fisheries; and
• Better the condition of rural populations.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

Global Markets Support Program

Name of transfer payment program: Global Markets Support Program (GMSP) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: December 11, 2008

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2008-2009 (updated 2013-2014 to add the Foreign Trade Zones Marketing Program [FTZ-MP], and 2015-2016 to add the CanExport program)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 2.1.1 International Business Development through Promotion of Exports and Trade in Canada and Abroad

Description: The GMSP harmonizes previously existing programs, a five-year foreign trade zone component and a five-year exports and trade component under one umbrella mechanism comprising the following:

• Invest Canada-Community Initiatives;
• Global Opportunities for Associations;
• Going Global Innovation;
• Foreign Trade Zones Marketing Program (FTZ-MP); and
• CanExport

The objective of the program is to build a stronger and more effective Canadian capacity to compete in the global economy. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Invest Canada - Community Initiatives

  Enhance the capability and effectiveness of Canadian communities to attract, retain and expand foreign direct investment (FDI), as measured by analysis of recipient performance reports and surveys.

  Key Performance Measures and Indicators:

  • Number of leads generated from program-funded activities;
  • Recipient’s feedback on whether or not knowledge of opportunities has improved and in what manner; and
  • Number of potential investors who requested information, participated in site visits and/or submitted investment proposals.
• Global Opportunities for Associations

  Stimulate the engagement of Canadian industry associations, their members, and non-member firms in international markets, in order to expand commercial linkages and facilitate future successes abroad, as measured by analysis of recipient performance reports and surveys.

  Key Performance Measures and Indicators:

  • Evidence that more Canadian companies are involved in international business as indicated by agreements/negotiated joint ventures (partnerships, distributors, agents, etc.) within three years of project completion; and
  • Number of companies that have expanded their international business.
• Going Global Innovation

  Increase Canadian science and technological innovation and commercialization opportunities as measured by analysis of recipient performance reports and surveys.

  Key Performance Measures and Indicators:

  • Number of collaborative international research and development initiatives that have been facilitated by GMSP-funded projects within three years of project completion (as evidenced by formal agreements entered into);
  • For each collaborative international research and development initiative that has been facilitated by GMSP-funded projects, recipient’s feedback on whether or not GMSP support has led or will lead to the commercialization of products, technologies, etc. and the potential value; and
  • Number of partnerships entered into between Canadian researchers and key players in foreign countries within a year of project completion (as evidenced by agreements entered into, such as memorandums of understanding and letters of intent).
• Foreign Trade Zones Marketing Program (FTZ-MP)

  Enhance Canada’s globally competitive business environment through promotion of Canada’s foreign trade zone advantage to potential foreign investors, as measured by analysis of recipient performance reports and surveys.

  Key Performance Measures and Indicators:

  • Number of leads generated from program-funded activities;
  • Recipient’s feedback on whether or not knowledge of opportunities has improved and in what manner;
  • Number of potential investment opportunities identified, as indicated by potential investors who requested information, participated in site visits and/or submitted investment proposals;
  • Number and source of new FDI (from existing and/or new investors) received that was facilitated by FTZ-MP-funded projects; and
  • Number of jobs created that were facilitated by FTZ-MP-funded projects.
• CanExport

  Provide direct financial assistance to Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to develop new markets, especially in high-growth emerging markets.

  Key Performance Measures and Indicators:

  • Evidence that Canadian SMEs have started exporting within three years of project completion;
  • Evidence that Canadian SMEs have diversified their export markets within three years of project completion; and
  • Number of companies that have expanded their international business development efforts.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2014-2015

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2017-2018

General targeted recipient groups: Each component targets different groups of eligible recipients, all based in Canada:

• Invest Canada - Community Initiatives: municipalities, communities, and non-profit organizations and locally based organizations acting as a third party or intermediary on behalf of a number of eligible communities;
• Global Opportunities for Associations: trade or industry associations (or a regional association with a national perspective) or national horizontal/multi-sectorial organizations;
• Going Global Initiative: Canadian researchers from private companies, universities and non-government research centres (all levels of government);
• FTZ-MP: Canadian regional organizations and non-profit organizations; and
• CanExport: SMEs.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients:

• Acquire feedback on programs and identify potential areas of improvement through questionnaires submitted by recipients;
• Add a section on the website for feedback from recipients;
• Scope program evaluation to include recommendations for recipient engagement; and
• Engage recipients through the TCS/client acquisition.

Global Partnership Program

Name of transfer payment program: Global Partnership Program (GPP)

Start date: April 1, 2013

End date: March 31, 2018

Type of transfer payment: Grants and contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2013-2014 (amended)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.1 International Security and Threat Reduction

Description: The GPP is responsible for the implementation of Canada’s participation in the 31-partner Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (the Global Partnership). The GPP was renewed for an additional $367 million over five years (2013-2018) to address emerging weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation threats globally, corresponding with the G8’s decision to expand the Global Partnership’s geographic focus. The GPP implements cooperative WMD threat-reduction projects in the following priority areas: nuclear and radiological security; biological security; support for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540; chemical weapons destruction; and countering WMD knowledge proliferation.

Expected results:

• Reduced threats to Canadians and the global population from WMDs and/or chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)-related materials;
• Strengthened response of partner states, organizations and global networks to preventing the proliferation of WMDs;
• Reduced access to CBRN-related materials by non-state actors and states of proliferation concern; and
• Improved legal and policy instruments and frameworks of partner states that meet international security and threat reduction standards and best practices.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2015-16

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2017-18

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations with relevant CBRN security expertise and capacities in which Canada is a member or participant; partner foreign states and entities thereof, including those states whose WMD counter-proliferation regimes are deemed to be vulnerable; all other legal entities, including individuals who meet the eligibility requirements under the GPP’s approved terms and conditions; Crown corporations and government departments.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: In addition to using Global Affairs Canada’s global network of missions to identify potential project initiatives, the GPP undertakes targeted outreach and assessment missions to countries identified in its interdepartmental strategic programming framework exercise. The GPP also engages with relevant multilateral institutions (e.g. International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organization, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) and in international forums (e.g. Global Partnership Working Group and the Global Health Security Agenda) to engage potential partners and exchange information on important potential recipients.

Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations

Name of transfer payment program: Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: January 1, 1989

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2015-2016

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 2.1.1 International Business Development through Promotion of Exports and Trade in Canada and Abroad

Description: These grants and contributions expand international education programs to more effectively and efficiently advance departmental priorities, which include contributing to Canada’s competitiveness in the education sector and promoting democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Recipients are not required to repay grant funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Raised awareness of Canada among future leaders, decision makers and the general public in foreign countries, as measured by:
  • # of applications received and number of scholarship recipients who have studied in Canada and have experienced Canada’s models of democratic governance; and
  • # of senior institutional leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean who have visited Canadian universities and colleges and met Canadian academic officials with whom they can create linkages.
• Canada’s knowledge advantage is recognized worldwide and serves to strengthen Canadian interests and economic prosperity, as measured by:
  • # of collaborative linkages established between foreign and Canadian institutions;
  • # of scholarship recipients who have experienced Canada’s academic excellence; and
  • # of international students who, through their studies and research in Canada, contribute to brain circulation to Canadian industry and academic institutions while in Canada.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2018-2019. The program will also be part of the evaluation of the International Education Strategy in 2017-18.

