DID - Développement international Desjardins

$25,440,677.00 CAD

≈ $0.61 for every person in Canada ≈ 330 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Haiti
Fiscal year
2013-2014
Agreement period
March 31, 2014 – March 31, 2020
Project status
Implementation
Reference
CA-3-D000121001

Published purpose

This project aims to support microbusinesses and small and medium-sized Haitian enterprises by increasing their access to technical support and credit. The project also provides support to the Haitian Government to improve its policies and regulatory framework to promote entrepreneurship and private sector development. Some project activities include: (1) training expert advisors to provide services, including business plan development, accounting and marketing, to 10,000 microbusinesses and 2,500 small enterprises to increase their rentability; (2) developing financial services that are better aligned to the needs of microbusinesses and small and medium-sized enterprises in order to increase their access to credit; and (3) providing technical support to the Ministry of Trade and Industry for the development of a national private sector development strategy.

In plain English AI-generated

This project supports Haitian microbusinesses and small and medium-sized enterprises by improving their access to technical support and credit, and assists the Haitian government in developing policies to promote entrepreneurship and private sector growth.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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