International programs and projects

AUCC promotes Canadian universities’ partnerships around the world, and particularly with developing countries. We manage several international programs open to Canadian universities and seek involvement in technical assistance projects financed by the Canadian International Development Agency as well as the multilateral development banks including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Caribbean Development Bank.

Some programs and projects involve partnerships throughout the world; others apply to specific regions only. They are listed here under the world regions they cover.

Multiple regions

• University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development
• Students for Development
• Programme canadien de bourses de la Francophonie
• Scotiabank-AUCC Awards for Excellence in Internationalization
• AUCC-IDRC partnership on North-South research collaboration

Americas

• Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG)
• Canada-Mexico Higher Education Opportunities
• Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Uganda, and Zambia: Joint Evaluation of External Support to Basic Education

Asia

• Tanaka Fund Program
• Bangladesh: Non-formal Education
• India: Administration of Justice
• Philippines: Judicial Reform
• Samoa: Climate Change Monitoring and Education
• Vietnam and Thailand: Training of University Career Advisors

Europe

• International Space University – Space Studies Program
• International Space University – Master of Space Studies and Master of Space Management
• Finnish-Canadian Trainee Exchange Program
• Russian Federation: Improving Services for Youth at Risk
• Canada-Russia Northern Development Program
• Consortium for Economic Policy Research and Advice (Canada-Russia)
• Latvian Criminal Justice Reform Program
• Latvia: The Legal Reform Capacity Project
• Latvian Legal Reform Project
• Closed - Partnerships for Tomorrow Program - Phase II

Africa and the Middle East

• Al Ahram University Project (Egypt)
• Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Uganda, and Zambia: Joint Evaluation of External Support to Basic Education
• Botswana International University of Science and Technology Framework Design
• Gulu University Institutional Design
• Programme de renforcement d'institutions ayant mandat de formation (PRICAM)
• Le programme d'Informatique de l'Université Laval à l'Afrique francophone
• Yemen Higher Education Development Project – University Twinning Component

Consulting opportunities

Consult the searchable databases CUE and CUPID to find out more about individual Canadian universities’ involvement with partners around the world. CUE contains information on some 3,500 agreements between universities in Canada and institutions in other countries to provide exchange opportunities for students, faculty and staff, and to conduct joint research. CUPID contains more than 2,300 records on Canadian university international development projects.