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Self Report for Initiatives in 2018

The updates on initiatives shown below allow members or signatories to WHS initiatives to report on actions taken in support of the respective initiative. They are not intended to replace reporting processes undertaken by initiative secretariats.

• WHS Commitments
• Initiatives

• Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action

  What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

  In June 2017, Canada endorsed the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action. Since, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has worked closely with colleagues at Humanity and Inclusion to ensure that GAC humanitarian officers have the necessary training and resources to consider the specific needs of persons with disabilities in humanitarian responses.

• Education Cannot Wait

  What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

  Canada has pledged CAD $20 million (2016-2019) to the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Fund to ensure the right to education for emergency-affected children around the world. Canada actively engages in the governance of the fund, including by helping to determine activities and policy direction (e.g. gender-equality policy). ECW has started to implement programs and is currently working to promote access to quality education for 3.4 million children – of which 1.5 million girls – and support 19,000 teachers in Syria, Yemen, Chad, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Peru, Somalia and Ukraine. Canada continues to support ECW as it further develops its model and supports new education interventions where crises are the most severe, needs are the largest, and funding and coping capacity is limited.

• Grand Bargain

  

  Report on The Grand Bargain Commitments