Ensure Canada's strong and sustained engagement in the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
What success looks like
Promotion of Canadian values of diversity and inclusion through La Francophonie and promotion of French Canadian culture globally.
Government's narrative on progress
Canada maintains a strong and sustained commitment to the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) and continues to use it as an important platform to engage the international community on priority areas. On gender equality, Canada continues to play an active role in the implementation of La Francophonie's Gender Equality Strategy for the Promotion of Equality Between Women and Men. Canada has also played an active role in the promotion of women and youth empowerment and in the development of La Francophonie’s Action Plan on Women's Economic Empowerment. In May 2018, Canada supported the organization of an international conference on conflict prevention and human security in Ottawa. The conference, which was organised by the University of Ottawa and the IOF, aimed to develop a roadmap to update existing Francophonie tools and instruments to address conflict prevention and human security in Francophonie member countries. ?Canada played a leading role in the development and adoption at the 2018 Yerevan Summit of the first IOF transparency consolidation policy. Canada continues to advocate in support of enhanced governance and transparency measures to further strengthen the Organisation's administrative and financial governance practices. On March 26, 2019, Canada's leadership was recognized by the Secretary General and IOF members following the appointment of Canadian Catherine Cano as a Director of the IOF. As the organization's second in command, Ms. Cano will manage the administrative and financial affairs as well as the implementation of the programming and decisions adopted by the Heads of State and government during Francophonie summits.
Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.