AUCC International

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AUCC International Key Issues
Margaux Béland Director, Partnership
Programs March 6-7, 2008 York University
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Trends in CIDA funding and programming Update on
the renewal of our partnership program with CIDA
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Partnership programs with CIDA
Current domestic context

• Minority government
• New structure at CIDA
• Country focus deliberations
• Budget review process at CIDA
• New voluntary sector mechanism
• Current international context
• Millennium Development Goals
• OECD/DAC
• Paris Declaration

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Concept and structure
• Overall concept remains
• - Some adjustments due to ILO consultation and
  budgetary context
• Three key components
• - Complimentary HE interventions
• - Building on Success (BOS)
• - Strengthening African HE
• Knowledge sharing an overarching element, serves
  as the programmatic framework

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Concept and process
• In 18 countries
• - 4 countries for Component 1 Vietnam,
  Senegal, Ghana and Honduras
• - 3 large Building on Success projects
• - 13 small Building on Success projects
• SACIR remains involved, engaging with senior CIDA
  officials
• AUCC connecting with other key donors and
  organizations
• SAE principles remain key considerations
  (southern-driven, managing for results, greater
  coherence and focus, etc.)

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Component 1 Complimentary HE interventions
• Pilot initiative given the feedback from the ILO
  community
• Positive feedback from CIDA Ottawa, CIDA missions
  and Southern stakeholders, both governments and
  HEIs
• Need to be southern-led
• Complimentary initiatives are stand alone and
  germane to the work of HE
• Limited CIDA relationship with local HEIs
• Potential for leveraging other donor funds

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Component 2 Building on Success
• Building on Success proposals were due October 1,
  2007 and selection held mid-December 2007
• 13 smaller initiatives and 3 larger ones in the
  overall proposal to CIDA
• Nature of Building on Success interventions are
  at a pan-sectoral, national level to ensure wide
  reach and high-level impact

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Component 3 Strengthening African Higher
  Education
• Positive response from CIDA bilateral desks
• AAU engaged with AUCC in the design of this
  component
• Expect to augment AAUs ongoing efforts and
  commitments
• Build on February 2004 Africa workshop series
  findings
• Working with partners from components 1 and 2 to
  strengthen their institutional governance

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Knowledge sharing
• Cross-cutting
• Serves as the programmatic framework the glue
  which ties all the components together
• Knowledge sharing element provides strategic
  overlay
• - Given key added-value of this community
• Have proposed on-line communities of practice
  along CIDA priority sectors, diaspora task force,
  etc.

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Partnership programs with CIDA

• Miscellaneous issues
• UPCD extension to March 2009
• Request for proposals for scaling up projects (up
  to 300,000) launched next week(s)
• New partnership program expected April 2009
• Students for Development status