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Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: International Criminal Court (ICC)

Start date: April 1, 2005

End date: N/A

Description: This is an assessed contribution transfer payment.

Expected results: In partnership with Canadians, Canada and its values are projected to the world, its interests are pursued abroad and Canadians are better able to interpret the world. Through Canada's support to the ICC, Canada has provided leadership in promoting accountability for the most serious criminal acts known to humankind. Canada was a key player in the creation of the ICC and has been successful in strengthening the role of the ICC as a main instrument in the global fight against impunity. This is a relatively new international organization; therefore, modest budget increases continue to be anticipated. Currently there are four individuals who have been surrendered to the ICC on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The first ICC trial is set to commence in January 2009.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	3.5	6.0	6.5	6.5

Planned evaluations: The Committee on Budget and Finance, of which Canada is a member, conducts reviews of the budget and financial activities of the ICC twice a year and reports its findings to the Assembly of States Parties.

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Commonwealth Secretariat

Start date: September 28, 1965

End date: N/A

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 53 Commonwealth member countries. For further information, see www.thecommonwealth.org.

Expected results:

• Much of the regular budget is directed to supporting and implementing the decisions of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings and a large web of regular meetings of Commonwealth sectoral ministers including, for example, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Health and Education.
• Results include diplomatic interventions in the form of good offices and public pressure by the Secretariat and/or coordinated action by Commonwealth ministers to support democratic institutions and procedures; programs to build capacity in democratic and human rights procedures; and enhanced cooperation among Commonwealth countries related to economic, social and political development.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contributions to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Afghanistan Program

Start date: April 1, 2009

End date: March 31, 2011

Description: The purpose of this program is to provide renewed support to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime for its Afghanistan Program.

Expected results: Funding under this program will be used to provide counter-narcotics technical assistance to law enforcement authorities, support criminal justice reform, strengthen border security and regional cooperation efforts, and build capacity of national institutions.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	11.7	12.5	12.5	0.0

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Start date: July 1982

End date: N/A

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 provide it with a voice in the international community. For further information, see www.fao.org.

Expected results: Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO efforts: to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. FAO's mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy. FAO's objectives, as set out in its constitution, are:

• to 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;
• to secure improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products, including fisheries, marine products and forestry products; and
• to better the condition of rural populations.

Thus contributing toward an expanding world economy and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1

Planned evaluations: FAO accounts are subject to internal audit and evaluation, as well as audit by external auditors on a biennial basis.

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grants and Contribution for Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program

Start date: October 17, 2005

End date: N/A

Description: Establishment of a horizontal Government of Canada funding mechanism that provides states with technical assistance to enable them to prevent and respond to terrorist activity in a manner consistent with international counterterrorism and human rights norms, standards and obligations. For more information please go to the following Web site:
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/internationalcrime-old/CTCB-en.asp
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/internationalcrime-old/CTCB-fr.asp

Expected results: Progress in development of counterterrorism plans, policies, legislation, regulations and controls in beneficiary states or government entities that contributes to the overall capacity of the international community to counter terrorist activity.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total grants	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Total contributions	4.5	5.5	5.9	4.5
Total Transfer payments	8.5	9.5	9.9	8.5

Planned evaluations:
2008-09

• Formative (mid-term) evaluation of the Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building (CTCB) Program
• Internal audit of the CTCB Program
• Internal audit of selected project recipients of the CTCB Program

2009-10

• Renewal of CTCB Program terms and conditions, which will likely trigger a Program Results Capacity Check

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Global Peace and Security Fund (GPSF) and its component programs: the Global Peace and Security Program, the Global Peace Operations Program and the Glyn Berry Program for Peace and Security

