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Funding Options for Rural Alberta Development Initiatives. Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development The Rural Community Adaptation Grant Program (RCAP) The Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI) Innovative Co-operative Projects Community Development Program
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Funding Options forRural Alberta Development Initiatives Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development The Rural Community Adaptation Grant Program (RCAP) The Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI) Innovative Co-operative Projects Community Development Program Building Rural & Northern Partnerships
1. Alberta Agriculture & Rural DevelopmentThe Rural Community Adaptation Grant Program • Part of the Government of Alberta Community Adaptation and Transition Initiative • Overall funding made available through the National Community Development Trust • Program will support projects that are community based and include at least one of the following: • Assessment and planning • Capacity building • Rural economic development • Unique community solutions
RCAP • Funding: • Up to 90% of eligible non-capital projects cost and up to 50% of eligible capital costs to maximum of $500,000/project • Minimum grant size is $10,000/project • Deadline: December 31, 2010 • Contact: Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development • Rural Development Division • 780 427 2409 • http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/progserv.nsf/all/pgmsrv366
2. The Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI)Innovative Co-operative Projects • Renewed partnership agreement between the: • Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) • Conseil Canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM) • Major policy priorities: • Agriculture • Rural/northern community development • Innovative goods and services, including innovative uses of technology • Capacity building and sustainability
CDI Innovative Co-operative Projects • Maximum amount $75,000/year for up to 4 years • Funding must be spent by March 31 of the year in question. (For the 2009/10 fiscal year, estimate 6 to7 months to complete the project) • Deadline: July 31, 2009 • Contact: John Anderson (john.anderson@coopscanada.coop) • Website: www.coopscanada.coop
3. Community Development ProgramBuilding Rural and Northern Partnerships Funding will be granted for projects that address one or more rural and northern priorities: • Enhance the competitiveness of rural and northern regions • Foster the transformation of local ideas and untapped assets into sustainable innovative economic activities • Facilitate the development of new economic opportunities from existing natural and cultural amenities
CDP Project Categories • Partnerships • Develop partnering initiatives among stakeholders to enhance capacity for innovative development • Up to one half of total project costs, to a maximum of $75,000/regional project • Knowledge Building • Knowledge building about barriers and gaps to rural and northern development • New tools and information to address barriers and gaps • Up to one half of project costs, to a maximum of $100,000/project/fiscal year
CDP Project Categories • Workshops • Engage and mobilize community and regional stakeholders to work together on a development initiative • Up to one half of total project costs, to a maximum of $15,000/project
Community Development ProgramBuilding Rural and Northern Partnerships • Program Application Deadlines: • June 30, 2012 (for Partnerships and Knowledge Building) • Submission required 90 days prior to anticipated project start date • September 30, 2012 (for Workshops) • Submission required 60 days prior to anticipated project start date • Contact Regional Program Officer:1 877 295 7160