3 Table of Contents Message from the Chair and the Executive Director 2 Vision and Strategic Objectives for 2003-2008 3 Our Corporate Membership 3 Partnerships for the Future 4 An Exceptionally Busy Year 5 Achievements in the Field 6 Thank You to all of our Donors 11 Financial Statements 12 CECI in the World 16

WRITTEN AND COORDINATED BY Robert Hazel CONTRIBUTORS Ginette Chalifoux, Jocelyne Dallaire, Claude Perras, etc. GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Corégraph communications TRANSLATION Tony Kwan

2003: The International Year of Fresh Water Photos:Cover Louis-Joseph Goulet (CECI). Gervais L’Heureux, in English and Spanish editions.This report is also available Number printed: 1,500 - Printed on recycled paper 2003 © CECI, August CECI (CECI) OULX R P ANIEL D HOTO BY P

CECI combats poverty and exclusion. To this end, it "strengthens the development capacity of disadvantaged communities; supports ini- tiatives for peace, human rights and equity; mobilizes resources and promotes the exchange of know-how."

CECI is governed by a Board of Directors composed of unremunerated members elected by CECI’s membership at the Annual General Assembly. CECI’s corporate membership is composed of nearly 100 volunteers from various sectors: religious institutions, academia, the business community, organizations active on the international stage, former CECI volunteers, etc. The Annual General Assembly was held in Montreal on Saturday, September 21, 2002.

The organization carries out its mission via partnerships with organizations based in developing countries and in collaboration with part- ners in Canada or other countries from the North, such as France, Australia, the United States, etc. CECI belongs to a number of coali- tions or umbrella groups, including the Ottawa-based Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC), the Montreal-based Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI), the Montreal International Forum and the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) network. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR and THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Strategic planning, the elaboration of a new vision statement, developing To promote its expertise in so-called "post-emergency" efforts, i.e. rehabilita- alliances and new networks—CECI set itself an ambitious program in 2002- tion, reconstruction, economic recovery and family reunification (Statement 03. The resulting orientations were adopted by the Board of Directors in No. 3), CECI must form an alliance with a major organization specializing in September 2002. They will guide CECI’s course over the next five years, that initial emergency relief efforts. is to the eve of its 50th anniversary. To ensure greater visibility and increased recognition for its actions, and CECI’s strategy today can be summed up in one key word: partnership. It is those of its partners (Statement No. 4), CECI must enhance its capacities in with this in mind that we ask you to become acquainted with our vision and communications, particularly through participation in campaigns to combat strategic objectives for 2003-08, which are outlined on the facing page. poverty and violence.

To remain a leader in the fight against poverty and exclusion (Statement of Finally, CECI must be able to count on everybody that is part of the organi- principles No. 1), CECI must target its overseas programs around its princi- zation (Statement No. 5): head office and overseas employees, Canadians pal sectors of expertise and increase its involvement in various international and foreign nationals, present and former cooperants, interns, our corporate networks, in particular those related to social economics and fair trade. membership and members of the Board of Directors. It is by creating syner- gies and opportunities for mutual enrichment among people in the organiza- To become the principal agency enabling Canadians to participate in inter- tion that CECI will succeed in attaining its objectives. national cooperation (Statement No. 2), CECI must diversify beyond tradi- tional models of cooperation by developing linkages with other organiza- This is our program for the future. To remain a useful instrument for the devel- tions, both in Canada and overseas. This work is already well underway, as opment of communities, CECI must yet again raise the standards it sets for attest the partnerships established this year with WUSC and Congé solidaire. itself. Given the scope of the challenges to be met, aren’t all organizations working in international cooperation required to do so?

DANIELLE SAUVAGE MICHEL CHAURETTE Chairperson of the Board Executive Director

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(2))) VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR 2003-08

CECI is a leader within an international network of partners combating poverty OUR CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP and exclusion. Its expertise lies mainly in building capacities for development. Honorary Members Members of the business Statement Concretely, this entails a structured Diane Bachand – Maurice Carel – Gisèle community process of skills and knowledge sharing, of principles Guilbault – Gilles Pion – Jean-Marie Roy Raymond Batrie – Nicole Beaudoin the mobilization of change agents in Fabienne Vachon Christiane Beaulieu – Michel Bélisle No. 1 actions that are local, regional and inter- Pierre Bibeau – Monique Daigneault national in scope, and the influence the Former cooperants Marie-Andrée Delisle – Georges Désilets network exercises on public opinion, gov- Patricia Borlace – André Bouvette Pierre Dion – Guy Dufresne – Pierre ernments and funding agencies. Jean-François Deschênes – Johanne Émond – Claude Généreux – Luc Lavoie Journeault – Myriam Lafrance – Valérie Jean-Robert Leclerc – Paul Leduc Lavergne – Clémence Leblanc – Lucie Andrée Lemarier – Gaétan Lussier Nationally, thanks to its network of part- Lippé – Caroline Marcel – Gigi Pierre Parent – Michel Pauzé – André ners, CECI is the principal agency Marchessault – Nicole Morais Payette – Pierre Pichette – Denyse Statement enabling Canadians to participate in inter- Radegonde Ndejuru – Marie-Marthe Robichaud – Trung Nguyen national cooperation. It offers a variety of of principles Ouellet – Sylvie Painchaud – Élizabeth models for engaging in direct cooperation, Parent – Charles Pouliot – Patricia Riel Others No. 2 such as exchanges, internships, interna- Jocelyne Rochon – Anne-Marie Saulnier Robert Bisaillon – Nicole Boily – Antonin tional voluntary cooperation, responsible Sylvie Tremblay Boisvert – Mario Cardinal – Louise Carré consumption, social tourism and solidarity Pierre F.Côté – Bernard Hervieux leaves. Members of the international Michaëlle Jean – Robert Letendre cooperation community Nancy Neamtan – Claude Papineau Raphaël Assor – Michel Chaurette Jean Pelletier – Paule Sainte-Marie CECI is a much-valued partner of human- Jean-François Cloutier – William Danielle Sauvage – Jean-François Statement itarian organizations specializing in initial Cosgrove – Jean-Claude Desmarais Simard – Karen Spierkel of principles emergency assistance; it complements Ernest Hébert – Michèle Jodoin – Pierre- No. 3 their work as regards reconstruction and Marc Johnson – Pierre Juneau – Jean- the strengthening of local capacities for Luc Legros – Marie Naltchayan – Michel confronting new crises. Samson – Thérèse Sévigny – Martha Breakdown of revenue sources Stone – Monique Vézina in 2002-03 3% Statement Communications are at the heart of our Members from academia strategies for social change and the posi- 12% of principles Manon Bourgeois – Jean Cadieux tions we take. In particular, CECI shall Claude Corbo – Bernard Decaluwé No. 4 participate in campaigns combating Fernand Potvin – Michel Roy – Jacques 23% 62% poverty and violence. Tousignant – Jean Vincelette

