Business Development Guide

Business Development Funding Application

Skills Development Guide

Skills Development Application

Local Initiatives Application

Local Initiatives Guide

Internship Guide

Internship Application

Community Capacity Funding Guide

Community Capacity Funding Application

Community Futures Rural Development Fund
For Southern Ontario

An Overview

Who: Centre For Business and Economic Development
(projects delivered on behalf of the Government of Canada, FedDev Ontario)

What: Support for Business and Community Development

When: Application deadline date: November 12th, 2009 3:00 p.m.

Projects must be completed by March 31, 2010

Where: Centre For Business service area which includes:

• Wasaga Beach, Clearview, Collingwood, The Blue Mountains, Meaford
• Duffferin County, all municipalities

An overview of the five Elements are outlined below:

Business Development
Recipients – Non-profit organizations; legal commercial entities including individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives.

A maximum of $5,000 per recipient, not to exceed 90% of total eligible costs. Activities include research; business plan and marketing plan development; development of export plans; feasibility studies; research & development initiatives; strategic plans; trade show attendance.

Skills Development

Recipients - Maximum contribution for any one employee will not exceed $5,000 with a maximum of $25,000 to any one organization. Private sector 50% of eligible costs; Not-for-profit 100% of eligible costs. Eligible activities include trainer and trainee wages and benefits; software, textbooks; registration fees professional fees.

Internship – Youth – under 30 and Non Youth 30+
Recipients – same as above

Maximum contribution not to exceed $2500/month. Private sector 50% of eligible costs; Not-for-profit 100% of eligible costs. Activities include economic, tourism and/or business development; business and trade opportunity development; strategic planning; marketing projects; research and analysis; training programs; technological innovation.

Local Initiatives
Recipients – Only Non-profit organizations, including municipalities.

Maximum contribution of up to 100% of eligible costs and normally not more than $10,000 per project. Activities include community based economic development projects; research projects; marketing and promotional activities; tourism events; export and trade initiatives; facilitation or host seminars/workshops; small scale capital projects.

Community Capacity
Recipients – Only Non-profit organizations, including municipalities

Maximum contribution of up to 100% of eligible costs. A total of $85,000 will be available for all projects in this category. Activities will contribute to achieving Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) objectives through the Centre For Business and include supporting community-based initiatives which stimulate business and community development opportunities, promote socio-economic development leading to a competitive and diversified regional economy, contribute to the successful development of business and job opportunities and sustainable self-reliant communities; demonstrating broad support from the respective community; offering sustainable and measurable economic benefits to the local and/or regional economy.

*Instructions: Fill out the applicable application linked on the left column, save to your computer and mail to us with the additional required documents. After November 12th, conditional on funds being available, a further intake may take place in December 2009.