International Development Grant
Cultivating Skills for Employment and Growth in Cuba
Project Number: CA-3-A035063001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $5,002,789.00
Start Date: February 23, 2011
End Date: March 31, 2016
Duration: 5.1 years
Project Description
The project is supporting the Ministry of Energy in Mines to cultivate a skilled and competitive labour force in Cuba that reflects emerging economic requirements. The project focuses on developing and delivering a strong national vocational training program through technical assistance. The project contributes to strengthening Cuba’s capacity to interact in the global economy by modernizing skills knowledge and technology to improve efficiency and productivity and ensure that national standards reflect international norms. The project activities include the creation of new training programs and specializations strengthening personnel competencies developing a gender-inclusive national vocational training strategy and reinforcing information and communication technology and industrial certification systems.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2016 include: more than 5 000 public servants workers and students have received technical and management training to internationally recognised standards including in industrial radiography industrial process operations and metal trades results-based management and gender equality. These activities have contributed to building the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (formerly Ministry of Basic Industries) and strengthening the capacity of the sector to compete internationally.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
NAIT - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP