Global Affairs Canada

This Departmental Plan details Global Affairs Canada's priorities, plans, and associated costs for the upcoming 2026-27 fiscal year. Key priorities include diversifying global partnerships to advance economic and trade interests, deepening alliances for strategic autonomy and global peace, recalibrating international assistance to align with economic priorities and uphold commitments to poverty reduction and gender equality, and significantly reducing departmental operational spending. The plan emphasizes implementing a Trade Diversification Strategy, establishing a new economic and security relationship with the United States, strengthening collaboration with trusted partners, and renewing the mission network to modernize service delivery and emergency preparedness.

This discussion paper outlines a comprehensive transformation plan for Global Affairs Canada to adapt to a rapidly changing global environment characterized by shifts in economic and political power, renewed great power competition, transnational threats, and rapid technological advancements. The plan aims to revitalize the department to be strategic, influential, open, connected, agile, and a leading player in whole-of-government international efforts, supported by a highly skilled, bilingual, and diverse workforce. Key action areas include building new policy expertise on critical international issues, enhancing Canada's global presence, investing in its people through improved recruitment, training, and career development, and modernizing tools, processes, and organizational culture.

The 2024-2030 Gender Strategy by The World Bank Group aims to accelerate gender equality to end poverty on a livable planet. It prioritizes three strategic objectives: ending gender-based violence and elevating human capital, expanding and enabling economic opportunities, and engaging women as leaders. The strategy emphasizes leveraging innovation, financing, and collective action as key drivers of change to achieve these goals.

Le Cadre mondial de la biodiversité de Kunming à Montréal est un plan stratégique visant à catalyser une action urgente et transformatrice pour arrêter et inverser la perte de biodiversité, avec une vision pour 2050 d'un monde en harmonie avec la nature où la biodiversité est valorisée, conservée, restaurée et utilisée sagement, assurant les services écosystémiques et la santé planétaire. Le cadre établit quatre objectifs à long terme pour 2050, axés sur l'intégrité des écosystèmes, l'utilisation durable de la biodiversité, le partage équitable des avantages découlant des ressources génétiques, et l'assurance des moyens de mise en œuvre. Il comprend également 23 cibles mondiales pour 2030 visant à réduire les menaces, à répondre aux besoins humains par une utilisation durable et un partage des bénéfices, et à renforcer les outils d'implémentation et d'intégration.

The World Bank Group's 2024-2030 Gender Strategy aims to accelerate gender equality to end poverty on a livable planet. This strategy focuses on three strategic objectives: ending gender-based violence and strengthening human capital, increasing and fostering economic opportunities, and mobilizing women as leaders. It seeks to drive change through innovation, financing, and collective action, ultimately enhancing fundamental well-being, economic participation, and women's roles in decision-making.