The Embassy of Canada to El Salvador is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) 2024-25.
Program Description
The CFLI is a program designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement. The program is directed at projects conceived and designed predominantly by local partners. Projects are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian embassy or high commission. The CFLI also serves to support positive bilateral relations between Canada and recipient countries and their civil societies, by deepening contacts and supporting local endeavours.
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Canadian Government Fund for Local Initiatives – El Salvador
Aim and Benefits of Canadian Government Fund for Local Initiatives – El Salvador
The average CFLI contribution is $30,000 to $40,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD$100,000 is the maximum allocation amount for a project eligible under CFLI). Consult the currency converter for local currency equivalents. Please note that all contributions are made in Canadian dollars and then converted to the local currency.
Requirements for Canadian Government Fund for Local Initiatives – El Salvador Qualification
Organizations eligible to apply for CFLI funding
Eligible recipients include:
- Local non-governmental, community and not for-profit organizations,
- Local academic institutions working on local projects,
- International non-governmental organizations working on local development activities,
- Intergovernmental, multilateral and regional institutions, organizations and agencies working on local development activities,
- Municipal, regional or national government institutions or agencies of the recipient country working on local projects, and
- Canadian non-governmental and not for-profit organizations that are working on local development activities.
The majority of CFLI funding is to be directed toward local civil society organizations (including non-governmental organizations) and other institutions working at the local level. Other entities, such as international, intergovernmental, multilateral and regional organizations may be eligible for funding, provided they are working with local partners and on local projects that are consistent with the objectives of the CFLI. Similarly, municipal, regional and national government institutions may receive funding, provided that their projects are essentially local in nature. The CFLI is always looking to fund innovative projects that deliver measurable results.
Thematic priorities
All projects must align with at least one of the following CFLI thematic priorities globally:
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
- Environment & climate action, focusing on adaptation and mitigation, as well as on water management.
- Peace and security, with a focus on conflict prevention and peace building.
Gender-based analysis
In 2017, Canada adopted its Feminist International Assistance Policy to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as the most effective way to reduce poverty and build a more inclusive, peaceful and prosperous world. In alignment with this policy, the CFLI project application process now requires a gender-based analysis (GBA). The purpose of this change is to enhance the gender equality outcomes of the CFLI program.
A GBA will require applicants to:
- Consider how women, girls, men, and boys are affected differently by the problem their project is aiming to address, ensuring, at the same time, that the project does not cause harm.
- Consult women and/or girls in the development of their project proposal.
- Ensure that the views of those women and/or girls inform the project’s design.
Note that consultations can include, but are not limited to, speaking to women and girls from the local community, women and other individuals who work for civil society organizations that have worked in the local community and female and male decision and change makers who have knowledge of the local community.
Inadequate completion of a GBA may affect the consideration of your proposal.
Eligible costs
The following project costs are eligible for CFLI funding:
- administrative costs specifically related to the project,
- overhead costs specifically related to the project,
- Overhead costs related to a project should not exceed 15%
- capital and/or operating expenditures related to the lease and/or purchase and/or building of infrastructure (e.g. office rent specifically relating to the project),
- installation, maintenance, shipping and/or transportation costs, including fuel,
- computersFootnote1 and communication devices,
- internet costs specifically relating to the project,
- salary costs relating to the project,
- civic education costs,
- conference and event expenditures,
- hospitality costs, excluding alcoholic beverages
- training and capacity building expenditures,
- costs of services received by recipients,
- outreach, communication and information dissemination costs,
- environmental assessment costs,
- advocacy and lobbying related costs,
- legal costs,
- accounting costs,
- medical costs,
- publishing costs,
- radio and television broadcast fees,
- facilities and equipment rental charges,
- research-related costs,
- security costs,
- translation and interpretation fees,
- travel expenses, using lowest fares possible but not exceeding full fare economy class (international travel expenses must receive prior approval from the CFLI Team)Footnote2
- lease or rental of vehicles,
- vehicle and equipment operation, installation and/or maintenance,
- website development and related costs,
- miscellaneous expenses integral to the project.
The following costs are not eligible for CFLI funding:
- nuclear technologies and facilities,
- assistance to military or paramilitary organizations,
- gifts,
- luxury goods,
- direct fiscal support to a government,
- seed funding and/or microfinance,
- core funding or recurrent costs of an organization
- expenses incurred prior to the signing of the contribution agreement, or after it expires
Footnotes
- The purchase of operating equipment such as a computer can be an eligible cost if the implementing organization will use it for the direct benefit of the project beneficiaries. Purchase of such equipment may not be considered eligible if the implementing organization keeps the computer for their own operational purposes with no/no direct benefit to the intended ultimate project beneficiaries (i.e community). Return to footnote1referrer
- When requesting CFLI Team approval for international travel costs, please indicate: rationale of why the international travel is required, who will be travelling, the cost of each individual travel and % of the travel cost as part of the overall project cost.
Application Deadline
January 31, 2024
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Canadian Government on www.international.gc.ca to apply
- All projects must be completed between the date of signature of the Contribution Agreement and February 28, 2025.
- The deadline for submission is Wednesday, January 31st 2024 at 23:59 GMT-6. Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered. Proposals should be submitted electronically to the following emails:
- Only those proposals using the designated application form and including the required budget document will be considered.
- For more information on the types of activities and costs that are eligible for CFLI funding, please refer to the list of CFLI approved activities and costs.
- Proposals must be completed in English or French.
- Project proposals must explicitly answer all questions in the CFLI project application form, including the required gender-based analysis. The proposed project budget should summarize the proposed activities and associated costs.
- Applications will be assessed for approval on their merits by a selection committee.
- Due to the large number of applicants, only the successful candidates will be contacted.
- Application form: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Project Application for Funding Form (.pdf, 249.15 KB)
- Project applications are kept on file at missions in accordance with Global Affairs Canada’s information management policies.
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