Centre for International Studies and Cooperation

For these internships, candidates must be Canadian citizen or landed immigrant.

CECI’s Volunteer Cooperation Program

CECI’s new volunteer cooperation program aims to improve the economic and social well-being of 2 million of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, including at least 1.5 million women and young women.

CECI believes in the potential of women s agents of change, placing them at the heart of the program.

CECI is specifically looking to strengthen the position and leadership of women and young women for a sustainable and inclusive development. By sharing their skills and know-how, and by working closely with local partners, CECI’s volunteers work for the
economic empowerment of women and young women, and to build the resilience of communities in the face of climate change.

Africa

Benin

       Organization

              PositionLanguage requirements
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) - BeninClimate Change and Environmental Sustainability Officer French 
Centre de Développement Économique Local (CDEL-ONG)Communications Officer - Promotion and Social NetworksFrench 
Centre de Recherche et d'Expertise pour le Développement Local (CREDeL)Administrative Management OfficerFrench 

Rwanda

    Organization

                          PositionLanguage requirements
Réseau des Femmes oeuvrant pour le développement rural (Réseau des Femmes)Women's Economic Empowerment Officer (WEEO)English

Senegal

OrganizationPositionLanguage Requirements
Alphabétiser pour un développement durable (ALPHADEV) Communication OfficerFrench
Collège des Jeunes du Cadre de Concertation des Producteurs d’Arachide (CDJ/CCPA)Environment and Climate Change Adaptation OfficerFrench
Collège des Femmes du Cadre de Concertation des
Producteurs d’Arachide (CDF/CCPA)
Project management OfficerFrench

Asia (Not available in Spring/Summer 2024)

Nepal

OrganizationPositionLanguage Requirements
SETU NepalCommunication and IT OfficerEnglish
SETU NepalDocumentation OfficerEnglish
Lalitpur District Milk Producers Cooperative Union (LDMPCU)Gender EqualityandCommunication OfficerEnglish
Women’s Skills Development Organization (WSDO)/Fair Trade Group (FTG) NepalGender EqualityandCommunication OfficerEnglish
Women’s Skills Development Organization (WSDO)/Fair Trade Group (FTG) NepalMarketing OfficerEnglish
Organic World and Fair Future (OWF)/Fair Trade Group (FTG) Nepal Marketing OfficerEnglish

Latin America

Bolivia

OrganizationPositionLanguage Requirements
Comunidad en Acción/Plataforma Boliviana frente al Cambio ClimáticoClimate Change Adaptation OfficerSpanish
Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de La PazMarketing OfficerSpanish

Guatemala 

OrganizationPositionLanguage Requirements
Departamento de Emprendedores, Universidad Rafael LandívarSocial Media and Content development AgentSpanish
Asociación Qachuu Aloom Madre TierraAgroecological Product Marketing OfficerSpanish