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The fiduciary risk evaluation tool is an initial tool to make sure that the partner that the department is going to be working with is stable and has a reliable history both financially and regarding delivery. As well, regarding the minimum requirements to be considered to be a partner, there are 10 criteria and they like to assess potential partners to make sure they can rely on them going forward. Those criteria are basically broken into three areas.
There are four that fall under institutional stability. That means they are legally incorporated. They can address the requirements of Canada's anti-terrorism legislation. They are registered as a non-profit, etc. The other areas are financial criteria that they have to meet. They have audited financial statements. They can present those to DFATD, and they have demonstrated that they can manage at least $500,000 worth of aid at any one time.
Then in the last part, there are some criteria under humanitarian assistance. There they want them to demonstrate that they've operated in this field for five years, that they've done good conduct, that they understand the countries, that they understand Canada's ODA, and that they can operate and deliver according to the objectives we have for our humanitarian aid.