Schedules to the Technical Assistance Handbook — October 2021

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: FinancialPolicies-GrantsandContributions@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
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Iraq
  • Mali
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • South Sudan
  • 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 3,012 x 10 months maximum = CAD 30,120 per school year

3. Residential school in Canada

Maximum education allowance: CAD 69,290

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 2.59 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, 2021 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
I3,7244,8435,5935,7775,925
II5,5967,2788,3958,6788,956
III7,4539,68811,18211,55311,925
IV11,18214,53616,77517,33417,890
V14,91019,38222,36423,10823,855

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 (FinancialPolicies-GrantsandContributions@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'Ivoire

IV

Abuja, Nigeria

V

Accra, Ghana

IV

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

V

Amman, Jordan

IV

Antananarivo, Madagascar

IV**

Baghdad, Iraq

V

+45% of Post Differential Allowance (2020-07-01)

Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)

Bamako, Mali

V

+20% of Post Differential Allowance (2020-02-01)

No children (18+ years permitted only)

Bauchi, Nigeria

V**

Beijing, China

III

Beirut, Lebanon

IV

  V (2020/08/04 - 2021/01/27)

Bogotá, Colombia

IV

Cairo, Egypt

V (2015-10-01)

Calabar, Nigeria

V**

Castries, St. Lucia

I**

Colombo, Sri Lanka

III

Cotonou, Benin

IV

Dakar, Senegal

IV

Damascus, Syria

IV (2010-07-01); temporary V (2011-03-23)

Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

IV

Dhaka, Bangladesh

V

+20% of the Post Differential Allowance (2016-07-01 to 2018-02-28)

Erbil, Iraq

V (2018-07-26)

 +30% of the Post Differential Allowance (2021-04-01)

Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)

Freetown, Sierra Leone

V**

Guatemala, Guatemala

IV (2011-03-01)

No teenagers (13+ years not permitted)

Hanoi, Vietnam

III

Harare, Zimbabwe

IV (2019-04-01)

Havana, Cuba

V

+30% of the Post Differential Allowance (2019-08-01)

Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)

Islamabad, Pakistan

V

No children (18+ years permitted only)

Jakarta, Indonesia

IV

Juba, Sudan

V

+30% of Post Differential Allowance (2014-08-01)

Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)

Kabul, Afghanistan

V

+50% of the Post Differential Allowance (2009-12-01) + $8,585 (2008-01-18)

Unaccompanied (no dependents and no visitors)

Kampala, Uganda

V**

Khartoum, Sudan

V

Kiev, Ukraine

III (2019-04-01)

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

V

La Paz, Bolivia

IV

Lagos, Nigeria

V

Lahore, Pakistan

V**

Lilongwe, Malawi

IV**

Lima, Peru

III (2011-06-01)

Lusaka, Zambia

IV

Managua, Nicaragua

III

Manila, Philippines

III

Maputo, Mozambique

V (2014-08-01)

Mexico, Mexico

III

Monterrey, Mexico

III

Nairobi, Kenya

IV

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

V

Panama City, Panama

II

Port-au-Prince and Cities other than Port-au-Prince

V (2019-01-01)

+35% of Post Differential Allowance (2021-04-01)

No children under 18 years (in effect 2019-04-01)

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

III (2011-07-01)

Pretoria, South Africa

III

Rabat, Morocco

III

Ramallah, West Bank

IV (2014-05-01)

San Salvador, El Salvador

IV

Tamale, Ghana

IV**

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

IV

Tel-Aviv, Israel

III

Tunis, Tunisia

IV

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

IV (2012-11-01)

Yangon, Burma

IV

No children under 18 years (in effect 2021-07-01)

** Based on the U.S. State Department

9.4 Overseas service premium (OSP)

Effective April 1, 2021 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)		7,62110,67012,80313,44414,114
2
(25+ months)		11,43216,00319,20320,16421,173

Chapter 10 - Short-term relocation

Chapter 10.2.2(d) - Commuting assistance: in effect January 1, 2021

The cooperant's/advisor's share of monthly commuting costs is CAD 122.50 per month or CAD 7.30 for one round trip per work day.