Combating
Corruption — $5,639,571 (2008-12)
Implementing
Organization — Justice Canada
- This project enhances
the effectiveness of the Government of Ukraine in developing a coherent and
integrated national strategy to combat corruption.
- Results to date: In
order to help build a better understanding of the specific nature of corrupt
practices in Ukraine, research was conducted on 14 subjects including: capacity
of media and NGOs to contribute to anti-corruption efforts, corruption in the
private sector, whistleblowing, public views of elected officials, business
environment, political environment, opposition to anti-corruption efforts. The
findings from these studies will be shared with the Ukrainian government before
the project ends to contribute to future government efforts to combat
corruption.
Juvenile
Justice Reform — $6,661,799 (2009-15)
Implementing
Organization — AgriTeam Canada
- This project
addresses current issues and concerns regarding the services, rehabilitation
and support provided to youth at risk in Ukraine.
- Results to date: 8
judges and 36 juvenile justice stakeholders participated in a national Policy
Development Seminar to review juvenile justice best practices, learn about
juvenile justice policy options and how to support reform, as well as begin
work on identifying, analyzing and addressing gaps in juvenile justice policy
and legislation.
Judicial
Education for Economic Growth in Ukraine — $6,600,000 (2012-16)
Implementing
Organization — National Judicial Institute and Office of the Commissioner for
Federal Judicial Affairs
- This project will
develop curriculum and training courses, and train trainers, in order to
improve the judiciary’s capacity to resolve cases where business firms and
entrepreneurs are involved.
- Expected Results: Up
to 120 staff and judges within the National School of Judges will be trained to
improve the knowledge and skills of at least
500 judges on core judicial skills and general commercial, corporate, and
administrative matters in pilot locations.
Municipal
Local Economic Development project — $14,147,560 (2010-15) Implementing
Organization — Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- This project improves
planning and delivery of services that support economic growth at the municipal
level.
- Results to date: All
12 cities involved in the project have established Strategic Planning Task
Forces. 180 people (city staff, city councilors, business and public
representatives) are involved with the strategic planning process taking place
in each city.
Evidence-Based
Economic Development — $10,012,797 (2010-15)
Implementing
Organization — Conference Board of Canada
- This project
strengthens the capacity of officials in Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk to develop
economic development plans (national, regional and municipal).
- Results to date: 6
partner cities were identified (Lviv, Drogobich, Chervonograd, Dnipropetrovsk,
Nikopol and Krivii Rig). A training capacity and needs assessment was designed
and undertaken for all partner cities.
Policy
Reform Implementation Support Mechanism — $8,400,000 (2006-13)
Implementing
Organization — Canadian Bureau for International Education
- This initiative
supports sub-projects to improve the capacity of government institutions at the
regional level to formulate and implement reform-oriented policies that are in
the public interest and that adhere to international best practices and
European standards.
- Results to date:
Eleven policy formulation projects targeting communication policy, agricultural
cooperatives, gender equality, regional strategic development and permit
services have been approved by CIDA and are under way.
Civil
Service Human Resource Management Reform — $5,732,562 (2006-12)
Implementing
Organization — Canadian Bureau for International Education
- This project supports
Ukraine's efforts in developing an accountable and transparent civil service
that is in line with European norms.
- Results to date:
Collaborated with the Canada School of Public Service to help establish a
leadership program for Ukrainian senior civil servants. This program was originally
intended as a pilot reaching 15 participants, but it was expanded to become the
official leadership program for all deputy ministers and assistant deputy
ministers at the request of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, reaching 150
senior officials out of 600.
In addition, new candidate assessment instruments in line with SIGMA/OECD norms
were developed and piloted as part of hiring and promotion processes, leading
to the appointment of seven managers and seven policy analysts.
Regional
Governance and Development — $7,650,814 (2005-12)
Implementing
Organization — Canadian Urban Institute
- This project assists
the government of Ukraine to institutionalise and replicate the successful
participatory regional economic development practices piloted by the project in
two regions from 2005 to 2010.
- Results to date:
Thirty-seven strategic priority projects and 22 capital investment projects
have been developed, attracting a total of $5,478,843 in investment to the two
regions. To replicate these achievements beyond the initial two regions of
focus, the project has launched a training program to train trainers across
Ukraine.
Developing
Election Training Capacity and Enhancing Voter Awareness — $1,200,000 (2012-13)
— Implementing Organization — Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe
- This project builds
the capacity of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) to train election
commissioners and helps raise awareness of Ukrainian voters about the
importance of elections, their legal rights, elections procedures.