General targeted recipient groups: Non-governmental organizations, post-secondary and higher learning institutions, academics, scholars and students from Canada and abroad.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Promotion of programs by missions, collaborations with non-governmental organizations, participation in education conferences and forums, website, Twitter, news items via Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, and annual collaboration missions of leaders of international academic institutions to Canada.

Grants in Lieu of Taxes on Diplomatic, Consular and International Organizations’ Property in Canada

Name of transfer payment program: Grants in lieu of taxes on diplomatic, consular and international organizations’ property in Canada (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: January 18, 1979

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 1978-1979

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.1 Bilateral and Regional Diplomacy and Advocacy

Description: The Diplomatic, Consular and International Organizations’ Property Grants Order (P.C.1979-59, January 18, 1979), the Municipal Grants Act, and successor orders and acts form the statutory basis of this program. The related memorandum of understanding between Global Affairs Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada, and the National Capital Commission establishes responsibilities and procedures governing the provision of services related to the payment of grants in lieu of real property and frontage or area taxes with respect to diplomatic and consular property. These procedures are designed to ensure fiscal and operational accountability while promoting efficient program delivery.

Expected results:

Canada’s international commitments are met, as measured by:

• Timely and accurate administration of payments to taxing authorities in Canada with respect to exempt properties owned by foreign states; and
• Maintenance and expansion of the most favourable property tax exemption opportunities for Canadian missions abroad.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2016-2017

General targeted recipient groups: “Taxing authorities,” as defined under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

International Atomic Energy Agency

Name of transfer payment program: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: December 19, 1989

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the IAEA is a legally binding obligation of membership. Payment is made to ensure that membership is in good standing and to maintain influence and credibility in a key international body, the aims of which Canada supports. The IAEA is the world’s centre of cooperation in the nuclear field and it works to further the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technology, in particular by verifying that states adhere to their commitments to use nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Effective and efficient implementation of the IAEA’s major programs, as reflected in the Agency’s biennial program and budget, and effective participation for Canada in the Agency’s activities;
• Direct and indirect technical and commercial dividends to the Canadian nuclear industry; and
• IAEA actions and decisions consistent with Canadian foreign policy priorities.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

International Criminal Court

Name of transfer payment program: International Criminal Court (ICC) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: April 1, 2005

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-2018

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: The ICC is the first permanent, treaty-based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. The Court’s expenses are funded primarily by assessed contributions from states parties. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Enable the ICC to carry out investigations and prosecutions—to date, 23 cases have been brought before the Court, and four verdicts have been delivered. For more information, please visit the Court’s Situations under investigation web page.
• Engage in outreach to promote accountability for serious international crimes and advance the interests of justice; the Court has created an outreach strategy and published a report for the General Assembly. The Court also reports on its outreach activities on an annual basis to the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). Reports to the ASP are available on the Court’s website.
• Carry on all other activities required and expected of a judicial body functioning in accordance with international standards.
• Carry on all activities in accordance with the Court’s internal and external oversight mechanisms. Internal controls are being maintained by the Court’s Registrar, including through the Office of Internal Audit. The ASP also appointed an External Auditor and created the Committee on Budget and Finance for the budgetary and financial review and monitoring of the resources of the Court. The Court’s reports to the ASP contain detailed performance measures and performance indicators for its various activities. All proposed ICC budgets, Committee on Budget and Finance reports, financial statements, external audit reports, and resolutions are available on the ICC website.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Canada is an active participant in the annual ASP and on the Committee on Budget and Finance. The Embassy of Canada to the Netherlands is regularly in direct contact with Court officials and, together with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York, participates in working groups dealing with governance and financial issues affecting the Court.

International Development Assistance

Name of transfer payment program: International Development Assistance

Start date: 2001-2002

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2012-13

Link to department’s Program Inventory:

• Sub-Program 3.1.2 Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law;
• Sub-Program 3.2.1 Sustainable Economic Growth;
• Sub-Program 3.2.2 Children and Youth, including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health;
• Sub-Program 3.2.3 Food Security;
• Sub-Program 3.2.4 Multisector Assistance, Social Development, and Development Engagement;
• Sub-Program 3.3.1 Humanitarian Programming;
• Sub-Program 3.3.2 Partners for Humanitarian Assistance.

Description: Official development assistance (ODA) activities contribute to poverty reduction, take into account the perspectives of the poor, and are consistent with international human rights standards, as per the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act (the Act). ODA may also be provided for the purposes of alleviating the effects of a natural or man-made disaster or other emergency occurring outside Canada. Global Affairs Canada is the lead department responsible for Canada's ODA. The majority of the department’s international assistance activities meet the requirements of the Act. However, Global Affairs Canada’s transfer payment program does not preclude activities falling outside the scope of the Act. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Sub-Program 3.1.2: Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law
  • Enhanced or maintained equitable and inclusive participation of women, men, girls and boys and civil society in civic life and decision-making processes that affect their lives, particularly the poor, the marginalised and those at-risk.
    • # / local civil society partners and the media participating in democratic processes, in countries in which Global Affairs Canada engages.
  • Increased gender-sensitive promotion, protection and respect for human rights and rule of law by governments, civil society and other independent and multilateral institutions.
    • # / total of gender-sensitive policies, plans, legal frameworks, laws, or regulations that have been developed or enacted by governments, as a result of Global Affairs Canada engagement, in accordance with international human rights and rule of law standards.
  • Increased accountability to the rights and priorities of all people, particularly of women, girls and boys, the poor and the marginalized and those at risk, by independent institutions, representative bodies, and political parties.
    • # / total policies, legislation, actions plans, strategies, regulations, and frameworks, reformed or passed, that promote accountability in countries in which Global Affairs Canada engages in advancing democracy.
• Sub-Program 3.2.1: Sustainable Economic Growth
  • Improved enabling environment for sustainable economic development, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in sustainable economic growth programming.
    • # / total of Global Affairs Canada sustainable economic growth projects that show an increase in the # of recommendations for the enactment, elimination, and/or revision of laws, policies, regulations, amendments and/or codes followed-through.
  • Increased equitable use of business development and financial services, and engagement in trade and value chain opportunities by micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly those led by women, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in sustainable economic growth programming.
    • # / total of Global Affairs Canada sustainable economic growth projects that show an increase in the # of micro, small and medium enterprises (Male/Female) accessing business development services and/or financial services (includes micro finances).
  • Improved employability or entrepreneurship of targeted vulnerable groups, particularly women and youth, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in sustainable economic growth programming.
    • # / total of Global Affairs Canada sustainable economic growth projects that show an increase in the # of graduates (Male/Female, rural/urban) of demand driven skills for employment programs or entrepreneurship programs.
• Sub-Program 3.2.2: Children and Youth, including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
  • Improved delivery and use of essential health services for women of reproductive age, newborns and children under five, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in maternal, newborn and child health programming.
    • # / total Global Affairs Canada maternal, newborn and child health projects where the % of live births attended by skilled health personnel has increased.
  • Improved delivery of quality formal and non-formal education to the end of secondary for girls and boys in non-crisis situations, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in education programming.
    • # / total of Global Affairs Canada education projects where the # of children (Female/Male) who complete a formal education has increased.
  • Enhanced effectiveness of child protection systems and services, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in child protection programming.
    • # / total Global Affairs Canada child protection projects where the # of girls and boys reached with child protection services has increased.
• Sub-Program 3.2.3: Food Security
  • Increased adoption of sustainable agricultural practices or models by smallholder farmers, especially women farmers, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in food security programming.
    • # / total Global Affairs Canada food security projects where the # of smallholder farmers using sustainable agricultural practices has increased.
  • Improved efficiency of agricultural value chains, including value chain actors and agri-food enterprises, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in food security programming.
    • # / total Global Affairs Canada food security projects where the amount (in $) of new investments by value chain actors along segments of the value chain has increased.
  • Improved consumption of nutritious foods by food insecure and undernourished populations in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in food security programming.
    • # / total Global Affairs Canada food security projects where nutrition in diets has improved.
• Sub-Program 3.2.4: Multisector Assistance, Social Development, and Development Engagement
  • Increased effectiveness of multilateral and global development organizations supported by Global Affairs Canada.
    • % (out of total) of organizations funded by Global Affairs Canada, assessed by the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) during the reporting period receiving a score of “adequate” on their development effectiveness ratings.
  • Increased engagement of Canadians as global citizens.
    • # of Canadians engaged as global citizens to support international development efforts in Canada and abroad as a result of Global Affairs Canada support.
• Sub-Program 3.3.1: Humanitarian Programming
  • Increased immediate access to and use of assistance (material and services) required to meet basic human needs and protection service by crisis affected people, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in humanitarian programming.
    • Proportion of Global Affairs Canada funding provided in response to the consolidated annual appeals process committed in a timely manner (i.e. within the first quarter of the calendar year).
• Sub-Program 3.3.2: Partners for Humanitarian Assistance
  • Improved effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian action by Global Affairs Canada humanitarian partner organizations and by the international humanitarian system, in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in humanitarian programming.
    • Proportion of Global Affairs Canada long-term institutional support payments to humanitarian organizations committed in a timely manner (i.e. within the first quarter of the calendar year).

