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About the Agreement
Agreement History
The Canada / Atlantic Provinces Agreement on International Business Development sets out to fund activities that help enterprising companies overcome obstacles and seize fresh opportunities for growth and prosperity. Overall, this Agreement provides a forum for the federal and provincial governments to work together toward a common goal: increased economic performance in Atlantic Canada through increased exports. The original Agreement was signed in 1994 for a total value of $3 million. The Agreement has been extended three times since then, most recently in 2005 for five years with an additional $10 million of investment. The funding of the Agreement is cost-shared between the federal government (70%) and the provincial governments (30%). The goals of this Agreement are:
To help meet these objectives, the Agreement relies heavily on four areas of programming:
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