Project profile — Inspire Action - Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)

• Developing countries, unspecified (100.00%)

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

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (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 its project, the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) seeks to increase the engagement of both the public and the stakeholders in Alberta. More specifically, it aims to involve more Albertans, 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 education curriculums incorporating international cooperation. The project also seeks to improve the capacity of Alberta 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 SDGs; and (3) increased Canadian development partners’ effectiveness 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) enabled 80% of participating organizations to create or actively collaborate in a public engagement campaign or activity promoting gender equality or sustainable development goals (SDGs). It does so due to their involvement with the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation; (2) 2,364 educators received professional development and learning support on global citizenship education, explicitly targeting the feminist international assistance policy ; (3) 5,004 people used virtual reality technology to listen to gender-responsive stories of women and girls in the Global South; (4) 385 individuals participated in various capacity-building events on key development priorities focusing on gender-responsive programming in Alberta; (5) 84% of surveyed participants in public engagement global citizenship education activity indicated increased level of awareness of SDGs; (6) 84% of surveyed educators reported an increased confidence in delivering engaging lessons on gender equality, SDGs, and other related global or local issues; and (7) 89% of participant organizations indicated a deeper understanding of current good development practices promoting gender equality and SDGs.

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