Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership Program (ASEP)

The request for proposal  for the ASEP program closed on September 7, 2007. Submissions received after this deadline will be considered subject to funding availability.

Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) is a nationally managed program geared to providing Aboriginal people with the skills they need to participate in economic opportunities such as northern mining, oil and gas, forestry, and hydro development projects across Canada.

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for funding under ASEP, project proposals are required to clearly demonstrate a solid partnership arrangement and set out a comprehensive, multi-year training-to-employment plan.

Each partnership must demonstrate that it can share the cost of implementing the proposal with significant investment funding from the private sector/major employer, the provincial or territorial government and the Aboriginal groups involved.

The training-to-employment plan covers a broad continuum ranging from basic skills, literacy, academic upgrading, job-specific training and apprenticeships, to retention counselling and other supports while on the job. As part of the training-to-employment plan, the major employer must guarantee a minimum of 50 long-term jobs for Aboriginal people by the completion of the project.

Summary

ASEP is a five-year, $85-million initiative. Its overall objective is sustainable employment for Aboriginal people in major economic industries, leading to lasting benefits for Aboriginal communities, families and individuals.

More information about ASEP can be found in the fact sheet.

As of February 2006, $85 million for this initiative has been fully invested in nine ASEP projects to design, develop and deliver community based training, employment programs and capital projects.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Mr. Ken Donnelly
Assistant Director, Aboriginal Relations Office
Aboriginal Program Policy
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0J9
Telephone: (819) 956-8860
Fax: (819) 994-3297
E-mail: ken.donnelly@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml