We have a presence in 20 countries. CIDA funding represents about 55 per cent of our resources, and our annual budget is in the order of CAN$32 million.
One third of our international program budget is currently devoted to Haiti, where there is funding from the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Fund and USAID. So it is very diversified.
What is the common thread among all of the countries that provide funding for Haiti, including Canada? They all use the same development tools. They begin with calls to tender, and operate with the same mechanisms that would apply for any regular situation. They don't try to identify who would be best suited to act and to make a difference. This is repeated in any number of countries. We are currently in Nepal, Guatemala, and Bolivia, and the same behaviours occur whenever there is a conflict. The international community does not yet have a mechanism that can be used in countries undergoing a crisis. This is what Canada is now doing in Haiti. We are seeking proposals instead of trying to determine who would be the best one for the job.
That is part of the response, and part of the inefficiency inherent in cooperation mechanisms as they apply to countries in crisis.