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: Please see the Planned Results section of the 2017-18 Departmental Plan.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Please see the Planned Results section of the 2017-18 Departmental Plan.

International Financial Institutions

Name of transfer payment program: International Financial Institutions (IFIs) as per the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act

Start date: N/A

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Statutory Authority (Payments to International Financial Institutions – Direct payments)

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: N/A

Link to department’s Program Inventory:

• Sub-Program 3.2.1 Sustainable Economic Growth;
• Sub-Program 3.2.2 Children and Youth, including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health;
• Sub-Program 3.2.3 Food Security;
• Sub-Program 3.2.4 Multisector Assistance, Social Development, and Development Engagement

Description: International financial institutions such as the World Bank and the regional development banks (including the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank) provide financial services and focus on country-specific development solutions. Payments to IFIs are made in accordance with sections 3(a), 3(c) and section 12 of the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act. These include direct payment to the institutions to enable the IFIs to finance their concessional funding windows for assistance to the poorest developing countries and the purchase of shares of the institutions. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results: Increased effectiveness of Canadian development cooperation through engagement with, and investment in, multilateral and global organizations, to address humanitarian and development challenges: progress in global food security, health, education, and sustainable economic growth in developing countries.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: The “Review of the Effectiveness of CIDA’s Multilateral Delivery Channel” (PDF) was completed and published in 2008-09. Evaluations for the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) were completed and published on the Global Affairs Canada website in 2013.

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: Overarching assessments of many key partners will primarily be done through the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN). Planned assessments to commence in 2016-17 include the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Review, the World Bank (WB) Review and the African Development Bank Review. In 2017-18, planned assessments include the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Review.

An evaluation of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) by Global Affairs Canada is under consideration (TBD).

Please consult Global Affairs Canada’s Rolling Five-Year Development Evaluation Work Plan.

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: In May 2016, the International Assistance Review was launched to renew Canada’s international assistance policy. Public consultations closed on July 31, 2016. More than 300 consultations were hosted in over 65 countries and at nine high-level events in five Canadian cities. Over 15,000 people and partners were engaged, resulting in more than 10,600 written contributions. The new international assistance policy will be launched in 2017.

International Labour Organization

Name of transfer payment program: International Labour Organization (ILO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: The ILO was founded in 1919, and Canada has been a member since inception.

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the ILO, a UN specialized agency, is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of membership is to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy goals related to international labour and social policy issues and provide it with a voice in the international community. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Development and effective supervision of international labour standards and realization of fundamental principles and rights at work;
• Targeted action against child labour, giving priority to the urgent elimination of its worst forms;
• Contributions to poverty reduction through promotion of coherent economic and social policies that support employment creation;
• Assistance to constituents in the development of skills and employability policies and programs for decent work;
• Better instruments and tools for policy analysis and formulation that support good governance and the extension of social protections to vulnerable workers; and
• Strengthened social dialogue on labour and social-policy issues at the national and international levels.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Civil Administration

Name of transfer payment program: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Civil Administration (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: January 1, 1989

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012 (amended)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to NATO flows from its membership in NATO under the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty. Canada’s contribution furthers its foreign policy goals by funding the administrative budget of NATO, an international organization vital to Canadian defence and security interests. NATO was designed to promote the stability of the North Atlantic area and to safeguard the freedom and security of its people by political and military means, based on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and international law. NATO accounts are subject to annual audit by the International Board of Auditors (IBAN) for NATO. Since September 1, 2014, and through a voluntary national contribution, Canada has a representative on the IBAN for a four-year period. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Effective decision making by the Alliance in pursuit of NATO’s objectives of stability and security in the North Atlantic region in the context of a rapidly changing international security environment in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa region as measured by, for example, implementation of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence and Projecting Stability initiatives, including in the context of the upcoming NATO Summit in Brussels in 2017;
• Linked to above, direct support to prime ministerial and ministerial engagement in NATO decision-making processes (e.g. summits, ministerial meetings);
• Support to NATO operations as measured by progress with respect to ongoing NATO operations and missions, including in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Kosovo, Afghanistan and elsewhere;
• Enhanced relations with NATO partners and cooperation with other international organizations, as measured by political and practical cooperation with partners and the implementation of policies aimed at enhancing these relationships;
• Appropriate response to current and emerging defence and security challenges, as measured by, for example, ongoing progress on NATO cyber defence and by ensuring that NATO is able to defend its own networks against cyber threats;
• Proper management of the Alliance’s resources, as measured by ongoing reform and transformation initiatives, which include increasing NATO’s transparency and accountability and ensuring appropriate value for money; and
• The construction of the new NATO headquarters building, which is expected to be completed in 2017.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Name of transfer payment program: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: March 20, 1975

