Okanagan College
British Columbia, Canada
As the lead institution, OC provided primary coordination and liaison services for the project. This entailed reporting budgetary and non-budget progress to AUCC as well as our partner institutions, the University of the Gambia, and the Gambian government. OC also took the lead in coordinating curriculum development, organizing and delivering facilitator training sessions, organizing and monitoring module deliveries, facilitating student exchanges, and developing and utilizing evaluation and assessment tools. The OC project coordinator still stays in close touch with the local coordinator as well as OC's partners, GTTI and SMU.

Saint Mary's University
Nova Scotia, Canada
Because of its unique history and ongoing relationship with the University of the Gambia, SMU had special responsibilities to ensure a laddering arrangement was agreed upon by the University and WARD and in helping to establish the Centre within the university structure. As well, SMU personnel were also participating in curriculum development (especially the university bridging component to WARD programming), facilitator training, assisting in developing and administering the needs assessment tools, and module delivery monitoring. SMU was a member of the Management team and Management Committee and provided advice and direction in terms of project implementation. Saint Mary's has also hosted one of two African students to study at their institution.

Association of Universities and Colleges Canada
AUCC provided a supportive role to the project team in administering the project, providing management guidelines and advice, and promoting the project. AUCC also monitored projects through visits, direct contact, and receipt of progress and financial reports from the implementing institutions, and reported back to CIDA.