Start date: October 3, 2005; operationalized September 18, 2006

End date: March 31, 2013

Description: The GPSF is a critical component of the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) portfolio. The GPSF and its component programs were initially established at $100 million per year for five years to support crisis response, stabilization and reconstruction in fragile states; to continue to address Canada's G8 commitments to help build global and regional peace operations capacity; and to shape the international policies, laws and institutions needed to prevent and resolve crises. This was increased, in June 2007, to $235 million for 2007-08 and $152 million per year for each of 2008-09 and 2009-10. In June 2008, the GPSF was extended until 2013 at a level of $146 million per year (all votes). Funded from the Peace and Security Pool of the International Assistance Envelope, the GPSF fills a funding gap by providing dedicated resources for activities that are necessary for a timely response with respect to countries in or at risk of crisis, but that are not properly the responsibility of the Department of National Defence and are outside Canada's traditional official development assistance program. Examples of these activities are supporting peace operations and peace processes, supporting justice and security system reform, addressing small arms and light weapons proliferation, enhancing transitional justice and reconciliation, and improving the peace enforcement and peace operations capacities of military and police in Africa and the Americas. Major recipients of funding are Afghanistan, Sudan and Haiti.

Expected results: The long-term expected results are:

• safer and more secure environments conducive to stabilization, recovery and long-term reconstruction;
• greater protection of rights and safety of individuals and populations; and
• Improved global and regional response to crisis situations.

The ultimate result of the GPSF and its component programs is an improved Canadian contribution to peace and security and the safety and well-being of beneficiaries living in targeted areas.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total grants	30.0	30.0	30.0	30.0
Total contributions	117.9	81.5	77.5	67.0
Total Transfer payments	147.9	111.5	107.5	97.0

Planned evaluations: GPSF Summative Evaluation (2009-10)

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations

Start date: January 1, 1989

End date: March 31, 2011

Description: Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations support the following initiatives:

• Understanding Canada (formerly Canadian Studies);
• international scholarships and fellowships;
• international education, including provincial and territorial participation in multilateral activities in the area of education; and
• all other international education activities.

These programs advance departmental priorities by:

• supporting public diplomacy and advocacy through fostering partnerships, cooperation and linkages in the area of education between Canadian and international individuals and institutions; establishing a network of international experts on Canada to advance Canada's interests abroad; and promoting public discussion of key issues through networking, exchanges and conferences; and
• advancing Canada's global citizenship (in support of the International Assistance Envelope) through scholarships and other programs that promote academic cooperation and mobility with developing countries.

Expected results:

• creating and expanding a network of well-informed foreign professionals and leaders with a sustained interest in Canada;
• establishing and strengthening links and exchanges between Canadian and foreign partners (academics, researchers, students, young people); and
• providing informed and relevant policy advice on education-related issues.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total grants	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Total contributions	3.3	5.6	8.0	8.0
Total Transfer payments	13.2	16.5	17.9	17.9

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Initiatives Related to the Destruction, Disposition and Securing of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Start date: August 12, 2003

End date: March 2013

Description: To implement Canada's commitment to the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, launched at the 2002 Kananaskis Summit, through projects for the destruction of chemical weapons, the dismantlement of nuclear submarines, the enhancement of nuclear and radiological security, the employment of former weapons scientists, and the prevention of biological weapons proliferation. Canada committed up to $1 billion over 10 years to implement the goals of the Global Partnership, initially in the former Soviet Union, where the threat was most acute. The justification for the Partnership was based on an assessment of threats to Canadian and international security following the terrorist attacks of September 2001. Evaluations at the G8 level have identified the continuing seriousness of the terrorist and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats and the ongoing value of the Global Partnership, an international cooperative threat reduction approach. Twenty-three countries are engaged in projects, and an amount close to US$20 billion has been pledged.

Expected results:

• a reduced threat from WMD for Canadians and a more secure national and international environment, as a result of material safely and securely stored, facilities secured and expertise redirected; and
• a strengthened international non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament regime and achievement of Canada's domestic and international security objectives.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	106.8	116.7	98.9	87.5

Planned evaluations: An evaluation of the entire Global Partnerships Program (GPP) and all its portfolios will be conducted in 2009-2010 and completed in 2010-2011.

