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CANADA - Community Development Program Building Rural and Northern Partnerships

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Building Rural and Northern Partnerships
APPLICANT’S GUIDE - Effective March 15, 2011

The Community Development Program is a contribution program which offers a limited amount of funding to assist rural and northern regions, including community governments and non-profit organizations to obtain information and access/develop the expertise, tools and processes needed:

to respond to rural and northern challenges and opportunities; and
to become more competitive by collaborating regionally, building on their local assets and developing unused potential.

A new component is available to assist with funding for the implementation of community or regional plans.

Application deadline for the current "Partnerships", "Rural Development", and "Knowledge Building" programs is June 30, 2012 with funding activities to be completed by March 31, 2013. Final program apllication deadline for "Workshops" is September 30, 2012.

Funding is available for projects that meet the program objective and address one or more of the rural and northern priorities. Applicants Guide Download...

For more information on Canada’s Rural Partnership or the Community Development Program visit http://www.rural.gc.ca or contact Brian Post by e-mail brian.post@cannor.gc.ca or by phone at 867-766-8452.

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