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012 (amended)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: The mission of the OECD is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The OECD works with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change, measures productivity and global flows of trade and investment, analyzes and compares data to predict future trends, and sets international standards on a wide range of areas, from agriculture and tax to the safety of chemicals. The OECD’s planning, budgeting and management are all organized on a results-based system. Results are tracked by the Secretariat and are assessed for quality and impact by member countries in the Programme Implementation Report (PIR). The member country assessments in the PIR are further considered by national delegates to OECD committees and by the Secretariat with a view to improving performance in delivering results in the subsequent program of work. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Find solutions to common economic problems by working cooperatively with members toward the development of international standards, models, guidelines and agreements;
• Implement OECD work programs and policy positions that reflect input from across the Canadian government and support domestic priorities;
• Influence the policy development of other members and of non-members to improve the functioning of the international economic environment, particularly through collaboration with the G20 and G7;
• Analyze new and emerging issues, both domestic and global, that affect Canada’s economy and standard of living;
• Improve engagement with non-members, reflecting Canadian priorities to increase the long-term effectiveness of the organization;
• Implement institutional reforms to improve the OECD’s ability to cope with new issues and power dynamics; and
• Ensure sound management of the OECD.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Name of transfer payment program: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: March 9, 1972

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s assessed contribution to the regular budget of the IOF is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of Canada’s membership is to promote Canadian values (e.g. cultural and linguistic diversity, democracy, human rights, and good governance) and interests; to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy objectives related to international peace, security, development and prosperity; and to enhance relationships among the 80 La Francophonie member states and governments. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Greater adherence to La Francophonie values and principles;
• More effective, efficient and equitable global governance;
• Women and youth more integrated and valued in political and development processes;
• More inclusive economic growth and sustainable development; and
• Continuation of cooperation programs and activities undertaken by the organization as measured by performance measures and performance indicators for monitoring and reporting, as established under the approved terms and conditions.

Global Affairs Canada does not govern the OIF’s performance management strategy; however, the department receives annual financial statements, annual reports from the OIF Comptroller and the external auditor and a report from the Secretary General (in French only) every two years. Canada is represented by the Minister of La Francophonie at the Conférence ministérielle de la Francophonie and by the Prime Minister of Canada at La Francophonie summits. As well, a number of administrative and financial meetings at the officer level and at the level of the Prime Minister’s Personal Representative to La Francophonie are held during the year at which such reports are presented.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2017-2018

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Name of transfer payment program: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (program funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: January 1, 1993

End date: 2016-17

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-2018

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the OSCE is an obligation arising from its membership in what has become the world’s largest regional security organization, with 57 participating states from North America, Europe and Eurasia. Canada’s contribution furthers its foreign policy goals related to human rights, fundamental freedoms, democratization, fragile states, conflict prevention, crisis management, mediation, post-conflict development, and arms control. This is achieved by funding OSCE operations; Permanent Council meetings and working groups; policy conferences and expert workshops; and on-the-ground mediation, social betterment, and capacity-building programs implemented by the OSCE Secretariat, autonomous institutions, and field missions.

Canada’s OSCE contributions also include payments made to administer and implement two legally binding conventional arms control regimes to which Canada is state party: the Treaty on Open Skies (for which Canada is a treaty co-depository, together with Hungary) and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, as well as the politically binding Vienna Document. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Effective and timely implementation of the decisions of the OSCE Permanent Council as well as the Ministerial Council as measured by the organization’s successful work and progress on such issues of importance to Canada as: human rights; election monitoring; democracy building; good governance; tolerance and non-discrimination; safeguarding fundamental freedoms; combatting human trafficking; counterterrorism and extremism; as well as enhanced engagement with key OSCE Partners.
• Continuous monitoring of the security situation in Europe, as measured by the OSCE’s regular reporting and early warning function provided by the organization’s Conflict Prevention Centre, its specialized institutions and its Field Operations, including the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. In this regard, the OSCE’s work and engagement in the region’s conflicts (e.g. Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Moldova-Transnistria, and Georgia’s secessionist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia) contribute to promoting dialogue and lowering tensions.
• Concerted programming to actively contribute to conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict institution building, as measured by the successful implementation of the Permanent Council and the Ministerial Decisions that strengthen the OSCE’s conflict prevention toolkit, especially in the key areas of early warning and mediation. In addition, the Transnational Threats Unit consolidates and coordinates the OSCE’s work on counterterrorism, border security, policing and anti-trafficking.
• Proper management of the organization’s resources, as measured by the audits on the OSCE’s financial statements and by the renewed efforts of the OSCE Secretary General to enhance the organization’s accountability and transparency.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

Organization of American States

Name of transfer payment program: Organization of American States (OAS) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: May 31, 1990

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: The OAS was established in order to achieve among its member states an order of peace and justice, to promote their solidarity, to strengthen their collaboration, and to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence. The OAS is composed of 35 member states of the Americas and constitutes the main political, juridical, and social governmental forum in the hemisphere. In addition, it has granted permanent observer status to 69 states, as well as to the European Union. The OAS effectively implements its purposes using an approach based on the following four pillars: democracy, human rights, security, and development. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Strengthening of the OAS as the key political forum through which Canada promotes its hemispheric interests, as measured by the relevance of resolutions and initiatives adopted; the level of support for Canadian initiatives and proposals; the degree of alignment of OAS resolutions and initiatives with the goals of Canada’s engagement in the Americas; and the opportunity to influence key partners in the Americas;
• Promotion and consolidation of democracy, and strengthening of human rights, governance and the rule of law, as measured by the relevance of resolutions and initiatives with respect to people’s participation, domestic policies, resource level and cooperation (i.e. capacity building, best practices and legal matters) as well as reports and statistics on implementation by the OAS;
• Enhanced regional multilateral cooperation on security issues in the Americas, as measured by the relevance of resolutions and initiatives with respect to domestic policies, resource level and cooperation (i.e. capacity building, best practices and legal matters) as well as reports and statistics on implementation by the OAS, including on Canadian-funded projects executed in partnership with the OAS; and
• Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the OAS through increased accountability and transparency as measured by the degree of implementation of the reform agenda mandated by resolutions and decisions by OAS member states as presented in reports.

The Terms and Conditions governing this transfer payment do not specify the performance measures and indicators. The OAS’s Office of the Inspector General and Board of External Auditors monitor the OAS’s financial, operational and administrative operations and ensure observance and compliance with policies, rules and practices established by the General Secretariat. Reports are produced and approved annually.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Canada maintains a permanent mission to the OAS, headed by an ambassador and permanent representative to the OAS in Washington, D.C.

Pan-American Health Organization

Name of transfer payment program: Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) (Voted)

Start date: July 2008

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2013-14

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description:

Objective: Comply with Canada's obligation, as a Member State of PAHO, to provide funding for the Organization to advance its public health work in the Americas. The program enables Canada to protect the health of Canadians by advancing global and regional health and foreign policy priorities, and by contributing to the security of the Americas region.

