Schedules to the Technical Assistance Handbook — August 2020

Important Notice

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

This document is revised monthly by Global Affairs Canada’s Grants and Contributions Financial Policy division.

E-mail: cooperant@international.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
  • Burkina Faso
  • Colombia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Iraq
  • Mali
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • South Sudan
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

3.5 Long-term storage in Canada

Monthly maximum: CAD 280

Chapter 7 - Housing

7.1.3 Utility costs

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

Chapter 8 - Education

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: CAD 2,941.50 x 10 months maximum = CAD 29,415 per school year

3. Residential school in Canada

Maximum education allowance: CAD 68,120

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

Up to a maximum of CAD TBD 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:  CAD 2.54 per school day, per child.

Chapter 9 - Overseas allowances

9.2 Post Living Allowance (PLA)

Appendix A - Annual Post Living Allowance

Global Affairs Canada Indexes for persons working under the provisions of the Technical Assistance Handbook

For Global Affairs Canada 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 Global Affairs Canada indexes for persons working under the provisions of the Technical Assistance Handbook are directed only to cooperants and advisers governed by the Technical Assistance Handbook. Please contact Global Affairs Canada, SGSS should you have any questions regarding the Index.

9.3 Post Differential Allowance (PDA)

Effective April 1, 2019 in Canadian dollars per annum

Table 2: Post Differential Allowance
Post RatingUnaccompanied Cooperant / AdvisorCooperant/Advisor with one accompanying dependantCooperant/Advisor with two accompanying dependantsCooperant/Advisor with three accompanying dependantsCooperant/Advisor with four or more accompanying dependants
I3,6734,7765,5165,6975,843
II5,5197,1788,2798,5588,832
III7,3509,55411,02811,39311,760
IV11,02814,33516,54317,09517,643
V14,70419,11422,05522,78923,526

Note: The dollar amounts shall be adjusted annually on April 1st in accordance with the methodology agreed to by the National Joint Council on Foreign Service Directives.

Post Rating

Please contact Global Affairs Canada (cooperant@international.gc.ca), if the country/city of the Global Affairs Canada project is not listed
A post rating in bold type denotes a change.

City, CountryPost Rating
(effective date)
Special Payment for Extraordinary Circumstances (effective date)Restriction on Dependants
(effective date)
Abidjan, Côte d'IvoireIV  
Abuja, NigeriaV  
Accra, GhanaIV  
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaV  
Amman, JordanIV  
Antananarivo, MadagascarIV**  
Baghdad, IraqV+45% of Post Differential Allowance (2020-07-01)Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)
Bamako, MaliV+15% of Post Differential Allowance (2019-02-01)No children (18+ years permitted only)
Bauchi, NigeriaV**  
Beijing, ChinaIII  
Beirut, LebanonIV  
Bogotá, ColombiaIV  
Cairo, EgyptV (2015-10-01)  
Calabar, NigeriaV**  
Castries, St. LuciaI**  
Colombo, Sri LankaIII  
Cotonou, BeninIV  
Dakar, SenegalIV  
Damascus, SyriaIV (2010-07-01); temporary V (2011-03-23)  
Dar-Es-Salaam, TanzaniaIV  
Dhaka, BangladeshV+20% of the Post Differential Allowance (2016-07-01 to 2018-02-28)No children (18+ years permitted only)
Erbil, IraqV (2018-07-26) Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)
Freetown, Sierra LeoneV**  
Guatemala, GuatemalaIV (2011-03-01) No teenagers (13+ years not permitted)
Hanoi, VietnamIII  
Harare, ZimbabweIV (2019-04-01)  
Havana, CubaV+20% of the Post Differential Allowance (2019-11-01)Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)
Islamabad, PakistanV No children (18+ years permitted only)
Jakarta, IndonesiaIV  
Juba, SudanV+30% of Post Differential Allowance (2014-08-01)Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)
Kabul, AfghanistanV+50% of the Post Differential Allowance (2009-12-01)Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)
Kampala, UgandaV**  
Khartoum, SudanV (Adults Mission Only)
Kiev, UkraineIII (2019-04-01)  
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoV  
La Paz, BoliviaIV  
Lagos, NigeriaV  
Lahore, PakistanV**  
Lilongwe, MalawiIV**  
Lima, PeruIII (2011-06-01)  
Lusaka, ZambiaIV  
Managua, NicaraguaIII  
Manila, PhilippinesIII  
Maputo, MozambiqueV (2014-08-01)  
Nairobi, KenyaIV  
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoV  
Panama City, PanamaII  
Port-au-Prince and Cities other than Port-au-PrinceV (2019-01-01)+40% of Post Differential Allowance (2019-08-01)No children under 18 years (in effect 2019-04-01)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoIII (2011-07-01)  
Pretoria, South AfricaIII  
Rabat, MoroccoIII  
Ramallah, West BankIV (2014-05-01)  
San Salvador, El SalvadorIV  
Tamale, GhanaIV**  
Tegucigalpa, HondurasIV  
Tel-Aviv, IsraelIII  
Tunis, TunisiaIV  
Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaIV (2012-11-01)  
Yangon, BurmaIV  

** Based on the U.S. State Department

9.4 Overseas service premium (OSP)

Effective April 1, 2019 in Canadian dollars per annum.

Table 3: Overseas service premium
Level of serviceUnaccompanied Cooperant/AdvisorCooperant/Advisor with one accompanying dependantCooperant/Advisor with two accompanying dependantsCooperant/Advisor with three accompanying dependantsCooperant/Advisor with four or more accompanying dependants
1
(0-24 months)

7,516

10,523

12,626

13,258

13,919

2
(25+ months)

11,274

15,782

18,938

19,886

20,881

Chapter 10 - Short-term relocation

Chapter 10.2.2(d) - Commuting assistance: in effect October 1, 2019

The cooperant's/advisor's share of monthly commuting costs is C 119.50 per month or C 7.20 for one round trip per work day.