Members from religious Our mode of governance and organiza- institutions tional structure are the motors of this Pierre Bélanger – Lucie Blondeau CIDA: 62% Statement strategic vision and of the partnerships to Mario Dufour – Louis-Joseph Goulet Other funding agencies*: 23% be developed. The people at CECI identi- of principles André Lamothe – Jean-Guy Lanthier Value of professional services fy with the organization’s values. They François Lapierre (Mgr) – Marcel rendered by volunteers: 12% No. 5 appreciate the opportunities for profes- Lefebvre – Jacques Levac – Gilles Fund-raising: 3% sional development and growth offered by Lussier (Mgr) – Michel Marcil their work environment. Mireille Morin * World Bank, USAID, UNDP, ASDB, HCR, GEF, AusAID, ministère des Relations internationales du Québec, various foundations, etc. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE FUTURE

World University Service of Canada (Ottawa) and CECI have formed an alliance regarding a five-year unified and innovative volunteer cooperation program. Both organizations already count among the principal Cana- dian volunteer-sending agen- cies. CIDA’s initial reaction was favourable. Should CIDA accept the proposal present- ed in June 2003, CECI and WUSC will implement the biggest program of this type FROM LEFT TO RIGHT,PAUL DAVIDSON,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (WUSC), in the history of the country. CLAUDE PERRAS,DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (CECI), ANGéLE Our Board of Directors TOUCHETTE,DIRECTOR OF OVERSEAS PROGRAMS (WUSC), BARBARA LEVINE,DIRECTOR FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (WUSC) AND MICHEL approved the concept of the CHAURETTE,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (CECI). PHOTO BY GILLES ST-AMAND program in March. In May, it (CECI) endorsed the countries and sectors of intervention retained for the program. As did the WUSC Board of Directors. The following countries were selected: in Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Tanzania (budget permitting), plus South – South exchanges with Benin and Zimbabwe; in Asia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, plus South – South exchanges with Bangladesh, Cambodia and India; in the Americas, Bolivia, Guatemala and Honduras (budget permitting), plus South – South exchanges with El Salvador, Ecuador, Peru and Haiti. AN Should CIDA endorse this proposal, over 1,000 participants (including partners from the South) and more than 100 partner groups, from every province of Canada, and from EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY 15 countries of the South will have participated in the program by 2009. We expect the YEAR official announcement launching the new program to take place on December 5th 2003, i.e. International Volunteer Day. The program should kick off in April 2004.

During the past year, CECI supervised thirteen () ))) THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP IS VERY short term cooperation missions effected in MUCH ALIVE IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS IN Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal by CANADA.WE COLLABORATE WITH CLOSE TO A French volunteers. These interventions mainly HUNDRED LOCAL OR REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS entailed capacity building among members of IN AFRICA,ASIA, THE AMERICAS AND IN current CECI partner organizations. The partici- EASTERN EUROPE.A FEW OF OUR PARTNERS pants and their African counterparts were more ARE MENTIONNED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES. than satisfied with the results obtained from the point of view of transferring skills and knowledge, and that of intercultural enrichment. As a consequence, Congé solidaire

