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Contribution: Women's Program

Women's Economic Council

$149,880.00

Advancing Gender Equality by Building WEC’s Capacity

FY 2019-20 · 2019-04-01

Summary
This 60-month project will address organizational and sector capacity needs to allow the Women’s Economic Council and its partners to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Key activities will include consultations and assessments to help the Women’s Economic Council to collaboratively identify its strategic capacity-building priorities and to implement both tried tools and newly created capacity-building resources. The organization will partner with sector stakeholders that have previously taken steps to build their own capacity to avoid duplication, and will support women and women’s organizations working in community economic development in Canada to address their own capacity needs through training, workshops, and knowledge-sharing on effective capacity-building tools. A Strategic Plan and Sustainability Plan will be created and adapted based on evaluation results. Due to the current environment and the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations have beenstruggling with the implementation of their planned activities and have expressed difficulty addressing emerging needs. The additional funding would be used to increase the pace at which WEC builds a healthy financial base and processes. While growing capacity in the area of financial health was one of six key WAGE-funded priorities, since the pandemic, the need to transition from manual, place-based financial systems and tools to a fully digital system is more pressing than ever. The old systems can no longer be used effectively and a slow measured transition over the full four years of the project is no longer an option. We must, for example, move quickly to widely used software such as QuickBooks, which means hiring specialists to make the transition now, rather than WEC moving things slowly over time, using internal resources. The second supplemental funding will be used to create an organizational program strategy for the next 3-5 years. It will activate the theory of change and ensure it is well translated into a solid program portfolio that describes in greater detail how to create the impact that WEC is trying to achieve.
Program
Women's Program
Location
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Agreement End Date
2024-03-31
Agreement Number
NA18726
Agreement Start Date
2019-04-01
Agreement Title
Advancing Gender Equality by Building WEC’s Capacity
Agreement Title (French)
Promouvoir l’égalité des sexes en renforçant les capacités du Conseil économique des femmes
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$149,880.00
Amendment Date
2023-04-28
Amendment Number
2
Description
This 60-month project will address organizational and sector capacity needs to allow the Women’s Economic Council and its partners to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Key activities will include consultations and assessments to help the Women’s Economic Council to collaboratively identify its strategic capacity-building priorities and to implement both tried tools and newly created capacity-building resources. The organization will partner with sector stakeholders that have previously taken steps to build their own capacity to avoid duplication, and will support women and women’s organizations working in community economic development in Canada to address their own capacity needs through training, workshops, and knowledge-sharing on effective capacity-building tools. A Strategic Plan and Sustainability Plan will be created and adapted based on evaluation results. Due to the current environment and the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations have beenstruggling with the implementation of their planned activities and have expressed difficulty addressing emerging needs. The additional funding would be used to increase the pace at which WEC builds a healthy financial base and processes. While growing capacity in the area of financial health was one of six key WAGE-funded priorities, since the pandemic, the need to transition from manual, place-based financial systems and tools to a fully digital system is more pressing than ever. The old systems can no longer be used effectively and a slow measured transition over the full four years of the project is no longer an option. We must, for example, move quickly to widely used software such as QuickBooks, which means hiring specialists to make the transition now, rather than WEC moving things slowly over time, using internal resources. The second supplemental funding will be used to create an organizational program strategy for the next 3-5 years. It will activate the theory of change and ensure it is well translated into a solid program portfolio that describes in greater detail how to create the impact that WEC is trying to achieve.
Description (French)
Ce projet d’une durée de 60 mois vise à répondre aux besoins en matière de capacité organisationnelle de l’organisation et du secteur pour permettre au Conseil économique des femmes de continuer à promouvoir le changement social et systémique favorisant l’égalité entre les sexes. Les principales activités comprendront des consultations et des évaluations pour aider le Conseil à définir en collaboration ses priorités stratégiques et à mettre en œuvre des outils éprouvés et des ressources nouvellement créées en matière de renforcement des capacités. Il travaillera en collaboration avec les partenaires du secteur qui ont déjà pris des mesures pour renforcer leurs propres capacités afin d’éviter les chevauchements et aidera les femmes et les organismes de femmes qui travaillent au développement économique communautaire au Canada à répondre à leurs propres besoins en matière de capacités par la formation, les ateliers et la transmission de connaissances sur les outils efficaces de renforcement des capacités. Il créera un plan stratégique et un plan de durabilité qu’il adaptera aux résultats de l’évaluation. En raison du contexte actuel et de la pandémie de COVID 19, les organismes ont de la difficulté à mettre en œuvre leurs activités prévues, et ils ont dit avoir du mal à répondre aux nouveaux besoins. Le financement supplémentaire servirait à accroître le rythme de croisière du Conseil économique des femmes pour établir une base financière et des processus sains. L’augmentation de la capacité dans le domaine de la santé financière était l’une des 6 priorités clés financées par Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada (FEGC), mais, depuis la pandémie, la nécessité de faire la transition de systèmes et d’outils financiers manuels liés à un lieu particulier vers un système entièrement numérique est plus pressante que jamais. Les anciens systèmes ne peuvent plus être utilisés efficacement, et il n’est plus possible d’envisager une transition lente et mesurée sur toute la durée de 4 ans du projet. Par exemple, nous devons passer rapidement à des logiciels largement utilisés, comme QuickBooks, ce qui implique que le Conseil économique des femmes embauche des spécialistes pour faire la transition maintenant, plutôt que de faire avancer les choses lentement au fil du temps, en utilisant des ressources internes. Le deuxième financement supplémentaire servira à élaborer une stratégie organisationnelle de programmes pour les 3 à 5 prochaines années. Elle permettra de mettre en œuvre la théorie du changement et de veiller à ce qu’elle soit bien traduite en un solide portefeuille de programmes décrivant plus en détail comment produire l’impact que le Conseil économique des femmes tente de réaliser.
Expected Results
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Expected Results (French)
Les femmes et les parties prenantes peuvent obtenir de l’aide pour traiter des enjeux liés à l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Women's Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotions de la femme
Program Purpose
The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de promotion de la femme a pour but de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada et il travaille pour ce faire à réduire ou éliminer les obstacles systémiques qui freinent le progrès des femmes. Le Programme soutient la visée du gouvernement du Canada de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada. Il cadre avec les priorités du gouvernement du Canada en matière de prospérité économique et ses engagements internationaux en matière d’égalité entre les sexes.
Recipient City
Burnaby
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Women's Economic Council
Recipient Postal Code
V5J 2V7
Recipient Province or Territory
BC
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q1-00062