Canada: Solicited Call for Funding under the Community Workforce Development Program

Deadline: 31-Jan-23

The Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is Soliciting a call for funding under the Community Workforce Development Program – Regional Stream.

Objective

• The program encourages collaboration between employers, training providers, community organizations and others, to:
  • Support community workforce planning by:
    • Bringing organizations together from across industries and sectors
    • Identifying high growth areas
    • Finding local sources of labour to meet employer demand
    • Connect employers and training providers to upskill and reskill jobseekers and workers with the skills employers need, and
    • Fill current and emerging jobs

Priorities

• Regional stream priorities areas (projects must address one or more priorities):
  • Local economic development strategies to take action on climate change and support clean growth across Canada. This includes contributing to Canada's decarbonisation targets for 2030 and Net Zero by 2050. (Green Transition)
  • Supporting coastal communities in the sustainable use of ocean resources and marine environments to foster economic growth and improve livelihoods and jobs while promoting ocean ecosystem health. (Blue Economy)
  • Supporting the growth of organizations across sectors and industries by adopting new technologies (Technology Adoption)
  • Organizations solicited for funding
• ESDC is using a competitive, solicited call for proposals to fund projects. ESDC applied the criteria  when inviting organizations to apply for funding:
  • Organizations with the necessary capacity, experience and expertise to deliver on program objectives;
  • Representation from diverse sectors including education and training, labour, not-for profit, and Indigenous organizations;
  • Geographic diversity, and
  • Organizations that work with under-represented groups

Eligibility Criteria

• Not-for-profit organizations
• For-profit organizations, provided that the nature and intent of the activity is:
  • Non-commercial
  • Not intended to generate profit, and
  • Supports program priorities and objectives
  • Municipal governments
• Indigenous organizations (First Nations, Inuit, Metis, urban and unaffiliated) including, but not limited to:
  • Incorporated for profit and not-for-profit Indigenous controlled organizations
  • Indigenous controlled unincorporated associations
  • Band Councils
  • Tribal Councils
  • Indigenous self-government entities; and
  • Educational institutions (in other words, universities, colleges, CÉGEPs, school boards/school districts)

For more information, visit ESDC.