Intervention Method(s): Membership in PAHO enables Canada to: 1) Protect the health of Canadians; 2) Advance Canada’s health priorities through effective and timely management of health emergencies and outbreaks in the region; 3) Collaborate on the development of guidelines and sharing of health information and public health intelligence; and 4) Build capacity in the Americas region to uphold international norms and standards through comparative policy analysis, collaboration, and sharing of best practices.

Repayable Contributions: No

Expected results:

• Protect the health of Canadians by contributing to the security of the Region of the Americas;
• Canada's influence and interests in the Americas region - with respect to policies, good governance, transparency, and accountability - are advanced; and
• Canadian-based values related to health, as well as successes on key policies such as universal health coverage, are disseminated.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2013-14

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2018-19

General targeted recipient groups: PAHO is the sole recipient of membership fees under these terms and conditions.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Engagement takes place through a variety of ways, including meetings; participation in PAHO governing bodies (planning and budgeting processes); technical and program cooperation in priority areas; knowledge transfer activities through Canada's participation in PAHO's technical advisory groups; and the review of annual reporting and monitoring of performance.

Peace and Stabilization Operations Program

Name of transfer payment program: Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs)

Start date: 2016

End date: March 31, 2019

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2016-2017

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.1 International Security and Threat Reduction

Description: The Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) is an integral component of the Government of Canada’s toolbox to prevent and respond to conflicts and crises abroad. It supports rapid, effective, whole-of-government coordinated responses to a wide range of challenges and serves as a valuable instrument for supporting stability in conflict-affected regions. PSOPs has three lines of work: 1) Provide policy leadership and advocacy, to contribute a strong Canadian voice that can influence and shape dialogue and collective action among allies and partners, particularly at the UN, in areas of Canadian interests, and to enhance collective action on conflict and state fragility; 2) Deliver effective, whole-of-government coordination and policy coherence to ensure various conflict and crisis responses across the Government of Canada are rapidly implemented and mutually reinforcing when addressing complex political crises and catastrophic natural disasters abroad in order to maximize the impact of Canadian responses; and 3) Provide visible and concrete assistance in response to conflicts and crises abroad through targeted programming, the deployment of Canadian police officers (in partnership with Public Safety Canada and the RCMP) and civilian personnel, and direct support to the UN and multilateral peace operations, conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts.

Expected results:

• Improved prevention of, stabilization during and recovery from conflicts and crises by beneficiaries in states where Canada engages.
  • Number/total of states that show an improvement in their scores in related and relevant indices.
• Improved responses by the Government of Canada to conflicts, crises and natural disasters in states where Canada engages.
  • Extent to which, on a scale of 1 to 5, pre-defined standard operating procedures are followed.
• Enhanced collective action by partners in Canadian priority areas related to conflicts, crises and natural disasters.
  • Degree to which, on a scale of 1 to 5, Canadian positions are reflected in bilateral agreements/initiatives.
  • Degree to which, on a scale of 1 to 5, Canadian positions are reflected in multilateral agreements/initiatives.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2015-2016

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation of program

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: Summative Evaluation scheduled for 2019

General targeted recipient groups:

• Governments of affected states and other foreign governments (including member governments of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), including their institutions, organizations, and agencies;
• Multilateral, intergovernmental, international and regional organizations, agencies and institutions;
• National and international non-governmental organizations, charitable and benevolent associations and other not-for-profit organizations;
• Other levels of government in Canada (provincial, territorial and municipal governments, including their institutions, organizations, and agencies);
• Academic institutions;
• Private-sector entities and corporations; and
• Canadian federal Crown corporations.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Applicants may submit their project proposals at any time of the year. A PSOPs application template (as well as general information about and objectives of the program) will be posted on the PSOPs website, upon the completion of the new website and portal.

Projects and Development Activities Resulting from La Francophonie Summits

Name of transfer payment program: Projects and development activities resulting from La Francophonie summits (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: March 9, 1979

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: This program provides funding to cooperation programs and activities undertaken by the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF). It also provides financial support to the Government of New Brunswick to foster its participation in summits, ministerial conferences and other related La Francophonie activities. This program promotes Canadian interests and is consistent with Canada’s political and economic objectives for La Francophonie. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• The IOF is active in all the areas identified in the contribution agreement as measured by a Performance Management Strategy, which requires that financial reports be submitted to Global Affairs Canada before settlements to the IOF are initiated. Reports are also presented at the annual La Conférence ministérielle de la Francophonie as well as to the Administration and Finance Commission and the Permanent Council of La Francophonie, which are held as preparatory meetings in advance of La Conference ministérielle de la Francophonie.
• Active participation by the Government of New Brunswick in all significant IOF activities as measured by the provision on accountability that is part of the protocol of agreement on Canada’s financial contribution for the participation of New Brunswick at La Francophonie events and follow-up: “New Brunswick accepts to submit to Canada, in the three months following the end of the duration of the protocol, a narrative report as well as a certified financial report on real time expenses made by New Brunswick during the fiscal year”.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2017-2018

General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government and international organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Name of transfer payment program: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: UNESCO was founded in 1945, and Canada has been a member since inception.

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to UNESCO is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of membership is to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy goals related to culture, science and education and provide it with a voice in the international community. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Progress in the implementation of the Education 2030 Agenda by focusing on sector-wide policy and planning, literacy, teachers and skills development for the world of work;
• Reduction of gender disparities in primary and secondary education in member states, and strengthening of global commitment to education for girls and women;
• Strengthening of education system responses to contemporary challenges with emphasis on universal values based on peace, mutual understanding and respect for human dignity, education for sustainable development, including education for disaster preparedness;
• Implementation of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;
• Implementation of the International Convention against Doping in Sport;
• Protection of cultural and natural heritage through the implementation of UNESCO’s culture conventions, in particular the World Heritage Convention and the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property;
• Establishment of effective early warning systems for tsunamis;
• Improved management of the planet’s water resources through increased scientific cooperation;
• Development of free, independent and pluralistic media, and civic participation;
• Freedom of expression, freedom of information and freedom of the press more broadly integrated into policies in member states; and
• Protection and digitalization of the world’s documentary heritage.

UNESCO’s program and budget, which set out the strategic objectives and expected outcomes for the organization’s work, are approved every two years by the UNESCO General Conference. For further information, visit the UNESCO website.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

UN Peacekeeping Operations

Name of transfer payment program: UN Peacekeeping Operations (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: The UN was established in 1945, and Canada has been a member since inception.

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: United Nations peacekeeping operations help countries torn by conflict create the conditions for lasting peace. In addition to maintaining peace and security, peacekeepers are increasingly charged with assisting in political processes, reforming judicial systems, training law enforcement and police forces, disarming and reintegrating former combatants, and supporting the return of internally displaced persons and refugees. Canada’s assessed contribution to UN peacekeeping operations is a legally binding obligation of membership. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Enhance peace and security for the countries and regions concerned;
• Contribute to increased levels of security, protection of civilians, support to humanitarian activities, basic services and governance provided in affected areas, promoting advanced prospects for peace as well as enabling reconstruction and development activities; and
• Maintain multilateral relationships with key UN organizations and bilateral relationships with key Allies and other troop-contributing countries.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

United Nations Organization

Name of transfer payment program: United Nations Organization (UN) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: The UN was established in 1945, and Canada has been a member since inception.

