Deadline: 13-May-22
The High Commission of Canada in Pakistan 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 in Pakistan. 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 endeavors.
Thematic Priorities
All projects must align with at least one of the following CFLI thematic priorities:
- Peace and security, with a focus on conflict prevention and building peace.
- Projects that respond to the current situation in Afghanistan and the impact on Pakistan. Only projects operating in Pakistan will be considered.
- Human dignity, covering health, education, and nutrition.
- Projects that respond to the current situation in Afghanistan and the impact on Pakistan (e.g. addressing issues facing refugees and host communities.). Only projects operating in Pakistan will be considered.
- Inclusive governance, including diversity, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
- Projects related to one or more of the areas of minority rights, freedom of religion and belief, tolerance and inclusion, hate speech, and disinformation.
- Projects addressing media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially female journalists.
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
- Projects that support gender equality through the participation of women and girls in public spaces and non-traditional activities. For example, promoting girl’s participation in sports.
- Environment and climate action focusing on adaptation and mitigation, as well as on water management.
- Projects supporting innovative solutions to climate change and environmental protection (e.g. promoting biodiversity, water resource management, solid waste management).
- Projects in support of responsible tourism, and issues impacting vulnerable and tourism-dependent communities.
- Projects engaging youth in climate action.
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.
Funding Information
- The average CFLI project costs $30,000 Canadian Dollars.
- $100,000 CAD is the maximum allocation amount for a project eligible under CFLI.
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.
- The majority of CFLI funding is to be directed toward local civil society organizations (including non-governmental organizations) and other institutions working at the local level. Other entities, such as international, intergovernmental, multilateral, and regional organizations may be eligible for funding, provided they are working with local partners and on local projects that are consistent with the objectives of the CFLI. Similarly, municipal, regional and national government institutions may receive funding, provided that their projects are essentially local. The CFLI is always looking to fund innovative projects that deliver measurable results.
Please note that only organizations with existing valid government registration and functional bank account will be considered. For-profit enterprises are not eligible for CFLI funding.
For more information, visit https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/funding-financement/cfli-fcil/2022/pakistan.aspx?lang=eng