Technical Assistance Partnership program

• Objectives
• Program parameters
• TAP-Expert Deployment Mechanism (TAP-EDM)
• TAP-Government of Canada (TAP-GoC)
• How to get involved
• Our stories

Objectives

The Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) program promotes Canada’s leadership around the world. TAP connects Canadian expertise with governments and public institutions in partner countries that are eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA). TAP is activated when a partner country’s needs align with Canada’s expertise and objectives.

Program parameters

TAP focuses its support on national-level government entities in ODA-eligible partner countries. It funds short-term technical assistance initiatives.

Project activities can include:

• mobilizing Canadian experts to share Canada’s best practices and develop tools or technologies
• in-person and virtual support to improve policies, regulations and service delivery
• knowledge-sharing events such as:
  • training sessions
  • conferences
  • webinars
  • technical visits to Canada

We implement TAP through two mechanisms:

• TAP-Expert Deployment Mechanism
• TAP-Government of Canada

TAP-Expert Deployment Mechanism (TAP-EDM)

TAP-EDM mobilizes Canadian experts from across the country. They come from diverse sectors and backgrounds to meet the needs of ODA-eligible country partners.

The expertise comes from:

• Canadian private sector
• academia
• civil society
• provincial and municipal public sector

Canadian experts include:

• mining engineers
• economists
• gender equality specialists
• public health experts
• etc.

TAP-Government of Canada (TAP-GoC)

TAP-GoC deploys specialized expertise from the Government of Canada. TAP-GoC collaborates with:

• Natural Resources Canada to deploy natural resources experts
• Department of Justice Canada to deploy lawyers and legal experts
• Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs to deploy Canadian judges

How to get involved

For partner countries (national government entities)

TAP is open to all ODA-eligible countries.

Reach out to Canadian missions and embassies abroad to apply.

For Canadians

• Participate in:
  • engagement activities
  • events
  • webinars
  • social media campaigns
• Follow #TACanada to stay informed
• Apply as a subject-matter expert
  • Visit our partner’s websites in the “Related links” section to learn about opportunities

Our stories

• Mobilizing excellence: Tapping into Canadian expertise to respond to needs for technical assistance 
• New law in Costa Rica taps into Canadian expertise to tackle the issue of stalking
• International projects bring judge-to-judge collaboration
• Lawyer takes her victims’ rights expertise global

Related links

• Home - TAP-EDM
• NRCan’s Technical Assistance Partnership (NRCan-TAP) - Natural Resources Canada
• Technical Assistance Partnership Project – Federal Judicial Affairs Canada | Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice