Technical Assistance Regulations — 9
9 (1) CIDA may pay the following expenses and benefits in respect of a cooperant referred to in section 7 or 8 and any dependents of that cooperant: (a) an overseas allowance not exceeding the total amount of such allowances authorized to be paid to employees in accordance with the Foreign Service Directives ; (b) an amount equal to 50 per cent of the total annual contribution made by the cooperant to one or more retirement saving plans, not exceeding seven per cent of the basic fee referred to in section 8, where no employer contribution has been made to those plans; (c) an allowance to cover 50% of the premium for a basic accident and health insurance plan and 100% of any surcharges for exceptional conditions affecting the cooperant’s health and security in the country of assignment; (d) an education allowance for the primary education and secondary education of children who are dependants of the cooperant, not exceeding the total amount of such allowances authorized to be paid to employees in accordance with the Foreign Service Directives ; (e) travel, living and moving expenses and allowances not exceeding the total amount of such expenses and allowances authorized to be paid to employees in accordance with the Foreign Service Directives ; (f) if adequate accommodation is not provided by the host country, an accommodation allowance to cover the amount by which the cost of rented accommodation in the host country exceeds any amount received directly from the host country for that purpose; (g) an allowance to cover the amount by which the monthly cost of the household utilities of the rented accommodation during the cooperant’s assignment abroad exceeds the average monthly cost for public utilities in Ottawa; (h) an allowance to cover the cost of medical examinations and immunizations recommended by the Department of Health for persons posted abroad; (i) an allowance to cover the cost of post transportation, not exceeding the total amount of such allowances and expenses authorized to be paid to employees in accordance with the Foreign Service Directives ; and (j) any other actual and reasonable expenses of an unusual nature that arise as a consequence of the cooperant’s assignment abroad. (2) Any amounts paid by CIDA under paragraph 9(1)(j) shall be included in an annual report to the Treasury Board Secretariat. (3) CIDA shall pay, in respect of a child of the cooperant, including a child adopted legally or in fact by the cooperant, or a child of the cooperant’s spouse or common-law partner, who is under 21 years of age and does not ordinarily reside with the cooperant or with the cooperant and the cooperant’s spouse or common-law partner, an allowance for the cost of travel for the purpose of family reunion, not exceeding the total amount of such allowances authorized to be paid to employees in accordance with the Foreign Service Directives . (4) For greater certainty, the conditions that apply in respect of the payment of the expenses and allowances referred to in this section to employees under the Foreign Service Directives also apply in respect of the payment of such expenses and allowances to a cooperant under this section. SOR/2003-415, s. 5