About Us
Prince
Edward Island Rural Team (PEIRT)
Rural Team
Members
The Prince Edward Island Rural
Team (PEIRT) 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. PEIRT has a focused role and objectives
within each of the eight strategic areas.
PEIRT 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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