International Development Projects - 2026-03-12 10:49:00 PM - all published projects English

CA-3-Z020586001 2026-03-09T06:32:47 The project aims to foster a greater understanding and an enduring commitment to the values of liberal-democratic governance, the rule of law, and public participation. It intends to do so by building a cadre of trainers and self-sustaining training programs on democratic principles to provide secondary and tertiary education institutions and their students, as well as government officials, with an understanding of their responsibilities and accountability in a system based on the rule of law and respect for civil liberties. Closed 2004-03-05T00:00:00 2011-01-28T00:00:00 Queen's University 2411915.42 Results at end of project include: According to survey data, courses using the project-supported Fundamentals of Democracy textbook are now being taught in 89 per cent of Ukraine’s universities. Four textbooks were published in 2010-2011 to support the new curriculum on democratic policing in a Political Science course for officer cadets in Ministry of Internal Affairs universities. A 2010 textbook intended to train teachers in the fundamentals of democracy is now used in all pedagogical institutions. In January 2011, a text adapted from the project’s Fundamentals of Democracy text won a national competition becoming the required textbook for a compulsory Grade XI course entitled “The Human in Society”, which will be in use in all 20,000 Ukrainian secondary schools. Donor country personnel Bilateral Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Global Affairs Canada EGM Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Magh Pre-APP Queen's University