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Economic Crisis Response Program

Economic Crisis Response Program. Context. Province of Canada, 500,000 people 280 municipalities No constitutional authority Revenue is limited 74% have one or fewer staff Approximately 50% will have contested elections Financial transfers for operations decreasing

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Economic Crisis Response Program

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  1. Economic Crisis Response Program

  2. Context • Province of Canada, 500,000 people • 280 municipalities • No constitutional authority • Revenue is limited • 74% have one or fewer staff • Approximately 50% will have contested elections • Financial transfers for operations decreasing • National and provincial subsidies to capital infrastructure increasing or stable

  3. Context • Natural resource extraction • Fisheries in decline, centralizing • Oil and gas growing, already centralized • Newsprint and forestry in decline • Emerging sectors based in capital region • Significant number of single industry communities or sector dependent communities

  4. Context • Municipalities NL as enabler • Ten years of training and information on municipal role in economic development • Focus on understanding economic development processes and municipal role in same • Workshops, study tours, conferences • Generalist approach • Linking traditional municipal activities and services to economic development

  5. Rationale for ECRP • Specific need for: • Single industry towns • Towns in crisis • Vulnerable communities • Council is first point of contact for: • Media • Residents • Support agencies • Higher orders of government • Yet ill-equipped to manage the situation

  6. Function of ECRP • Target audience: • Vulnerable communities • Responding to crisis • Preparing for possible crisis • Manage the situation instead of it managing them • Workshop, reference, guide • Local, regional, sectoral opportunities

  7. Format of ECRP • Understanding the situation • Three phases of transition • Characteristics of single industry towns • Patterns of decline • Factors influencing successful transition • Best practices in transition management

  8. Format of ECRP • Tools for management • Leadership • Team building • Using champions • Developing a communications plan • Managing news media • Communicating with the community

  9. Format of ECRP • Tools for economic development • Strategic planning • PEST Analysis • SWOT Analysis • Integrated work plans • Consultants • Proposal writing • Opportunity management • Community profiles

  10. Format of ECRP • Lessons learned • Case studies • Key contact lists • Government agencies • Non-government agencies • Research and training

  11. Format of ECRP • Each section has: • Explanation and background • Group discussion questions • Exercises • Handouts • Checklists • References • PowerPoint slides • Samples and templates

  12. Delivery of ECRP • CD provided to all municipalities • 500 binders distributed • Website • Workshop • Reference • Facilitator's guide • Five workshops to date • 20 planned for 2010 • Interest from other agencies

  13. Economic Crisis Response Program

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