Project profile — One Guyana Digital project


 

Overview 

CA-3-P013993001
$9,400,000
2024-09-20 - 2026-09-30
Operational
Global Affairs Canada
NGM Americas

Country / region 

• Guyana (48.99%)
• Developing countries, unspecified (51.01%)

Sector 

• Secondary Education: Vocational training (11330) (48.99%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Sectors not specified (99810) (51.01%)

Policy marker 

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (principal objective)

Description 

The “One Guyana Digital” project is a 3-year project that seeks to address the supply and demand needs of the growing information, communication, and technology (ICT) sector in Guyana. It does so by training of 2,000 Guyanese persons as full stack developer. The ultimate outcome of the project is to enhance inclusive economic growth in Guyana by increasing employability of Guyanese men and women in the ICT sector. It also seeks to increase inclusive employment opportunities for Guyanese men and women, including from marginalized group in the ICT sector.

Expected results 

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased employability of 2,000 Guyanese men and women, including from marginalized groups, in the ICT sector; and (2) increased and inclusive employment opportunities for 2,000 ICT trained Guyanese men and women, including from marginalized groups, within the ICT sector.

Results achieved 

N/A

Budget and spending 


Original budget $4,700,000
Planned disbursement $0
Transactions
Country percentages by sector
Type of finance Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Collaboration type Bilateral
Type of aid Project-type interventions
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