Canadians in the World
and
CANADEM
Canada’s Civilian Reserve
“Strengthening
the international community
one individual at a time.”
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CANADEM is
Our Mission
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Contribute to international peace & security, human rights, and democracy through:
 Screened Rostering
 Rapid Mobilization
 Mission Management
….of experts committed to international service with the UN, other IGOs, NGOs,
various governments and governmental entities, etc.
Our operations are diverse and include:
 Individual recruitment and deployments
 Complex program management
 CANADEM Missions.
Our overseas programs include:
 Humanitarian Assistance crisis response
 Governance capacity building
 Democracy development support
 Security Sector Reform.
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CANADEM Values
 CANADEM supports Canada’s determination to strengthen the
activities of international organizations working to advance the
universal principles of the UN Charter
 CANADEM believes that individuals are the key elements of
international organizations. Only with the right individuals
working as teams can organizations, agencies and missions
fully achieve their goals.
 CANADEM is driven by its core vocation to assist international
organizations to identify and engage skilled Canadians.
 CANADEM believes in the importance of mentoring and
facilitating young Canadians to strengthen the ranks of
succeeding generations of Canadian international experts.
 CANADEM commits itself to operating according to the highest
standards of Canadian ethical and professional standards.
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CANADEM aims to strengthen
the UN and the broader
international community....
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UN and other IGOs (MOUs with key agencies)
Canadian Government and like-minded
member states
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Non-Governmental Organizations
Other members of the international
community advancing the universal principles
of the UN Charter: international peace &
security, and human rights.
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… believing that individuals are
the most important elements of
operational success...
Individuals are the key ‘operational’
elements of the international community.
 Only with the right individuals working
as teams can organizations, agencies and
missions fully achieve their goals.
 Identifying those skilled individuals is
crucial, and every nation has a duty to put
forward their best.
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…and for CANADEM this
starts with the rostering of
Canadian individuals...
We hold Canada's Civilian Reserve, a roster
of over 10,000 Canadians.
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CANADEM assists international organizations
to recruit skilled Canadians committed to
international service.
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This assists individual Canadians:
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To break into international service
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To advance their international careers.
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….then expands to
include Internationals.
CANADEM, in addition to 10,000 Canadians,
rosters almost 5,000 Internationals.
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Concurrently, we encourage other countries
to create their own rosters as national meritbased rosters are best placed to screen their
own experts.
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Our roster is strengthened by
professional development and
training programs...
CANADEM`s strength builds on individuals
enhancing their professional expertise and capacity:
 Individuals have primary responsibility for
their professional development
 Yet it is in Canada’s national interest to assist
those who are so motivated.
 CANADEM provides generic training, missionspecific training, and facilitates individuals taking
non-CANADEM training with the UN and others.
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…and reinforced by bringing
along the next generation.
CANADEM believes in the importance
of mentoring and facilitating young
Canadians.
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Through our international internships
we work to strengthen the ranks of
succeeding generations of Canadians
committed to international service.
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Canadian Government, UN or other
donor funding enables CANADEM to
deploy individuals to staff UN or
other missions....
CANADEM contracts and deploys
individuals to join existing
missions such as:
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UN missions
Humanitarian Assistance missions
OSCE, EU, and OAS missions
NGO operations
Ad-hoc coalition missions.
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…and we also carry out
international programs including
CANADEM field missions.
CANADEM’s operational scope includes
complex program management and missions
such as:
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Afghanistan CGSO: Canadian Governance
Support Office (CGSO) in Afghanistan 2008-2012
(≈70 personnel)
Ukraine Election 2010 Mission Canada
(≈350 personnel).
CANADEM missions are funded by the
Canadian Government (CIDA, DFAIT).
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International Service
Individuals working within or alongside the
International Community (IC) in
organizations such as the UN, other IGOs,
NGOs, aid agencies, embassies, etc.
UN
Charter
“International
Peace &
Security”
CANADEM
core activities
Funded/Deployed by others
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International
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Component
CANADEM
Deployments
Sending individuals to the field
CANADEM Field Ops
CANADEM run missions or
projects on the ground
CANADEM Ancillary Services
• related services, e.g. training; holding rosters for others; duty-of-care.
• assist other agencies to roster, train, deploy, or run field missions.
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CANADEM
Strategic Direction
Strengthen Canada’s pre-eminent open roster of Canadian and international experts
across the broad scope of international peace and security, with Canadian and international
partners actively supporting and using the roster as a common resource:
 Roster the majority of Canadians working in the International Community, and also recruit
Canadians with relevant expertise wishing to branch into international work.
 Draw from Canada’s diversity to grow CANADEM’s international reputation as a roster of
multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-talented Canadians.
 Developing further innovative and cost-effective ways to roster and deploy in order to better
respond to international demand and promote Canadian expertise.
 Strengthen our reputation with international agencies as a model national roster for those
member states looking to channel their national experts into multilateral organizations.
Remain one of Canada’s key civilian deployment agencies, and enhance CANADEM mission
management capacities so as to respond rapidly to Canadian Government operational priorities:
 Deploy large numbers on short notice
 Stand-up and run field missions
 Operate in difficult environments such as immediate post-conflict
Continue working with others to be a common deployment resource for others carrying out their
own deployments/missions, such as individual Canadians, governments, NGOs, international agencies.
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