Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we report to CIDA, which supervises the work. So we report to and are accountable to CIDA, both for finances and actual activities. We also have a steering committee where both partners are in place, with Ukrainian government representing Ukraine. So we have a steering commi

Foreign Affairs committee  We have had scholarship and exchange programs with Kuwait and Oman, and have a big scholarship program with Libya currently. In the past we also had a CIDA-funded project with Lebanon. So there has been a long history of involvement with different countries there. But the bigge

Foreign Affairs committee  No, it actually started a year ago and is ongoing. It has just now been completely put in place. So no, it's a new program.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will answer the first part of the question, the Canadian part, as to our responsibility and accountability to the donor, in our case to CIDA. I will let Mrs. Bezo answer on what is reported and how the Ukrainian partner needs to respond to the findings. We have regular report

Foreign Affairs committee  We have had both rejected and approved projects, so it depends. Some were not so much rejected, but we have had a recent one rejected, and that was perhaps mainly because of shifting priorities within CIDA. So we try to, of course, follow CIDA's priorities, so we can then—

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we presented to the partnership branch at CIDA, a project that involved three countries: Ghana, Ethiopia, and Mali. That was to be a five-year project, where we would help these countries with a millennium development goal and localization of the millennium development goals

Foreign Affairs committee  I think Ms. Bezo is the right person here, because a significant comparative analysis has been done under this project.

Foreign Affairs committee  This is an important question. It is common, among NGOs in the NGO community, for every NGO to sort of specialize. There might be some particular opportunity that then leads that NGO to become more engaged in a particular sector or a particular country. Ukraine became a signi

Foreign Affairs committee  I will start, and then go to Larissa, because we are both anxious to speak. I will quickly say that this is what we have actually done in the past. For six years CIDA funded, through us, CBIE, the so-called academy of public administration. We were there to help them create a v

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, exactly. As a matter of fact, the vice-president of this academy was a Canadian, from Alberta. When he moved to Ukraine, he was instrumental in creating, first, the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government. Under the president's decree, this then became the

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, both.

Foreign Affairs committee  On how we do it--and of course it's more or less the same, I would say, for CIDA, although CIDA uses a third party—we rely on our presence in the field. We engage with partners who are appropriate for us. Together with them we analyze the needs, the scope of the needs, and the mo

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll start and then I will hand it over to Larissa, who has the freshest news from the ground. I will say that you're absolutely right. This is a constant balance in navigating the political scene, if you will, in Ukraine. Sometimes there has been a sort of openness. The Canadia

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, and now I would like Larissa to give you examples.