- Program Environment
- Program Area Transforming Development Finance
- Grant Amount $170,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2008–December 31, 2009
- Location Vancouver, Canada
- Geographic Focus Canada
About this grant
This grant to the Sage Centre will continue support to the Halifax Initiative. The Halifax Initiative is a coalition of Canadian nongovernmental organizations that work to promote reforms in international financial institutions. Over the next two years, the project will focus on increased parliamentary accountability over Canadian government actions at the international financial institutions; expanded Canadian public support for policies at the international financial institutions that promote environmental sustainability, equitable development, and democratic accountability; and increased public accountability of international financial institutions to international environment, labor, and human rights standards. To achieve these objectives, the Halifax Initiative will conduct research, education, and outreach to the public and policymakers; monitor international financial institutions’ projects; and advocate for policy reform and coalition building.