Statistical Report on International Assistance — by Multilateral Organization

This data is produced as part of CIDA's annual Statistical Report on International Assistance and corresponds to CIDA's portion of the expenditures presented in Section C2: International Assistance by Multilateral Organization (CSV, 2.6 MB).

Frequency of updates

New fiscal years will be added to this data set as soon as more sets are available, in line with the publication of the Statistical Report on International Assistance. The date on which the data set is updated appears in the file.

Data fields and definitions

Fiscal year

Refers to the fiscal year in which the disbursements (refer to Amount spent) were made. CIDA uses the fiscal-year basis adopted by the Government of Canada (April to March). For example, the 2009−2010 fiscal year began April 1, 2009, and ended March 31, 2010.

Branch identification, Branch name, Division identification, Division name, Section identification, Section name, Fund centre identification, Fund centre name

These fields represent CIDA's areas of responsibility for budgetary monitoring and reporting. Use these fields to identify which part of CIDA's organization is managing the project. CIDA's four main programming branches are the Geographic Programs Branch (B3000), Afghanistan and Pakistan Task Force (D4125), Multilateral and Global Programs Branch (B5100), and Partnership with Canadians (B6100). Branches are composed of divisions, sections, and fund centres, which represent descending levels of management responsibility where fund centres represent the lowest level of the organization.

Project number

This is a unique identifier used to identify projects in CIDA's information systems. The first seven digits indicate a project, while the last three digits indicate a sub-project number. These CIDA-assigned project numbers also appear in the data sent to the DAC/OECD.

CIDA business delivery model

Represents CIDA's business management practices, which are structured around three program-neutral delivery models: long-term institutional support, directive, and responsive. Each business delivery model has been designed to allow for the discharge of specific accountabilities in channelling resources to achieve Canadian development objectives:

• Long-term institutional support-used when CIDA chooses to support entities (organizations, institutions or recipient countries) taking part in development initiatives that should yield development results reflecting CIDA goals and objectives.
• Directive-used when CIDA takes the lead in designing development initiatives that may eventually be implemented by CIDA or through another organization under CIDA's supervision
• Responsive-used when CIDA agrees to support development initiatives conceived by an external proponent that are consistent with the goals and objectives of CIDA's programs.

Project Browser URL

Points to the project's profile on the CIDA Project Browser. Note that as the Project Browser was created in 2004 and is a work in progress, some project profiles are not available. In addition, many of CIDA's multilateral projects are not yet published in the Project Browser.

Organization identification, Organization name

The organization(s) receiving CIDA funding to implement the project or one of its components. "Information not available" will appear for instances where it is not appropriate to disclose all of the information associated with a specific contract, grant, or contribution (that is, where disclosing the details of a contract, grant, or contribution may jeopardize national security or the protection of the individuals concerned).

Organization type

The type of multilateral organizations as reported in the Statistical Report on Financial Assistance. In this data set, a multilateral organization is classified as one of the following:

• Main international development institutions
• International financial institutions
• Humanitarian assistance institutions
• Regional multilateral organizations
• Multilateral organizations and peace and security missions
• La Francophonie and Commonwealth
• Other multilateral organizations

Parent organization identification, Parent organization

Certain institutions belong to a larger network of organizations that work together toward a common goal. This field allows the tracking of total expenditures for the whole (parent) organization. For example, each research centre that is part of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) consortium is given the Parent organization identification "CGIAR".

United Nations flag

This field allows the identification of United Nations (UN) organizations, including specialized agencies. A value of "1" means that the organization is part of the UN system.

Note:

For the purposes of comparability between fiscal years, the data set was prepared using the most recent reporting methodologies and classifications (as presented in the latest Statistical Report on Financial Assistance). Therefore, data prior to 2007-2008 were normalized and may differ slightly from figures presented in the print versions of the statistical reports. For example, all expenditures are reported on an encashment basis and exclude the change in value of investments in international financial institutions, whereas this may not have been the case prior to 2007-2008.

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