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s assessed contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of membership is to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy goals related to international peace, security and development and provide it with a voice in the international community. Assessed contributions are used to finance the organization’s programs toward attainment of the UN’s objectives, as set out in its Charter. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Promotion of peace and security;
• Progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
• Promotion and protection of human rights;
• Effective coordination of humanitarian assistance efforts;
• Promotion of justice and international law;
• Progress toward disarmament;
• International cooperation for drug control and crime prevention; and
• International cooperation to combat terrorism.

The UN’s program and budget, which set out the strategic objectives and expected outcomes for the organization’s work, are approved every two years by the UN General Assembly. For further information, please visit the website of the UN.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

World Health Organization

Name of transfer payment program: World Health Organization (WHO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: The WHO was founded in 1948, and Canada has been a member since inception.

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2011-2012

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the WHO is a legally binding obligation of membership. The purpose of membership is to further the Government of Canada’s foreign policy goals related to health and provide it with a voice in the international community. For further information, please visit the WHO website. Recipients are not required to repay funds obtained under this transfer payment program.

Expected results:

• Enhanced global health security through:
  • operationalization of a unified WHO emergency program;
  • establishment of a Global Health Emergency Network;
  • contribution toward International Health Regulations (2005) (IHRs) core capacities and improvements to the IHRs; and
  • support for the implementation of the Contingency Fund for Emergencies.
• Accelerated progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by:
  • reducing maternal mortality;
  • improving child survival;
  • addressing the global burden of non-communicable diseases and their main risk factors;
  • promoting health environments; and
  • increasing access to essential medicines.
• Promotion of health equity by:
  • strengthening health systems to reach the poorest and most vulnerable.
• Strengthened global norms and standards in health by:
  • developing, implementing and monitoring global norms and standards; and
  • promoting safety of food, water, and medical products and devices.
• Continued progress to implement WHO institutional reform by:
  • demonstrating leadership in the multilateral system by serving as one of the 34 members of the WHO Executive Board (2015-2018), which provides advice and support to the World Health Assembly, and supports the implementation of its decisions and policies; and
  • supporting ongoing efforts to enhance organizational efficiency, effectiveness and transparency.

The WHO’s Programme budget, which sets out the strategic objectives and expected outcomes for the organization’s work, is approved every two years by the World Health Assembly. For additional details on results and plans, please consult:

• WHO Draft Proposed programme budget 2018-19 (PDF)
• WHO Programme budget 2016-2017 (PDF)

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: N/A

World Trade Organization

Name of transfer payment program: World Trade Organization (WTO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

Start date: January 1, 1995

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2009-2010

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Description: The WTO is a cornerstone of Canada’s trade policy, providing a common set of rules, rights and obligations for the trade policies of its 164 members and a forum for Canada to advance its trade interests on the broadest possible basis. The WTO provides Canada with the opportunity to build alliances, influence rules and secure concessions on issues where it may otherwise have less leverage. Issues such as agriculture subsidies and regulatory concerns (e.g. sanitary and phytosanitary measures) are more effectively addressed multilaterally. The WTO also has a robust dispute settlement system, of which Canada is a regular user. Through the ongoing work of its many committees, the WTO provides a forum for Canada to raise and resolve a range of trade irritants and market access issues. Finally, WTO is also an active forum for trade policy monitoring and surveillance.

The Doha Development Agenda (DDA), which is the name of the most recent round of WTO negotiations, was launched in 2001. Negotiations have been effectively stalled since 2008, with WTO members disagreeing on whether the DDA mandates remain a relevant and viable basis from which to advance multilateral negotiations. At the biennial Ministerial Conference in late 2015, WTO Ministers for the first time did not agree to renew the DDA mandate. Canada, with the other WTO members, nevertheless continues to work to find a way to decisively move WTO negotiations forward, including addressing the outstanding Doha issues.

Expected results:

• As a trade-dependent country, Canada has been actively involved in all areas of the WTO negotiations:
  • Canada’s key interests are protecting the integrity of the WTO agreements and institutions; pursuing a number of remaining Doha-round issues, particularly domestic support for agriculture; advancing negotiations on plurilateral agreements such as the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA); and ensuring that the WTO remains relevant to the realities of 21st century economies, including for example, by delivering outcomes in negotiations on contemporary economic issues such as electronic commerce.
  • While the broader DDA negotiations are at an impasse, Canada continues to work with other WTO members to find constructive ways to advance multilateral discussions on issues facing the global trading system, both the outstanding Doha issues and new issues such as electronic commerce. Progress in these areas will be measured by WTO reports (including committee reports) and developments in WTO negotiations (for example, outcomes of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference).
  • Implementation of the outcomes of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC10) and the ratification of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will build confidence among WTO members and could form a constructive basis for advancing future negotiations.
  • Given the challenges in the WTO’s multilateral negotiations, Canada has been participating in plurilateral negotiations with a subset of like-minded WTO members in a number of areas. For example, Canada is negotiating on the WTO EGA and has agreed to Chair WTO plurilateral negotiations on the elimination of harmful fisheries subsidies.
• Continued work with WTO members to advance discussions on issues facing the global trading system:
  • WTO members have begun to consider possible next steps to advance the multilateral trading system. WTO ministers will meet in December 2017 for the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11). Key WTO trade ministers, including from Canada, are expected to participate in two or three mini-ministerial meetings during 2017 to help advance negotiations. There is consensus among WTO members that the WTO must deliver meaningful results at MC11, and Canada is actively engaged in discussions aimed at identifying possible deliverables.
• Participation in accession negotiations and reviews on WTO members:
  • Canada participates in the accession negotiations for all countries seeking to join the WTO, as measured by the number of new accessions to the WTO. Canada also participates in the review of the trade policies of each WTO member, as well as preparing for its own review (every four years).
• Participation in the WTO dispute settlement system:
  • Canada is one of the most active participants in the WTO dispute settlement system, as measured by the number of disputes in which Canada is a participant as either a direct or intervening party. The WTO’s dispute settlement system is the world’s preeminent body for discussing and resolving international trade disputes. Canada is also an active participant in efforts to review the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
• The governance mechanisms of international organizations include oversight services. Global Affairs Canada will rely upon these oversight regimes to assist in monitoring the WTO’s accountability for achieving objectives agreed to by its members and for stewardship of its funds, which are contributed by member states, including Canada.
  • Canada, as a member of the WTO, also has access to all audits, evaluations and performance reviews completed by or on behalf of the WTO.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Decision following the results of the last evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International Organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: To ensure that Canada’s interests are represented effectively at the WTO, Canada maintains a permanent mission to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland.

Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs under $5 million

Annual Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and to the Organization of American States' Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission

Name of transfer payment program: Annual Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and to the Organization of American States' Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Main objective: To manage the Annual Voluntary Contributions (AVC) to the Organization of American States Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS-CICAD) and to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Under Treasury Board authorities, this totals $1.0 million to OAS-CICAD and $2.45 million to UNODC. The AVC to OAS-CICAD is entirely focused on providing institutional support to the OAS and to specific counter-narcotics projects in the Americas. The AVC to the UNODC is focused on providing institutional support to UNODC as well as specific counter-narcotics projects globally. The allotment for the AVC through Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy (NADS) is intended to support the international implementation of the NADS Enforcement Pillar.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $3,450,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2012-2013

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat

Name of transfer payment program: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to sustain Canadian influence on economic integration and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region (e.g. trade liberalization and facilitation, economic development, human security). Active engagement in APEC ensures that Canada maintains the necessary visibility and credibility to be a valued Asia-Pacific partner in support of Canada’s interests in the region. Canada is not a member of other Asian organizations.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $716,878

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Name of transfer payment program: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution under the Basel Convention to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. The scope of application of the Convention covers a wide range of wastes defined as “hazardous wastes” based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics, as well as two types of wastes defined as “other wastes”―household waste and incinerator ash.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $239,880

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Canada’s annual host country grant to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Name of transfer payment program: Canada’s annual host country grant to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.2 Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy

Main objective: To support activities related to the permanent establishment in Canada of the SCBD.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $1,195,243

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2011-2012

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Canadian International Arctic Fund (formerly called Northern Dimensions of Canada’s Foreign Policy)

Name of transfer payment program: Canadian International Arctic Fund (formerly called Northern Dimensions of Canada’s Foreign Policy) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.2 Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy

Main objective: To increase the strength of the Arctic Council as the key forum for Arctic cooperation and advancing Canada’s leadership role in Arctic affairs.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $700,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2011-2012

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: Aboriginal organizations, other levels of government, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, industry associations and individuals.

Commonwealth Foundation

Name of transfer payment program: Commonwealth Foundation (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to demonstrate its commitment, contribute to civil society and transparent governance and enhance its relationships with other members.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $1,204,066

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Commonwealth Youth Programme

Name of transfer payment program: Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to promote and contribute to youth development in the Commonwealth and to enhance its relationships with other Commonwealth countries involved in youth issues.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $1,117,202

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Convention on Biological Diversity

Name of transfer payment program: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the CBD in support of its three objectives: the conservation of biological diversity; the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity; and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $672,698

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Diplomatic Supplement Retirement Benefit (Statutory)

Name of transfer payment program: Diplomatic Supplement Retirement Benefit (Statutory)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Type of appropriation: Payments under the Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. D-2)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 4.2.1 Administration of Foreign Service Directives

Main objective: To provide superannuation benefits for senior appointees of Global Affairs Canada serving outside Canada.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $125,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: Retired public officials (e.g. ambassadors, ministers, high commissioners and consuls general of Canada to other countries and such other persons of comparable status), eligible spouses or common-law partners, and survivors.

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Name of transfer payment program: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay the assessed contribution for Canada’s membership in the IICA in order to participate in the Institute’s work on trade development, food safety and sustainable production, to use the IICA as a forum to promote Canadian expertise and Canadian agri-business, and to improve and build new linkages for Canada with Latin America and the Caribbean.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $4,073,273

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Agency for Research on Cancer

Name of transfer payment program: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the IARC, the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization. Its mission is to conduct and promote international collaboration in cancer research with the objective of improving health through a reduction in the incidence of and mortality from cancer throughout the world. For further information, visit the IARC website.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $1,294,067

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Civil Aviation Organization

Name of transfer payment program: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to ICAO, a specialized agency of the UN that works with the Convention on International Civil Aviation’s 191 member states and global aviation organizations to develop international standards and recommended practices, which states reference when developing their legally enforceable national civil aviation regulations.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $2,410,492

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Energy Agency

Name of transfer payment program: International Energy Agency (IEA) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution as a member of the IEA, the leading global authority on energy policy, market analysis and cleaner technologies. The IEA is an autonomous organization that works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries and beyond. The IEA has four main areas of focus: energy security, economic development, environmental awareness and engagement worldwide.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $1,430,491

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission

Name of transfer payment program: International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the IHFFC, which is the only permanent international fact-finding body mandated to investigate violations of international humanitarian law. Although 76 states have recognized the competence of the Commission, to date its services have never been called upon.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $15,319

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Maritime Organization

Name of transfer payment program: International Maritime Organization (IMO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the IMO, a specialized agency of the UN that is responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent pollution from ships. It is also involved in legal matters, including liability and compensation issues and the facilitation of international maritime traffic.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $368,796

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Seabed Authority

Name of transfer payment program: International Seabed Authority (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s annual assessed contribution under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the operation of the International Seabed Authority.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $338,490

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Name of transfer payment program: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s annual assessed contribution under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the operation of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $602,978

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Non-proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

Name of transfer payment program: Non-proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory:

• Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations
• Sub-Program 3.1.1 International Security and Threat Reduction

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contributions as a state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the Convention on Anti-Personnel Landmines, the Arms Trade Treaty, and the Seabed Arms Control Treaty.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $303,470

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: United Nations; international organizations

Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Name of transfer payment program: Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the NEA of the OECD, which is responsible for maintaining and further developing the peaceful uses of nuclear energy through international cooperation.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $826,289

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation

Name of transfer payment program: OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay the assessed contribution for Canada’s participation in CERI to further the provincial/territorial and federal government’s development, analysis and understanding of activities, policies and innovations in the area of education and learning.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $213,654

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

OECD Steel Committee (formerly called International Commodity Organizations)

Name of transfer payment program: OECD Steel Committee (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to support the activities of the OECD Steel Committee that provides participants with a forum to exchange views on commercial and policy developments in their domestic and global steel markets. The Committee also provides participants with regular statistical and analytical reports on such developments.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $41,847

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: Canadian steel industry, Global Affairs Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and the Department of Finance

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Name of transfer payment program: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution under the Chemical Weapons Convention. The OPCW comprises 192 member states that share the collective goal of preventing chemistry from ever again being used for warfare, thereby strengthening international security. To this end, the Convention contains four key objectives: destroying all existing chemical weapons under international verification by the OPCW; monitoring the chemical industry to prevent new weapons from re-emerging; providing assistance and protection to States Parties against chemical threats; and fostering international cooperation to strengthen implementation of the Convention and promote the peaceful use of chemistry.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $3,204,152

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Payments under the Diplomatic Service Superannuation Act (Statutory)

Name of transfer payment program: Payments under the Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act (Statutory)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Type of appropriation: Payments under the Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. D-2)

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 4.2.1 Administration of Foreign Service Directives

Main objective: To provide superannuation benefits for senior appointees of Global Affairs Canada serving outside Canada.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $125,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: Retired public officials (e.g. ambassadors, ministers, high commissioners and consuls general of Canada to other countries and such other persons of comparable status), eligible spouses or common-law partners, and survivors.

Peace Implementation Council

Name of transfer payment program: Peace Implementation Council (PIC) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Approved in 2012 until next departmental review

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to support the PIC and its Steering Board, of which Canada is a member, in advising the Office of the High Representative (OHR) on political, economic and security matters. The Steering Board appoints the High Representative and shares the cost of OHR operations.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $266,463

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Name of transfer payment program: Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: 2017-2018

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to support the key role that the PCA plays in resolving international disputes in a peaceful manner and in the successful resolution of both public and private disputes between states. Canada’s support for the PCA is directly related to article 10(2)(j) of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, according to which the Minister of Foreign Affairs is required to “foster the development of international law and its application in Canada’s external relations.”

