Schedules to the Technical Assistance Handbook — November 2007

This document is revised monthly by CIDA's Technical Assistance Unit.

E-mail: cooperant@acdi-cida.gc.ca

Introduction

This document contains the most recent updates to the Technical Assistance Handbook.

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Chapter 3 - Relocation: shipping and storage

3.3 The list of countries where all household effects must be shipped by air:

Bangladesh
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ecuador
Ethiopia
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Mali
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Zambia


3.5 Long-term storage in Canada: Monthly maximum: C$280

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Chapter 7 - Housing

7.1.3 Utility costs: The monthly share of admissible utility costs: C$250 + 50% of the amount which exceeds C$250

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Chapter 8 - Education

The amounts indicated below are effective: September 1, 2007

1. Non-resident school fees for public education in Canada (if necessary):

Elementary school: (To be determined)

Secondary school: (To be determined)


2. Board, lodging and laundry:

Monthly maximum: C$1,492.50 x 10 months maximum = C$14,925.00 per school year


3. Residential school in Canada:

Maximum education allowance: C$38,300


4. Residential school in Quebec: Weekend board and lodging ceiling:

C$72 per day per weekend up to a maximum of C$4,600per school year


5. List of Admissible School Supplies:

An allowance may be set for the following craft supplies only, based on a cost estimate provided by the cooperant/advisor and a letter from the school principal confirming that these items are not supplied by the school: construction paper, color paints, paint brushes, art paper, mural paint, mural paper, textiles used for art, and clay. Parents are responsible for all other school supplies.


6. Midday meal service:

The cooperant's/advisor's share of compulsory school-provided meals required to be paid as a compulsory condition of enrolment:

C$1.85 per school day, per child.

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Chapter 9 - Overseas allowances

9.2 Post Living Allowance (PLA):

Effective April 1, 2004

Fee Range		Nominal Fee	% adjustment	Fee Range		Nominal Fee	% adjustment
From	To			From	To
30,450	31,449	30,950	0.742	66,450	67,449	66,950	0.477
31,450	32,449	31,950	0.727	67,450	68,449	67,950	0.474
32,450	33,449	32,950	0.712	68,450	69,449	68,950	0.471
33,450	34,449	33,950	0.699	69,450	70,449	69,950	0.468
34,450	35,449	34,950	0.686	70,450	71,449	70,950	0.464
35,450	36,449	35,950	0.674	71,450	72,449	71,950	0.461
36,450	37,449	36,950	0.662	72,450	73,449	72,950	0.459
37,450	38,449	37,950	0.651	73,450	74,449	73,950	0.456
38,450	39,449	38,950	0.641	74,450	75,449	74,950	0.453
39,450	40,449	39,950	0.631	75,450	76,449	75,950	0.450
40,450	41,449	40,950	0.622	76,450	77,449	76,950	0.448
41,450	42,449	41,950	0.613	77,450	78,449	77,950	0.445
42,450	43,449	42,950	0.605	78,450	79,449	78,950	0.443
43,450	44,449	43,950	0.596	79,450	80,449	79,950	0.440
44,450	45,449	44,950	0.589	80,450	81,449	80,950	0.438
45,450	46,449	45,950	0.581	81,450	82,449	81,950	0.436
46,450	47,449	46,950	0.574	82,450	83,449	82,950	0.433
47,450	48,449	47,950	0.568	83,450	84,449	83,950	0.431
48,450	49,449	48,950	0.561	84,450	85,449	84,950	0.429
49,450	50,449	49,950	0.555	85,450	86,449	85,950	0.427
50,450	51,449	50,950	0.549	86,450	87,449	86,950	0.425
51,450	52,449	51,950	0.543	87,450	88,449	87,950	0.423
52,450	53,449	52,950	0.537	88,450	89,449	88,950	0.421
53,450	54,449	53,950	0.532	89,450	90,449	89,950	0.419
54,450	55,449	54,950	0.527	90,450	91,449	90,950	0.417
55,450	56,449	55,950	0.522	91,450	92,449	91,950	0.415
56,450	57,449	56,950	0.517	92,450	93,449	92,950	0.414
57,450	58,449	57,950	0.513	93,450	94,449	93,950	0.412
58,450	59,449	58,950	0.508	94,450	95,449	94,950	0.410
59,450	60,449	59,950	0.504	95,450	96,449	95,950	0.409
60,450	61,449	60,950	0.500	96,450	97,449	96,950	0.407
61,450	62,449	61,950	0.496	97,450	98,449	97,950	0.405
62,450	63,449	62,950	0.492	98,450	99,449	98,950	0.404
63,450	64,449	63,950	0.488	99,450	100,449	99,950	0.402
64,450	65,449	64,950	0.484	100,450	etc.	etc.	0.401
65,450	66,449	65,950	0.481	etc.	etc.	etc.	0.401

CIDA indexes

For CIDA indexes, please consult the Statistics Canada website.

These indexes are published by Statistics Canada on the third working day of each month and are calculated to establish and adjust Post Living Allowances. They are comparative measurements that numerically express the difference between the retail prices of a representative basket of goods and services at a foreign location with prices for a similar basket of goods and services in Ottawa. The index established for the capital city applies to the entire country, except where otherwise stated. The CIDA indexes are directed only to cooperants and advisers governed by the Technical Assistance Handbook. Please contact CIDA should you have any questions regarding the CIDA index.

