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Economic Crisis Response Program
• 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
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
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
Context
• 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
Rationale for 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
Function 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
Format of ECRP
• Tools for management•Leadership•Team building•Using champions•Developing a communications plan•Managing news media•Communicating with the
community
Format of ECRP
• Tools for economic development• Strategic planning• PEST Analysis• SWOT Analysis• Integrated work plans• Consultants• Proposal writing• Opportunity management• Community profiles
Format of ECRP
• Lessons learned•Case studies
• Key contact lists•Government agencies•Non-government agencies•Research and training
Format of ECRP
• Each section has:• Explanation and background• Group discussion questions• Exercises• Handouts• Checklists• References• PowerPoint slides• Samples and templates
Format 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
Delivery of ECRP
Economic Crisis Response Program