A photograph of Pond Inlet's hamlet office. Pond Inlet and Gjoa Haven will be the locations of two four-day workshops organized by the Nunavut Economic Developers Association as a result of new funding - Casey Lessard/NNSL photo |
New funds for workshops
Economic development training planned for Gjoa Haven and Pond Inlet
Karen K. Ho
Northern News Services
Monday, May 25, 2015
NUNAVUT
The Nunavut Economic Developers Association (NEDA) will be conducting two workshops in Gjoa Haven and Pond Inlet as a result of $58,000 in new funding.
The four-day workshops are designed to provide economic development officers with the training and information needed to develop stronger business plans and goals in their communities.
Participants will also learn to analyze the impacts of large scale development and create a plan to maximize any benefits.
"(These) two communities will have the opportunity to utilize the newly revised community economic development workshop material developed by NEDA as they review and update their own plans," NEDA president Jim MacEachern said in a written statement.
"The principles of community engagement and involvement in its own development are the keys to building a sustainable, locally based economy in Nunavut."
Part of the funding for the workshops comes from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), totalling $46,400, and NEDA itself is contributing $11,600.
CanNor also recently announced it would be supporting the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) with $39,580 to help update its five-year strategic plan. Along with KIA's own contribution of $31,942, the aim of the updated strategic plan targeting 2015 to 2020 will be "to improve the organization's ability to proactively respond to social and economic challenges, while reaffirming the commitment to resource development that will benefit Inuit and minimally impact the environment."
