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Rural Pact - MRC Brome-Missisquoi
*3rd National Policy on Rurality
*3rd National Policy on Rurality
*Based on the learnings and content of the last two policies
*Grass roots concept
*Favours an interdisplinairy approach
*Maintains adaptability in its application and respects local choices in the implementation process
*Encourages citizen participation
*Content of presentation
*Introduce the new Rural Pact and particularly all changes
*Prepare applicants for the project call
*Present the rural development advisors roles
*Receive feedback
*The Policy’s tools
*The Rural Pacts: 340 M $
*The agents de développement rural network: 49 M $
*« Pacte Plus »: 63,5 M $
*Rural Pact
*A commitment between the MRC and the MAMOT for development projects that will benefit populations living in rural areas, all while taking into account the territory’s particularities, strengths and potential.
*Brome-Missisquoi’s Rural
Pact
*5 year Pact
*Amount for the 2014-2015 project call: 400 000 $
*100 000 $ to finish the municipal strategic plans
*Amount for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017: to come( will be based on 2011 census stats)
*What’s new
*Annual public citizen activity
*Tool to measure community participation (fall)
*More precisions in the rural development advisor’s job description
*Pacte Plus
*Increased non admissible expenses and projects
*Work by area (pole)
*Web seminars for elected officials
*Project call
*Amount available: $ 400 000
*$120 000 for regional projects
Area Amount
Bedford $ 70 195
Cowansville $ 71 899
Farnham $ 42 865
Lac-Brome $ 34 088
Bromont $ 36 207
Sutton $ 24 746
*Status Quo for current project
call
*Project call in the Fall
*Financial participation of the town or the community
*21 municipalities
*2 rural development advisors
*Admissible organisations
*Municipalities in difficulty
*Sports and leisure infrastructures: 30 %
*Favoured projects and orientations
*Technical help
*Project call 2014-2015
*Deadline: 15th of December 2014
*Applicant’s guide and application form available on-line
*Maximum 48 months
*Technical help by one of the two advisors according to territory
*Non admissible expenses and
projects
*Recurring projects
*Activities and projects already present in the community
*Municipal employees’ salaries
*Operational expenses not related to a project financed by the Rural Pact
*Support for private businesses and individuals
*Non admissible projects and
expenses
*Infrastructure and operations normally financed by municipal budgets, such as:The construction and renovation of
municipal buildingsThe maintenance of leisure or cultural
equipment
*Non admissible expenses and
projects
*Expenses related to a project that was not analyzed with the selected evaluation grid
*Expenses incurred before the acceptance date;
*Financing for a project that already took place, debt or loan reimbursement
*Incorporation fees, administration fees or fees relating to the preparation of a Rural Pact financial request
*Admissible expenses
*Employees salaries relating to the project
*Professional fees
*Expenses in capital for goods: land, building, equipment, machinery, etc.
*The acquisition of technologies and software
*Working capital needs for the first year of operation
*Other costs
*The application form
*How does the project fit into an existing plan?
*Measurable results
*Viability
*Financial budget
*Volunteerism
*Incomplete or badly written up applications
*Project Evaluation
*Mobilisation – participation – implication (30%)
*Viability (30 %)
*Results (31 %)
*Sustainable development(9 %)
*Passing grade is 60 %
*Analyzing committee: elected officials, rural development advisors and other expert advisors
*The rural development
advisor
*Accompanies communities in analyzing their situation and supports them in the creation and implementation of projects
*Participates in defining the MRC’s strategic vision and action plan
*Plays a advisory role for multi-dimensional regional development
*Pacte Plus
*Guidelines to come
*750 000 $ over 9 years for one to three projects
*To support projects needing a larger investment and a more long term reflections for areas currently less explored
*Replaces the rural laboratories
*Distinct from the Rural Pact
*Interdisciplinary approach
*Contract with the MAMOT
*Municipalities in difficulty
*Municipalities in difficulty (2006 stats):Farnham
Pike River
Brome
Stanbridge East
Ville de Bedford
Stanbridge Station
Saint-Armand
*The territories
Tania Szymanski (3 poles: 13 municipalities)
Pierre Genesse(3 poles:8 municipalities)
• Bedford Pole: Bedford, Bedford township, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Pike River, Saint-Armand, Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge, Stanbridge Station, Stanbridge East
• Lac-Brome Pole:Lac-Brome, Bolton-Ouest, Brome
• Sutton Pole:Sutton, Abercorn
• Cowansville Pole:Cowansville, Dunham, East Farnham, Frelighsburg
• Bromont PoleBrigham, Bromont
• Farnham PoleFarnham, Sainte-Sabine
*Questions
*What should be Brome-Missisquoi’s priorities?
*Any suggestions to improve the Rural Pact?
*Other comments?
*END
Pierre Genesse Tania Szymanski
450-266-4928, extension 225
450-266-4928, extension 281