Burundi

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) does not maintain a significant assistance program in Burundi and there are no long term projects planned in this country.

Canadian Official Development Assistance to Burundi is focussed mainly on humanitarian aid for famine relief, internally displaced persons and refugees.

Burundi also benefits from several regional projects that contribute to peace and stability. These include Canadian support to:

• the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region;
• the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program that supports the return of ex-combatants to civilian life; and
• civil society activities in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi that address human rights, citizen participation, the free flow of non-partisan information and conflict resolution.

Burundi, like all other countries and territories eligible for Canadian development assistance, can benefit from various programs. Examples of such programs are:

• geographic and multilateral programs including:
  • the Pan-Africa Program
  • the La Francophonie Program
  • the Canada Fund for Africa and
  • the Humanitarian Assistance Program;

• other programs that allow institutions, associations, Canadian and international non-governmental organizations and, private sector enterprises to receive funding from CIDA to execute projects worldwide; and

• the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives managed by the High Commission of Canada to Kenya.