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Schedules to the Technical Assistance Handbook — November 2014

Important Notice

Please see the April 1, 2009 amendments (PDF Format) to the Technical Assistance Handbook.

This document is revised monthly by CIDA's Technical Assistance Unit.

E-mail: cooperant@acdi-cida.gc.ca

Introduction

This document contains the most recent updates to the Technical Assistance Handbook.

Chapter 3 - Relocation: shipping and storage

3.3 The list of countries where all household effects must be shipped by air:

  • Afghanistan
  • Bolivia
  • Burkina Faso
  • Colombia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ecuador
  • Ethiopia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mongolia
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Venezuela (from city of assignment only)
  • Zambia

3.5 Long-term storage in Canada

Monthly maximum: C$280

Chapter 7 - Housing

7.1.3 Utility costs

The cooperant's/advisor's monthly share of admissible utility costs: C$250 + 50% of the amount which exceeds C$250

Chapter 8 - Education

The amounts indicated below are effective: September 1, 2014

1. Non-resident school fees for public education in Canada (if necessary)

Elementary and Secondary School: actual cost charged by the appropriate school board.

2. Board, lodging and laundry

Monthly maximum: C$2,314.50 x 10 months maximum = C$23,145 per school year

3. Residential school in Canada

Maximum education allowance: C$53,750

4. Residential school in Quebec: Weekend board and lodging ceiling

Up to a maximum of C$5,460 per school year

5. List of Admissible School Supplies

An allowance may be set for the following craft supplies only, based on a cost estimate provided by the cooperant/advisor and a letter from the school principal confirming that these items are not supplied by the school: construction paper, color paints, paint brushes, art paper, mural paint, mural paper, textiles used for art, and clay. Parents are responsible for all other school supplies.

6. Midday meal service

The cooperant's/advisor's share of compulsory school-provided meals required to be paid as a compulsory condition of enrolment:  C$2.19 per school day, per child.

Chapter 9

9.2 Post Living Allowance (PLA)

Effective June 1, 2014

Table 1: Post Living Allowance
Fee RangeNominal Fee% adjustment
FromTo
30,45031,44930,9500.810
31,45032,44931,9500.794
32,45033,44932,9500.779
33,45034,44933,9500.764
34,45035,44934,9500.751
35,45036,44935,9500.738
36,45037,44936,9500.726
37,45038,44937,9500.715
38,45039,44938,9500.704
39,45040,44939,9500.694
40,45041,44940,9500.684
41,45042,44941,9500.675
42,45043,44942,9500.666
43,45044,44943,9500.658
44,45045,44944,9500.650
45,45046,44945,9500.642
46,45047,44946,9500.634
47,45048,44947,9500.627
48,45049,44948,9500.621
49,45050,44949,9500.614
50,45051,44950,9500.608
51,45052,44951,9500.602
52,45053,44952,9500.596
53,45054,44953,9500.590
54,45055,44954,9500.585
55,45056,44955,9500.580
56,45057,44956,9500.575
57,45058,44957,9500.570
58,45059,44958,9500.565
59,45060,44959,9500.561
60,45061,44960,9500.556
61,45062,44961,9500.552
62,45063,44962,9500.548
63,45064,44963,9500.544
64,45065,44964,9500.540
65,45066,44965,9500.537
66,45067,44966,9500.533
67,45068,44967,9500.529
68,45069,44968,9500.526
69,45070,44969,9500.523
70,45071,44970,9500.520
71,45072,44971,9500.516
72,45073,44972,9500.513
73,45074,44973,9500.510
74,45075,44974,9500.508
75,45076,44975,9500.505
76,45077,44976,9500.502
77,45078,44977,9500.499
78,45079,44978,9500.497
79,45080,44979,9500.494
80,45081,44980,9500.492
81,45082,44981,9500.489
82,45083,44982,9500.487
83,45084,44983,9500.485
84,45085,44984,9500.483
85,45086,44985,9500.480
86,45087,44986,9500.478
87,45088,44987,9500.476
88,45089,44988,9500.474
89,45090,44989,9500.472
90,45091,44990,9500.470
91,45092,44991,9500.468
92,45093,44992,9500.466
93,45094,44993,9500.465
94,45095,44994,9500.463
95,45096,44995,9500.461
96,45097,44996,9500.459
97,45098,44997,9500.458
98,45099,44998,9500.456
99,45099,99999,7250.455
100,000100,000100,0000.454

CIDA indexes

For CIDA indexes, please consult the Statistics Canada website.