- Expected results: Increased
voter activity and civil society engagement in election activity in Ukraine,
measured through voter turnout and the level of civil society engagement in the
election process.
State
Customs Service of Ukraine Capacity Building — $2,019,122 (2009-12)
Implementing
Organization — Canada Border Services Agency
- This project
strengthens the capacity of customs laboratories to properly identify goods in
order to apply the correct duties.
- Results to date: Four
gap analyses (methodology, instrumentation, detection instrumentation,
relationships between central/regional labs) completed on the central
laboratory in Kyiv and 3 regional laboratories (Dnipropetrovsk, Simferopol,
Odessa).
Business
Enabling Environment — $2,200,000 (2008-12)
Implementing
Organization — International Finance Corporation
- This project
streamlines and simplifies burdensome administrative and regulatory procedures
for SMEs.
- Results to date: Reduced
red tape by improving or eliminating more than 2,100 administrative procedures,
including the reduction of mandatory permits and licenses to start and operate
a business. Canada’s support for regulatory changes has resulted in 11 pieces
of legislation and generated $24 million in savings to private sector
businesses.
Strengthening
the National Bank of Ukraine — $6,045,901 (2009-13)
Implementing
Organization — International Monetary Fund
- This project improves
the overall business environment and potential for economic growth by
strengthening the National Bank of Ukraine.
- Results to date:
Helped the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) intervene in 28 banks, of which 3
received recapitalization by the state, 6 were rehabilitated or sold, 16 were
sent into liquidation and 3 were placed under temporary administration.
Decentralized
Management and Skills Training — $7,027,560 (2005-2012)
Implementing
Organization — Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology in
association with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges
- This project assists
the development of a national demand-driven vocational skills training system
across the country.
- Results to date:
Nearly 700 vocational schools have created committees that involve employers in
the design of training programs, and over
240 schools have designated an officer responsible for promoting and ensuring
gender inclusiveness.
Improving
the Competitiveness of the Dairy Sector — $9,100,000 (2008-13)
Implementing
Organization — Société de cooperation pour le développement international
- This project assists
dairy farmers in Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk to improve the quantity and quality of
the milk they produce and gain access to the dairy marketing and processing
value chain.
- Results to date: A
total of 3,000 dairy farmers from 70 village communities, 37 private farmers
and 14 agri-businesses have benefitted from technical assistance, exceeding the
target 2,500 dairy farmers in
50 communities.
Horticulture
Development — $10,250,000 (2008-13)
Implementing
Organization — Mennonite Economic Development Association
- This project
strengthens the capacity of smallholder farmers and other value chain
stakeholders in Crimea and Zaporizhzhia to engage in the production,
processing, and marketing of selected crops.
- Results to date: Over
3,300 smallholder farmers increased their competitiveness in the horticulture
sector through technical assistance that focused on the cultivation of high
value crops. CIDA also helped improve the ability of 142 women farmers,
especially poor, single mothers, to earn extra income through the cultivation
of high value crops such as strawberries and table grapes.
Grain
Quality and Safety — $3,000,000 (2011-13)
Implementing
Organization — CanEd International
- This project improves
grain quality grading and classification systems to meet international
standards and provides lab testing equipment.
- Expected Results:
Demand for grain testing and quality analysis services will increase by 50%, to
be measured by the range of testing and analysis services provided to different
stakeholders in the grain supply chain.
Agri-Insurance
Development — $2,500,000 (2011-13)
Implementing
Organization — International Finance Corporation
- This project
establishes a viable agriculture insurance industry in Ukraine, through a
better regulatory framework, greater transparency, improved capacity of private
insurance firms, and public awareness.
- Expected Results: A
government agency consisting of a minimum of
5 staff members will be created and financially supported to manage subsidy
programs for agri-insurance.
Ukraine Grain
Storage and Marketing Cooperatives — $13,500,000 (2012-16)
Implementing
Organization — To be determined (Directive Project, RFP to be launched shortly)
- This project will
address the constraints faced by small and medium-sized grain producers in two regions
of Ukraine by organizing cooperatives to provide modern storage, grain handling
and marketing services.
- Expected Results:
Volume of grain sold by cooperative members will increase from 15,000 tonnes to
60,000 tonnes.
Inclusive
Education for Children with Disabilities — $4,899,922 (2008-13)
Implementing
Organization — Canadian Centre on Disability Studies Inc.
