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Info attached on interesting program for empowering communities and
 building technical assistance capacity.  Funding (50/50, $5,000 to
$25,000
 per project) by the J.W. McConnell Foundation and the Centre for Study
in
 Training, Investment and Economic Restructuring at Carleton University.
 Note there is no deadline but proposals will be considered on a
 first-come, first-served basis from mid-January, 1998.
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 The funding program described below is a 50/50 cost share approach
between
 the program and the community for professional/technical services, with
 the program covering all of the administrative and travel costs.
 The Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
 -CEDTAP-
 Empowering Communities and Building Technical Assistance Capacity
 The Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program or
CEDTAP
 is a four-year, national initiative to promote high-performance
community
 economic development (CED) among local organizations and professionals
 across Canada. Funded by The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation and
 operating out of CSTIER (the Centre for Study in Training, Investment
and
 Economic Restructuring) at Carleton University in Ottawa, CEDTAP will
 support small and medium-sized technical assistance assignments (worth
 $5,000 to $25,000) for and with local organizations that are building
 community as a means to economic  development. These assignments are
 intended to strengthen communities that are organizing themselves to
 create and retain jobs, develop local enterprise, and enhance local
 self-reliance -- especially those communities and groups that have been
 economically or socially disadvantaged.  The program aims to assist 125
 communities across Canada by 2001.
 Empowering Communities
 The CEDTAP approach enables communities to select the planning,
technical
 assistance (TA) and training that they decide is most timely and
suitable.
 The program empowers communities to design and manage customized
 interventions which suit their own needs, and which draw on proven CED
 expertise and tools from anywhere in Canada. Professional resources
will
 be selected from a pre-established directory, and a mix or "hybrid" of
TA
 providers may be proposed by communities for assignments. Communities
will
 participate as full partners in planning, implementing and evaluating
 specific technical assistance assignments and they will share costs
with
 CEDTAP for technical assistance and training.
 Program Approach
 Assignments at the community level may involve face-to-face
consultations
 with providers, "distance consultation" via telephone, fax, or e-mail,
 training workshops, study-tour exposures to other communities and
 projects, and other approaches.  Activities could include community and
 business planning, marketing, financing, enterprise management,
investment
 mechanisms,             institution-building, human resource
development,
 board development, trade opportunities, information technology, and
other
 areas.
 CEDTAP's role will be to maintain the provider directory, initiate or
 facilitate discussions between providers and communities when
necessary,
 act as a clearing house for lessons learned and good practice, track
and
 disseminate innovations generated by program participants, and monitor
the
 achievement of project results. All of this is intended to strengthen
and
 mainstream CED nationally and to promote a positive policy environment
for
 CED in the longer term.
 How to Get Involved
 Communities and groups across the country are invited to send
expressions
 of interest, beginning in mid-January 1998. Eligible proponents include
 non-profit community development corporations, community loan funds,
 social sector agencies, women's organizations and other not-for-profit
 associations and groups. Groups need not be legal entities to submit an
 expression of interest, although they will need a reference or
 "guarantor".
 There is no deadline for community proposals. They will be considered
on a
 continuing basis throughout the year, based on the extent to which they
 show potential for significant employment, economic and social impacts
in
 regions and communities that have traditionally been marginalized.
Other
 criteria, such as participation and financial contribution, are also
key.
 If you are a CED technical assistance provider there are a number of
ways
 in which you can become involved in CEDTAP. If you would like to submit
a
 proposal for the provision of TA services in future, please contact
the
 CEDTAP Secretariat for more information on program requirements and
 criteria for providers. Not only should providers have a proven track
 record, but CEDTAP seeks to ensure representation from each region of
the
 country, as well as a range of sectoral and technical expertise,
 institutional structure and language capability. In the interim, we can
 register you as a CEDTAP associate, and invite you to stay involved
with
 the program through contributing to and receiving our bulletin, sharing
 lessons learned and innovations with other providers, and participating
in
 provider meetings.
 Staying in Touch
 For further information on the program, or to receive the directory of
 technical assistance providers and guidelines for submitting an
expression
 of interest, please contact:
 Ms. Barbara Levine
 Coordinator
 Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
 Centre for the Study of Training, Investment and Economic Restructuring
 Carleton University
 1125 Colonel By Drive
 Room 214 Social Science Research Building
 Ottawa, Ontario  K1S 5B6
 Phone:  (613) 520-2600-1588
 Fax:  (613) 520-3561
 E-Mail:  cstier@carleton.ca










_________________________________
Rochelle Owen
5th Floor, Queen Square
45 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, N.S.
B2Y 2N6
902-426-2578 (ph)
902-426-2062 (fax)
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/action21/home.html

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