| The
Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) is the federal agency
charged with planning and implementing
most of Canada's development cooperation
program in order to reduce poverty and
to contribute to a more secure,
equitable and prosperous world.
CIDA administers approximately 80
percent of the aid budget. The other 20
percent is administered by the
Department of Finance, the Foreign
Affairs Canada and the International
Development Research Centre. CIDA
supports projects in more than 150
countries, which represent four fifths
of the world's population. CIDA works in
partnership with developing countries,
Canadian organizations, institutions and
businesses, as well as international
organizations and agencies.
CIDA and other development agencies
around the world are working in
ever-greater coordination to achieve
together what none of them could
individually. At the United Nations
Millennium Summit in September 2000,
world leaders agreed on a set of goals
to guide and coordinate international
development efforts. The Millennium
Development Goals set out an ambitious
agenda to:
- extreme poverty and hunger
- achieve universal primary education
- promote gender equality and empower
women
- reduce child mortality
- improve maternal health
- combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
- ensure environmental sustainability
develop a global partnership for
development These goals are linked to measurable
targets, such as cutting in half the
proportion of people living on less than
$1 a day, halving the proportion of
people without access to safe drinking
water, and reducing by two thirds the
mortality rate of children under 5—all
by 2015. |
