Deadline: 2-Dec-22
The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) and the First Nations Summit (FNS) are pleased to announce the Regional Community to Community Forum Program.
The goal of a Regional C2C Forum is increased understanding and improved overall relations between First Nations and local governments. Forum events are intended to provide a time and place for dialogue to build on opportunities, support reconciliation efforts, resolve issues of common responsibility, interest or concern, and/or to advance tangible outcomes.
Objectives
- To qualify for funding, C2C Forums must include direct dialogue between elected officials and/or senior staff of neighbouring First Nations and local governments and work toward one or more of the following objectives:
- Strengthening relationships and fostering future co-operative action by building stronger links between First Nation and local government elected officials and senior staff
- Advancing First Nations and local governments to more formal relationships through protocols, MOUs, service agreements and/or collaboration on plans or projects
- Supporting local reconciliation efforts, UNDRIP, and shared capacity building
- Developing or improving coordinated approaches to emergency preparation, mitigation, response and recovery, including recovery from the impacts of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- The C2C program can contribute a maximum of 100% of the cost of eligible activities – to a maximum of $5,000.00.
- In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds, all other grant contributions for eligible portions of the project must be declared and, depending on the total value, may decrease the value of the grant.
Eligible Events
In order to qualify for funding:
- Events must occur between April 22, 2022 and March 31, 2023.
- Events must include direct participation by the elected officials and/or senior staff from both First Nation(s) and local government(s).
- Willingness of the elected officials and/or senior staff of the partnering community to participate in the event must be confirmed and provided in writing to UBCM.
- The communities engaging in dialogue must be neighbouring. However, “neighbouring” may mean in the vicinity of, but not necessarily immediately adjacent to each other.
Topic Ideas & Outcomes
- Reconciliation & Relationship Building
- Emergency Management
- Service Delivery & Planning
- Economic Development
- Community Development
- Infrastructure Planning
Eligibility Criteria
Funding permitting, any local government (municipality, regional district or the Islands Trust) or First Nation (Treaty First Nation, Band, Tribal Council or National Government) may apply to host a Regional C2C Forum. Eligible applicants may submit one application per intake.
For more information, visit UBCM.
For more information, visit https://www.ubcm.ca/c2c