Deadline: 17-Apr-22
The Embassy of Canada in Panama is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).
The CFLI is a program designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement. The program is directed at projects conceived and designed predominantly by local partners. Projects are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian embassy. The CFLI also serves to support positive bilateral relations between Canada and recipient countries and their civil societies, by deepening contacts and supporting local endeavours.
Thematic Priorities
- All projects must align with at least one of the following CFLI thematic priorities:
- Inclusive governance, including diversity, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
- Peace and security, with a focus on conflict prevention and building peace.
- The growth that works for everyone, including women’s economic rights, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, investing in the poorest and most vulnerable, and safeguarding economic gains.
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
- Human dignity, covering health, education, and nutrition.
- Environment and climate action focusing on adaptation and mitigation, as well as on water management.
Funding Information
- The average CFLI contribution is $10,000 to 25,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD$100,000 is the maximum allocation amount for a project eligible under CFLI).
Gender-Based Analysis
In 2017, Canada adopted its Feminist International Assistance Policy to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as the most effective way to reduce poverty and build a more inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous world. In alignment with this policy, the CFLI project application process now requires a gender-based analysis (GBA). The purpose of this change is to enhance the gender equality outcomes of the CFLI program. A GBA will require applicants to:
- consider how women, girls, men, and boys are affected differently by the problem their project is aiming to address, ensuring, at the same time, that the project does not cause harm
- consult women and/or girls in the development of their project proposal
- ensure that the views of those women and/or girls inform the project’s design
- Note that consultations can include, but are not limited to, speaking to women and girls from the local community, women and other individuals who work for civil society organizations that have worked in the local community, and female and male decision and change-makers who know the local community.
- Inadequate completion of a GBA may affect the consideration of your proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible recipients include:
- Local non-governmental, community, and not-for-profit organizations,
- Local academic institutions working on local projects,
- International non-governmental organizations working on local development activities,
- Intergovernmental, multilateral and regional institutions, organizations, and agencies working on local development activities,
- Canadian non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations that are working on local development activities.
For more information, visit https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/funding-financement/cfli-fcil/2022/panama-panama.aspx?lang=eng