These indexes are published by Statistics Canada on the third working day of each month and are calculated to establish and adjust Post Living Allowances. They are comparative measurements that numerically express the difference between the retail prices of a representative basket of goods and services at a foreign location with prices for a similar basket of goods and services in Ottawa. The index established for the capital city applies to the entire country, except where otherwise stated. The CIDA indexes are directed only to cooperants and advisers governed by the Technical Assistance Handbook. Please contact CIDA should you have any questions regarding the CIDA index.

9.3 Post Differential Allowance (PDA)

Effective April 1, 2014 in Canadian dollars per annum

Table 2: Post Differential Allowance
Post RatingUnaccompanied Cooperant / AdvisorCooperant / Advisor withoneaccompanying dependantCooperant / Advisor withtwoaccompanying dependantsCooperant / Advisor withthreeaccompanying dependantsCooperant / Advisor withfour or moreaccompanying dependants
I3,3014,2914,9575,1185,249
II4,9606,4487,4397,6887,935
III6,6038,5849,90810,23610,565
IV9,90812,87914,86315,35915,852
V13,21117,17319,81620,47521,137

Post Rating

Please contact CIDA if the country or city of the CIDA project is not listed.

A post rating in bold type denotes a change.

Country / City: AFGHANISTAN, Kabul
Post Rating: V
+ 50% of the Post Differential Allowance as a Risk bonus (in effect 2009-12-01)
(Unaccompanied Post)

Country / City: AFGHANISTAN, Kandahar
Post Rating: V
+ 50% of Post Differential Allowance as a risk bonus
(Unaccompanied Post)

Country / City: ALGERIA, Algiers
Post Rating: V
(Adults Only Post)

Country / City: ANGOLA, Luanda
Post Rating: V

Country / City: ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires
Post Rating: II*

Country / City: BANGLADESH, Dhaka
Post Rating: V

Country / City: BARBADOS, Bridgetown
Post Rating: II

Country / City: BENIN, Cotonou
Post Rating: IV**

Country / City: BOLIVIA, La Paz
Post Rating: IV
(Adults Only Post)

Country / City: BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz
Post Rating: III**

Country / City: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, Sarajevo
Post Rating: III

Country / City: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Post Rating: II

Country / City: BRAZIL, Brasilia
Post Rating: III
(effective 2013-12-01)

Country / City: BRAZIL, Rio Branco
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro
Post Rating: III

Country / City: BRAZIL, Sao Paulo
Post Rating: III

Country / City: BULGARIA, Sofia
Post Rating: III

Country / City: BURKINA FASO, Ouagadougou
Post Rating: V

Country / City: CAMBODIA, Phnom Penh
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: CAMEROON, Douala
Post Rating: V

Country / City: CAMEROON, Yaoundé
Post Rating: V
(in effect 2012-03-01)

Country / City: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Bangui
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: CHAD, N'Djamena
Post Rating: V

Country / City: CHILE, Santiago
Post Rating: II

Country / City: CHILI, Valparaíso
Post Rating: I
(effective 2013-11-01)

Country / City: CHINA, Beijing
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: CHINA, Chongqing
Post Rating: V
(in effect 2010-04-01)

Country / City: CHINA, Guangzhou
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: CHINA, Hohhot
Post Rating: V

Country / City: CHINA, Hong-Kong
Post Rating: I
(in effect 2010-04-01)

Country / City: CHINA, Lanzhou
Post Rating: V

Country / City: CHINA, Lhasa
Post Rating: V

Country / City: CHINA, Shanghai
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2013-06-01)

Country / City: CHINA, Other
Post Rating: V

Country / City: COLOMBIA, Bogotá
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: COSTA RICA, San José
Post Rating: II
(in effect 2011-11-01)

Country / City: CÔTE D'IVOIRE, Abidjan
Post Rating: V*
(Adults Only Post)

Country / City: CUBA, Havana
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2011-11-01)

Country / City: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Kinshasa
Post Rating: V
(Adults Only Post)

Country / City: DOMINICA, Roseau
Post Rating: IV*

Country / City: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santo Domingo
Post Rating: IV
(in effect 2011-12-01)

