Reference number : 064-2024-2025-Q4-00043, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : WUSC - World University Service of Canada | EUMC - Entraide universitaire mondiale du Canada, recipient country : CA, recipient province : ON, recipient city : OTTAWA, recipient postal code : K1Y 4M8, program name english : Contributions - Bilateral Programming, program name french : The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development., program purpose english : Contribution Programmation bilatérale, program purpose french : L’objectif princial du programme d’aide au développement international du Ministère est de réduire la pauvreté pour les populations qui vivent dans les pays où Affaires mondiales Canada se livre au développement international., agreement title english : Advancing Growth Innovation and Leadership for Enterprises (AGILE), agreement title french : Promouvoir la croissance, l'innovation et le leadership pour les entreprises, agreement number : 7465323 P014585001, agreement value : 9750000.0, agreement start date : 2025-03-07, agreement end date : 2029-12-31, description english : The Advancing Growth Innovation and Leadership for Enterprises (AGILE) aims to increase the resilience of Vietnam`s populations vulnerable to climate change. AGILE will drive ecosystem enhancements that lead to increased investment in and support for Vietnamese women-focused climate enterprises (CE). These CEs would then be able to grow, thrive and maximize their impact on vulnerable populations` resilience to climate change by offering resilient employment opportunities and by delivering products and services that help individual consumers, businesses and other stakeholders adapt to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. The project activities include: (1) Strengthening capacity of BK Holdings and other local enablers in providing business acceleration services for women-focused CEs; (2) Working with investors to deploy a challenge grant for the CEs that are ready to attract private capital. The grant would then help leveraging gender-responsive climate finance into these CEs; (3) Providing trainings and support services for WISE and other local women`s business support organizations to strengthen their capacity to translate between gender and finance to promote gender lens investing in Vietnam., description french : Le projet Promouvoir la croissance, l'innovation et le leadership pour les entreprises  vise à accroître la résilience des populations vietnamiennes vulnérables au changement climatique. Ce projet favorisera des améliorations des écosystèmes qui entraîneront un investissement accru et un soutien aux entreprises climatiques (CE) axées sur les femmes au Vietnam. Ces entreprises seront ainsi en mesure de croître, de prospérer et de maximiser leur impact sur la résilience des populations vulnérables face au changement climatique en offrant des opportunités d'emploi résilientes et en fournissant des produits et services qui aident les consommateurs individuels, les entreprises et d'autres parties prenantes à s'adapter et à atténuer les effets négatifs du changement climatique., expected results english : The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) Strengthened provision of growth support to Climate Enterprises, especially those led by or serving women; (2) Increased investment in gender responsive and inclusive Climate Enterprises; and, (3) Increased deployment of funds using a gender lens by climate investors., expected results french : Les résultats attendus du projet comprennent : (1) le renforcement de l'accompagnement des entreprises climatiques, en particulier celles dirigées par des femmes ou visant à servir les femmes, (2) l'augmentation des investissements dans des entreprises climatiques sensibles au genre et inclusives, (3) l'augmentation du déploiement de fonds par les investisseurs climatiques en appliquant une approche axée sur le genre., additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : dfatd-maecd, owner organization title : Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada