In 1987, the Canadian Cooperation Office was established to support the Government of Canada's development cooperation program with the Government of Nepal and programs concerning immigration and public affairs. CIDA works with a wide range of Canadian and Nepali partner organizations.
In addition to bilateral programming, CIDA provides development assistance to Nepal through its Multilateral and Partnership Branches. CIDA supports development programs based on the principle of strengthening aid effectiveness. These principles include
Local ownership, which means that development strategies, if they are to be sustainable, must be developed by recipient countries - their governments and people - and they must reflect their priorities, rather than the priorities of donors.
Improved donor coordination, with recipient countries bearing the main responsibilities for coordinating their development cooperation with other countries and institutions.
Stronger partnerships, through the development of compacts that would identify the responsibilities of developing countries and their external partners, as well as those shared by all.
A result-based approach, with improved monitoring and evaluation of development program and,
Great coherence in those "non-aid" policies of industrialized countries that can have profound effects on the developing world - for example, policies on trade, investment and technology transfer.
In addition to these principles, three other factors are of central importance to the effective use of aid investment
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