Beyond Health Canada

The Partnering for the Benefit of Canadians: Government of Canada - Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI), announced in June 2000 confirms and reinforces the Government of Canada's commitment to building a new relationship with Canada's voluntary sector. The following are some key documents, tools and resources that were developed to better understand and enhance the relationship between the two sectors.

About the VSI

• Building Capacity in the Voluntary Sector: Resources from the Capacity Joint Table - September 2003
• Building on Strength: Improving Governance and Accountability in Canada's Voluntary Sector

Government - Sector Relationship

• Taking the Accord Forward: The First Report to Canadians on Implementing An Accord Between the Government of Canada and the Voluntary Sector
• Building Relationships: Using Good Practices as a Catalyst HTML
• A Federal Government - Voluntary Sector Accord: Implications for Canada's Voluntary Sector HTML
• A Government Voluntary Sector Accord HTML
• The Rubber and the Road, a workbook for implementing the Codes of Good Practice
• The Capacity to Serve: A Qualitative Study of the Challenges Facing Canada's Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations

Partnership Resources

• The Partnership Handbook
• ALS Society of Canada and MDAC - Collaboration on Research: Lessons Learned
• Benchmarks of Excellence
• Report from the Orchestrating Partnerships Workshop
  

Funding/Financing

• Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada's New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations
• An Overview of the Funding of Canada's Voluntary Sector
• Supporting Organizational Infrastructure In the Voluntary Sector
• Resources For Accountability and Financial Management in the Voluntary Sector

Policy Development

• Participating in Federal Public Policy: A Guide for the Voluntary Sector
• Policy Internships and Fellowships: Bridging the Policy Dialogue Between Voluntary Organizations and the Federal Government
• Report To Participants Winter 2002 Consultations on Advocacy - The Sound of Citizens' Voices
• Regulation of Advocacy in the Voluntary Sector: Current Challenges and Some Responses

Regulations

• Final Report of the Joint Regulatory Table: Strengthening Canada's Charitable Sector: Regulatory Reform
• A Study of the Liabilities Facing Directors and Officers of Non-profit Corporations in Canada
• Vicarious Liability in the Non-profit Sector
• Regulation of Advocacy in the Voluntary Sector: Current Challenges and Some Responses HTML

Working and Volunteering

• What do Voluntary Sector Leaders Do?
• National Learning Initiative Brochure
• Developing Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector Website HRVS Website
• Canada Volunteerism Initiative - Final Report
• Human Resources Think Tank Report
• Backgrounder on the Literature on (Paid) Human Resources in the Canadian Voluntary Sector
• Summary Report of Consultations on Proposals for the NVI HTML
• Sharing Your Views on Proposals for the National Volunteerism Initiative (NVI Consultation Document)
• Environmental Scan on Volunteering in Canada

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