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Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) supports research and advocacy activities designed to promote Aboriginal business development.
Overview of Supported Activities
Examples of the types of research and advocacy activities we typically fund include:
- research and reporting of results that have broad application and can lead to increased participation of Aboriginal businesses in the national and international economies;
- conferences, workshops and seminars that are directly related to ABC's program priorities;
- business skills training (in limited circumstances);
- projects that create greater awareness of Aboriginal business achievement; and
- development of institutional partnerships to support the financing and development of Aboriginal businesses.
Eligible Project Costs
For projects involving research and advocacy activities ABC can support:
- professional fees and directly related expenses of qualified arm's-length consultants, researchers and technicians;
- rental costs of facilities for eligible conferences, seminars and advocacy projects;
- production and distribution costs of information materials for eligible advocacy projects;
- costs of technical support services, such as videotaping, transcription and translation related to eligible projects; and
- meals that are part of the conference, such as working lunches served to everyone or conference dinners. Other meals and the per diem for conference delegates and organizers are not eligible costs.
What should the proposal include?
Evidence must be provided to demonstrate that the proposal represents an initiative above and beyond the applicant's core activities
Proposals for ABC support for research and advocacy activities should, at a minimum, include the following:
- Objectives of the project, identifying potential broad-based Aboriginal economic benefits. Benefits will not accrue principally to the applicant, particularly community benefits.
- Proposed activities, together with expected and measurable results.
- A detailed work plan that outlines costs and includes a time frame for the activities.
- Proposed participants and beneficiaries.
- Managerial and financial capacity of the applicant to carry out the project or any expected follow-up activities.
- Names of proposed consultants or employees, together with statements of their relevant experience.
- A statement confirming a reasonable commitment of the applicant's time and resources to implement the proposal.
- A statement detailing requests for assistance for all projects for that year which the applicant is planning, and which may require ABC support (when possible, we would like to understand the overall funding requirements of the applicant when assessing an application).
- Information about other possible sources of funding, including the name of the organization, a contact person, a phone number, the status of the proposal and an approximate dollar amount.
Questions? Please review our Frequently Asked Questions or contact a development officer at an office location near you.
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