(Paris) and CECI renewed their agreement. In effect, our partner recruits volunteers in (CECI) French companies. The latter contribute to covering the program’s costs. The two par- ERRON ties signed an agreement in pursuance of which CECI will gradually establish the "sol- P idarity leave" model in Canada. ARIE -M NNE :A HOTO P (4) )) The year of partnership and Macedonia were interested in agricultural or international forums for joint action on micro- Regarding volunteer sending, agreements were development. Together with Via le monde (D.B.), credit, new paths for development (World Social renewed, implemented or signed with the CECI co-produced a film in Guatemala entitled Forum in Brazil, 2003), on Vietnam, on develop- International Centre for Conflict Resolution and The Coffee Crisis, which premiered in Montreal ment in Africa, etc. Mediation (Montreal), the Québec without with the participation of the Ottawa-based Borders program, Engineers without Borders organization TransFair. () )))YOUTH TAKING THEIR PLACE IN (Toronto), The New Brunswick Training Group THE SUN! We added to our website a photo album origi- (Fredericton), la Société éducative de l’Alberta In addition to the 19 young volunteers nating from an internal photography contest (Edmonton), le Centre de formation en despatched to the South in the context of vari- held in 2002. Thanks to funding from Industry coopération interculturelle (Rivière-du-Loup), ous agreements, CECI welcomed to its head Canada, we launched a separate website on The Foreign Missions Society (Laval), The office eight interns who made their mark in international cooperation in March 2003 in part- Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa accounting, communications or fund-raising. (Montreal) and, more recently, Community nership with la Société éducative de l’Alberta Experience Initiative (Montreal). As for fair (SÉA). This site was called a "success story" by The CTRC reaches trade, CECI collaborated with MondÉquitable, a a representative of the Industry Canada pro- boutique in Montreal, Équiterre and Marie- gram Francommunautés virtuelles, where it is cruising speed Andrée Délisle & Associates, a company spe- hosted. Various consultation contracts were executed cializing in tourism consulting services. by the Centre for Training, Study and Concerning reintegration into society and Dialogue on development Consultancy, which is a product of the restruc- responsible consumption, we worked with the () ))) Montreal organization Renaissance. Concerning policies CECI defended the role of civil society organi- MEASURING AND MONITORING POVERTY health and palliative care, we explored possibili- zations and that of organizations sending volun- Technical support and training in Burkina Faso, ties with the Hospices Association of Ontario. teers overseas as partners in development. In India, Nepal and Vietnam (client: IDRC). Canada, during private and joint meetings, rep- RIGHTS, PEACE AND DEMOCRACY resentations to this effect were made by our A study on a rights-based approach to develop- Executive Officers to CIDA officials, to the ment (client: CIDA). Minister responsible for CIDA, to the Gender and development in Egypt (client: Parliamentary Finance Committee and to CIDA). l’Association canadienne des parlementaires CONFLICT RESOLUTION francophones. Other steps were taken through A study on conflicts in the mining sector in CCIC, the coalition of volunteer-sending organi- Bolivia and the most effective dialogue mecha- zations and the International Development nisms for managing them, conducted in collab- Executives’ Association (IDEA). In November, oration with the Catholic University of Bolivia THE DIRECTOR OF SEÑOR DE MAYO, AN ASSOCIATION OF BOLIVIAN our Executive Director had the opportunity to (client: IDRC). ARTISANS, ANTONIA RODRIGUEZ DE MOSCOSO, ADDRESSED THE ISSUE observe the work of international volunteers in BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIR TRADE DURING AN OPEN CONFERENCE IN MONTREAL IN Strengthening the cooperative cotton sector in NOVEMBER 2002. HER -WIDE TOUR INCLUDED MOST OF THE South Africa and Mozambique. He was invited PROVINCE'SMAJOR CITIES AND WAS COVERED BY THE MONTREAL DAILY as a resource person on the occasion of les Tchad (client: the World Bank and Japan). LA PRESSE.TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF OUR GUEST, ISABELLE ST- Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier in Lyon, GERMAIN (ÉQUITERRE) AND CAROLINE MARCEL (MONDÉQUITABLE; ALSO A CECI MEMBER) RESPECTIVELY.PHOTO BY GILLES ST-AMAND France. Our Deputy Executive Director acted as turing carried out in 2000-01: (CECI) a consultant on the accreditation of volunteer- Over 225 persons participated in the introduction sending NGOs in Australia. to international cooperation and conflict resolu- A greater presence in the tion courses offered in Montreal and Quebec Canadian public arena CECI participated in consultations on the orien- City. Trainings on human rights and the Equality- CECI's activities garnered media attention sev- tations of Canadian aid to Africa, on defining Equity approach to gender issues were dis- eral times this past year, in particular during the orientations of the future CIDA policy in pensed to CIDA personnel. Over 150 persons, International Development Week in February support of agricultural development (we submit- most of whom were locals, benefited from train- 2003. We organized four tours of delegations ted a position paper), and on up-dating ing on intercultural cooperation in five West from the South in the Montreal region and Canada’s foreign policy. CECI is represented on African countries. On another note, CECI was throughout Quebec. The topic addressed by our the boards of directors of AQOCI, the Montreal certified as a "provider of internal training servic- visitors from Bolivia and Guatemala was fair International Forum and the Groupe d'économie es" by the Government of Quebec. trade, whereas representatives from Senegal solidaire du Québec.We took part in Canadian ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD In the Americas with 1,250 Ecuadoran families and 1,500 Bolivian to sensitize parents in parts of Puno, Peru, regard- families, were beneficiaries of the support provid- ing the future of their children, too often trapped in PERSONNEL IN THE FIELD IN 2002-03 ed by volunteers and local staff to approximately a this particularly unforgiving and hazardous work 70 LOCAL AND 4 CANADIAN EMPLOYEES hundred producers’ associations or groups, com- environment. Funds have recently been obtained 55 CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS posed principally of indigenous members. In from la Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer (of ON LONG TERM CONTRACTS Ecuador, for example, the association of produc- Paris and Lausanne) to establish in Quito a centre 3 ASSOCIATE COOPERANTS (CHILE) AND ers of medicinal plants in Chimborazo (600 mem- to train the Andean region’s female community 8 SHORT TERM CANADIAN YOUTH INTERNS* bers most of whom are women) benefited from the leaders of tomorrow. collective marketing of their production. As part of its CIDA-financed Volunteer Consequently, whereas in 2001 the average price In Guatemala, ASOBAGRI, the Barillas region Cooperation Program, CECI continued to work in per kilo of fresh plants was less than 8 cents, in association of organic and fair trade coffee pro- peace-building and conflict prevention/resolution 2003, its members received 20 cents per kilo. ducers, saw its membership increase by 12%. in the Andes. In effect, 3,000 Peruvians (school- Jambi Kiwa’s membership increases every year. ASOBAGRI pays its 900 members a price 80% children, teachers and parents) and 3,000 chil- Marketed production reached 10 tons per month in higher than the market price. A Japanese buyer dren, 150 teachers and four institutions in Bolivia 2003. This project was financed by CIDA and by wished to purchase ASOBAGRI certified coffee, were initiated in the art of negotiation. In CECI through its fund-raising campaign. Our but the entire harvest had already been sold to Ecuador, our efforts focussed on conjugal vio- office in the Andes turned its attention to a sector American coffee traders. ASOBAGRI receives lence in partnership with el Centro Integral de la characterized by great poverty, that of the small- support from the Communities in Transition Familia. Some 900 Peruvian households, along scale mines located in higher altitudes. We began Project, which is operated by CECI and co- financed by USAID and CECI. On another front, the Democratic Development Fund (DDF), a CIDA financed project in its ninth year, provided techni- cal and financial assistance to the National Commission on Governance, a body responsible for mobilizing Guatemalan society in the fight against corruption, whether it occurs in public administration, the private sector or community groups. The DDF also gave methodological sup- port to the local governance commissions set up in 23 municipalities by round tables composed of rep- resentatives from municipal governments, civil society and the private sector. DDF Team Leader Ms. L.A. de Paniagua attended the Eleventh International Conference against Corruption in Seoul, in April 2003. Her expenses were covered by the Soros Foundation.

In El Salvador, our Citizen Security pilot project, executed in the municipalities of Puerto La Libertad and Zaragoza, in collaboration with the Montreal group Objectif Sécurité Action, was sin- gled out as one of the best existing initiatives in the country as regards preventing community crime and family violence. The approach used in this ) CIDA financed project was the subject of a publi-

