International Development Grant
The University of Winnipeg International Youth Internship Program 2011-2014
Project Number: CA-3-S065005001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $203,775.00
Start Date: December 22, 2010
End Date: March 18, 2014
Duration: 3.2 years
Project Description
This project is part of CIDA's International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) funded by the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The IYIP contributes to the YES by providing a large spectrum of Canadian graduates with valuable international development work experience abroad. The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (i) increased awareness among female and male Canadian youth of the equal possibility of working internationally; (ii) enhanced equal employability of female and male IYIP interns in Canada and in the field of international development; (iii) improved capacity of female and male IYIP interns to contribute to international development in a gender sensitive way.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2014) include: (i) The Youth Employment Network in the selected countries significantly improved their capacity to deliver Grant Schemes and implement Youth to Youth funding projects; and (ii) the interns provided assistance and leadership helping the host countries to improve their systems in place to support youth capacity building and promote entrepreneurship. The interns acquired new skills and abilities that will increase their employability such as: best practices in communications strategic planning and organisation of events including a seminar on the corporate social responsibility of organisations.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
The University of Winnipeg
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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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