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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)Canada has provided socio-economic development assistance to Pakistan for more than forty years. It pursues a broad range of interests in the context of bilateral relations with Pakistan, including development cooperation; people-to-people links; regional security and defense; governance and human rights; and trade and investment. The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) programming in Pakistan is focused on education (teacher training) and Women’s Economic Empowerment. Thematic Focus: The Canadian development support in Pakistan is geared towards improving quality and delivery of teacher training programs to male and female teachers with new knowledge, skills, and competencies at the primary, middle, and secondary school levels. In terms of economic growth, the focus is on improvement in labour conditions—policies, legislation, and creating an enabling environment—for women's formal and informal employment. Geographical Focus: CIDA works in all geographical areas of Pakistan. Country Programme Strategy: As part of Canada's new aid effectiveness agenda, Pakistan is selected as a country of focus for international development. Programmes and Projects: Canada focuses on supporting efforts to improve the ability of teachers' colleges to deliver their programs effectively and to build the capacities of district education managers. Primary and middle school teacher training programs will benefit from instruction on improved teaching practices and the physical repair and upgrade of training facilities. Canada is deepening its involvement in teacher training and professional development, especially continuous professional development. Canada also works for strengthening the foundations for long-term economic growth by providing skills for employment training and enhancing employment conditions for women. A large component of Canada's support is focused on increasing women's economic empowerment. Beyond providing women with skills for employment, Canada's programs also raise awareness and respect for women's economic rights through public campaigns, social mobilization and training. More specifically, Canada continues to support the implementation of legislation to improve women's working conditions and to protect workers' rights. National and provincial level data collection and monitoring are being strengthened to track women's contribution to the economy for use in planning on how to better integrate women into Pakistan's workforce at all levels. In humanitarian assistance, the Government of Canada, through CIDA, has funded eight projects aimed at providing urgent life-saving assistance in response to the 2011 flooding. For the 2010 disaster, the Government of Canada contributed $25 million and established the Pakistan Flood Relief Fund. Canadians responded generously and between August 2 and October 3 donated $46.8 million to help those affected by the floods in Pakistan. The Government of Canada put an equivalent amount into its Pakistan Flood Relief Fund. This money has been disbursed to established Canadian and international humanitarian organizations for humanitarian assistance and early recovery efforts in Pakistan. The Government of Canada allocated $79.8 million in response to the 2010 floods. Of this amount, $71.8 million was provided by CIDA for humanitarian assistance and early recovery and $8 million by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Implementing Partners: The CIDA programs are mutually agreed upon by the governments of the Canada and Pakistan. These programs are implemented in partnership with government organizations, multi-lateral development organizations, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, media, volunteers, and the private sector. CARE International in Pakistan, Agha Khan Foundation, Save the Children, and Kashaf Foundation, inter alia, are some the active partners of CIDA. Funding Allocation: CIDA provided US$ 69.10 million to Pakistan in development and humanitarian assistance over a period of two years (2011-2012). Of this money, US$ 42.92 million were provided for long term development while US$26.18 was contributed to address humanitarian crisis caused by 2010 and 2011 floods. 
Funding Modalities: CIDA provides grant funding in development assistance. In humanitarian crisis, it provides cash donations to established humanitarian agencies, instead of donating clothing, food, or other items. UK Department for International Development (DFID)DFID aims at securing a constructive Pakistani engagement with the international and regional security agendas, to support sustainable development, democracy and human rights in Pakistan, to improve UK economic interests and to provide high-quality public services. Thematic Focus: To achieve this objective, DFID Pakistan focuses its programme interventions on the following areas in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan: Building peace and stability Making democracy work Promoting macroeconomic stability, growth and jobs Effective delivery of public services Geographical Focus: DFID has programmes and projects all over Pakistan. Country Programme Strategy: DFID’s priorities in Pakistan from 2011 to 2015 include education, women and children’s health, creating jobs and supporting economic growth, strengthening democracy and governance, and building peace and stability in conflict-affected areas. Between 2011 and 2015, UK strives to achieve the following results: Education: 4 million children in primary education benefitting from DFID support; train 45,000 teachers; contribute to 2.4m additional children enrolling in primary and secondary school; and construct more than 20,000 classrooms. Health: increase the number of additional births delivered with the help of nurses, midwives or doctors by one million; prevent half a million children from becoming undernourished; and help 500,000 couples chose when and how many children to have. Economy: help 1.23 million people, more than half of them women, access microfinance loans to enable them to set up their own small business and lift themselves out of poverty; expand branchless banking so that three million people can access financial services from their mobile phones; and provide job and skills training for 40,000 people. Democracy and governance: help 2 million more people vote in the next general election; work with government to improve delivery of essential services to the public including education and health; improve security and access to justice; and help rebuild schools and roads in the regions bordering Afghanistan to replace those destroyed by conflict or floods. Women and girls: Women and girls are at the centre of everything UK aid does. The UK’s support will benefit some 2 million girls in school; increase the number of births delivered with the help of nurses, midwives and doctors by 1 million; help 500,000 couples choose when and how many children they have; help around 700,000 women access financial services such as micro-loans; and support women’s rights in Pakistan including tackling domestic violence, empowering women to get involved in local politics, and strengthening legislation. Humanitarian assistance: the DFID will continue to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance when needed, as it did in response to the devastating floods in 2010 and 2011, and the earthquake in 2005. Programmes and Projects: Currently DFID has 27 major programmes in Pakistan operational in different parts of the country, which will be completed during the period of next five years. The estimated cost of these programmes is £ 1.455 billion including humanitarian assistance programme of £24.5 million for 2013.
Implementing Partners: DFID has a wide range of partnership with government entities at national, provincial/ regional and district levels. Also, it involves private sector, academia, media and local civil society organizations in programme implementation besides strategic partnership with the World Bank in Pakistan. Funding Allocation: DFID has a planned allocation of £355 million for 2013-14, while 2012-13, £203.1 million were spent on eight priority areas as cited below: 
Funding Mechanism DFID provides funding through development grants and trust fund modalities. It also provides technical assistance in priority areas mutually agreed upon by the Governments of UK and Pakistan. DFID also provide direct budgetary support to the Government of Pakistan on a limited scale. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2014 2014 -> For want of a nail 2014 -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 2014 -> Ihbb asian Championships 2014 middle school bowl Round 4 First Quarter 2014 -> Ihbb european Championships 2014 Bowl Round 4 First Quarter 2014 -> International History Bee and Bowl 2013-14 Asian Division Question Set Bowl Round Six 2014 -> United states patent and trademark office 2014 -> Coffs harbour eisteddfod vocal syllabus 2014 -> Listen News Programs Schedule pledge now 2014 -> Slow club announce third album complete surrender Download 0.66 Mb. Share with your friends:
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