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P ect, in partnership with CCISD, a Quebec City- (6) )) based NGO. This major CIDA financed initiative is In Africa being carried out with local partners such as the Public Health Directorate of Artibonite Department PERSONNEL IN THE FIELD IN 2002-03 and la Fondation Esther Boussiquot.Over 300 155 LOCAL AND 6 CANADIAN EMPLOYEES people attended the premiere of the first Haitian 64 CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS documentary on persons living with AIDS.This film ON LONG TERM CONTRACTS pays tribute to a woman who, although herself HIV- 9 SHORT TERM CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS, positive, has provided assistance and care to per- INCLUDING 7 YOUNG INTERNS sons with AIDS since the very onset of the AIDS pandemic in Haiti. Finally, over 562 families from 3 ASSOCIATE VOLUNTEERS (CAMEROON) AND Carice and Mont-Organisé, Grand Latanier and 13 SHORT TERM FRENCH VOLUNTEERS ON Cayes-Jacmel benefited from CECI’s assistance: "SOLIDARITY LEAVE" restoration of soil fertility to 179 hectares, environ- mental sanitation projects, or rehabilitation and Concerning the results from actions that are self-management of irrigation systems. The US regional in scope, 30 organizations from Guinea, Department of Agriculture sponsored this latter Mali and Burkina Faso formed national advocacy initiative. networks within the framework of the CIDA- financed regional project for Women’s Rights and The development of North-South linkages has Citizenship. Moreover, the support given to region- been a priority. In the area of fair trade, there was al stakeholders contributed to broadening partici- the 2002 Quebec tour of Antonia Rodriguez de pation in the elaboration of the African Charter on Moscoso of Señor de Mayo, an association of Human and Peoples’ Rights’ Additional Protocol on Bolivian women artisans. As for social and respon- Women’s Rights. In the African Great Lakes sible tourism, partnerships were formed between region, the CIDA-financed "Citizen Action for groups in Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, la Société Peace" program supported the actions of local pour un tourisme durable et responsable (the partners active in their communities. Thus, in the Society for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism) Democratic Republic of the Congo, CADI trained and a Montreal company specializing in tourism 200 peace builders and laid the groundwork for a consulting services. As for mass media in indige- dialogue with local authorities regarding the impact nous communities, the Confederation of of war on women. AJPRODHO, an organization Indigenous Nations of Ecuador (CONAIE) and la working with youth in Rwanda, assisted in the WOMEN FARMERS FROM THE NIAYES REGION, SENEGAL, CLEANING Société de communication Atikamekw- CARROTS BEFORE MARKETING THEM.THE PAEP PROJECT (CECI- founding of 29 human rights clubs in schools. As a CIDA). PHOTO BY JOCELYNE DALLAIRE (CECI) Montagnais (Quebec City) have signed a promis- result, over 7,000 young people were sensitized to ing protocol for cooperation. the issues of respect for human rights and toler- orders year after year. The Burkina Faso Chamber ance. of Commerce, a French partner named Tech-Dev * The interns in Bolivia from le Centre de formation en coopération interculturelle (from Rivière-du-Loup, and CECI are executing this project, which is fund- Quebec) receive orientation and technical and adminis- In Burkina Faso, various initiatives were ed by la Coopération française. Our volunteers trative support. There were four of them in that period. launched to support partners working in the city of and local employees provide technical and admin- Ouagadougou. Among these was Santé – Sida, an istrative support. information, education and communications proj- ect, backed by le ministère des Relations inter- In Guinea, eight rural communities of the nationales du Québec. The population of Yako Moyenne Guinée region, representing over (province of Passoré) collaborated in the setting up 120,000 people, have equipped themselves with a of a system for the participatory monitoring of development plan and built elementary schools, poverty. A roundtable of economic organizations health clinics, drinking water supply points and bringing together tens of thousands of producers crossing works (i.e. culverts or pipes). Retained by of both genders was created in the North Central the Guinean government as operator of this World region. The 2,000 women involved in the produc- Bank financed "Village Communities Support tion of shea butter saw their market share increase Program" endeavour, CECI has strengthened the by over 50%. This translated into 92 million CFA management capacities of elected officials and francs (i.e. 220,000 Canadian dollars) of additional civil society actors in each of these municipalities. MEN AT WORK BUILDING A RETAINING RESERVOIR.PHOTO BY CECI-HAITI income. Two major European clients renew their With the support of its donors, CECI contributed significantly to the well-being of thousands of In Sierra Leone, we launched an initiative for the Liberian and Sierra Leonese refugees in two resettlement of refugees and displaced persons camps and in Conakry. Both the refugees them- with CIDA’s support (i.e. its Humanitarian selves and the UNHCR have expressed their sat- Assistance Program) and that of private donors. isfaction with the services provided by our teams. A school and health clinic are being rebuilt. A micro finance program will facilitate the start-up of eco- In Mali, l’Agence de promotion des filières agri- nomic activities by persons in need. coles (Agency for the Promotion of Agro-food Systems) and the World Bank (the funding In 2002, Chairperson Danielle Sauvage visited agency) were appreciative of CECI’s contribution many of our projects in Senegal, Mali and Guinea. to a market garden production techniques pilot project. In le cercle de Niafunké region (Timbuktu area), over 20,000 persons in 19 villages benefited DAKAR WAS ONE OF PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRÉTIEN’S DESTINATIONS In Eastern Europe from new infrastructure projects (nine wells, includ- DURING HIS MAY 2002 TOUR OF AFRICA.HEISSEEN HERE IN THE COMPANY OF CECI PERSONNEL, INCLUDING SYLVAIN MATTE, OUR ing one equipped with a pump, seven schools and PERSONNEL IN THE FIELD IN 2002-03 REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, WHO IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE PM. a fully equipped health centre), as well as training PHOTO BY CECI-SENEGAL. 3 CANADIANS (ONE EMPLOYEE AND and sensitization activities related to health issues TWO CONSULTANTS) In the Central African Republic, our biodiversity or education. These projects were carried out with 2 FULL-TIME AND 4 PART-TIME NATIONAL conservation efforts in the Bangassou forest the collaboration of two local NGOs. Moreover, five EMPLOYEES (WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS) ecosystem continued despite the political context mill and hulling machine units were put in place, (the 2003 coup) and the interruption in road com- three ponds were developed for agricultural pur- CECI is building a network of local partners, trans- munications. The local population was happy to poses and seven large diameter wells were con- ferring skills and exchanging know-how for eco- see several activities maintained, in particular the structed. Committees were formed to execute or nomic and social development, as well as for assistance for economic activities provided by a manage these works. This was all done within the peace and stability. community businesses support fund. The project framework of the PAIB (Basic Initiatives Support also launched a comic strip for local high school Project), a World Bank-financed anti-poverty ini- In Macedonia, along with the Macedonia students aimed at mobilizing them in favour of for- tiative in one of the country’s most impoverished Enterprise Development Foundation (MEDF) we est habitats and fauna preservation. This initiative regions. In 2002, CECI undertook to support support paprika, tomato and apple sub-sectors to is financed by the UNDP and the Global groups of women producing shea butter in the become more competitive (funding from CIDA). Environment Facility. Mandé region with a view to give them access to a These sub-sectors, that represent 8,000 family more lucrative market: Western manufacturers of farms, 10 processing units and 8 wholesalers, as In Senegal, le Réseau Sigil Jiggéen independent- cosmetic products. well as government stakeholders, have registered ly continued its advocacy activities nation-wide in as an association and established a three year favour of women’s rights, including their citizenship In Niger, collaboration with CECI is increasingly strategic plan. In 2002, ten representatives were rights. As part of a CIDA financed project, sought for projects in civil society capacity-building, exposed in Canada to the challenges and l’Association des unions maraîchères des Niayes combating HIV/AIDS and community develop- approaches of sub-sector groups (table de concer- (The Association of Niayes Market Gardening ment. In operation for two years in Agadez, tation). MEDF has integrated the sub-sector strat- Unions) developed its institutional capacities in Tillabéri and Zinder, a program for supporting the egy into its corporate plan, ensuring ongoing sup- onion marketing, among other areas. Given its development of non-formal education has proven port to the target groups after funding from CIDA importance in the region, the AUMN was invited by highly successful: 24 literacy program operators ends in 2004. the Government of Senegal to participate in the have become better equipped to deliver quality lit- elaboration of a future local development program. eracy training, 571 literacy centres have opened, In Kosovo, a project funded by USAID through Agricultural producers, of both genders, have insti- 5,660 persons have learned to read and write (of Save the Children US was started to stimulate tuted local cross-sectoral roundtables in five local- whom 54% are women), etc. In light of this CIDA- agricultural development through increasing vol- ities in this region; likewise, a regional water man- financed program’s good results, the Government umes of marketed and processed vegetable prod- agement roundtable – water is a critical resource of Niger and the World Bank have asked CECI to ucts, and strengthening capacity of farmers’ asso- here – has also been set up. An anti-poverty proj- replicate the program in four other regions or ciations to provide extension services to members. ect funded by the World Bank has been initiated provinces. The project is implemented in partnership with the in Louga, in the same region. The area’s most dis- Kosovo Development Centre (KDC), a national advantaged households will soon have better NGO that is becoming a leading service provider access to basic social services. in the agricultural sector.

