Project profile — Community Development Fund (CCDF)

• Cuba (100.00%)

• Water And Sanitation: Water sector policy and administrative management (14010) (20.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (30.00%)
• Agriculture: Agricultural policy and administrative management (31110) (25.00%)
• Other Multisector: Multisector education/training (43081) (25.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The Cuba Community Development Fund (CCDF) aims to empower local entities and actors involved in community development through partnerships with Canadian Executing Agencies for community-led initiatives. The project strengthens community planning and networking, encouraging the participation of both sexes. It also helps to increase technological capacity and to improve local infrastructures. The CCDF improves local economic development and enhances community services. It also promotes environmental sustainability in the targeted communities. The end result is an effective Canada/Cuba partnership that contributes to improved living conditions for local populations.

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Results achieved as of September 2013 include: agricultural productivity has improved in 60 municipalities, creating more than 300 jobs (40% for women) and increasing the quality and quantity of products for self-consumption or sale at the local level. Some key results include: an increase in the number of women employed in agricultural production systems, a 40% increase in the hiring of women as production leads,; an increase in the number of female agricultural workers in Cuba’s National Association for Small Farmers and in their engagement in the agriculture industry in targeted zones.

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