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Up-Front Multi-Year Funding
Strategic Outcome: A competitive agriculture, agri-food and agri-based product sector that proactively manages risk
Program Activity: Business Risk Management
Name of Recipient: Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI)
Start Date: December 14, 2006
End Date: March 31, 2022
Description: To encourage independent policy research benefitting the Canadian agricultural sector. The conditional grant for CAPI will ensure continued success in building an inclusive and forward looking dialogue on the future of Canadian agriculture, and provide a stable and sustained forum to discuss issues of importance to the industry.
| ($ millions) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Funding |
Prior Years' Funding |
Planned Funding 2009-2010 |
Planned Funding 2010-2011 |
Planned Funding 2011-2012 |
| 15.0 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
Summary of Annual Plans of Recipient: In accordance with article 9 of their funding agreement, CAPI submitted their required plans: Policy Research Plan FY 2008-2009 and Business Plan FY 2008-2009 in March 2008. Their 2009-2010 Reports will be submitted to AAFC in March 2009. CAPI's research priorities are guided by their overall strategic vision: Agriculture and Agri-Food providing solutions that contribute to the quality of life of Canadians and to the profitability of the sector. To meet this target, two project types have been identified. The first, referred to as Partnership projects, aim to leverage industry and government support to address specific sector challenges and policy issues and, the second, referred to as Visionary projects, aspire to explore critical issues in the agri-food sector to identify options and to engage decision makers in policy dialogue.
Generally, their Business Plan establishes the accounting procedures to manage the AAFC-CAPI agreement and the overall budget and cash flow projections and establishes other governance guidelines.
CAPI's activities in the next few years will focus on projects such as: Measuring Farm Income, Implementing Regulatory Change, Facilitating Canada's Rural Renaissance, Business Models for the Agri-Food Sector and creating partnerships with Health Canada for an Integrated Agri-Food Policy for Better Health and Economic Convergence. CAPI also undertakes activities that serve to identify emerging issues, seek partners, provide a third party perspective and promote policy dialogue. Focus on different activities may shift as they provide their new Research plans for the upcoming years depending on emerging priorities.
Planned Evaluation(s): CAPI is required to complete a first interim performance evaluation report by June 30, 2010. Further performance evaluation reports are required by June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2020, with a final performance evaluation required by June 30, 2022. An independent third party appointed by CAPI will complete the evaluations. The Minister or the Auditor General of Canada may perform either performance evaluations or compliance audits with respect to the use of the grant received from AAFC.
Planned Audit(s): A full audit of CAPI's financial statements will be conducted on an annual basis by an independent auditor retained by CAPI, in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Principles. The first financial audit was conducted and submitted to AAFC in July 2008 with the Annual Report for 2007/2008.
URL to Recipient Site: www.capi-icpa.ca