2008-01-04 - The Initiative runs until March 2008. However, the Initiative has committed all of its available funding and is no longer accepting requests for funding.
The Canadian Rural Partnership's Networking Initiative funds three types of rural community projects aimed at building community capacity: learning events, partnerships and networks.
Eligible recipients may include cooperatives, individuals, non-profit* organizations and associations, universities, colleges, non-governmental corporations, and municipal or regional governments.
Organizations must be incorporated under Canadian law and capable of entering into binding contracts.
Specifically excluded are federal departments, agencies and Crown corporations, and provincial and territorial governments. Where assessment indicates any of the following conditions, the applicant may not be eligible:
Examples of activities that could qualify:
Learning events: providing training and skills development for community stakeholders and needs/assets identification for rural and remote communities.
Partnerships: developing action plans for community development and community capacity building, and carrying out socio-economic research on the issues faced by rural communities.
Networks: enhancing the capacity of communities and community organizations to develop responses to rural and remote community issues thereby contributing to community capacity building.
A proposal may be considered for funding under one of the following three categories:
Learning Events
Funding of up to 1/3 of total project costs; maximum $15 000.
Eligible learning events are short-term in nature and can be stand-alone or part of a larger event such as a conference series. The expected results of learning events are that benefits are accrued at an individual or community level. The time frame and target audience allows impacts to be measured upon completion of each event.
Examples
Partnerships
Funding of up to 1/3 of total project costs; maximum $40 000.
A partnership is defined as two or more groups with compatible goals who form an agreement to share the work, the risk and the results of the project. The expected result is the creation of new opportunities to share investment risks and create/develop funding strategies in order to meet rural community challenges. Partnerships are medium-term in nature, with impacts assessed on a continuous basis.
Examples
Networks
Funding can reach up to half of the total project costs to a maximum of $80 000 per year for regional networks. For national networks, please contact the Manager, Networking Initiative, Rural Secretariat at 613-759-7388.
A network is an umbrella organization whose membership is comprised of multi-community or multi-sectoral groups and individual members. The purpose is to fund activities that increase the capacity of coordinating agencies to advise all levels of government on rural development policies within their respective province. Networks are long-term in nature, with impacts and benefits that can be evaluated throughout and upon completion of the process. Funding is for activities incremental to the organization's core activities. For start-up networks, limited funding is available to help the organization get established.
*Note: "non-profit" also known as nonprofit organizations, non profit organizations, not-for-profit organizations, voluntary organizations and volunteer organizations.
New Brunswick Contact(s):
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador
Paula
Belliveau
Senior Policy Advisor
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Suite 210
1600 Main Street
Moncton, New Brunswick
E1E 1G5
Telephone: 506-851-7981
Fax: 506-851-2984
E-mail: belliveaup@agr.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml