EODP Business Development Guidelines
EODP Business Development Application
EODP Community Innovation Guidelines
EODP Community Innovation Application
The Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP) is a Government of Canada initiative which promotes economic development in eastern Ontario, leading to a diversified and competitive regional economy with successful businesses and prosperous communities. It has been a catalyst in many communities by encouraging new projects and community plans, mobilizing community stakeholders and helping to form partnerships.
The program provides resources to the 15 Community Futures Development Corporations in Eastern Ontario, including Renfrew County, who in turn solicit applications from eligible applicants.
These eligible applicants include:
- Non-profit organizations including municipalities and municipal organizations, corporations and community economic development organizations
- Commercial enterprises including individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives or trusts
- Aboriginal & francophone organizations
Projects in the following priority areas will be considered:
- Business Development, which supports projects that will lead to the growth of new and existing businesses within rural eastern Ontario communities. This includes initiatives in areas such as skills development, youth attraction, innovation and the adoption of information and communications technologies
- Community Innovation, which enables community-led economic development that enhances and diversifies local economies. This includes projects identified within existing community plans that build on the communities' competitive economic advantages to establish or strengthen key economic sectors and/or retain and expand existing businesses
- Collaborative projects, which involve and benefit multiple communities
The benefits of the EODP on rural Eastern Ontario communities are widespread. Projects are selected through a local decision-making process to complement the needs and priorities identified by the community, and on their potential to stimulate local economic development and create jobs. EODP encourages a competitive and diversified regional economy and contributes to the successful development of business and job opportunities, and sustainable, self-reliant communities.
EODP achieves its goals by investing in a wide range of grassroots community projects and by supporting local companies. The Renfrew County CFDC, through the EODP, has invested to date, with leveraged funding, over $7.5 million into the local economy since it's inception in 2004.
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