Link to Draft Applicants Guide: http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/eng/document.jsp?did=97944 Investment Cooperation Program (INC) On October 1, 2009, approvals were in place for the transfer and redesign of the Canadian International Development Agency's Industrial Cooperation Program (CIDA-INC). On January 4, 2010, subject to final Parliamentary financial authority, the renewed program is expected to become operational and administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). It will be renamed the Investment Cooperation Program (INC). Please see the June 3, 2009 News Release" announcing the planned transfer. The CIDA-INC program will remain in operation at CIDA until the end of December 2009, although certain deadlines for new proposals have been established in order to manage the transition to DFAIT (see CIDA-INC website for more details ). The DFAIT-INC program's objective is to support responsible, developmentally beneficial, private sector engagement in developing countries leading to sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The program will achieve this by sharing some of the costs involved in studying the viability of an investment, demonstrating and adapting appropriate technologies, and undertaking activities aimed at enhancing the economic, environmental and social benefits of those investments. The Investment Cooperation Program (INC) is part of Canada's Official Development Assistance for developing countries. More details on the program's re-design are available in the Draft Applicant's Guide and in the Frequently Asked Questions document. Please note that the Guide is provided for information purposes only.
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