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International Projects - Completed Projects
Major Activities - Industry and Government Training

The International Education Centre responds to the world’s needs for technical, vocational, and business training through admitting international students to the College and participating in technical assistance projects.

In the last five years, over 200 Algonquin staff have been involved in delivering diversified skills training to 35 countries in the following subject areas:

Human Resources Teacher Training Instituitional Management
Cabinet Making Personnel Management Policy and Legislative Development
Forestry Public Relations Strategic Planning
Television and Radio Broadcasting Train the Trainer Industry Linkages
Multimedia Graphic Design Financial Management
GIS ( Geographic
Information System) 		Environment Interior Design
Desktop Publishing Information Technology Results-Based Management
Adult Basic Education and Training Computer Programming Outcomes-based Education and
Curriculum Development
Non-Formal Education Computer Science Evaluation and Monitoring
Hospitality  
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Recent Activities
  • World Bank Youth Vocational Education Project, Hungary
  • Hospitality Proposal Consultancy, Argentina
  • Distance Learning Telecommunications Project - APEC
  • Women Rural Education Network, China (see Gender Relations in Lizhi Township)
  • Environmental Technology Project, China
  • Public Service Training System , Zambia
  • Presentation at the Educational Broadcasting Conference, South Africa
  • Public Service Training System, Zambia
  • In Canada Short - term training, Bangladesh Open University
  • Community Outreach Through Instituitional Linkages (COTIL), South Africa
  • Sustaining Career Oriented Programs through Educational Support (SCOPES) South Africa
  • Linking Education and People through Distance Education (LEAP), Thailand
  • Water and Waste Management Project, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Zambia
  • Trades and Technology Development, Philippines
  • Forestry/GIS Project Canada / China College Linkage Program (CCCLP), China
  • Information Technology and International Trades Training, Malaysia
  • Train the Trainer, Telecommunications, Mexico
  • Language Centre Establishment, Colombia and Panama
  • Program Evaluations for the ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges) in Asia, Africa, and the Americas
  • Development of customized training programs for the governments of Egypt, Jordan, Hungary, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, the Philippines, and South Africa.
Project Development

Algonquin College has extensive international project development experience, that includes:

  • Inception Mission/Needs Analysis
  • Consortium Formation
  • Proposal Writing Technical/Financial
  • Identification of Financial and Human Resources
  • Negotiations with Funding Agencies
  • Results Based Management
Project Management - Completed Projects
Project Name Executing Agency Partners Duration Description Purpose
APEC Telecommunications Group- Singapore   APEC economies Feburary 1999 To provide APEC Economies with a web based training presence

Community Oriented Technical Education (COTEC) South Africa

 ACCC Athlone Technical College April 1999-2003 To provide skills-based employment driven training that meets the human resource development needs of business, industry and the community
Building Community Capacity Project, Guyana Partners in Rural Development   April 1999 1. To train NGO's in methods of recruiting and managing volunteers. 2. To train NGO's in the latest fund raising techniques.
Media Training Program, Bosnia ACCC George Brown College, Humber College, CESO, Polskie Radio and TV Polskie February 1999- February2001 To strengthen the management, functioning and quality of the television and radio broadcasting medium in Bosnia.
Water and Waste Management-Southern Africa ACCC Northern Alberta Institute of Technology-Gov'ts of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe April 1996- March 2000 To enhance instituitional capacity to deliver education and training programs in the area of environmental technology.
Human Resources and Management Training-Zambia ACCC Vanier Community College and the Gov't of Zambia September 1997- March 2002 Strengthen the Human Resource Development Agency within the Public Service.
Women Rural Education Network-China ACCC Northern College October 1997-September 2001 Upgrade Management skills for rural women.
Trades and Technology-China ACCC Georgian College October 1997-September 30, 2001 Curriculum Development and deliveryof a 3 year diploma program in Environmental Management.
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Barbados- Human Resources World Bank Project

Hickling Corporation

 Canadian Technical and Vocational Consortium: George Brown College Humber College Conestoga College April 1997-March 1999

Technical and Vocational Training

Polish Public Broadcasting Project

ACCC

 Polskie Radio and National Broadcasting Council December 1998

Seminar on Public Relations/Communications Strategies

Information Technology Traing, Barbados

 

 Erdiston College,Barbados April 1998

Toolbook training to enable teachers to develop indigenous instructional materials.

Transfer of Canadian Technical Education System Technology, Argentina

ACCC Niagra College

March/April 1998

 To support the Argentinian partner instituition in the development of a technical program project proposal in Spanish.

Sustaining Career Oriented Programs and education Support (SCOPES)- South Africa

ACCC PROTEC-South Africa November 1995
- March 1998		 Instituitional strengthening, outcomes based instruction for distance learning.

Ciudad del Saber City of Knowledge

 ACCC Universidad of Istmo and Polytechnico Grancolombiano Consortium

 

 

 

 Establishment of Language & Business Training Centre.

APEC Telecommunications Working Group-Singapore

   APEC economies June 1997 to December 1997 To evaluate the use of Web-based instruction for distance learning.

Thailand-Canada Partnerships: Linking Education and People (LEAP)

 ARA Consultants (a CIDA sponsored project) Ministry of Education: Non-Formal Education Department; Ontario Institute for studies in Education (OISE); Inuit Broadcasting Corp. T.V. Ontrario. October 1994- December 1997

To strengthen the Non-Formal education dept's capacity to develop its existing distance education programs.

Community Outreach through Instituitional Linkages-South Africa ACCC-a CIDA sponsored project Algonquin College/ Peninsula Technikon, SIr Sandford Fleming/Port Elizabeth Technikon, Alberta Vocational College/Mangosuthu Technikon August 1992 to December 1996

Community Outrach and Curriculum Development.

 
China-Canada College Linkage Program ACCC Sichuan Forestry College Sichuan Wenjiang Agricultural College Sichuan Light Industry College Georgian College Nova Scotia Agricultural College 1993-1996 Establishment of Language & Business Training Centre.
Students in International Teams ACCC Heritage College Central Visyas Polytechnic College, Phillipines 1995-1996 Student Technical Assistance Placements.
Ontario Four Motors Group Government of Ontario Berufakademie in Karlsruhe, Germany 1995-1996 Student CO-OP exchange
College Students In International Developmetn Program ACCC Peninsual Technikon Summer 1994 To provide technical assistance to counterpart instituitions in developing countries by placing trained Canadian students as assistants in overseas instituitions
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Project Evaluations
Project Name Executing Agency Date Location
Program Review Committee or Canadian College Partnership Program (CCCP) ACCC 1996-2000 Ottawa, Ontario
Monitoring and Evaluating Workshops ACCC September 1997
April-June 1997		 Fredericton NB
Development o Evaluation Models ACCC 1996 Vancouver BC
Toronto ON
Montreal QC
St. John's N
Results-Based Management Studies ACCC 1996 Ottawa,Ontario
CCCP Evaluations ACCC 1996 To enhance instituitional capacity to deliver education and training programs in the area of environmental technology.