(8) )) ns nild“ihAttd avs:AMosaicof ings, entitled “High Altitude Harvest: Theproceed- issues andindigenousknowledge. r Among thetopicsdiscussedwere therolesand specialists, government representatives, etc. fa –were inattendance, including the Rockies, etc. people –fromtheHimalayas, theAndes, theAlps, Fa SymposiumonMountain the International Economic Development (CBED)projecthosted Mountains, the In TERM AUSTRALIAN YOUTH INTERNS 101 SHORT TERMCANADIAN YOUTH INTERNS 4 SHORT ON LONG TERM CONTRACTS 41 CANADIANVOLUNTEERS AND6CANADIAN EMPLOYEES 125 LOCAL PERSONNEL In Asia ights ofwomen, developing co-ops, research rm r igi usre taaca tt.Over 150 Uttaranchalming inMussorie, State. India

operators, co-opmanagers, development , during the International theInternational , during Year of IN THE FIELDIN2002-03 CIDA -funded Community-Based e Development - In community. w by The largerofthetwo projectswas mostlyfunded b houses, 161classrooms, 10community service 763 Theresultswere impressive: quake in2001. ed inGujarat, aState rocked by amajorearth- and ANA,two rehabilitation projectswere complet- with localorganizations, namelyBAPS, RCT, KVT NABARD, the The event was endorsedby fromBolivia, partners Vietnam, NepalandIndia. were Amongtheparticipants 2003. lished inApril P Mountain Forum ICIMOD Commonwealth Foundation, xcellence toaproject recentlyimplementedby a uildings and8water supplysystemswere rebuilt. erspectives onMountainFarming”, were pub- as established in Toronto by theIndo-Canadian

the Nepal oeneto taaca,UTDASP, Government ofUttaranchal, Gujarat Earthquake ReliefFund Gujarat Earthquake , theUSAgencyfor International the USAID . Also inIndia,collaboration Ford Foundation, aw arded a certificate of arded acertificate IA DC CCA, IDRC, CIDA, and the , which the Ja enhancing theprofitabilityofsmallfamily farms.* CECI team,inrecognitionfor itscontribution to AsDB (CGISP) isfundedby the Community Ground Water SectorProject Irrigation The Their yieldshave increasedby 200%. g and low costtechnologyfor tappingshallow ing householdswere provided withtheknow-how Nepal,closeto4,000poorfarm- ofsouthern tricts Intwelve lowland dis- has usedUKbilateral funds. isthefirsttimethatCECI aidprograms.This British DFID This projectissubsequenttoatenderwe won from inthisendeavourOur localpartner isHURON. country, anddisseminatetheresultantfindings. zations directlyinvolved reductioninthe inpoverty the methodsandevaluate theresultsofallorgani- Living Conditionsfor thePoorest) thatwillanalyse UK-funded projectknown as on ae.They now grow crops allyear round. round water. n uary 2003marked thebeginningofa6-year uary in thecontext oftherecentuntyingcertain and CIDA . Government ofNepal, Utthan (Improving

PHOTO : CAROLINE ROGER-VIETNAM In Cambodia, we focus on capacity-building () ))) CBED (1995-2002) AND CHI (1998- through ad hoc training and skills sharing. Over 20 2003): SUSTAINABLE RESULTS IN private and public institutions, as well as a few international organizations offering services to the WESTERN NEPAL community, benefited from the support of 50 vol- An estimated 200,000 people benefited from two unteers, 46 of whom were short-term Australian CIDA-funded projects carried out in three isolated Youth Ambassadors for Development. AusAID districts of western Nepal: Jumla, Baitadi and funds the AYAD program.** At the end of the year, Dadeldhura. Overall, the Community-Based our team was busy preparing a new project to be Economic Development project fostered the for- funded by La Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile mation of 339 producers’ groups (PGs), 106 sav- Léger, a Canadian charity.This project will work to ings & credit groups (SCGs) and 161 community help protect the health of impoverished women forest users groups (CFUGs). By the end of 2002, involved in the sex trade, combat the spread of the 24% of all community-based groups were AIDS pandemic and also provide these women assessed as "self-reliant," 46% had attained an with the means to earn a decent living outside advanced state of development, while none () ))) IN AUGUST 2002, TORRENTIAL RAINS, FLOODS AND LAND- prostitution. remained in the "emerging state." The overall SLIDES DEVASTATED THE DISTRICTS OF DHANUSHA AND MAHOTTARI, IN membership of PGs reached 8,000. They market- THE SOUTH OF NEPAL.OVER 160,000 PERSONS WERE THE BENEFICI- ARIES OF RECONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION EFFORTS CARRIED OUT * This project was named MARD, i.e. Market Access for ed over 6,000 metric tonnes of cash crops in 2001- BY THE TEAM FROM PROJECT UPAKAR ("HELP OTHERS"), BETWEEN Rural Development. 02, which generated an average of 12,250 rupees OCTOBER 2002 AND APRIL 2003. of income per household (up from 4,800 in 1996- OUR DONORS FUNDED THIS PROJECT. ** Since 2001, CECI-Asia has been supervising young Australian volunteers assigned to Nepal, Vietnam and 97). In 2002, membership in CFUGs reached Cambodia by Austraining, an Adelaide-based NGO. 11,900 (up from 2,464 in 1996-97) and 92 CFUGs Thirty-six AYADs worked in Vietnam (in HCMC and were legally registered entities. Through their In Vietnam, CECI was one of the first foreign Hanoi), while 19 were posted in Nepal. 15,600 members, the 106 SCGs had accumulated NGOs to join the National Disaster Mitigation savings of about 28.4 million rupees (about Partnership and, through the CIDA-funded 600,000 Canadian dollars) in 2002. In 1996-97, Capacity Adaptation for Climate Change project, there were fewer SCGs and each one held less one of the first to actually build capacity in disaster than 11,000 rupees of savings on average.* preparedness at the local level. Among the proj- ects currently implemented by CECI in the country, The Community Health Initiative project had an the CIDA-funded "Integrated Livelihood for equally palpable impact. For instance, almost Mountain Communities" project in Than Hoa 8,000 households (close to 50,000 people) were Province stands out in terms of results. A signal given access to clean drinking water through the achievement: the malnutrition rate of children construction or rehabilitation of 157 gravity water under 5 dropped from 44% to 27% in 10 priority systems. Some 92% of these were assessed as communes. Numerous infrastructure micro-proj- properly maintained. Over 14,600 pit latrines were ects were completed in 30 communes, including 5 installed, 99% of which were actually used. The drinking water systems, 65 centres for pre-school result: a 42% drop in chronic dysentery among children and 63 irrigation schemes that produced a children. CHI’s Nutrition Education Rehabilitation 22% increase in irrigated area. Endowed with new Program covered no less than 447 villages and skills and technologies, many households have restored the health of 21,900 seriously malnour- already tripled their rice and maize yields. ished children under 5. The Safe Motherhood Furthermore, 28 savings and credit organizations Program was quite effective too, as some 65 to have been established with a total membership of 70% of pregnant and nursing women were provid- close to 4,000. Over half of their members have ed with iron foliate tablets or vitamin supplements. received loans for small business activities and In 2003, CIDA agreed to support an expanded and women accounted for 72% of the recipients. The long-term CECI-led program to further combat loan repayment rate is 98%. Two district govern- () ))) JANE WELSH, AN AYAD VOLUNTEER ASSISTING THE BLIND poverty in western Nepal. ments and a CECI team jointly manage this proj- PERSONS ASSOCIATION, PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA. PHOTO BY NILE SPRAGUE ect, initiated in 2001. * These results were recently acknowledged by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) in Washington.

