Partnerships Fund

The Partnerships Fund is designed to assist partnership initiatives between not-for-profit, public and private organizations and institutions to connect all Canadians with the riches of Canada's heritage by making Canadian cultural collections held by provincial, municipal and local cultural organizations available via the Internet in both official languages.

2009-2010 Call for Proposals

At this time, the Department is particularly seeking projects for the development of online content, that:

• provide a meaningful and seamless access to content that helps deepen an understanding of Canada and its rich diversity, particularly for the benefit of youth, students and lifelong learners in the areas of:
  • Canada's contemporary culture and artistic expression
  • Aboriginal culture
  • Francophone community content
  • Canada's cultural diversity, including the content of minority groups in Canada
• are of high quality, innovative and undertaken by institutional and organizational networks or "Partners" from across the cultural heritage sector;
• enable a website to present a digitized collection of existing cultural resources that is well explained, engagingly interpreted and easy to explore.

Throughout the assessment process, emphasis will be placed on content that promote the departmental priorities outlined above.

Before applying, applicants should contact Canadian Culture Online by e-mail to obtain the following required documents:

• project budget template
• application checklist
• storyboard example

Who can apply?

Funding under the Partnerships Fund is available to:

• Canadian registered or incorporated not-for-profit institutions active in the cultural or heritage sector;
• public educational institutions;
• First Nation (band or tribal council), Métis settlement or Inuit equivalent government;
• municipal or regional governments; and
• agencies of a provincial or territorial government.

What is the deadline?

The deadline for submitting a funding request for the 2009-2010 fiscal year has passed. The application guidelines are posted for reference purposes only.

Application Guidelines

Program and Application Guide – September 2008
[HTML Version | PDF Version, 225 KB]

Guide to the Canadian Culture Online (CCO) Technical Requirements and Recommendations, Version 4.0

This document outlines technical requirements and provides some best practices for Canadian Culture Online funded projects.
[HTML Version | PDF Version, 375 KB]

General Application Form

General Application Form for all of the Canadian Culture Online funding programs.
(printable PDF format, 150 KB)

Sample Contribution Agreement

This document is a generic version of a contribution agreement for the Partnerships Fund and is provided for general reference only. Please note that contribution agreements are customized to the projects being funded and may also contain additional clauses not found in the sample contribution agreement below.
[PDF Version, 417 KB | WORD Version, 333 KB]

Applicants may go to CCO's "Applicant Resource Centre" for a complete list of all CCO funding program guidelines and support documents.

For more information, call toll free 1 866 900-0001.
TTY/TDD 1 888 997-3123
pcce-ccop@pch.gc.ca

Note:

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