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Start date: December 19, 1989

End date: N/A

Description: Canada's 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 for nuclear cooperation and it works for the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technology. Canada has significant interests at the IAEA, based on our belief in the importance of the Agency's role in advancing the goals of nuclear non-proliferation, safety and security, our advanced and extensive nuclear energy and radioisotope production industries, and our important uranium sector.

Expected results: The projection of Canadian values abroad, the preservation of Canadian national security, the strengthening of international stability and security, the promotion of world economic growth and prosperity, and support for multilateral institutions and mechanisms. In addition:

• effective and efficient implementation of the IAEA's major programs as reflected in the Agency's biannual program and budget;
• 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.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	13.3	12.1	12.1	12.1

Planned evaluations: Unavailable

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: International Labour Organization (ILO)

Start date: January 1, 1989

End date: N/A

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. For further information, see www.ilo.org.
Four strategic objectives guide the ILO program and budget:

1. to promote and realize standards and fundamental principles and rights at work;
2. to create greater opportunities for women and men to secure decent employment and income;
3. to enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all; and
4. to strengthen tripartism and social dialogue.

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;
• strengthened social dialogue on labour and social policy issues at national and international levels; and
• improved organizational effectiveness, transparency and accountability.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	11.1	10.8	10.8	10.8

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF)

Start date: March 9, 1972

End date: N/A

Description: As a member of the OIF, Canada is required to contribute to the operational fees of the organization.

Expected results: Canada's contribution to the OIF supports a large array of initiatives, such as specific projects in response to needs expressed by countries or admissible organizations for the preparation of conferences or symposiums, and the implementation of action plans adopted during summits. These initiatives can come from Canadian or international organizations or institutions or from specialized agencies of La Francophonie.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	12.5	13.7	13.7	13.7

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Civil Administration

Start date: January 1, 1989

End date: N/A

Description: Canada's annual assessed contribution to NATO is a legally binding obligation of membership based on 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. The NATO civil budget, structured along "output based" lines in response to objectives set annually by the North Atlantic Council, covers the activities of the NATO Secretary General, the NATO headquarters and the NATO international staff. The NATO civil administration supports the process of consensus building and decision making among alliance members and manages NATO's relations with its partners. The NATO civil budget also supports the work of various NATO agencies with specialized responsibilities. An effective and efficient NATO civil administration assists alliance members in promoting security and stability in the North Atlantic area and in responding effectively to current security challenges, particularly in Afghanistan. The NATO accounts are subject to annual audit by the International Board of Auditors for NATO.

Expected results: The NATO civil budget enables the operations of the NATO Secretariat and agencies. The results achieved include effective decision making by the alliance in pursuit of the NATO objectives of stability and security in Afghanistan, the North Atlantic region and beyond; support to NATO operations; timely implementation of decisions taken by the North Atlantic Council; appropriate response to current and emerging defence and security challenges; enhanced relations with NATO partners and cooperation with other international organizations; and proper management of the alliance's resources.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Organization of American States (OAS)

Start date: May 31, 1990

End date: N/A

Description: To pay Canada's annual assessed contribution to the OAS, a Charter obligation of membership.

Expected results:

• strengthening of the OAS as the key political forum through which Canada promotes its hemispheric interests;
• promotion and consolidation of democracy, and strengthening of human rights, governance and the rule of law;
• enhanced regional multilateral cooperation on security issues in the Americas;
• increased effectiveness of Canada's contribution on integral development and technical cooperation through the OAS; and
• increased effectiveness and efficiency of the OAS through increased accountability and transparency.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	12.8	11.5	11.5	11.5

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Start date: March 20, 1975

End date: N/A

Description: To pay the assessed contribution required of Canada for its participation as a member of the OECD. The contribution pays for the Secretariat (professionals and support staff who provide high-quality research and analysis) and maintenance of the headquarters, located in Paris.

