About Us
Newfoundland & Labrador Rural Team (NLRT)
Rural Team
Members
The Newfoundland and Labrador
Rural Team (NLRT) carries out its mission through eight strategic
key areas : the Rural Dialogue, the Rural Lens, rural research,
partnerships & capacity building, lessons learned and community
links, communications & knowledge transfer, management
and engaging rural youth. Made up of representatives
from federal and provincial departments and agencies, NLRT is
tasked with the implementation and testing of new approaches
and practices to respond to rural development issues and concerns.
NLRT has a focused role and objectives within each of the eight
strategic areas.
NLRT is part of Rural Team Canada.
There is a Rural Team in each province and territories made up
of representatives from different levels of government and key
stakeholders. Through the Rural Team Canada approach, the Canadian
Rural Partnership (CRP) is inviting all stakeholders to be part
of building partnerships, networks and alliances to address key
rural issues.
The CRP was announced in the
1998 Federal Budget with funding of $20 million over four years.
In July 2002, the Honourable Andy Mitchell, Secretary of State
(Rural Development) (Federal Economic Development Initiative
for Northern Ontario) announced details of an investment of $55
million to ensure the continued operation of the Canadian Rural
Partnership for another five years. The CRP is designed to
support rural community development by adopting new approaches
and practices to respond to rural development issues and concerns.
The initial focus is to build
the horizontal team within the federal government both in Ottawa
(Interdepartmental Working Group) and at the regional level through
Rural Teams. The Rural Teams are evolving to include other levels
of government and key stakeholders.
Through the Canadian Rural Partnership, the Government of Canada
listens to rural citizens, and provides strategic tools and resources
to assist communities to realize the benefits of networking and
resource sharing. The CRP is the key rural policy initiative
which works to ensure that programs, policies and activities
are co-ordinated to provide support to rural and remote communities
across Canada. The CRP helps us ensure that people can organize
themselves to mobilize their communities, define goals and carry
out plans that improve the quality of life in rural Canada.
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