Canadian Trade and Investment Facility for Development (C-TIF)

Building the Global Village

The Canadian Trade and Investment Facility for Development (CTIF)

is a seven-year project funded by the Government of Canada, to support priority trade and investment-related policy reforms that are aligned with Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) objectives and have a high potential to reduce poverty in ODA-eligible developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Read More...

Application process

Temporarily Closed

Due to the volume of online applications received, CTIF is temporarily not receiving new applications until further notice.

Eligibility criteria:

  1. Be based in any developing country in the Asia-Pacific region included on the eligibility list of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Applications can include programming in more than one DAC-eligible country.
  2. Work on trade and investment policy reform projects focused on contributing to inclusive and sustainable growth and aligned with Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP).
  3. Target the interventions at the regional, country (national and local governments), civil society organization and private sector levels.

Examples of possible CTIF initiatives at different levels:

Regional institutions: Interventions targeted at regional institutions (e.g., APEC, ASEAN, SAARC, PIF) that support improved skills, knowledge and tools to support inclusive and sustainable growth, competitiveness or economic integration.

National institutions: Interventions that support the increased ability of national and local governments to plan, develop and implement inclusive (especially gender-inclusive) policies, legislation, and regulations supporting increased market access for businesses, funding for quality infrastructure or access to finance.

Civil society: Interventions that support the increased capacity of civil society organizations and private sector organizations to engage with government institutions on trade issues, investment issues or quality infrastructure issues.

Private sector: Interventions that support companies in taking advantage of new opportunities from business growth, women’s (including economic) empowerment, in accessing markets and finance, and from responsible business conduct.

If you are unsure about whether your programming area is eligible, please consult the CTIF team.

Application process

Due to the volume of online applications received, CTIF is temporarily not receiving new applications until further notice. If you are interested in making an application for CTIF technical assistance support for the April 2020-March 2021 period, please let us know by email at info@c-tif.ca.  We will contact you when we are available to receive applications for that period.

The forms and documents you will need are:

  1. Expression of Interest Template:
  2. Application Template:
  3. Application Guidelines

Please follow these instructions to download the guidelines if you require assistance accessing the PDF document. Consult our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.