International Development Grant
Centre de solidarité internationale du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean - International Internships 2013-2014
Project Number: CA-3-S065712001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $212,181.00
Start Date: March 06, 2013
End Date: March 31, 2014
Duration: 1.1 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.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: i) increased awareness to 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 as of the end of the project (March 2014) include: coordinating fourteen internships in two countries. The interns assisted local partners implement several activities including: (1) development of a tour to help women's groups working with non-timber forest products to generate income; (2) the development of a waste management policy; and (3) the elaboration of a gender equality policy for a local partner. The interns acquired new skills and abilities that increase their employability such as: (1) the ability to work effectively in an intercultural context and to work with local partners; (2) activities and event coordination; (3) drafting and management of a development project; and (4) teaching and knowledge sharing methods.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Centre de Solidarité Internationaledu Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br
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