FSC-CCF invites Not-For-Profit Organizations to support Mid-Career Workers of Canada

Deadline: 2 May 2019

The Future Skills Centre (FSC-CCF) is seeking proposals for its call ‘Support for Mid-Career Workers’ to test and evaluate innovative projects that have the potential to generate actionable evidence about how to better meet the skills needs of mid-career workers of Canada.

The Centre will work with successful project proponents to support efforts to generate forward looking, responsive, and evidence-informed solutions to better meet the needs of mid-career workers facing challenges in the labor market.

All projects should show awareness of recent innovations in skills development, and should aim to make a meaningful contribution to the skills development evidence-base.

Proposed projects should align with the FSC-CCF’s goals to create opportunities for under-represented, marginalized and vulnerable groups and incorporate diverse knowledge, worldviews and experiences.

The Future Skills Centre – Centre des Compétences futures (FSC-CCF) has been established to advance evidence-driven innovation in Canada’s skills and training ecosystem that will prepare Canadians to adapt and succeed in tomorrow’s workforce.

To achieve this goal, the FSC-CCF is working with stakeholders across the country to develop, test and evaluate innovative projects focused on preparing Canadians for the workplace of tomorrow.

Funding Information

The maximum award for a project is $1.5 million, and the maximum duration for a project is 24 months.

Focus Areas

Potential areas of focus include:

Supporting displaced workers – In the future Canadian workers will face new and changing skills requirements in the workplace. What are the most promising approaches for supporting these workers, and are there innovative solutions that could help these workers build resilience and adapt to future changes in the labor market?
Building skills of workers in need of up-skilling – Many more mid-career workers are at risk of displacement or will face new job requirements in the future. How can stakeholders work together to support these incumbent workers to ensure they are prepared for the workplace of tomorrow?
Ongoing learning and career progression – Current skills development systems are largely oriented towards helping people find jobs. Fewer supports exist to promote lifelong learning, career advancement, and resilience to labor market changes for mid-career workers, especially those with out of date skills. What can be done to better support ongoing learning and career progression for these workers?

Eligibility Criteria

Applications may be submitted by a sole organization, or a consortium of organizations, including:

Legally incorporated not-for-profit organizations, including not-for-profit social enterprises and registered charities;
Publicly-funded post-secondary institutions;
Industry associations;
Professional associations;
An Indigenous organization that is a legal entity;
Municipalities or District Social Services Administration Boards;
For profit companies (provided the project is undertaken at cost with no mark-ups or profit incorporated).

The following types of organizations are not eligible to apply: