Canada-Pacific Alliance Scholarships

The project supports and strengthens the Pacific Alliance (PA) and its member countries Chile Colombia Mexico and Peru. The project aims to contribute to the PA governments’ capacity to sustainably manage and regulate their extractive sectors for the benefit of their countries including economic development environmental stewardship social justice and gender equality. The project aims to award more than 120 scholarships including one-year professional Master’s certificate and short-course programs to public sector professionals in the relevant PA government ministries. Project activities include: (1) issuing Calls for Participation to Canadian universities at the start of the initiative and on an ongoing basis as required; (2) identifying appropriate ministries (implementing partner) in each PA country; (3) establishing admission guidelines placement/admission processes and organizing participant recruitment; (4) awarding scholarships to approved PA professionals; (5) creating an implementation strategy and training plan for each PA ministry; and (6) creating a process and tools for PA professionals to share their personal development plan when they return to their countries. The goal is to attract and nominate at least 25% of the scholarships to women recipients.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved effectiveness of PA ministries to sustainably manage and regulate the countries' extractive sectors including increased technological capacity environmental stewardship gender human rights (including indigenous rights) and economic development; (2) improved awareness of PA governments regarding the benefits of a skilled workforce in the public administration of their extractives sector; and (3) increased involvement of Canadian universities in developing the skills and capacities of the PA public sectors to sustainably manage and regulate the PA extractive sectors including enhanced technological capacity.