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Dans le cadre des activités nationales Together/Ensemble 2023, l'honorable Karina Gould, ministre de la Famille, des Enfants et du Développement social, a prononcé le discours principal. Un lien vers les remarques de la ministre Gould est disponible sur la chaîne YouTube de Together/Ensemble.

I feel the community needs to hear about an unfortunate recent experience I had with a GAC bid.  Everything seemed normal at first - renowned Canadian company asks me to join their team for a GAC bid - everyone touches up their cvs and demonstrates how they meet the mandatory criteria, the bid goes in, and then GAC procurement decides.  Surprisingly (to me at least), the firm the bid was unsuccessful because (among other things) I did not meet the mandatory criteria of having a relevant Master’s degree. Hmmm.

Members be interested in participating in the Global Digital Development Forum on April 26-27 which includes over 24 hours of hybrid events and in-person events in multiple countries in the Global South.

Members may be interested in joining the Global Partnership for Development Cooperation to receive timely updates and newsletters and participating in this upcoming side event on the margins of UN 2023 Financing for Development Forum on April 19.

In case you didn’t see it and might be interested, note OAG’s report on Canada’s international assistance in support of gender equality.

Sharing this visual framework that I developed as an aid for strengthening education systems. This is not a conceptual framework, rather broadly models the delivery of primary education service in a developing country. Seeks to remind funders, designers, and managers of primary education programs that piecemeal and disjointed responses may not yield system-wide improvements. The visual model is to assist in viewing the system holistically, developing an appreciation of how key parts of the system interact with each other and influence the entire system in a dynamic context, identifying points of leverage, and designing and coordinating interventions to improve overall performance of primary education system.

12 donor governments (including Canada) have pledged $413 million in new funding for the Least Developed Countries Fund during the COP26 climate summit.

For those interested to have this reference point, here is the link to consult UN salaries and post adjustments.

Le Regroupement des professionnels canadiens en développement international (RPCDI), mène des recherches pour évaluer le paysage actuel d'expertise du Canada en lien avec les priorités de la politique étrangère du Canada, en particulier la Politique canadienne d'assistance internationale féministe (PAIF). L’objectif est d’acquérir une compréhension globale de l’expertise disponible dans différents domaines thématiques. De plus, nous souhaitons évaluer comment les experts trouvent des marchés de conseil ou de programmation et comment les organisations et institutions recrutent des experts pour joindre leurs équipes.

In search of an experienced firm, able to support us in all the process, especially in the implementation of a Winning Culture through re-defining the Bank’s belief systems and co-creating its Leadership Brand & Leadership Competencies/Creed.