9.3 Post Differential Allowance (PDA):

Effective April 1, 2007 in Canadian dollars per annum

Post Rating	Unaccompanied Cooperant / Advisor	Cooperant / Advisor with one accompanying dependant	Cooperant / Advisor with two or more accompanying dependants
I	2,861	3,574	4,294
II	4,297	5,367	6,440
III	5,721	7,152	8,585
IV	8,585	10,728	12,873
V	11,445	14,308	17,167

Post Rating

Please contact CIDA if the country or city of the CIDA project is not listed.

A post rating in bold type denotes a change.

Country/City	Post Rating
AFGHANISTAN, Kabul	V + 40% of the Post Differential Allowance as a Risk bonus (Unaccompanied Post)
AFGHANISTAN, Kandahar	V + 50% of Post Differential Allowance as a risk bonus (Unaccompanied Post)
ALGERIA, Algiers	V (Adults Only Post)
ANGOLA, Luanda	V
ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires	II*
BANGLADESH, Dhaka	V
BARBADOS, Bridgetown	II
BENIN, Cotonou	IV**
BOLIVIA, La Paz	IV (Adults Only Post)
BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz	III**
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, Sarajevo	III
BOTSWANA, Gaborone	II
BRAZIL, Brasilia	III
BRAZIL, Rio Branco	IV
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro	III
BRAZIL, Sao Paulo	III
BULGARIA, Sofia	III
BURKINA FASO, Ouagadougou	V
CAMBODIA, Phnom Penh	IV
CAMEROON, Douala	V
CAMEROON, Yaoundé	IV
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Bangui	V**
CHAD, N'Djamena	V
CHILE, Santiago	II
CHINA, Beijing	IV
CHINA, Hohhot	V
CHINA, Lanzhou	V
CHINA, Lhasa	V
CHINA, Other	V
COLOMBIA, Bogota	IV*
COSTA RICA, San José	III
CÔTE D'IVOIRE, Abidjan	V* + 30% of the Post Differential Allowance as a Risk bonus (Adults Only Post)
CUBA, Havana	IV
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Kinshasa	V
DOMINICA, Roseau	IV*
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santo Domingo	III
ECUADOR, Quito	III
EGYPT, Cairo	III
EGYPT, Kafr El-Sheikh	III**
EL SALVADOR, San Salvador	IV
ERITREA, Asmara	IV**
ETHIOPIA, Addis Ababa	IV
FIJI, Suva	I**
GABON, Libreville	III
GEORGIA, Tbilisi	V*
GHANA, Accra	IV
GHANA, Tamale	V**
GRENADA, St. George's	II**
GUATEMALA, Guatemala	IV
GUINEA, Conakry	V
GUYANA, Georgetown	V
HAITI, Port-au-Prince	V (Adults Only Post)
HONDURAS, Tegucigalpa	IV
INDIA, New Delhi	IV
INDONESIA, Jakarta	IV
INDONESIA, Other	V**
ISRAEL, Jerusalem	III*
ISRAEL, Tel-Aviv	III*
JAMAICA, Kingston	III
JORDAN, Amman	IV
KENYA, Nairobi	IV
KUWAIT, Kuwait	III
LAOS, Vientiane	V**
LESOTHO, Maseru	II
LEBANON, Beirut	IV
LIBERIA, Monrovia	V
MADAGASCAR, Antananarivo	IV
MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur	III
MALAWI, Lilongwe	IV*
MALI, Bamako	V
MAURITANIA, Nouakchott	V**
MEXICO, Guadalajara	I
MEXICO, Mexico City	III
MEXICO, Monterrey	II
MOROCCO, Rabat	III
MOZAMBIQUE, Maputo	V
NAMIBIA, Windhoek	I
NEPAL, Kathmandu	V
NICARAGUA, Managua	III
NIGER, Niamey	V
NIGERIA, Abuja	V
NIGERIA, Lagos	V
PAKISTAN, Islamabad	V (Adults Only Post)
PAKISTAN, Lahore	V**
PARAGUAY, Asuncion	III
PERU, Lima	IV
PHILIPPINES, Davao	IV
PHILIPPINES, Manila	III
POLAND, Warsaw	II
ROMANIA, Bucharest	IV
RWANDA, Kigali	V
ST. LUCIA, Castries	II
SENEGAL, Dakar	IV
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, Belgrade	III
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, Pristina	V
SINGAPORE, Singapore	I
SLOVAKIA, Bratislava	I
SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria	II
SRI LANKA, Colombo	IV
SUDAN, Khartoum	V
TAJIKISTAN, Dushanbe	V*
TANZANIA, Dar-es- Salaam	IV
TANZANIA, Katesh	V
THAILAND, Bangkok	III
TRINIDAD, Port of Spain	II
TUNISIA, Tunis	II
UGANDA, Kampala	V**
UKRAINE, Kiev	IV
URUGUAY, Montevideo	I
VIETNAM, Hanoi	IV
WEST BANK, Gaza	IV**
WEST BANK, Ramallah	IV*
ZAMBIA, Lusaka	IV
ZIMBABWE, Harare	IV

* Provisional rating
** Based on the U.S. State Department

9.4 Overseas service premium (OSP):

Effective April 1, 2007 in Canadian dollars per annum.

Level of service	Unaccompanied Cooperant / Advisor	Cooperant / Advisor with one accompanying dependant	Cooperant / Advisor with two or more accompanying dependants
1 (1-24 months)	5,680	7,807	9,584
2 (25+ months)	8,518	11,714	14,372

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Chapter 10 - Short-term relocation

Chapter 10.2.2(d) - Commuting assistance:

The cooperant's/advisor's share of monthly commuting costs is C$73.00 per month or C$3.80 x 2 for one round trip per work day.