Official Languages Support Programs - Communities

Collaboration Accords BETWEEN THE Department of Canadian Heritage AND Community Organizations

An ongoing tradition of cooperation towards reaching common goals has linked community organizations to the Department of Canadian Heritage. Collaboration Accords formalize this relationship and specify underlying values and principles thereto. These Agreements also specify any and all commitments agreed to by the parties as well as any community action and governmental cooperation mechanisms. The following points are included therein:

• Determining developmental issues and targeted common goals in order to ensure the well-being of all Canadians living in official-language minority communities in each and all provinces as well as territories;
• Recognizing the crucial contribution of advocacy ISBC: A Code of Good Practice on Policy Dialogue by community organizations with respect to debates within and changes in a democratic society;
• Providing mechanisms to engage in open, respectful and informed dialogue within community organizations as well as between the latter's, government agencies and parapublic sector representatives;
• Listing Canadian Heritage's main non-financial tools and their parameters.

Collaboration Accords establish the framework for investments appearing under the program subcomponent entitled Cooperation with the Community Sector which aims to support community involvement in their own development and reinforce organizations ability to take action. Fiscal Reference Levels by provinces and territories as well as for national organizations have already been determined for 2005-2006, but will subsequently be reviewed. Financial transfers are not made through Collaboration Accords, but rather through grants or within the framework of contribution agreements concluded directly with each of the 350 organizations whose activities focus on achieving concrete and measurable outcomes that will contribute to the sustainability of the communities. Community organizations in each province and territory respectively propose investment priorities according to targeted common goals for each community.

The table below lists each Collaboration Accords and provides hyperlinks to each community's Global Development Plan. This section is periodically updated.

* Third Party document only available in French

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