Project profile — Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) - Volunteer Sending 2015-2020

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased capacity of developing country partners to deliver sustainable development results, in response to local needs, by making use of the skills and expertise of qualified Canadian volunteers ; and (2) enhanced Canadians’ participation in Canada’s sustainable development efforts.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2020) include: (1) 1,863 (exceeding the project’s target of 1,749) volunteer assignments (1,447 North-South, including 1,426 in-person and 21 virtual, 14 South-North, 14 South-South) were delivered, which contributed to stronger and more effective public and private sector institutions, while promoting sustainable economic development and governance with 690 organizations in 17 countries across five regions: East Africa, West Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Caribbean; (2) 605 volunteer advisors (of which 188 were women) have contributed their expertise in a broad range of economic and social development sectors, exceeding the project’s target of 530, and have trained 32,591 (of which 16,710 (51%) were women), exceeding the project’s target of 30,000; (3) the majority of assignments fell into the broad sector of Sustainable Economic Growth (78%), followed by Democracy (18%) and Food Security (4%); (4) among those trained, the percentage of beneficiaries who stated an improvement in their social well-being was 90%, and in their economic conditions was 79% as a result of developing country partner projects; (5) 93% of developing country partners reported an increase in their skills, knowledge or abilities due to volunteer placements; and (6) over 11,000,000 Canadians were informed about the project through the organization's communication channels.