FinDev Technical Assistance and advisory
FinDev Canada offers Technical Assistance (TA) and advisory, through grants and advisory services, to support its clients and other market players to improve development impact outcomes.
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How does FinDev Canada originate TA projects?
Projects must occur in FinDev Canada’s priority investment areas. This means projects in the private sector in Latin America & the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indo-Pacific region across our three sectors: agribusiness, forestry and their related value chains, the financial industry, and sustainable infrastructure. Projects must also fall under at least one of the Technical Assistance Facility’s four focus areas of gender action, climate and nature action, business performance, and impactful data.
Individual TA project proposals are assessed against our guiding principles, including, client demand and readiness, the TA Facility’s additionality, potential to achieve the targeted objectives and sustain them beyond the life of the TA project, and the potential to extract learnings. Market-level TA projects will be prioritized based on alignment with FinDev Canada’s overarching strategy and priorities within the development finance ecosystem.
For client-facing TA projects, does FinDev Canada engage with clients before or after the signing of a transaction?
While potential scope of a TA project may be discussed prior to the signing of a transaction, in most cases, TA projects are approved and implemented after signing.
About the funding
FinDev Canada offers Technical Assistance (TA) and advisory, through grants and advisory services, to support its clients and other market players to improve development impact outcomes.
What is Technical Assistance?
Technical Assistance is targeted grant support to private sector clients that, directly or indirectly, improves their development outcomes. TA at the market level addresses gaps in knowledge or tools and seeks to support the business environments in the countries, regions, or sectors in which we operate.
What are some examples of TA projects?
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TA projects with financial institutions, for example, often include the following activities:
- Market research and customer engagement (e.g., focus group discussions) to develop better understanding of demand
- Design, review, and piloting of financial and non-financial products to expand outreach to targeted customer segments, and assess financial sustainability
- Enhanced customer outreach through digital platforms and other marketing strategies
- Staff training, leadership coaching
- Design and roll-out of inclusive policies at the level of the financial institution
Projects are implemented by clients and partners through a combination of internal resources, and external consultants or service providers, with FinDev Canada providing advisory guidance.
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