Expected results: Implement OECD work programs and policy positions that reflect input from across government and support domestic priorities; find solutions to common economic problems by working cooperatively with members (soft law, guidelines, agreements); influence the policy development of other members and non-members to improve the functioning of the international economic environment; and analyze new and emerging issues, both domestic and global, that impact our economy and standard of living. Continued sound management of the OECD; institutional reforms to improve the OECD's ability to cope with new issues and power dynamics; OECD enlargement; and improved engagement with non-members reflecting Canadian priorities to increase the long-term effectiveness of the organization.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	14.0	13.5	13.5	13.5

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Start date: January 1, 1993

End date: N/A

Description: Canada's annual assessed contribution to the OSCE is an obligation arising out of Canada's commitments as one of the 56 participating states of the organization. Canada's contribution furthers its foreign policy goals by funding programs implemented by the OSCE's institutions and field operations in priority foreign policy areas for Canada related to regional and international security.

The OSCE is a focused regional forum with a comprehensive and cooperative approach to security. Canada's contribution to the organization's unified budget covers the costs associated with the implementation of the organization's work programs and activities in three dimensions: political and military aspects of security; economic and environmental cooperation; and cooperation in humanitarian and other fields. This integrated approach allows the OSCE to make a significant contribution to furthering European security and transatlantic cooperation through non-coercive measures. Canada's contribution also supports stronger partnership with Canadians in developing and implementing Canada's international security policy, through the involvement of members of Parliament in the work of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the deployment of Canadians to OSCE field operations, and the contribution of Canadian experts to the organization.

The OSCE unified budget, based on a programmatic approach, is approved by the OSCE Permanent Council on a yearly basis. The OSCE accounts are subject to an annual report by external auditors as well as an internal oversight annual report, which are made available to participating states.

Expected results: The OSCE budget supports the programs of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, as well as the OSCE institutions (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Representative on Freedom of the Media, and High Commissioner on National Minorities) and the organization's 18 field missions. The results include effective and timely implementation of the decisions of the OSCE Permanent Council; continuous monitoring of the security and stability situation in Europe; concerted programming to actively contribute to conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict institution building; and proper management of the organization's resources.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Payments in lieu of taxes on diplomatic, consular and international organizations' property in Canada

Start date: January 18, 1979

End date: N/A

Description: The purpose of this memorandum of understanding is to outline the relationship between Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and Public Works and Government Services Canada, National Capital Area, under 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. It 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 property. These procedures are designed to ensure fiscal and operational accountability, while promoting efficient program delivery and optimal reciprocal conditions for the Government of Canada abroad.

Expected results: To fulfill Canada's international obligations to foreign diplomatic and consular missions pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations as well as obligations pursuant to headquarters agreements in force between Canada and international organizations.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total grants	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4

Planned evaluations: No evaluations are planned for this account.

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Projects and Development Activities Resulting from Francophone Summits

Start date: March 9, 1979

End date: N/A

Description: This fund provides funding to cooperation programs and activities undertaken by the International Organization of the Francophonie. It also provides financial support to the Government of New Brunswick to foster its participation in international Francophonie activities. This fund helps to promote Canadian interests and is consistent with political and economic objectives Canada has set itself for La Francophonie. It also promotes active participation from the Government of New Brunswick in summits, ministerial conferences and other related Francophonie activities.

Expected results:

• fostering of increased cooperation among Francophonie members in the four key areas enshrined in the 10-year strategic plan of La Francophonie:
  1. French-language and cultural and linguistic diversity;
  2. peace, democracy and human rights;
  3. education, professional training, higher education and research; and
  4. sustainable development and solidarity.
• increased efficiency of La Francophonie organizations; and
• promotion of Canadian development and foreign policy goals.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Start date: January 1, 1988

End date: N/A

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.

