Transcript Federal Regional Council

Knowledge Mobilization Update
Presentation to Advisory Committee
St. John’s, NL
June 17, 2009
Funding support provided by the CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador Labour Market
Development Agreement
Goals
• Make municipal leaders aware of the research,
have them contribute to it, and have them feel it
reflects their concerns and needs.
• Give the recommendations of this research a real
life in the reshaping of our system of local
governance.
• Provide municipal, provincial and federal policy
makers and political leaders with the tools and a
roadmap for integrating this research into their
planning processes.
Website
• www.municipalitiesnl.com/ccrc
• Project updates
– Research
– project-related events
• Publications
• New dedicated site
– Discussion groups
– GIS tools
– Pilot site data
Municipal Engagement
• Municipal News
– Functional Regions article (Dr. Simms)
– Regional Governance article (Dr. Vodden and grad students)
• Face-to-face
– MNL Convention Session
– Urban Municipalities Committee
– Update at Municipal Symposium
• Other
– Small Towns update
– Newsletter
– Active Labour Market Policy - paper release
Pilot Regions
• Regionally focused presentations
• Research and profiles shared with
local partners
• Summary report and survey
• Research teams back in regions in
September
Other Stakeholder
Engagement
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NL Federal Regional Council
ACOA Policy Network
Rural Secretariat Sessions
Regional Economic Development Boards
Combined Councils of Labrador
CD Howe Institute Conference
Social Policy Committee
NL Rural Development Council
Ministers of Local Government
– C-SPO
• Rotary (St. John’s, Clarenville, Corner Brook)
Integration
• Other policy research projects
– National Centre of Excellence on water
security and community solutions
• Local Action for Developing Regions
• Rural Secretariat
• Integrated Community Sustainability
Plans
Knowledge Mobilization
Jeopardy
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Lost in translation?
Patience, patience
You scratch my back…
Quality over quantity
Skinning a cat
Thank-you
Discussion