- This project promotes
the inclusion of children with disabilities in schools and communities in Lviv
and Crimea, and increases the capacity of
non-governmental organizations to support this inclusion.
- Eighty-five national
and 60 regional government representatives were trained on developing social
policies for children with disabilities and formed three cross-sectoral
ministerial working groups.
Canada
World Youth — Youth Leaders in Action: 2008-14 -—$4,668,326
- Canada World Youth is
the largest PWCB partner in Ukraine. Ukraine accounts for 10% of funding under
PWCB’s current program support envelope for Youth Leaders in Action 2009-14, or
a total of $4,669,326 over the 5-year program. Seventy-two volunteers will be
sent to Ukraine each year for the 5 years of the program, partnered with 72
volunteers from Ukraine who will also visit Canada. Key areas of intervention
for Canada World Youth in Ukraine include Health Education, STD Control
including HIV/AIDS, Biosphere Protection, and Environmental Education and
Training.
Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada — Students for Development: 2010-15 —
$614,221
- The Students for
Development 2010-2015 program provides Canadian and developing-country senior
level university students with work experience that complements their fields of
study and career goals, while increasing their knowledge of international
development issues. Operations in Ukraine represent 4% of the overall project.
World Hope
International — Program to Assist At-Risk Youth: 2009-13 — $435,391
- World Hope
International Canada works with a local NGO, World Hope Ukraine and the
municipal government of the City of Odessa (social services department and
three local orphanages). The project aims to introduce an improved model of
care to strengthen the human rights and life opportunities of at-risk and
institutionalized youth. This project is exclusively implemented in Ukraine.
Disabled
Peoples' International — DPI Human Rights Defenders: 2010-12 — $101,080
- The Disabled Peoples'
International (DPI) project aims to positively influence the lives of people
with disabilities in developing countries, more specifically in five CIDA
Countries of Focus that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD): Tanzania, Bangladesh, Peru, the Caribbean (Jamaica)
and Ukraine. Nineteen percent of the overall activities target Ukraine.
Mennonite
Economic Development Associates — International Youth Internship: 2010-13 —
$134,640
- In Ukraine, the
project goal is to enable Ukrainian individuals, organizations, public and
private institutions to sustainably support and promote a thriving, equitable
horticulture subsector with full participation of smallholder farmers including
women, men and marginalized communities. Interns will identify new Value Chain
Development opportunities. The Ukraine component represents 27% of the MEDA's
internship program.
YMCA —
International Youth Internship YMCA: 2010-12 — $44,550
- The objective of the
internship is the development and implementation of a youth leadership program
in three YMCA locations within Ukraine (Volyn, Kyiv and one more TBD) based on
a current program offered by the YMCA of Calgary. The Ukraine component
represents 9% of the YMCA's internship program.
Saskatchewan
Institute of Applied Science and Technology — Skills for Employment in Ukraine:
2012-16 — up to $4 million
(Note:
Contribution agreement under negotiation (Over $2 million Call))
- The proposed project
aims to improve the ability of vocational training graduates to succeed in the
growing private sector in Ukraine and to improve access to training for employment
and self-employment for women and other disadvantaged groups, with emphasis on
economically disadvantaged areas. The project will enhance business programming
in three institutions: The Anton Makarenko Industrial-Pedagogic College (Kyiv),
the Lviv Higher Vocational School of Restaurant Service and tourism, and the
Ivano-Frankivsk Higher Vocational School of Hotel Service and Tourism.
Activities include: i) the development of stronger and mutually beneficial
relationships among government, community and private sector stakeholders, ii)
new teaching resources, iii) curriculum review, and iv) training of trainers.
This project will benefit 1,300 students immediately and 14,000 students over
the course of the project.
Equitas — (Component of) Global Human Rights
Education Program: 2008-13 — $521,393 (including some CEE/FSU
sub-regional expenses)
- Within its Global
Human Rights Education Program, Equitas has a sub-regional component in Central
and Eastern Europe (CEE)/Former Soviet Union (FSU) that mainly involves four
countries: Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Since 2008, nine
Ukrainians have been trained through Equitas’ annual training session in
Montreal, while CEE/FSU sub-regional activities have involved 13 Ukrainians to
date. This initiative also included the design of a human rights education
training course adapted to the regional reality, which was delivered in March
2011 and is expected to become an ongoing human rights education course that
will be delivered on a regular basis by Equitas’ local partner based in the
Ukraine, the Ukrainian Center for Common Ground.