Expected results:

• universal primary education in all countries by 2015;
• gender disparities in primary and secondary education eliminated or greatly reduced in most member states;
• preparation, launch and implementation of a 10-year UN Literacy Decade and Plan of Action in order to reach the target of achieving a 50% improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015;
• comprehensive and broad-based HIV/AIDS education and prevention campaigns conducted, particularly among the 15-24 age group in Africa and South Asia;
• impact of HIV/AIDS pandemic on educational capacities assessed;
• 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 world cultural and natural heritage through the implementation of the World Heritage Convention;
• increased scientific cooperation to improve management of the planet's water resources; and
• development of free, independent and pluralistic media.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	12.8	11.7	11.7	11.7

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: UN Peacekeeping Operations

Start date: October 5, 2000

End date: N/A

Description: Canada's assessed contribution to UN peacekeeping operations is a legally binding obligation of membership. For further information, see www.un.org.

Expected results:

• enhanced peace and security for the countries and regions concerned; and
• increased levels of security, basic services and levels of governance provided in affected areas, which will promote advanced prospects for peace as well as enable reconstruction and development activities.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	197.6	190.0	190.0	190.0

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: United Nations Organization (UN)

Start date: March 27, 1980

End date: End date: N/A

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. For further information, see www.un.org.

Expected results: Maintenance of international peace and security and the promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, progress in the development of Africa; the promotion of human rights; effective coordination of humanitarian assistance efforts; promotion of justice and international law; progress toward disarmament; and international cooperation for drug control, crime prevention and the combatting of international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	108.3	80.6	80.6	80.6

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: World Health Organization (WHO)

Start date: January 1, 1990

End date: N/A

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.

Expected results:

• enhanced global health security (maintaining a comprehensive outbreak alert and response mechanism supported by new international health regulations; responding rapidly and effectively in crisis situations);
• accelerated progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (reducing maternal mortality, improving child survival, addressing the global pandemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, promoting healthy environments, increasing access to essential medicines);
• promotion of equity in health (strengthening health systems to reach the poor and disadvantaged); and
• ensured accountability, by improving organizational effectiveness, transparency and accountability

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	15.9	17.6	17.6	17.6

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-The international agenda is shaped to Canada's benefit and advantage in accordance with Canadian interests and values.

Program Activity: Diplomacy and Advocacy

Name of Transfer Payment Program: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Start date: January 1, 1995

End date: N/A

Description: The purpose of this program is to pay the assessed contribution for Canada's membership in the WTO.

Expected results: The WTO provides the only multilateral forum for negotiating market access and other trade rules. It also provides the best forum for monitoring the implementation of obligations and commitments under various trade agreements, reviewing members' trade policies and practices, and discussing trade-related issues that inhibit the free, fair and predictable flow of trade. The WTO is the only organization offering a state-to-state dispute settlement system, whereby trade disputes are settled based on commonly agreed-on rules, rather than political or economic power. Through these agreements, WTO members operate a non-discriminatory trading system that spells out their rights and obligations. Each country receives guarantees that its exports will be treated fairly and consistently in other countries' markets. Each promises to do the same for imports into its own market. Canada has been actively involved in all areas of the current round of WTO negotiations, termed the Doha Development Agenda, and continues to work with other WTO members to advance these negotiations. Beyond the Doha negotiations, Canada participates in the accession negotiations for all countries seeking to join the WTO, as well as in the reviews of all WTO members, and is itself reviewed every four years (most recently in March 2007). Canada is also one of the most active participants in the WTO dispute settlement system.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4

Planned evaluations: N/A

Strategic Outcome: INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FOR CANADIANS-Canadians are satisfied with commercial, consular and passport services.

Program Activity: International Commerce

Name of Transfer Payment Program: International Science and Technology Partnership Program (ISTPP)

Start date: June 20, 2005

End date: March 31, 2010

Description: To increase the international competitiveness and prosperity of Canada by building stronger innovation, science and technology relationships with Israel, India, China and Brazil.

Expected results: Fostering the global networks critical to improved commercialization; access to the world's best facilities, equipment, talent and knowledge; and wealth creation resulting from increased Canadian production of innovative goods and services through international linkages.

Program Activity:
($ millions)

	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Total contributions	4.8	5.3	5.0	5.0

Planned evaluations: February 2010