(10) )) THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DONORS FUND-RAISING $787 823 We would like to express our gratitude to all persons or This is the amount we raised through our general institutions who made a donation to CECI in 2002-2003. and humanitarian fund-raising campaigns. Out of this sum, $313,630 went to humanitarian relief Whatever the amount, every donation we receive is sin- efforts following floods in Nepal, refugee move- cerely appreciated. The following is a list of donors who ments in West Africa, etc.; another $163,050 is tied to specific projects or to the volunteer cooper- contributed $500 or more, save those who preferred to ation program as a whole; finally, $311,143 are remain anonymous: untied donations to be allocated to various proj- ects, as needs dictate. Religious communities and Aéroports de Montréal - Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus - Jean-Bruno institutions provided over 80% of our fund-raising Beauregard - Patricia Borlace - Thérèse Bouchard - Caisse Centrale revenues. More than 40 of them accepted our invi- Desjardins - Carmélites Déchaussées - Michel Chaurette - Cisterciens tation to take part in a special event we held dur- Trappistes - Clercs de Saint-Viateur - - Collège de Montréal ing the International Development Week in Congrégation de Notre-Dame - Congrégation de Notre-Dame du Saint- February 2003. This event emphasized our long Rosaire - Congrégation du Très-Saint-Sacrement - Corporation of the Sisters established collaborations and common values. 7 of St. Martha - Del Degan Massé & Associés inc. - Guy Desjardins - Rita Dionne-Marsolais - Suzanne et Maurice Dongier - Noëlla Dumont-Lévesque Note: In accordance with generally accepted Fabrique de la paroisse La Résurrection - - Faithful accounting standards, donations registered in 8 Companions of Jesus - Céline et Benoit Faucher - Filles de la Charité du terms of revenue in the Financial Statements Sacré-Cœur de Jésus - Filles de Marie-de-l'Assomption - Filles du Cœur de amounted to $884,268. See Note 2 in the Marie - Filles Réparatrices du Divin Cœur - Fondation du Festin de la Saint- Financial Statements. 7 Hubert - Fondation Émilie Jauron - Fondation Internationale Roncalli Fondation O'Sullivan - Fondation Thomas-Léon Tremblay - Fonds d'Aide F. É.C. - Franciscaines Missionnaires de l'Immaculée-Conception - Frères de Saint-Gabriel du Canada - Camille Gardner - - Suzie-Jacynthe Gravel - Pierre Juneau - Kola Note inc. - L'Aide aux Missions - Hélène Leblanc - Les Filles de Jésus - Pierre Lessard - Marcel Lévesque - Norman 8 MacIsaac - - Oblates Franciscaines de Saint-Joseph Œuvres Caritatives Les Filles de Jésus - - Pères Jésuites Claude Perras - Petites Filles de Saint-Joseph - Petites Franciscaines de 2 Marie - Fernand Potvin - Providence of Saint Vincent de Paul - Religieuses de Jésus-Marie - Religieuses Hospitalières de Saint-Joseph - Religieuses Tr initaires - Jean-Marie Roy - Danielle Sauvage - Sisters of Charity of the 3 Immaculate Conception - Société des Missions Étrangères - Society of the Sacred Heart (Canada) - Sœurs Antoniennes de Marie - Sœurs de la Charité de Québec - Sœurs de la Charité d'Ottawa - Sœurs de la $ Présentation de Marie - Sœurs de l'Assomption de la Sainte-Vierge - Sœurs de l'Immaculée de Gênes - Sœurs de la Miséricorde - Sœurs de Notre- Dame du Perpétuel-Secours - Sœurs de Sainte-Croix - Sœurs de Sainte- Famille de Bordeaux - Sœurs de Saint-François d'Assise - Sœurs de Saint- Joseph de Saint-Vallier - Sœurs de Saint-Paul de Chartres - Sœurs des Saints Noms de Jésus et de Marie - Sœurs des Saints-Cœurs de Jésus et de Marie Sœurs du Sauveur - Sœurs Grises de Montréal - Sœurs MADAME RITA DIONNE-MARSOLAIS, MEMBER OF THE QUEBEC NATIONAL Missionnaires de l'Immaculée-Conception - Sœurs Saint-Joseph de Saint- ASSEMBLY, HANDING OVER A DONATION TO CECI’S EXECUTIVE Hyacinthe - Sœurs Servantes du Saint-Cœur de Marie - René T. Tremblay DIRECTOR.MADAME DIONNE-MARSOLAIS REPRESENTS THE ROSEMONT RIDING, WHERE OUR OFFICES ARE LOCATED. Rémy Trudel Université du Québec à Hull - Ursulines de l'Union Canadienne PHOTO BY GILLES ST-AMAND (CECI) Jean Vincelette FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Statement of revenue and expenses Auditors’ Report year ended March 31, 2003

