Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
Asia Pacific International Assistance
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BVD11 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- Development, Peace and Security Programming
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This Program delivers Canada's programming, policy dialogue and stakeholder engagement activities in support of the seven International Assistance Themes in the region. It provides related strategic policy, planning and operational guidance and advice to senior officials on these operations, delivers timely and effective support to senior officials participating in regional and national policy initiatives related to these themes, and ensures coherence with Canada's trade and diplomatic objectives in the region. It ensures that Canada's contributions are aligned with aid and development effectiveness principles, and with the poverty reduction priorities of Canada's bilateral development partners in the region.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific International Assistance | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $1.96B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of women’s organizations and women’s networks advancing women's rights and gender equality that receive GAC support for programming and/or institutional strengthening.; Number of projects employing innovative approaches in the delivery of international assistance. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Number of projects employing innovative approaches in the delivery of international assistance, including experimentation with new partnerships, technologies and/or business models. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators added: Number of projects employing innovative approaches in the delivery of international assistance, including experimentation with new partnerships, technologies and/or business models. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Number of projects employing innovative approaches in the delivery of international assistance. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Number of projects employing innovative approaches in the delivery of international assistance, including experimentation with new partnerships, technologies and/or business models. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 148, against 121 in 2024-25 (+22%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced delays in some international assistance data collection and reporting. Results for this indicator will be available in the Global Affairs Canada 2021-22 Department Plan, published in Spring/Summer 2021. New target has been determined for the 2020-21 reporting period. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 559 | 2021 | 423 The COVID-19 Pandemic prevented partners from being able to work with a wide range of partners including women’s rights organizations, and women’s networks. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 70 | 2022 | 370 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 350 | 2023 | 142 While the branch supported 611 women's rights organizations and civil society organizations to promote gender equality and female leadership, we were unable to confidently confirm whether these organizations were specifically woman-founded and woman-led by the reporting deadline, and so the results may be underreported. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 360 | 2024 | 397 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 360 | 2025 | 379 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 54 | 2021 | 4 A change in GAC’s methodology of measuring “innovation” resulted in reduced, but more accurate, data for this indicator. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 25 | 2022 | 2 In 2021-22, the department continued to apply strict criteria (introduced in 2020-21) to measure successful innovation. This impacted the number of projects reported as having employed innovative solutions. To facilitate reporting on innovation in 2022-23, the indicator and target were revised, and guidance for partner organizations will be published by the department. | Not met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced delays in some international assistance data collection and reporting. Results for this indicator will be available in the Global Affairs Canada 2021-22 Department Plan, published in Spring/Summer 2021. New target has been determined for the 2020-21 reporting period. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $288M | $318M |
| 2019-20 | $286M | $296M |
| 2020-21 | $284M | $319M |
| 2021-22 | $285M | $242M |
| 2022-23 | $348M | $290M |
| 2023-24 | $349M | $222M |
| 2024-25 | $322M | $275M |
| 2025-26 | $325M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $325M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 105 | 137 |
| 2019-20 | 140 | 131 |
| 2020-21 | 133 | 127 |
| 2021-22 | 130 | 133 |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 152 |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 148 |
| 2024-25 | 148 | 121 |
| 2025-26 | 148* | — |
| 2026-27 | 148* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $288,125,737 | $287,617,821 | $287,630,335 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $285,584,648 | $285,962,752 | $286,100,208 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $284,103,255 | $286,831,657 | $288,458,071 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $285,114,058 | $285,741,355 | $285,792,576 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $348,292,367 | $348,340,964 | $285,491,512 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $349,292,538 | $286,472,635 | $286,501,308 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $321,816,753 | $325,420,421 | $325,495,362 | ||||||
| Actual | $318,313,078 | $296,117,667 | $319,456,782 | $241,557,638 | $289,683,692 | $221,926,971 | $275,162,197 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
