Project profile — Inspiring Action - Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)

• Developing countries, unspecified (100.00%)

• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)

The “Inspiring Action for Global Citizenship” Program aims to promote awareness of global issues among the Canadian public and relevant stakeholders across Canada. The Program is implemented by eight provincial and regional councils for international cooperation in their respective province or region. Through this project, the Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI) seeks to increase the engagement of both the public and the stakeholders in Quebec. More specifically, it aims to involve more Quebecers, in particular youth, in international development by increasing their support for and participation in Canada's efforts to eradicate poverty in the world. This translates into a variety of integrated communication activities, such as the celebration of International Development Week, the organization of public information sessions and the development of publications. The project also seeks to improve the capacity of Quebec civil society organizations working in international development to maximize their results, though diverse knowledge-sharing initiatives, including workshops, webinars and trainings.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced Canadians’, especially youth, contribution to Canada’s international development efforts towards gender equality, empowering women and girls, reducing poverty and inequality, and achieving SDGs; (2) increased Canadians’, especially youth, engagement in international development and key global issues supporting Canada's feminist international assistance policy action areas and the SDGs; and (3) increased the effectiveness of Canadian development partners in delivering innovative, inclusive programs that advance gender equality, supporting Canada's feminist international assistance policy action areas and SDGs.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) 64% (cumulative total) of Global citizenship education participants surveyed indicated that they had supported action on global issues as a result of participating in an activity; (2) 69% (cumulative total) of members of the Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI) indicated that they had made demonstrable efforts to reduce accessibility barriers in order to be more inclusive in their programming; and (3) awareness campaigns, advocacy and public events reached 5,044,037 people indirectly (cumulative) on social media.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities:
• Inspiring Action - Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC)
• Inspiring Action - British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC)
• Inspiring Action - Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC)
• Inspiring Action - Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC)
• Inspiring Action - Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC)
• Inspiring Action - Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)