To the Members of the Board of the 2003 2002 Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale $ $

We have audited the balance sheet of the Centre d’étude et de coopération Revenue internationale as at March 31, 2003 and the statements of revenue and CIDA - Partnership 6,252,994 6,389,731 expenses, changes in net assets and cash flows for the year then ended. CIDA - Bilateral and other 15,297,476 16,689,945 These financial statements are the responsibility of the Centre’s manage- Other funding organizations 8,637,010 11,617,774 ment. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial state- Donations 884,268 1,384,686 ments based on our audit. Contributed services (Note 7) 4,113,852 4,076,047 We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted Other revenue 420,937 248,123 auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are 35,606,537 40,406,306 free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial state- Expenses ments. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and Offices and departments 6,353,722 6,341,335 significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the over- Programs 24,896,574 29,725,240 all financial statement presentation. Contributed services (Note 7) 4,113,852 4,076,047 In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material Amortization of capital assets 175,251 124,348 respects, the financial position of the Centre as at March 31, 2003 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accor- 35,539,399 40,266,970 dance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Excess of revenue over expenses 67,138 139,336

Chartered Accountants May 30, 2003

Statement of changes in net assets Year ended March 31, 2003

Invested in Restricted for Total capital assets endowment Unrestricted 2003 2002 purposes $$$ $$ (Note 6)

Balance, beginning of year 976,080 437,530 1,179,947 2,593,557 2,454,221 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses (175,251) - 242,389 67,138 139,336 Investment in capital assets, net of financing and deferred contributions 742,853 - (742,853) - -

Balance, end of year 1,543,682 437,530 679,483 2,660,695 2,593,557

(14) )) Balance sheet Statement of cash flows as at March 31, 2003 year ended March 31, 2003

2003 2002 2003 2002 $ $ $ $

Assets Operating activities Current assets Excess of revenue over expenses 67,138 139,336 Cash 3,382,384 4,700,089 Adjustments for: Temporary investments 112,500 - Investments devaluation 47,000 - Accounts receivable 879,296 2,125,234 Amortization of capital assets 175,251 124,348 Prepaid expenses 730,125 643,942 289,389 263,684 5,104,305 7,469,265 Changes in non-cash operating working Investments (Note 3) 343,009 379,543 capital items (Note 8) (741,275) (4,538,475) Capital assets (Note 4) 2,804,235 2,121,846 (451,886) (4,274,791) 8,251,549 9,970,654 Financing activities Liabilities Increase in long-term debt 120,150 992,525 Current liabilities Contributions related to the acquisition Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 966,681 1,317,171 of the building (5,363) 153,241 Deferred contributions CIDA (net of an account receivable 114,787 1,145,766 of $1,192,752; $688,744 in 2002) 778,421 2,529,956 Other 2,585,199 2,384,204 Investing activities Current portion of long-term debt (Note 5) 51,100 51,100 Acquisition of investments (10,466) (17,208) Acquisition of capital assets (857,640) (1,401,623) 4,381,401 6,282,431 (868,106) (1,418,831) Deferred contributions related to capital assets 147,878 153,241 Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (1,205,205) (4,547,856) Long-term debt (Note 5) 1,061,575 941,425 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 4,700,089 9,247,945 Net assets Invested in capital assets 1,543,682 976,080 Cash and cash equivalents, end of year 3,494,884 4,700,089 Restricted for endowment purposes (Note 6) 437,530 437,530 Unrestricted 679,483 1,179,947 Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and temporary investments. 2,660,695 2,593,557 Supplementary information Interest paid 13,255 11,140 8,251,549 9,970,654 Notes to Financial Statements c) Cash and cash equivalents Year ended March 31, 2003 Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and short-term investments in money market instruments that mature in three months or less. 1. Description of the organization The Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale is incorporated d) Capital assets under Part III of the Companies Act (Québec). Capital assets are recorded at cost and are amortized using the following The Centre takes part in activities to promote economic, social and cul- methods and rates: tural development in Third World countries by training and sending vol- unteers and technical assistants to these areas, undertaking projects, Building Straight-line 4% conducting research and publishing special works. Library Straight-line 5% Furniture and equipment Declining balance 20% and 30% Leasehold improvements Straight-line 20% 2. Significant accounting policies Audio-visual equipment Declining balance 20% The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Automotive equipment Declining method 30% Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and include the fol- lowing significant accounting policies: 3. Investments a) Revenue recognition 2003 2002 Book Market Book Market The Centre follows the deferral method of accounting for contributions. value value value value Unrestricted contributions are recognized as revenue when received or $$$$ receivable if the amount to be received can be reasonably estimated and collection is reasonably assured. Endowment contributions are recog- Money market 13,250 13,228 15,656 15,656 nized as direct increases in net assets. Bonds and debentures 171,739 176,487 161,949 162,433 Canadian equity funds 132,238 109,892 168,104 137,365 b) Foreign transaction recognition Foreign equity funds 25,782 21,250 33,834 27,960 The Centre accounts for its expenses using recognized accounting prac- 343,009 320,857 379,543 343,414 tices for this type of organization: i) Capital expenditures incurred for overseas activities are charged as 4. Capital assets operating expenses with the exception of the capital expenditures of 2003 2002 regional offices, which, since April 1, 2002, are capitalized. Valuation Accumulated Net Book Net Book cost amortization value value ii) Overseas expenses are recorded when expensed. $$$$ iii) Gains or losses due to changes in exchange rates are charged to the programs to which they are related. Land 869,445 - 869,445 869,445 Building 1,066,706 37,335 1,029,371 459,959 iv) Other contributions for technical assistance to the Volunteers and Furniture and equipment 1,312,779 986,881 325,898 301,941 Partnerships Program represent overseas partners’ share of living Library 542,607 81,390 461,217 488,347 allowances and volunteer housing. Audio-visual equipment 35,718 33,996 1,722 2,154 Automotive equipment 137,155 20,573 116,582 - 3,964,410 1,160,175 2,804,235 2,121,846 5. Long-term debt 7. Contributed services 2003 2002 Contributed services represent the value of the unpaid contribution provid- $ $ ed by the volunteers. The value of this contribution for 2002-2003 is esti- mated at $40,135 ($38,453 for 2001-2002). This amount was obtained from Loan secured by a first-rank hypothec on the a study conducted in February 1994 and indexed for the Consumer Price building for a maximum authorized amount Index for 1995-1996 to 2002-2003. The number of volunteers, expressed in of $1,121,250, payable in monthly instalments person-years, is 104 in 2002-2003 and 106 in 2001-2002. of $3,738, plus interest calculated at 7.05%, due January 15, 2017 1,068,925 942,525 8. Changes in non-cash operating Loan payable in annual instalments of working capital items $6,250 plus interest, due in December 2009, non-interest bearing for the first three years, 2003 2002 bearing interest at 1% the fourth year, $ $ 2% the fifth year, 3% the sixth year, 4% the seventh year and 5% the eighth year 43,750 50,000 Accounts receivable 1,245,938 (148,575) Prepaid expenses (86,183) (383,740) 1,112,675 992,525 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (350,490) 161,637 Current portion 51,100 51,100 Deferred contributions (1,550,540) (4,167,797) 1,061,575 941,425 (741,275) (4,538,475)

