In Greater Montreal, Canada Economic Development, under the Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) program, focusses on the following areas:

• Science and technology: focusses mainly on maintaining the competitiveness of high technology industries
• Development of SMEs: focusses mainly on increasing the number of exporting enterprises and the region’s volume of exports
• International development: focusses mainly on the capacity to attract international organizations
• Development of tourism and cultural industries: focusses on the development of the region’s potential for attracting international tourism, including assistance in international marketing of major festivals
• Local economic development: includes support for local long-term job creation initiatives

This is a five-year initiative, ending on March 31st, 2007.

• Some private research centres, such as those working in the regional economy’s leading-edge sectors
• Industrial groups and associations of enterprises
• Sectoral and support organizations for the development of SMEs, especially those working on the promotion of exports
• Some non-profit organizations with an economic mandate that promote growth-generating projects in the Strategy’s priority areas