Skills to Access the Green Economy

This project shares the expertise of Canada’s colleges and institutes in developing training for employment with counterpart institutions in six Caribbean countries where youth women and the most vulnerable face challenges accessing skills training and employment: Belize Dominica Guyana Grenada Jamaica and St. Lucia. In these countries coastal degradation and other climate change effects are the focus of government and industry-led adaptation efforts hampered by the lack of skilled technical workers. This project will contribute to Canada’s 12-year (2008-2020) $600M commitment to the Caribbean region and help advance Canadian climate change priorities.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased number of women youth and vulnerable populations trained in demand-driven technical and vocational education training fields; (2) increased capacity of training institutions to develop and deliver gender-sensitive skills training programs that meet economic and environmental needs; and (3) increased participation of small and medium-size enterprises in gender-equitable workforce planning development training and certification.