Country / City: ECUADOR, Quito
Post Rating: III

Country / City: EGYPT, Cairo
Post Rating: IV
and temporary V (retroactive to 28 June 2013)

Country / City: EGYPT, Kafr El-Sheikh
Post Rating: III**

Country / City: EL SALVADOR, San Salvador
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: ERITREA, Asmara
Post Rating: IV**

Country / City: ETHIOPIA, Addis Ababa
Post Rating: V
(in effect 2012-01-01)

Country / City: FIJI, Suva
Post Rating: I**

Country / City: GABON, Libreville
Post Rating: III

Country / City: GEORGIA, Tbilisi
Post Rating: V*

Country / City: GHANA, Accra
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: GHANA, Tamale
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: GRENADA, St. George's
Post Rating: II**

Country / City: GUATEMALA, Guatemala
Post Rating: V
(in effect 2011-03-01)

Country / City: GUINEA, Conakry
Post Rating: V

Country / City: GUYANA, Georgetown
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: HAITI, Jacmel
Post Rating: V
(No School Age Children City of Assignment (in effect 1 July 2010)

Country / City: HAITI, Leogane
Post Rating: V
No School Age Children City of Assignment (in effect 1 July 2010)

Country / City: HAITI, Port-au-Prince
Post Rating: V
No School Age Children City of Assignment (in effect 1 July 2010)

Country / City: HONDURAS, Tegucigalpa
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: HUNGARY, Budapest
Post Rating: I
(in effect 2012-04-01)

Country / City: INDIA, Bangladore
Post Rating: IV
(in effect 2013-02-01)

Country / City: INDIA, Chandigarh
Post Rating: V
(in effect 2012-06-01)

Country / City: INDIA, Mumbai
Post Rating: IV
(in effect 2012-06-01)

Country / City: INDIA, New Delhi
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: INDIA, Wellington
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2013-09-01)

Country / City: INDONESIA, Jakarta
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: INDONESIA, Other
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: IRAN, Tehran
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: IRAQ, Baghdad
Post Rating: V
+ 45% of basic level PDA V
(in effect 2012-09-01)

Country / City: ISRAEL, Jerusalem
Post Rating: III*

Country / City: ISRAEL, Tel-Aviv
Post Rating: III
and temporary IV (in effect 2014-06-12 to 2014-08-26)

Country / City: JAMAICA, Kingston
Post Rating: IV
(in effect 2011-12-01)

Country / City: JORDAN, Amman
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: KAZAKHSTAN, Astana
Post Rating: IV
(in effect 2012-01-01)

Country / City: KENYA, Nairobi
Post Rating: IV
temporary V in effect 1 December 2013

Country / City: KOSOVO, Pristina
Post Rating: V

Country / City: KUWAIT, Kuwait
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2011-04-01)

Country / City: LAOS, Vientiane
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: LESOTHO, Maseru
Post Rating: II

Country / City: LEBANON, Beirut
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: LIBERIA, Monrovia
Post Rating: V

Country / City: LIBYA, Tripoli
Post Rating: V (in effect 1 April 2013)
+ 25% of basic level PDA V (in effect 2014-09-01)

Country / City: MADAGASCAR, Antananarivo
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur
Post Rating: III

Country / City: MALAWI, Lilongwe
Post Rating: IV*

Country / City: MALI, Bamako
Post Rating: V
+ 10% of basic level PDA V
(in effect 1 December 2013)

Country / City: MAURITANIA, Nouakchott
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: MEXICO, Guadalajara
Post Rating: II

Country / City: MEXICO, Mexico City
Post Rating: III

Country / City: MEXICO, Monterrey
Post Rating: II

Country / City: MONGOLIA, Ulaanbaatar
Post Rating: IV
(in effect 2012-11-01)

Country / City: MOROCCO, Rabat
Post Rating: III

Country / City: MOZAMBIQUE, Maputo
Post Rating: V
(in effect 2014-08-01)

Country / City: NAMIBIA, Windhoek
Post Rating: I

Country / City: NEPAL, Kathmandu
Post Rating: V

Country / City: NICARAGUA, Managua
Post Rating: III

Country / City: NIGER, Niamey
Post Rating: V

Country / City: NIGERIA, Abuja
Post Rating: V

Country / City: NIGERIA, Bauchi
Post Rating: V

Country / City: NIGERIA, Calabar
Post Rating: V

Country / City: NIGERIA, Lagos
Post Rating: V

Country / City: PAKISTAN, Islamabad
Post Rating: V
(Adults Only Post)
+ 10% of basic level PDA V as a risk bonus (in effect 3 March 2014 to 7 March 2014)