Estimated principal payments to be made in each of the next five years are 9. Commitments as follows: The Centre is committed under renewable, non-cancellable leases for $ administrative premises and equipment for a total of $152,297 as follows:

2004 51,100 $ 2005 51,100 2006 51,100 2003-2004 42,834 2007 51,100 2004-2005 42,834 2008 51,100 2005-2006 29,362 2006-2007 22,671 2007-2008 14,596 6. Net assets restricted for endowment purposes Net assets restricted for endowment purposes are as follows: 10. Contingency a) an amount of $303,540, subject to external restrictions requiring that any The Centre granted CIDA two letters of credit to finance projects. A letter resources be maintained permanently in the Fonds Pelletier. The related for $ 125,000 is due Octber 31, 2003 and another for $ 200,000 is due investment income is used to finance projects aimed at education and December 31, 2003. training for women and girls; b) an amount of $134,080, subject to external restrictions requiring that any resources be maintained permanently in the Fonds Jean Bouchard. The related investment income is used to finance projects aimed at basic human needs. CECI IN THE WORLD

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN 2002-03:

Allocation of resources per region* Breakdown of resources per sector* 2% Africa: 40.5% 22% Economic Development**: 42.5% Asia: 29.5% 28% 42,5% Social Development: 22% 40,5% The Americas: 28% Human Rights and 14% Eastern Europe: 2% Democratic Development: 21.5% 29,5% Humanitarian Assistance***: 14% * Including the value of services rendered by 21,5% volunteers. * Including the value of services rendered by volunteers. ** Including environmental protection and rehabilitation. *** Reconstruction and rehabilitation, and refugee relief efforts. (16) )) OUR DECENTRALIZED OFFICES

AMERICAS AFRICA ASIA REGIONAL PROGRAM REGIONAL PROGRAM REGIONAL PROGRAM

1)))Bolivia 8)))Senegal 15)))Vietnam Anne-Marie SAULNIER, Regional Director Sylvain MATTE, Regional Director François LAFRENIÈRE, Regional Director Jean LAFLAMME, Director (Andes) Babacar GUEYE, Director (Senegal) Monique LAROSE, Representative in Vietnam Pasaje Juan J. Salgueiro # 2347 - Sopocachi Boul. du Sud, Point E Block P, La Thanh Hotel, 218 Doi Can Street, Casilla Postal 13520 B.P. 6112 Dakar, SÉNÉGAL Ba Dinh District La Paz, BOLIVIA Tel: (221) 8.256.414 IPO Box 233 Hanoi, VIETNAM Tel: (591) 2.241.1767 Fax: (221) 8.253.238 Tel: (844) 762.8422 Fax: (591) 2.241.2307 Fax: (844) 762.8423 9)))Burkina Faso 2)))Ecuador Adama OUÉDRAOGO, Director 16)))Nepal Fernando ROSERO, Director 01 B.P.3440 Ouagadougou Kabita BHATTARAI, Director Calle Pontevedra # 509 y Guipuzcoa BURKINA FASO G.P.O. Box 2959 Baluwatar Sector La Floresta Tel: (226) 362.992 Katmandou, NÉPAL Casilla 17-17-464 Fax: (226) 360.752 Tel: (977) 1.414.430 Quito, ECUADOR Fax: (977) 1.413.256 Tel and Fax: (593-2) 2521-262 10)))Guinea, Républic of Dian DIALLO, Director 17)))India 3)))Peru B.P. 1385 Conakry Norman McISAAC, Representative Av.Primavera 1477 RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE 241 - Vasant Bihar, Phase 1 Monterico Tel and Fax: (224) 423.997 Dehradun, Uttaranchal Lima 33, PERÚ 248006 INDIA Tel: (511) 437-9441 11)))Mali Tel: (91) 135.756.218 Fax : (511) 435-9125 Mariétou D. DIABY, Director Fax: (91) 135.756.219 1085, rue 240, Quartier Hippodrome 4)))Guatemala B.P. 109 Bamako, MALI 18)))Cambodia Ana DE MENDEZ, Director Tel: (223) 2.214.844 Lyne CARON, Representative 2a Calle 15-29, Zona 13, Guatemala Ciudad Fax: (223) 2.216.523 # 91, Street No 21, Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon C.A. 01013, GUATEMALA P. O. Box 2443 Phnom Penh - 3 Tel: (502) 360.3341 12)))Niger Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA Fax: (502) 332.7065 Issoufou BOUBACAR, Director Tel: (855) 23.217.561 B.P. 889 Niamey, NIGER Fax: (855) 23.215.419 5)))El Salvador Tel: (227) 753.102 Alan QUINN, Representative Fax: (227) 754.102 Centro Comercial Feria Rosa EASTERN EUROPE Local 103-C 13)))Central African Republic 19)))Kosovo San Salvador, EL SALVADOR Florent ZOWOYA, Project Team Leader (Bangassou) Claudio RAMIREZ, Project Team Leader Tel and Fax: (503) 243.2376 B.P. 788 Bangui c/o KDC RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE Str. "Dëshmoret e Lirisë no. 135" 6)))Haiti Gjakovë, KOSOVO Guypsy MICHEL, Director (Caribeans) 14)))Great Lakes of Africa Tel and fax: (381) 390.26.374 9, rue M. Latortue, Delmas 48 Angèle AUBIN, Representative B.P. 16104 Pétion-Ville (Rwanda, Burundi, RDC) Port-au-Prince, HAÏTI 2, rue Ntaruka, quartier Kiyovu Tel: (509) 249-9555 B.P. 532 Kigali, RWANDA Fax: (509) 249-9577 Tel and Fax: (250) 5.76.018

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