Deadline: 12-Jun-25
The High Commission of Canada in Sierra Leone 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 or high commission. 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.
Focus Areas
- Efforts to address issues related to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). This includes efforts to strengthen girls’ education as well as evidence-based policy making, legal frameworks and program delivery for gender equality.
Thematic Priorities
- Gender equality & the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity.
Funding Information
- The average range of CFLI contributions is $30,000 to $45,000 Canadian Dollars.
Eligible Costs
- The following project costs are eligible for CFLI funding:
- accounting costs,
- administrative and overhead costs related to the project (overhead should not exceed 15% of total CFLI contribution),
- advocacy and lobbying related costs,
- capital and/or operating expenditures related to the lease and/or purchase and/or building of infrastructure,
- civic education costs,
- conference and event expenditures,
- costs of services received by recipients,
- domestic travel expenses, using lowest fares possible but not exceeding full fare economy class,
- environmental assessment costs,
- facilities charges,
- equipment rental, and/or purchase (only when the purchase is required to meet project objectives, reflects good value for money, and the recipient has a strong care-and-maintenance plan in place for equipment sustainability),
- hospitality costs, excluding alcoholic beverages,
- installation, maintenance, shipping and/or transportation costs, including fuel,
- computers and communication devices,
- lease or rental of vehicles,
- legal costs,
- medical costs,
- miscellaneous expenses integral to the project,
- outreach, communication and information dissemination costs,
- publishing costs,
- radio and television broadcast fees,
- research-related costs,
- salary costs, including stipends, relating to the project,
- security costs,
- training and capacity building expenditures,
- translation and interpretation fees,
- vehicle and equipment operation, installation and/or maintenance,
- website development and related costs.
Ineligible Costs
- The following costs are not eligible for CFLI funding:
- nuclear technologies and facilities,
- assistance to military or paramilitary organizations,
- gifts,
- luxury goods,
- direct fiscal support to a government,
- seed funding and/or microfinance,
- core funding or recurrent costs of an organization,
- expenses incurred prior to the signing of the contribution agreement, or after it expires.
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,
- 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.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.