International Development Projects
Saskatchewan Polytechnic has been an international education leader for more than 30 years. Sask Polytech is committed to the development and delivery of skills training relevant to the needs of local, regional and international labor markets. Sask Polytech has extensive experience in the design, delivery, and management of international development projects. Our engagement in the national system reform activities in Ukraine, Jordan, and Vietnam, and our local level reforms in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Colombia, Yemen, Slovakia, Kyrgyz Republic and in technical education and vocational training is a demonstration of both the quality of service and the effectiveness of project outcomes.
Sask Polytech has a strong reputation as an effective project manager and provider of highly skilled expert assistance in the areas of industry-driven skills and vocational training; teacher training and instructor upgrading; curriculum development; institutional and public sector capacity building; policy development; results-based management; and system reform. Sask Polytech has extensive experience in Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe through participation in Global Affairs Canada (GAC), International Financial Institutions (IFIs), and country-funded projects. Sask Polytech currently has international offices located in China, Mexico, the Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, West Africa, and Ukraine.
30+ years of experience in the design, delivery and management of international projects
Conducted national reform in vocation education systems in 3 countries
75+Sask Polytech staff and faculty have participated on international projects
Designed and delivered 25+ projects
Delivered and managed projects in 13 countries
100+ international deployments to deliver seminars, workshops, support curriculum develop, policy reviews, feasibility studies and counsel international partners
Project experience
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Angela Wojcichowsky, Director, International Partnerships & Projects
Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon Campus, 20th St.
200 – 226 – 20th Street East | PO Box 1520,
Saskatoon SK S7K 0R6 Canada
+1-306-659-6915
angela.wojcichowsky@saskpolytech.ca
Establishing the Wa Polytechnic
To assist the Wa Polytechnic to improve training accessibility and relevance to the income-generating needs of the rural poor in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
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Pump Caretaker Project
To organize short courses and training sessions and provide extension services to the communities.
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Where's Wa?
To promote a greater understanding and increased support in Saskatchewan for Canada’s international development assistance and partnership activities in Ghana.
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Malawi Enhancing Technical Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) Outcomes Project
To support the Government of Malawi in its plan to reduce poverty by increasing employment and self-employment through appropriate technical, entrepreneurial vocational programming and policy supports.
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Socio-Economic Development in Malawi through Technical Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) Reform
To strengthen the capacity of the TEVET system partners, particularly the Malawi Polytechnic to design, deliver and renew programs, conduct research as well as develop and train competent managers and teachers to meet the challenges of poverty reduction and to contribute to socio-economic growth.
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Canada India Industry Institute Linkage Project
(Strategic Planning & Curricula Development Components)
To enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the technical education system (20 polytechnics and engineering colleges) in the four states in the Western Region of India.
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Training for Employment Project
To assist the transition to a market economy in Kyrgyzstan through the development of a sustainable skills training system responsive to employer labour market needs.
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Building and Extending Skills Training Systems
To assist the Government of Jordan in its efforts to reform the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system to be more responsive to the changing socio-economic environment.
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Employer Driven Skills Development Project
To develop the labor market information analysis capability in the Ministry of Labor to support vocational education reform.
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Supporting Jordan’s Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy Project
To strengthen Jordan's human resources to support its transition to a knowledge-based economy, thus contributing to poverty reduction and promoting peace and security.
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Technical Teacher Retraining Project
To train the faculty and management of Industry College #4 (IC4), now Ho Chi Minh University of Industry (HUI, in the processes required to develop a systematic, Industry Driven Curriculum Development Model (within the MOLISA framework) and design instructional methodologies and resources to support the delivery of industry driven training programs.
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Tra Vinh Improved Livelihoods Project (TVILP)
To establish sustainable and productive agricultural and rural economic development practices and structures in order to strengthen the economy and decrease rural poverty in Tra Vinh Province.
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Vietnam Canada Community College Project (VCCCP)
To contribute to poverty reduction in Tra Vinh province through the development of a workforce with skills relevant to local and regional employment and self-employment opportunities. These skills included technical expertise related to agricultural production, extension, and small-scale processing.
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Technical Education and Vocational Training II Project Design Project
To help orient technical and vocational training to employer-defined skills needs and market opportunities by fostering public-private partnerships for skills development in priority growth sectors.
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Slovak Training Systems Project
To assist private sector development and increase employment by strengthening the capacity of the Slovak educational systems to design and deliver vocational training programs that address the current and changing skill needs of employers.
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Skills for Employment Project (SFEP)
To increase employment and self-employment among youth in Kyiv, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions of Ukraine.
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Decentralized Management of Skills Training Project in Ukraine (DMSTP)
To ensure the successful integration of Ukraine into the global market economy and development of sound governance in Ukraine through contributing to the implementation of the country’s decentralization process by assisting in the development of a national demand-driven skills training system.
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Prospecting, Exploration and Mining of Gold Bearing Minerals Project
To support Colombia’s National Training Service, SENA, in the development and upgrading of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs for the mining sector, focusing on prospection and exploration.
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Panama Rural Extension Development
To support the sustainable economic and social development of both aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in Panama through an increased capacity to identify and address local human resource needs.
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Panama Rural Extension Development
To support the sustainable economic and social development of both aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in Panama through an increased capacity to identify and address local human resource needs.
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Empowerment Through Skills Program (ESP)
To strengthen alternative pathways to education, employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship for women and adolescent girls.
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Young Africa Works in Kenya Project
To work with the Kenyan partners on the successful launch of improved and new training courses.
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