Regional Development Agencies in Canada:

1. Regional Development Agencies in Canada: Missions, Structures, and Roles

3. Four Regional Development Agencies at the Federal Level

4. How FedNor is different from the other RDAs • FedNor is not a separate federal department like the other RDAs and consequently does not have a separate Act (law) governing it. • FedNor is an organization within Industry Canada, but plays a role similar to that of the RDAs that operate in other parts of Canada. • Also, there is a Minister responsible for the FedNor portfolio separate from the Minister of Industry

5. How the RDAs are different from other federal departments • are not headquartered in Ottawa. • do not have a pan-Canadian role. • serve a dual role as federal departments with a regional focus: • They represent the federal government in the regions and must take national policies and priorities into consideration when designing regional programs. • They are responsible for ensuring the regional voice is heard at the national level and regional needs are met through national policies and programs.

6. ACOA’s Program Activity Architecture

7. CEDQ’s Program Activity Architecture

8. Industry Canada’s Program Activity Architecture

9. FedNor’s Sub-Program Activity Architecture

10. WD’s Program Activity Architecture

11. ACOA’s Organizational Structure

12. CEDQ’s Organizational Structure

13. FedNor’s Organizational Structure • Because FedNor is not a department, its organizational structure is quite different from the other RDAs. • FedNor has offices across northern Ontario as well as over 50 FedNor Community Economic Development Officers stationed across rural Ontario. • FedNor’s Director General is based out of the organization’s headquarters in Sudbury, Ontario, while a small office is maintained in Ottawa.

14. WD’s Organizational Structure

15. Financial Resources The RDAs draw on a number of financial resources to implement their programs and achieve their strategic outcomes: • Funds allocated for each agency through their annual budgets • Funds allocated to implement other federal programs in their regions • Funds gathered from other levels of government and/or organizations in the case of joint funding/implementation initiatives

16. Financial Resources - continued RDAs fund activities through a variety of mechanisms: • Many grants and contributions are delivered in partnership with other levels of government (provincial, regional, and municipal). • Other grants and contributions support projects delivered directly by the RDA, either alone or in partnership with other organizations (such as businesses, non-governmental organizations, universities, and financial institutions). • Some RDAs, such as ACOA, provide funding and service support directly to entrepreneurs; but others, such as WD, do not. • RDAs deliver a number of national programs in their regions, especially infrastructure programs.

17. Role of Industry Canada • Industry Canada’s mission is to foster a growing competitive, knowledge-based Canadian economy. The department works with Canadians throughout the economy and in all parts of the country to : • improve conditions for investment, improve Canada's innovation performance, • increase Canada's share of global trade and • build a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace. • Industry Canada's mandate is to help make Canadians more productive and competitive in the knowledge-based economy, thus improving the standard of living and quality of life in Canada.

18. Role of Industry Canada - continued The Minister of Industry has jurisdiction over policy issues regarding: industry; trade and commerce; science; consumer affairs; corporations and corporate securities; competition and restraint of trade, including mergers and monopolies; bankruptcy and insolvency; intellectual property; telecommunications; investment; small businesses; and regional economic development across Canada.