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CCIC’s Analysis of CIDA’s Partnerships with Canadians An Addendum on the Future of Institutional Program Funding Modalities

August 18, 2010
CIDA’s Backgrounder for the Minister’s announcement of a new mandate for Canadian Partnership Branch (CPB) unfortunately does not give clear indications on the future for different funding modalities in CPB to implement the mandate...

Partnerships with Canadians - A Review by CCIC

August 6, 2010
The Minister for International Cooperation has completed a year-long review of the mandate of Canadian Partnership Branch (CPB), culminating in a July 22nd announcement that CIDA is launching a new "Partnerships with Canadians"...

Canada’s next step to increase aid effectiveness agenda falls short

July 29, 2010
Canada’s new approach to engage Canadians and organizations in international development might be a good thing, but it is the first time most Canadian international development organizations have heard about it...

Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe wins Betty Plewes Award 2010

June 25, 2010
The Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe was selected, among 10 highly valuable nominations, as the winner of the $15,000 Betty Plewes Award...

Government Called on to Be Transparent and Respect Democracy, Freedom of Expression

June 17, 2010
A new coalition, Voices-Voix, is sounding the alarm that the quality and health...

Joint Statement Canada-Colombia Human Rights Deal “Empty”: Civil Society Leaders

June 15, 2010
The Liberals today closed ranks with the Conservatives in passing legislation that brought two years of vigorous public debate to an end...

CIDA Funding to CCIC Threatened – Take Action

June 2, 2010
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CIDA Funding to CCIC Threatened: Canada’s Foreign Aid Community Risks Losing Strong Voice for World’s Poor

June 1, 2010
CIDA funding to the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC), Canada’s pre-eminent coalition to end global poverty, is in doubt...

Landmark Legislation Suffers from Lacklustre Implementation (A Time to Act)

May 18, 2010
Two years after passing the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Accountability Act the government has failed “to fulfill the Act’s spirit and the intention of parliament” according to a report released May 18, 2010...

Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Canadian Primer

April 27, 2010
Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) make up one part of a global investment regime that governs how countries and their governments...

Haiti Donor Conference

March 31, 2010
Principles and Recommendations for International NGO Participation in Recovery, Reconstruction and Development. A Joint Paper of NGO Platforms…

Shameful retreat on foreign aid

March 16, 2010
Foreign aid was hit hard in the federal budget as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a freeze on aid spending…

CCIC’s Analysis of the 2010 March Budget

March 8, 2010
The Canadian Government Freezes the Aid Budget at $5 Billion in 2010…

Canada Turning Its Back on the World’s Poor: Foreign Aid Spending Hit Hard by Federal Budget

March 5, 2010
Canada is turning its back on the world’s poor. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced that there will be no further planned increases to foreign aid…

Canadian CSOs to discuss Development Effectiveness.

February 9, 2010
Be part of the Canadian Consultation for the Open Forum on CSO Development Effectiveness…

Open Letter to the Honourable Lawrence Cannon

January 27, 2010
In the context of the international conference on Afghanistan that takes place this week in London, CCIC is calling for increased focus on security and protection of civilians…

Canadian aid groups press for action at Montreal conference

January 25, 2010
International leaders gather in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti's reconstruction…

Haiti: Canada hosting International Donor Conference on Haiti

January 19, 2010
The human toll of the devastating earthquake in Haiti is just beginning to emerge…

Why Do We Fund NGOs Anyway?

January 14, 2010
First, she says Immigration Minister Jason Kenney…

Open letter to Minister for International Cooperation

December 21, 2009
CCIC is shocked and dismayed about the recent events concerning KAIROS...

Best of Times, Worst of Times: Canada’s Foreign Aid Direction

December 17, 2009
Read CCIC's op-ed by Gerry Barr...

Climate Change

December 10, 2009
Read CCIC letters to the editor and op-ed...

CCIC Working Paper on Canada’s Humanitarian Donorship

December 4, 2009
This paper examines issues of volume, timeliness, flexibility and the extent to which funds for humanitarian assistance are...

CCIC's Key Messages for the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, December 2009

December 2, 2009
A series of briefing notes on environmental justice and climate change...

The Betty Plewes Fund – Award 2010

December 2, 2009
The third $15,000 award of the Betty Plewes Fund will be offered in the spring 2010. The Fund was created by...

Canada Urged to Reject ‘Controversial Elections’ in Honduras

November 27, 2009
A coalition of Canadian development are calling on the Canadian government not to join the US...

Green light for the WTO? Think Again

November 4, 2009
The faint beep of the monitor for the World Trade Organization’s Doha Agenda indicates the trade round is effectively comatose...

Canadian Development Organizations Respond to Auditor General’s Report

November 3, 2009
CIDA must implement the Aid Accountability Act to strengthen Aid Effectiveness ...

Pre-Budget Consultations

November 2, 2009
CCIC submitted its 2010-11 Federal Budget brief to the Standing Committee of Finance in the context of...

Preparatory Workshops – Open Forum on Civil Society Development Effectiveness

October 23, 2009
CCIC is organizing a series of preparatory workshops, to be held...

Future of Canadian ODA Conference

October 9, 2009
Audio Files are now available...

Promoting Gender Equality

September 28, 2009
The Informal Working Group on Women's Rights has produced...

Investment Treaties and Extractive Industries

September 3, 2009
CCIC held a policy seminar on May 13, 2009. The seminar was an opportunity to learn about...

CCIC New Address!

July 1, 2009
CCIC is now located at 450 Rideau Street, Suite 200 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5Z4...

Guidance for Registered Charities with Overseas Operations

June 30, 2009
The update to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) policy on charities with overseas operations is now available...

Canada Must Be a Leader on Global Poverty at G8

June 16, 2009
In a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in advance of the G8 meeting in Italy, CCIC called on the Prime Minister...

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June 15, 2009
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