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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
I am pleased to announce the launch of the Official Languages
Innovation Program. The objective of this program is to ensure that the public
service is better equipped to comply with the Official Languages Act (the Act)
and
to reflect Canada’s linguistic duality.
The Innovation Program is one of the initiatives announced in
the Action Plan for Official Languages,
a major project that aims, among other things, to create an exemplary public
service. To achieve this aim, the government plans to invest new funds to help
federal institutions implement the Official Languages Program. A total of $14
million will be allocated over the next five years to enable the development of
innovative projects.
This new program has two components: the Regional Partnerships
Fund and the Official Languages Innovation Fund.
The Regional Partnerships Fund helps federal regional
councils finance innovative projects tailored to regional conditions relating to
service to the public, language of work in designated bilingual regions, and balanced
participation of Anglophones and Francophones in the public service.
The Official Languages Innovation Fund was established to
enable federal institutions to improve their ability to provide services to the
public in both
official languages, create an environment that promotes the use of both
languages in the workplace in bilingual regions, encourage cultural change, and improve their
management of the program. This fund uses a financing formula of fifty percent
of the amount invested by institutions submitting projects.
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to submit
your projects to promote official languages in your region and in your
institutions.
I hope you find the information and links on our site helpful,
and I invite you to visit often since we will be updating it as we make progress
with implementation of the Innovation Program.
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