Organizational Review 2005
At the Mi’kmaq - Nova Scotia - Canada Tripartite Forum General Assembly on June 16-17, 2005 in Bear River First Nation, the Tripartite Forum Secretariat engaged the services of the St. Mary’s University Business Development Centre to conduct an organizational review of the Forum to improve the Forum’s effectiveness. The Organization Review to Improve Effectiveness was released in November 2005 and in March 2006 the Officials Committee moved to adopt a staged approach to the recommendations in the Review, followed by support from the Executive Committee in November 2006. Although there were a number of recommendations made, the most significant recommendation was the need to implement a project management approach for all project based committee work. Inherent in this recommendation was the need to recruit a skilled Senior Project Manager to lead the implementation of this approach and the establishment of a Project Fund for projects that: do not fit within an existing program; for which there is no other funding available; or to leverage other funding. The Fund is jointly funded by Nova Scotia (Office of Aboriginal Affairs) and Canada (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) and administered and managed by the Tripartite Forum Secretariat.
Download the Tripartite Forum Fund for Social & Economic Change - Guidelines (revised October 2011).
Download the Project Fund Proposal.
Download the Progress Report.
Download the Final Report.
About the Project Fund Committee
The Project Fund Committee meets on a quarterly basis or more depending on necessity with all meeting dates set at the beginning of the year. Its membership includes three (3) Steering Co-chairs; one representative from The Province of Nova Scotia, one from The Government of Canada, and the Mi’kmaw representative. The Tripartite Executive Chair is a non-voting committee member.
To approve funding of a project, a quorum of six (6) voting members must be present. For the committee to reach quorum, a designated alternative can be utilized in voting. In 2010-11, the committee funded 15 projects totaling $368, 120.90.
Robyn Siteman is the Tripartite Forum Project Fund Manager. The budget for 2011-12 is $328,680.77.
Funded Projects in 2011-12
Mawiomi 2011 ($50,000.00)
Daycare Licensing Research Study ($10,000.00)
Administrative support for 'Pjila'si Mi'kma'ki Place Names Database ($35,000.00)
Kluskap Cave Historical Site Designation ($12,574.00)
First Nations Social Active Measures Pilot Project Phase II ($45,100.00)
'Healthy Living' project with Doctors Nova Scotia ($12,000.00)
Aboriginal Sports Summit ($60,500.00)
Options for On-Reserve Daycare Licensing study ($7,205.21)
Mi'kmaq Language Tool Kits ($24,899.53)
'Youth Running for Fun Program' with Doctors Nova Scotia ($13,000.00)
'Show Me Your Math' project with St. Francis Xavier University ($29,830.48)
Curriculum Development Collaboration for training Early Childhood Educators ($28,510.00)
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