Planned spending in 2017-18: $73,011

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission

Name of transfer payment program: Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: As required by the 1964 agreement between Canada and the United States, the two nations share equally in the costs of development, operation, and maintenance of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, site of the summer home of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The park is located on Campobello Island, New Brunswick (in the Bay of Fundy), and is a lasting symbol of the close relationship between Canada and the United States.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $2,420,095

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Name of transfer payment program: Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution under the Rotterdam Convention, which promotes shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm. It also contributes to the environmentally sound use of those hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and disseminating these decisions to parties.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $136,287

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Secrétariat technique permanent des conférences ministérielles de l’éducation, de la jeunesse et des sports des pays d’expression française

Name of transfer payment program: Secrétariat technique permanent des conférences ministérielles de l'éducation, de la jeunesse et des sports des pays d'expression française (CONFEJES and CONFEMEN) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Canada’s last voluntary contributions ended on December 31, 2012. Statutory contributions continue.

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to La CONFEJES, whose goal is to promote youth and sport among La Francophonie member states and to La CONFEMEN, whose mandate is to promote education, and professional and technical training.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $87,026

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2009-2010

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Name of transfer payment program: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution under the Stockholm Convention to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $261,543

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

UN Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues to Support the Work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Name of transfer payment program: UN Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues to Support the Work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.2 Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law

Main objective: To advance Indigenous issues in the areas of economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights, through the provision of expert advice and recommendations, integration of Indigenous issues in the UN system and dissemination of information on Indigenous issues.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $30,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2014-2015

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International and Indigenous communities and representative organizations worldwide

UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Name of transfer payment program: UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 3.1.2 Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law

Main objective: To provide financial assistance to non-governmental organizations that deliver medical, psychological, legal and social assistance to victims of torture and their families.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $60,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2015-2016

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Name of transfer payment program: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the UNFCCC to help stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous human-induced interference with the climate system.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $873,900

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Name of transfer payment program: Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution under the Vienna Convention, which promotes cooperation between parties by means of systematic observations; exchanges research and information on the effects of human activities on the ozone layer; and adopts legislative or administrative measures against activities likely to have adverse effects on the ozone layer.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $271,478

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Wassenaar Arrangement

Name of transfer payment program: Wassenaar Arrangement (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay assessed contributions demanded of all nations that are Wassenaar Arrangement participating states. This organization contributes to regional and international security and stability by promoting transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technology. Canada’s participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement furthers both its security and commercial trade interests.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $111,051

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

World Customs Organization

Name of transfer payment program: World Customs Organization (WCO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the WCO, an independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of customs administrations. As a member of the WCO, Canada has taken a key role in areas such as trade facilitation, revisions to the Harmonized System, capacity building, combatting counterfeiting and the development and implementation of the Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade. As a member of the WCO, Canada is able to help set the international customs cooperation agenda through high-level participation at key WCO committees. Attendance helps the Government of Canada stay abreast of current and emerging customs issues, which helps to define Canada’s international footprint. Membership at the WCO advances Canada’s interests internationally, particularly given the importance of international trade for the Canadian economy.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $590,019

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Name of transfer payment program: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (funding approved by vote in Parliament)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contribution

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Link to department’s Program Inventory: Sub-Program 1.2.3 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations

Main objective: To pay Canada’s assessed contribution to the WIPO to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among member states and, where appropriate, in collaboration with any other international organization.

Planned spending in 2017-18: $606,929

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: N/A

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable): N/A

General targeted recipient groups: International organizations

Upcoming evaluations over the next five fiscal years

Total planned organizational spending in dollars (programs planned to be evaluated in the next five years plus programs with no planned evaluations in the next five years)^*: $5,837,482,566

^* Although some programs may be associated with more than one evaluation, planned spending for each Program Inventory program is counted once.

Upcoming internal audits for the coming fiscal year

The Office of the Chief Audit Executive’s planned audits for 2017-18 are listed in the following table. The audits are based on Global Affairs Canada’s Risk-Based Audit Plan (RBAP) for 2016-2019. As the planning process for the development of the 2017-2020 RBAP is currently underway, the expected completion dates and subject matter for these audits will be determined once this process is finalized.

Up-Front Multi-Year Funding

Name of recipient: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Start date: January 30, 2003

End date: Ongoing

Links to department’s Program Inventory: Program 1.2 Diplomacy, Advocacy and International Agreements

Description: CIGI supports world-leading research in global governance, particularly global economic and financial governance, international security and international law. CIGI furthers Canada’s interest in having a stable and well-governed global system by bringing academics, policy experts and researchers together from around the world to generate policy recommendations on pressing international developments. In 2003, the Government of Canada contributed $30 million, which was matched by CIGI and subsequently added to by other public and private donors to establish an endowment fund. The Centre continues to be funded by the proceeds of this endowment.

Total funding approved: $30 million

Total funding received: $30 million

Planned funding in 2016-17: N/A

Planned funding in 2017-18: N/A

Planned funding in 2018-19: N/A

Summary of annual plans of recipient:

CIGI’s research program concentrates on global economic, security and international legal issues with a special crosscutting focus on international economics and trade, intellectual property and innovation, fostering national prosperity, and climate change.

One major program involves ensuring stability within the global economy, with an emphasis on the place of Canada in this dynamic. This stream of work addresses limitations in the way nations tackle shared economic challenges by focusing on global financial governance and sovereign debt management. Efforts touch on global forums (e.g. the G20) and international finance (e.g. central banks, the IMF, the World Bank and the Financial Stability Board) with a view to the regulation and promotion of macro-economic coordination. CIGI also looks at China’s role in the global economy and how Canada can take advantage of growth in Asia. As a corollary, programming examines economies in crisis and the challenges of sovereign debt, to better understand how to preserve the stability of the global economic system and prevent contagion in the event of sovereign default. CIGI experts also seek innovative solutions to finance sustainable development and, in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking, are generating ideas to accelerate innovation, productivity and trade.

CIGI also undertakes an advanced program of research related to contemporary global security challenges. Work focuses on Internet governance and cyber security, specifically in the management of blockchain technology, the future of the Internet in China and the implementation of new modes of governance of the Internet within the D10 (Democratic 10) group of like-minded democratic states addressing global security and governance challenges. Within the overarching security program, CIGI also explores the linkages between regional and global security in the context of innovations in conflict management and prevention and effective governance. Geographic areas of concentration include the Arctic, the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, the greater Middle East and Central Asia. CIGI’s newest area of focus is international law, which, as a program, seeks to address the issues that are most important to global innovation, prosperity and sustainability. These include innovative approaches to intellectual property, the environment, and trade and finance.

CIGI is a partner on several new technology initiatives, including OpenCanada.org and ArcticDeeply.org, that sit at the intersection of public policy, scholarship and journalism to present and explain critical issues affecting Canada.

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