International Projects

Since 1998, LearnSphere has been exporting training resources to different parts of the world through international development work. Over the years we have been involved in international contracts with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Francophone Agency (OIF) in Paris, France.

LearnSphere has brokered and managed a variety of international development projects, ranging from small to larger, more complex projects valued at more than $4 million. As part of our work at the international level, we have been involved in several projects taking us to over twenty (20) countries in Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.

Project: Formation professionnelle en technologies de l'information et de la communication (FPTIC)
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Date: February 2007 - March 2012

LearnSphere, in collaboration with our Associates, is currently implementing this project, which involves the development of IT-related training programs aimed at improving the employment opportunities for youth in Cameroon, Africa. As part of this initiative, a consortium of LearnSphere Associates, headed by NordSud.org , was awarded a sub-contract through a competitive process to assist in some of the project deliverables.

Project: Soutien à l'acquisition de compétences en technologies de l'information et de la communication (SACTIC)
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Date: August 2003 - June 2009

LearnSphere, in partnership with the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick - Campus de Dieppe (CCNB Dieppe), recently completed the SACTIC project. This project has successfully helped to build capacity in the IT sector in Cameroon through the establishment of a private sector training school that is now offering CCNB Dieppe sanctioned two-year diplomas in three areas of specialties: Webmaster-multimedia, Programming for the Internet, and Networking. Our partner organization, ISTDI, founded by Mr. Paul GUIMEZAP, is now recognized within Cameroon and the region as the lead training institution in IT, with over 1500 students per year coming from within Cameroon as well as neighbouring countries. Over 400 students have already graduated from ISTDI with New Brunswick sanctioned diplomas.

Project: UTECH web portal
Client: UTECH through the Inter-American Development Bank
Date: 2004

LearnSphere brokered an opportunity for a New Brunswick-based IT company to develop a portal for learning for the University of Technology (UTECH) in Kingston, Jamaica. This project was financed by the Inter-American Development Bank.

Project: Soutien aux stratégies d'accès communautaire à l'Internet dans deux pays francophones (SSACI)
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Date: December 2003 to July 2004

This project was awarded to LearnSphere to assist two countries, Benin and Burkina Faso, to improve the sustainability of their respective internet community access centers. This was accomplished through the recruiting and hiring of a multinational team composed of young IT professionals from a number of countries. Once selected, the IT team traveled to New Brunswick to participate in an intensive training program, developed and put in place by a consortium of LearnSphere Associates.

Project: International Youth Internship
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Date: July - December 2000

As a result of the successful IT youth initiative in 1999, LearnSphere was asked to develop another similar initiative to help developing countries improve their IT skills. Host countries included Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Benin.

Project: SchoolNet RESCOL Toile Scolaire Francophone
Client: Organization international de la Francophonie (OIF)
Date: Spring 1999, Spring 2000, and Spring and Fall 2001

This project, inspired by Canada's highly successful Schoolnet initiative, was awarded to LearnSphere to help Francophone developing countries improve the use of technology in a community and school setting. A consortium of LearnSphere Associates developed rich training content to help support this initiative. As a result of the highly successful pilot, three other phases were awarded to expand the program to other countries. Host countries included Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal, Morocco, Madagascar, Seychelles, Guinea, Benin and Comoros.

Project: International Youth Internship
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Date: 1998-99

This International Youth Internship project, awarded to LearnSphere through a competitive process, involved hiring and training twenty young IT professionals from New Brunswick to prepare them for six (6) month assignments abroad. Their mandate consisted of training IT technicians and providing technical support as a means to build local capacity in eight developing countries: Haiti, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mauritius. LearnSphere also collaborated with Tecsult/EduPlus and the Centre canadien d'étude et de coopération internationale (CECI) on this project.

Project: Netcorps Jamaica
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Date: February - July 1999

LearnSphere was awarded this project through a competitive process to help Jamaica in the area of IT support. Three young IT professionals were hired and trained by LearnSphere and its Associates to help support the IT needs of Jamaica Promotions' Corporation (JAMPRO) and the University of Technology (UTECH).

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