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  "retrieved": "2026-10-16T12:52:48Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
  "access_notice": "On 15 November 2026, automated access to assay-systems.com closes. After that date, access is available only under a paid annual subscription contract. Contact: contact@assay-systems.com",
  "data": {
    "id": "ASY-CA-1DJCRPN0RI",
    "type": "grant",
    "country": "ca",
    "name": "Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada (MEDA): federal grants and contributions",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/mennonite-economic-development-associates-of-canada-meda/",
    "summary": "2 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $25.3M with Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada (MEDA), 2017–2021.",
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        "value": 2,
        "unit": "count"
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        "value": 25300000,
        "unit": "money",
        "currency": "CAD",
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        "display": "$25.3M"
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        "value": 1,
        "unit": "count"
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        "value": 1,
        "unit": "count"
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    "text": [
      "The project aims to help stimulate sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty by providing trade finance and technical assistance to micro - small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries. Trade finance is short-term financing with the purpose of enabling MSMEs to trade, both domestically and across borders. This project supports the launch of a trade finance investment fund that aims to leverage at least $45 million in private sector investment, which is designed to be lent to MSMEs, enabling them to overcome financial barriers to growth. Project activities include:",
      "This project aims to support inclusive economic opportunities in the poor, rural areas of Mindanao, in the Philippines. Aligned with the Government of the Philippines’ post-coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery response, this project works to increase the productivity of cacao farms and enterprises, particularly those led by women, while promoting gender equality and resiliency in communities vulnerable to conflict and climate change. Project activities include: (1) assessing needs, providing training and offering matching-grants to financial and business service providers in the cacao sector; (2)"
    ],
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "grants and contributions register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Global Affairs Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/global-affairs-canada/"
      }
    ],
    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-1DJCRPN0RI",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada (MEDA): federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/mennonite-economic-development-associates-of-canada-meda/"
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}