Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2026. The CFLI is a program designed to help small-scale, excessive-affect tasks in creating nations, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic precedence areas for engagement.

The program is directed at tasks conceived and designed predominantly by native companions. Projects are chosen and authorised by the related Canadian embassy or excessive fee. The CFLI additionally serves to help constructive bilateral relations between Canada and recipient nations and their civil societies, by deepening contacts and supporting native endeavours.

The majority of CFLI funding is to be directed towards native civil society organizations (together with non-governmental organizations) and different establishments working at the native degree. Other entities, comparable to worldwide, intergovernmental, multilateral and regional organizations could also be eligible for funding, supplied they’re working with native companions and on native tasks which are according to the aims of the CFLI. Similarly, municipal, regional authorities establishments could obtain funding, supplied that their tasks are primarily native in nature. The CFLI is at all times trying to fund revolutionary tasks that ship measurable outcomes.

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• The common CFLI contribution is $30,000 to $60,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD$100,000 is the most allocation quantity for a venture eligible underneath CFLI).

Eligibility

Eligible recipients embody:

• Local non-governmental, group and not-for-profit organizations,
• Local tutorial establishments engaged on native tasks,
• International non-governmental organizations engaged on native improvement actions,
• Intergovernmental, multilateral and regional establishments, organizations and companies engaged on native improvement actions,
• Municipal, regional or nationwide authorities establishments or companies of the recipient nation engaged on native tasks, and
• Canadian non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations which are engaged on native improvement actions.

Application

• Proposals should be accomplished in English or French.
• All tasks should align with at the least one (1) of the following thematic priorities:
  • Peace and safety
    • Example Areas: Community-based Crime Prevention and Social Cohesion (together with resilience constructing for in danger youth); Organized Crime Prevention; Anti-Trafficking in Persons; Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Prevention; Maritime and Environmental Security.
  • Growth that works for everybody
    • Example Areas: Resilient Livelihoods for Women, Youth, Vulnerable Populations and At-Risk Persons; Digital and Green Skills for Inclusive Income Generation; Strengthening Financial Resilience and Financial Inclusion; Building Green and Tech-Driven Enterprises and Expanding Access to Global Markets.
• All tasks shall be required to be accomplished between the date of signature of the Contribution Agreement and February 26, 2027, for single-yr venture or February 25, 2028, for a two-yr venture.
• Projects spanning 2 fiscal years could also be permitted relying on the venture aims and the complexity of actions.
• To get hold of an application kind, contact [email protected] or obtain the CFLI Project Application for Funding Form.
  • Download the kind and reopen to edit it.

Completed functions should be submitted by way of e-mail at [email protected].

For extra info, go to CFLI.