Country / City: PAKISTAN, Lahore
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: PAKISTAN, Quetta
Post Rating: V
+ 40% of Post Differential Allowance as a risk bonus (in effect 2009-02-02)
(Unaccompanied Post)

Country / City: PANAMA, Panama City
Post Rating: II

Country / City: PARAGUAY, Asuncion
Post Rating: III

Country / City: PERU, Lima
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2011-06-01)

Country / City: PHILIPPINES, Davao
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: PHILIPPINES, Manila
Post Rating: III

Country / City: POLAND, Warsaw
Post Rating: II

Country / City: QATAR, Doha
Post Rating: III
(retroactive 2009-02-01)

Country / City: ROMANIA, Bucharest
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: RWANDA, Kigali
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: ST. LUCIA, Castries
Post Rating: II

Country / City: SENEGAL, Dakar
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: SERBIA, Belgrade
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2012-11-01)

Country / City: SIERRA LEONE, Freetown
Post Rating: V provisional

Country / City: SINGAPORE, Singapore
Post Rating: I

Country / City: SOMALIA, Mogadishu
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: SOUTH AFRICA, Durban
Post Rating: II provisional
(in effect 2009.03.11)

Country / City: SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg
Post Rating: III

Country / City: SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria
Post Rating: III

Country / City: SOUTH KOREA, Seoul
Post Rating: I
(in effect 2012-06-01)

Country / City: SRI LANKA, Colombo
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: SUDAN, Juba
Post Rating: V
(Adults Mission Only)
+ 25% (in effect 2014-06-08)

Country / City: SUDAN, Khartoum
Post Rating: V
(Adults Mission Only)

Country / City: SYRIA, Damascus
Post Rating: IV (in effect 1 July 2010) and temporary V (retroactive to 2011-03-23)

Country / City: TAIWAN, Taipei
Post Rating: II
(in effect 2013-06-01)

Country / City: TAJIKISTAN, Dushanbe
Post Rating: V*

Country / City: TANZANIA, Dar-es- Salaam
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: TANZANIA, Katesh
Post Rating: V

Country / City: THAILAND, Bangkok
Post Rating: III

Country / City: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, Port of Spain
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2011-07-01)

Country / City: TUNISIA, Tunis
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2012-12-01)

Country / City: TURKEY, Ankara
Post Rating: III

Country / City: TURKEY, Istanbul
Post Rating: III
(in effect 1 May 2012)

Country / City: UGANDA, Kampala
Post Rating: V**

Country / City: UKRAINE, Kiev
Post Rating: III and temporary IV
(in effect 17 February 2014 to 14 March 2014)

Country / City: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Abu Dhabi
Post Rating: I (in effect 1 November 2014)

Country / City: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Dubai
Post Rating: I (in effect 1 November 2014)

Country / City: URUGUAY, Montevideo
Post Rating: III
(in effect 2012-01-01)

Country / City: VIETNAM, Hanoi
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: VENEZUELA, Caracas
Post Rating: V (in effect 1 June 2014)

Country / City: WEST BANK, Ramallah
Post Rating: IV
(effective 2014-05-01)

Country / City: ZAMBIA, Lusaka
Post Rating: IV

Country / City: ZIMBABWE, Harare
Post Rating: IV

* Provisional rating
** Based on the U.S. State Department

9.4 Overseas service premium (OSP)

Effective April 1, 2014 in Canadian dollars per annum.

Table 3: Overseas service premium
Level of serviceUnaccompanied Cooperant / AdvisorCooperant / Advisor withoneaccompanying dependantCooperant / Advisor withtwoaccompanying dependantsCooperant / Advisor withthreeaccompanying dependantsCooperant / Advisor withfour or moreaccompanying dependants
1
(0-24 months)
6,7539,45411,34411,91212,506
2
(25+ months)
10,12814,18017,01617,86618,761

Chapter 10- Short-term relocation

Chapter 10.2.2(d) - Commuting assistance: in effect July 1, 2014

The cooperant's/advisor's share of monthly commuting costs is C$100.75 per month or C$6.90 for one round trip per work day.