International Projects

Saint Mary’s University has been implementing international capacity-building and training projects since the early 1980s.  Usually funded by external donors (including the Canadian government), these projects focus on building the capacity of human resources in developing and transition countries to contribute to the development priorities of that country.  Working in collaboration with in-country partners, Saint Mary’s provides formal and informal training to target groups, advises on policy issues on a variety of levels, and promotes adherence to international standards in governance, gender equality, security, and social justice.

Priority sectors for the university’s international development projects include:

• Business and private sector development
• Small and medium sized enterprises
• Environment
• Community development
• Project management (including monitoring and evaluation)
• Governance
• Gender equality
• Issues related to persons with disabilities

Click on the links below to see examples of Saint Mary's University capacity-building projects.

- Projects by sector

- Projects by region

Projects by sector

Business

• Developing Entrepreneurship in Vietnam (pdf)

• Computing Science in The Gambia (pdf)
• Business School of Indigenous People of the North, Russia (pdf)
• Sustainable Development of Small Business in Indigenous People Community of Ulchsky Municipality Project, Russia (pdf)
• Management Training for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Caucasus (pdf)
• Training for a Market Economy in Vietnam (pdf)
• Management for Change in the Slovak and Czech Republics (pdf)

Environment

• Education for Environmental Transition: Mining in Mongolia (pdf)
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management Education in Cuba (pdf)
• Development of Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture at UFPS, Colombia (pdf)
• Community-Based Conservation Management in China and Vietnam (pdf)
• Aquatic Resource Management in Cambodia (pdf)
• Citizen Science: Towards global environmental Sustainability (pdf)

Project Management

• Training Project Management and Monitoring & Evaluation (pdf)
• Official Development Assistance in Central Europe (ODACE) (pdf)
• Students for Development, Tanzania (pdf)
• Strengthening Economic Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region- Vietnam Short-term Re-Training Fund (VSTRF) (pdf)
• Singapore - Canada Third Country Training Programme (pdf)

Youth

• Making it Happen: Newcomer Youth Find a Voice through Podcasting (pdf)
• Students for Development, 2009 (pdf)
• Students for Development, Tanzania (pdf)
• International Youth Internship Program (pdf)
• Atlantic Canada - Vietnam Linkage Project (pdf)

Gender

• Sex Trade in the Philippines (pdf)
• Gender and Cross-Cultural Program, China (pdf)
• Community Partnership and Women's Studies (pdf)

Higher Education

• West African Rural Development Centre in The Gambia (pdf)
• Special Initiatives Program – International Learning and Students with Disabilities (pdf)
• Capacity Building for Higher Education in The Gambia (pdf)
• Saint Mary's University Extension Program in The Gambia (pdf)
• International Education Centre (pdf)

Other

• China Migrant Labour Occupational Health and Safety Project (pdf)
• Canada/China Language and Cultural Training (pdf)
• Sierra Leone Cotton Tree Partnership Linkage Project (pdf)

Projects by region

Africa

• Computing Science in The Gambia (pdf)
• Students for Development, Tanzania (pdf)
• West African Rural Development Centre in The Gambia (pdf)
• Capacity Building for Higher Education in The Gambia (pdf)
• Saint Mary's University Extension Program in The Gambia (pdf)
• Sierra Leone Cotton Tree Partnership Linkage Project (pdf)

Asia

• China Migrant Labour Occupational Health and Safety Project (pdf)
• Developing Entrepreneurship in Vietnam (pdf)
• Education for Environmental Transition: Mining in Mongolia (pdf)
• Community-Based Conservation Management in China and Vietnam (pdf)
• Strengthening Economic Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region- Vietnam Short-term Re-Training Fund (VSTRF) (pdf)
• Singapore - Canada Third Country Training Programme (pdf)
• Sex Trade in the Philippines (pdf)
• Aquatic Resource Management in Cambodia (pdf)
• Canada/China Language and Cultural Training (pdf)
• Training for a Market Economy in Vietnam (pdf)
• Gender and Cross-Cultural Program, China (pdf)
• Community Partnership and Women's Studies (pdf)
• Atlantic Canada - Vietnam Linkage Project (pdf)

Europe

• Business School of Indigenous People of the North, Russia (pdf)
• Sustainable Development of Small Business in Indigenous People Community of Ulchsky Municipality Project, Russia (pdf)
• Official Development Assistance in Central Europe (ODACE) (pdf)
• Management Training for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Caucasus (pdf)
• Management for Change in the Slovak and Czech Republics (pdf)

Americas

• Integrated Coastal Zone Management Education in Cuba (pdf)
• Development of Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture at UFPS, Colombia (pdf)
• Community Partnership and Women's Studies (pdf)

In Canada

• Making it Happen: Newcomer Youth Find a Voice through Podcasting (pdf)
• Special Initiatives Program – International Learning and Students with Disabilities (pdf)
• International Education Centre (pdf)

Multi-region

• International Youth Internship Program (pdf)
• Students for Development, 2009 (pdf)
• Training Project Management and Monitoring & Evaluation (pdf)
• Citizen Science: Towards global environmental Sustainability (pdf)