Strategies and priorities that guide CIDA's work

• About CIDA
  CIDA's role in the Government of Canada's international development efforts.
• Aid effectiveness agenda
  In 2009, Canada adopted an agenda to maximize development for results.
• Priority and crosscutting themes
  Three priority themes and three crosscutting themes have been chosen to guide CIDA programming, and in June 2010, Canada made a commitment to improving maternal, newborn and child health through the Muskoka Initiative.
• Where CIDA works
  CIDA allocates about 80 percent of its bilateral resources to countries of focus. CIDA also funds development projects in other regions and countries.
• Millennium Development Goals
  Like other donor countries, Canada contributes to achieving these eight major goals by 2015. CIDA reflects the targets in its aid effectiveness agenda.

CIDA and aid transparency

• Results: How CIDA Reports to Canadians
  CIDA regularly reports on its plans, activities and results throughout the year.
• CIDA's Open Data portal
  Offers statistical data and other information on Canada's international assistance and CIDA's activities in data sets and machine-readable formats.

How CIDA allocates its budget

• Statistical report
  This report provides the complete breakdown of the budget that CIDA and other Government of Canada departments and agencies allocate for international assistance, by country, mechanism, recipient, sector, and target organization, for each fiscal year. The report also contains a description of progress achieved with regard to development.
• Report to Parliament on the Government of Canada's Official Development Assistance 2009-2010
  CIDA's disbursements are detailed for every region of the world and for every sector of activity during the previous fiscal year.
• Departmental performance reports
  The planned and actual main estimates for all of CIDA's strategic results and program activities for each fiscal year. These reports also provide data on total financial and human resources, including financial data on Canada's efforts in Afghanistan, Haiti, and other fragile states.

Results achieved through Canada's development assistance

• Development for Results 2009: At the Heart of Canada's Efforts for a Better World
  This report explains CIDA's three priority themes and other strategic priorities, and details results achieved.
• Results: How CIDA Reports to Canadians
  CIDA's most meaningful results in developing countries.
• Project Browser
  Profiles of CIDA-funded projects including information about the budget allocated, partners involved, intended beneficiaries, objectives, and results expected or achieved.

Development partners

• Development partners
  CIDA works with partners from Canada, developing countries, other donor countries and multilateral organizations.