Skills for Change: Engaging Volunteers for Development Results

The project aims to strengthen the institutional capacities of a minimum of 21 society organizations (CSOs) by means of 432 multi-directional volunteer exchanges. It leverages the expertise of 311 Canadian volunteers and replicates Canadian best practice through 121 South-North and South-South initiatives. The project focuses on carefully selected partners in Bolivia Burkina Faso Ghana Mali Senegal Swaziland Togo and Tanzania to strengthen their capacities to deliver sustainable development results within their communities and to influence systemic change through effective policy dialogue.

The expected intermediate outcomes of this project include: (1) increased capacity of developing country partners to deliver sustainable development results in response to local needs by making use of the skills and expertise of qualified Canadian volunteers; and (2) enhanced Canadian participation in Canada’s sustainable development efforts.